2015/16 English Premier League

[Ybbon]

Excellent, will definitely need to check that out more often.

Here's a fun one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/...er-league-life

[Riverknight]

Manchester United vs Spurs!!!

EPL IS BACK!

[snuggans]

Swansea played decent, Chelsea couldn't handle Montero running at Ivanovic or Shelvey's crosses to Gomis, and Courtouis massively choked. rocky start for Chelsea. on the bright side Oscar looks like he finally had a vacation or something

[Dude with the Food]

I'm starting to think United would be better off playing without a striker because I don't see anyone coming before Christmas who would help. Rooney doesn't look like the 25-goal-a-season he claims he still is and he should have got on the scoresheet ahead of Walker. On the upside, Darmian and Schneiderlin looked good and if LVG can stop thinking Blind is the solution to any position, we might have a more stable defence this year. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in net. Also happy for Swansea.

[snuggans]

ummm West Ham lol, what happened to Cech there...

[Ybbon]

Well we look to have that unbeaten season nonsense out the way early, onwards and upwards then!

[Halie Satanus]

Err.

Neither team played well but the Whammers looked more up for it. Up front we looked poor, no urgency, no movement, too narrow, no change in tactics from start to finish. Cech at fault for both goals, shocking game all round.

[a tw player]

We played absolutely bang average, improved a bit when Lallana came off for Can. Draw the fair result, but a moment of Coutinho magic won us the game, and I'll take the 3 points all day long!

[Gatsby]

We played absolutely bang average, improved a bit when Lallana came off for Can. Draw the fair result, but a moment of Coutinho magic won us the game, and I'll take the 3 points all day long!

I'm sure Chelsea and Arsenal would quite happily take a win, albeit laboured and dull, at the Britannia right now.

The 4-2-3-1 kind of made it a choice between Can and Milner and although I disagree I can maybe see why Milner was picked. Overall the 4-3-3 with Can behind the two looked much better, even though it still took a wonder goal to break the deadlock.

I'd say:

Milner-Can-Hendo
Firmino-Benteke-Coutinho

is a good option, if a little slow.

[Ishoss]

That was great. The substitutions really improved the team. I like to think Firmino's first action in a Liverpool shirt was to trip a Stoke defender.

Benteke's role became more important towards the end, when he held up the ball and people actually ran around him and created options for him. Good .

Wonderful goal from Coutinho. In the end a lucky win, I agree a draw would have been the most fair. Good times!

[♔hammeredalways♔]

A pleasing result, its never easy when you play a smaller team on the opening day, but I think Le Arse have enough about them to stay up - pleased with the debutants and young Oxford

[Murfmurf]

Man United - Spurs and Stoke - Liverpool were absolute snooze-fests.

Newcastle - Saints and Leicester - Sunderland the games of the weekend for me. Still tipping the Foxes to go down, maybe (hopefully) Sunderland will join them! Waaay too early to tell.

Quality of the league seems to have increased again. Swansea looked great v Chelski.

[Kraut and Tea]

So some pundits compared the pre Season purchase of Petr Cech with the pre Season purchase of Hans Lehmann for the famous Arsenal invincibles team.... and Arsenal go and lose their first game of the Season.

Am I the only one who remembers euro 2012? Where we all saw how much less Cech is worth when he has no Chelsea bus parked in front of him....

[Petrucci]

Behold the power of bus!

EDIT: When I heard Arsen saying I want to speak with your manager and then Jose appeared I almost felt from my chair

[Roxas]

As per usual City seem strong even when most of the hype has been between the two London teams this season, pretty glad I took Kompany in my fantasy team after all.

Albeit as an Arsenal fan I can't help but smile when we slip up, it seems this emotional roller-coaster we experience season after season is part and parcel of being a gunner. I was mega impressed by how good Payet seems to be for the hammers though, he seems to be an excellent player and I have a feeling they might finish higher than most would expect this season.

[Halie Satanus]

Not a big news story but perhaps a foreshadow of Maurine's state of mind this season. With his comments about Chelsea standing still and not being happy with the lack of transfer business.

Chelsea dump first team medic Eva Carneiro following a row with Madge. Apparently he said 'she doesn't understand the game' and called her 'naïve' after she and physio ran onto the pitch to treat Hazard during the Swansea match. Hazard had to leave the pitch which left Chelsea with only 8 on field players outfield players (after Courtois was sent off). Carneiro hasn't been sacked but demoted from first team duties.

[snuggans]

not Eva!!! damn it Mourinho!

and the referee had called for them twice, can you imagine a medical staff ignoring a referee's beckon? looks like Mourinho is not quite happy with the team's start.

[Halie Satanus]

not Eva!!! damn it Mourinho!

and the referee had called for them twice, can you imagine a medical staff ignoring a referee's beckon? looks like Mourinho is not quite happy with the team's start.

You'd think, if a player is injured and the ref is calling the medics the priority is the players wellbeing. Sounds like Eva pointed that out to Maude in no uncertain terms and he's thrown a hissy fit.

[Halie Satanus]

Fri: Yahnited 1 - Villa 0: Utd still unconvincing.

Whammers 1 - Leicester 2 - Adrián (WH goal keeper) sent off (all subs used) Jenks in goal. Normal service returned.

Saints 0 - Everton 3 - Didn't see that coming..

Sunderland 1 - Norwich 3

Watford 0 - West Brom 0

Spuds 2 - Middle Earth 2 - Sounded like the Spuds got away with that one.

Swansea 2 Toon 0

[Petrucci]

hahaha Middle Earth.