ChelseaFC Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 An early test for Chelsea and was well played. I didn't think it was a dive by Torres, but it was a matter of time anyways for Chelsea to strike first against a Newcastle side that was simply outclassed. Superb job by Cahill to keeping the two-head Newcastle monsters in check all match long, I find a David Luiz and Gary Cahill tandem has more swagger than Terry and Gary Cahill. Still early, but Swansea looks like they got something special going and Michu could be another superb summer signing along the lines with Hazard. I follow a bit of La Liga as well and thought Michu was very underrated, he keeps it up and should get a call up by Spain. Another shakey performance by Man Utd and this was against a Dempsey-less Fulham! Should be no excuses for Man Utd especially after a light weight trophy-less last season, so therefore no hangovers, plus the major signings over the summer. Midfield is atrocious with the current players in there, no sync and fluid at all and Fergie is too arrogant to address it with the transfer window closing soon. But lucky for the Scums, they got a easy schedule for the next 6 rounds before they get Chelsea and Arsenal back-to-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topbananas Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 An early test for Chelsea and was well played. I didn't think it was a dive by Torres, but it was a matter of time anyways for Chelsea to strike first against a Newcastle side that was simply outclassed. Superb job by Cahill to keeping the two-head Newcastle monsters in check all match long, I find a David Luiz and Gary Cahill tandem has more swagger than Terry and Gary Cahill. Still early, but Swansea looks like they got something special going and Michu could be another superb summer signing along the lines with Hazard. I follow a bit of La Liga as well and thought Michu was very underrated, he keeps it up and should get a call up by Spain. Another shakey performance by Man Utd and this was against a Dempsey-less Fulham! Should be no excuses for Man Utd especially after a light weight trophy-less last season, so therefore no hangovers, plus the major signings over the summer. Midfield is atrocious with the current players in there, no sync and fluid at all and Fergie is too arrogant to address it with the transfer window closing soon. But lucky for the Scums, they got a easy schedule for the next 6 rounds before they get Chelsea and Arsenal back-to-back. :lol: you played against a team who played an away European match 48 hours before so pipe down rent boy. Torres is a cheat, a part of his game he never had before he went south. I seem to remember Chelsea starting the last couple of seasons winning 6-0 or something like that and thumping teams in the first 2 or 3 games, served you well in the league that. Chelsea will not be within 10 points of United or City at the end of the season. Once we have Jones, Smalling, Evans, Ferdinand back and we get Carrick back in to midfield we will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFC Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) Newcastle fielded a B squad in their Europa fixture, try again Scum supporter. And Carrick? LOL............. was not even good enough for England, jog on my son Edited August 26, 2012 by ChelseaFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugemanskost Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Best game of the young season in the EPL, so far. Reds unlucky not to have 3 points today. Both City goals gifted to them but it's not like they didn't have chances that they created on their own, too. A fair result, I'd say and certainly a huge improvement over the West Brom debacle. I'm not sure how much more time Gerrard has as an "impact" player. He seems out of sorts so far this year and spends most of his time holding, it seems. Shelvey and The Wee, Young Boy (except on the Toure goal) didn't look out of place. Skrtel with a World Class header and a World Class blunder. Also, congrats to Andre Mariner for calling a good match. The only question for me, after looking at about 20 replays, is was Johnson caught for a penalty by Kolorov? I think so, but, doesn't matter. Great match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegodcreation Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 It was a fun match to watch, but poor defense/decision making led to all the goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Was just reading a few articles from ages ago, and thought it would be interesting to look at TV payments to premier league teams. Arsenal - £56,223,505 Aston Villa - £42,104,709 Blackburn Rovers - £40,317,633 Bolton Wanderers - £40,594,585 Chelsea - £54,436,429 Everton - £48,900,267 Fulham - £47,390,143 Liverpool - £54,360,635 Manchester City - £60,602,289 Manchester United - £60,325,337 Newcastle United - £54,235,271 Norwich City - £45,603,067 QPR - £43,262,087 Stoke City - £43,614,833 Sunderland - £44,369,895 Swansea City - £45,880,019 Tottenham Hotspur - £57,380,883 West Brom - £46,635,081 Wigan Athletic - £42,859,771 Wolves - £39,084,461 Championship teams receiving parachute payments Birmingham City - £15,475,005 Blackpool - £15,475,005 Burnley - £12,219,732 Hull City - £12,219,732 Middlesbrough - £4,081,548 Portsmouth - £12,219,732 West Ham United - £15,475,000 How can anyone compete with that? And with the deal getting bigger from next season the balance in power within football is just going to increase in favour of the EPL. The smaller leagues are completely screwed. I mean, Celtic are a relatively "big" club in football, but we get under £2 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugemanskost Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Was just reading a few articles from ages ago, and thought it would be interesting to look at TV payments to premier league teams. Arsenal - £56,223,505 Aston Villa - £42,104,709 Blackburn Rovers - £40,317,633 Bolton Wanderers - £40,594,585 Chelsea - £54,436,429 Everton - £48,900,267 Fulham - £47,390,143 Liverpool - £54,360,635 Manchester City - £60,602,289 Manchester United - £60,325,337 Newcastle United - £54,235,271 Norwich City - £45,603,067 QPR - £43,262,087 Stoke City - £43,614,833 Sunderland - £44,369,895 Swansea City - £45,880,019 Tottenham Hotspur - £57,380,883 West Brom - £46,635,081 Wigan Athletic - £42,859,771 Wolves - £39,084,461 Championship teams receiving parachute payments Birmingham City - £15,475,005 Blackpool - £15,475,005 Burnley - £12,219,732 Hull City - £12,219,732 Middlesbrough - £4,081,548 Portsmouth - £12,219,732 West Ham United - £15,475,000 How can anyone compete with that? And with the deal getting bigger from next season the balance in power within football is just going to increase in favour of the EPL. The smaller leagues are completely screwed. I mean, Celtic are a relatively "big" club in football, but we get under £2 million. I would NEVER want to see Scottish football collapse, but, maybe it's time they join / amalgamate with the FA? I don't know what the mechanics and details of this happening would be. I do know there has been talk of it many times before even as recent as this summer where the Old Firm was blocked from trying to join the EPL by the bastards at FIFA. The new SPL TV deal with Sky is for 5 years and $65M. Man U and Man Cit both make almost this much on their own! What say you, Scottish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobb Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Portsmouth are in league one remember. Anyway, they are in more trouble with money again even with the cash from other clubs. I don't see the SPL/SFA/FA doing any kind of merger. It would have been interesting if Rangers were booted from the football league if they sought a place in say the northern premier league, or something like that. Would be a fun football manager challenge to get them to the EPL... but I think I would vomit blood if I played any game using them. I certainly don't think any club should be given a free pass to the Football league (league 2) let alone the EPL. What do you think Wrexham (1921-2008) and Newport (1920-1988) etc would think of that as "foreign" clubs in the English football pyramid and they can't get back to the football league. Founding members of the EPL who would probably also take issue. Coventry City - League 1 Oldham Ath - League 1 Sheffield U - League 1 Sort of part of the first years are also Notts County League 1 and Luton Town Conference National. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 I would NEVER want to see Scottish football collapse, but, maybe it's time they join / amalgamate with the FA? I don't know what the mechanics and details of this happening would be. I do know there has been talk of it many times before even as recent as this summer where the Old Firm was blocked from trying to join the EPL by the bastards at FIFA. The new SPL TV deal with Sky is for 5 years and $65M. Man U and Man Cit both make almost this much on their own! What say you, Scottish? I don't think they will ever be allowed to join the English Leagues. I'd rather stay in Scotland right now to be honest and try to qualify for the CL year after year. If we're successful then we can build on that. Celtic are a selling club right now unfortunately. Buy in cheap and sell for a profit. Also, Maicosuel's penalty is the perfect example of what an idiot you look if chipping the ball down the middle goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzy Mahmood Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Great start to the season for Albion. Thrash Liverpool 3-0, a 1-1 at Spurs, and moving ahead in the league cup. Bring on Everton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugemanskost Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wanyama is a stud! Celtic into Group Stages of CL! The Hoops did what they had to do to win in very similar style as last week in Sweden. First goal looked to be offside, but, like the Canucks, if you don't score a goal, you can't win so it didn't really matter in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 YEEESSSS. Doing the huddle in the Champions League! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugemanskost Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Great start to the season for Albion. Thrash Liverpool 3-0, a 1-1 at Spurs, and moving ahead in the league cup. Bring on Everton! Agreed, Azzy! Bring on the other Merseyside side. Biggest "surprise" of the early season, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinB Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Anyone watch El Clasico today? Hala Madrid! Great game for the whites. I posted the link to the match highlights. Ridiculous skill from Cristiano to play the ball to himself on his goal, and a perfect free kick from Messi. I really hope there is a Real Mardid/Barca Champions League final. Match highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxRDM7DP758 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Roughly £17m guaranteed to go into the bank already Any performance bonus is....well... a bonus. I shall be purchasing the three game package when it goes on sale. Hopefully money well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugemanskost Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Roughly £17m guaranteed to go into the bank already Any performance bonus is....well... a bonus. I shall be purchasing the three game package when it goes on sale. Hopefully money well spent. Here's the question now, Scottish... Bank it and work on debt or make a signing or two? Debt was around $7M in February. Would you pay it off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobb Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Here's the question now, Scottish... Bank it and work on debt or make a signing or two? Debt was around $7M in February. Would you pay it off? Well minus the £5m from Ki it is probably just above £2m now. They will pay that off and my guess is bank at least %50 of the £15m left to cover any costs over the next two years. I would assume that will leave Neil with about £7m-£7.5m left for a couple of players.I did read that the sum was more in the £20m range which would be even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV. Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Champions league groups decided. Man U make it out easy, as do Chelsea and Barca. Dortmund, Ajax, Madrid and City in one group shall be entertaining. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/draws/index.html Full groups there. Edited August 30, 2012 by Alain Vigneault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugemanskost Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Could Celtic FC have received a worse draw than they did for CL Group Play? Holy sh!t! Barca? Benfica? Moscow Spartak? Can you say, "Group Of Death"? Maybe Man City or Juve from Pot C might have been worse, but, my God! Still... Go, Hoops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobb Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I'd say group D is the toughest. Group B perhaps the weakest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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