Premier League

[RevidgeBlue]

Glasner to leave Palace is a bit of a bombshell - and rumoured to be linked to a move to the Red Scum as well.

Could that also have the way for Adam Wharton to move there? Tbh Id rather he moved to any other Club in the World apart from our 6 fingered neighbours!

[Norbert Rassragr]

If he wants a challenge, he should come here to get us back up to the Premier League. It'll be like starting as Poland in the Total War games.

[waynerovers]

united absolutely demolished city, could have been 7-0

[wilsdenrover]

The difference between Glasner’s and Ismael’s comments are so stark.

[Rogerb]

2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

The difference between Glasner’s and Ismael’s comments are so stark.

Think after saying he and his players have been abandoned by the board the chances of Glasner staying to the end of the season are slim. 

[wilsdenrover]

Just now, Rogerb said:

Think after saying he and his players have been abandoned by the board the chances of Glasner staying to the end of the season are slim. 

Quite possibly, and that might have been his intention.

It would still be nice if Ismael would put even a modicum of pressure on those above him. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

The difference between Glasner’s and Ismael’s comments are so stark.

One will have his pick of jobs and the other one won’t. It’s not difficult to understand.

[wilsdenrover]

4 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

One will have his pick of jobs and the other one won’t. It’s not difficult to understand.

Difficult to accept though.

[DE.]

In a way it's refreshing to hear a manager speak his mind so openly (regarding Glasner's post match comments), but on the other hand... I don't know if that's going to endear him to many chairmen. I'm not sure how many clubs would be comfortable bringing in a manager who may lash out at the board if decisions are made that he doesn't agree with. I had a gander on the Palace forum and their fans don't seem to be too pleased with Glasner's conduct - and that's putting it mildly. 

[jny]

Does the cynic in anyone else think this is  Glasner angling for an early payout? 

[davulsukur]

I see Chelsea fans were protesting against their ownership yesterday.

Spent £1.3bn and the fans still ain't happy. Some effort that.

[sharpysharps86]

6 hours ago, jny said:

Does the cynic in anyone else think this is  Glasner angling for an early payout? 

After his comments after yesterday's game there is absolutely no way he can continue. The fact that they're looking like offloading Mateta to Juventus as well leaves them in a right mess. Full expect Adam Wharton to move on in the summer as well.

[JHRover]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

I see Chelsea fans were protesting against their ownership yesterday.

Spent £1.3bn and the fans still ain't happy. Some effort that.

Two trophies in the last 12 months as well. More than Arsenal, City, Liverpool, Real Madrid.

[Waggy76]

45 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

After his comments after yesterday's game there is absolutely no way he can continue. The fact that they're looking like offloading Mateta to Juventus as well leaves them in a right mess. Full expect Adam Wharton to move on in the summer as well.

If he does BRFC will not see a penny , straight to India , to be trousered by whoever !

[Gav]

I can watch football until the cows come home, but goodness me this Wolves v Newcastle game is bloody awful, sterile, one paced rubbish.

I’m turning over to watch Columbo, he’s trying to solve a murder in Malibu.

[simongarnerisgod]

considering newcastle paid 60 million quid for that big german lad up front,they were well shafted,he`s a donkey who can`t head a football 

[K-Hod]

Everton goal in the first half, absolutely no idea why that was given as offside.

James Garner just pushed Morgan Rogers in the back in the box, whilst on a booking, no foul and no review on VAR.

What’s the point of it if not to stop things like that?

Absolutely standard that not long after Villa should have a pen, Everton bag.

[simongarnerisgod]

🤣the referee can`t grasp the rule that shoving someone in the back is a foul,he really should`nt be out there imo and those ***** in the video room are as much use as an artex canoe

[riverholmes]

Premier League top scorers now (albeit mid-season) v. around turn of the century:

1. Erling Haaland
2. Igor Thiago
3. Antoine Semenyo
4. Dominic Calvert-Lewin
5. Bruno Guimaraes
6. Hugo Ekitike
7. Danny Welbeck
8. Jean-Philippe Mateta
9. Harry Wilson
10. Morgan Rogers

2001/02

1. Thierry Henry
2. Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink
3. Alan Shearer
4. Ruud Van Nistelrooy
5. Michael Owen
6. Ole Gunnar Solksjaer
7. Robbie Fowler
8. Eidur Gudjohnsen
9. Marian Pahars
10. Andy Cole

Some major qualifications are needed for comparisons of this type - most importantly, we have the benefit of viewing the old era playing careers in entirety and the sample size of one season only - in another season Mo Salah and Alexander Isak would've been up there for the contemporaries. Moreover, for every Henry in those days, there was a Darren Peacock, Richard Dunne or Nigel Quashie. I do believe the overall technical standard is superior these days.  Teams tend to play one striker these days, so inevitably, you'll have fewer No.9's on the modern list. All that said, clearly there has been some decline in the standard of forward.

The same could be said at the second tier. Again, 2001/2002

1. Shaun Goater
2. Clinton Morrison
3. Dougie Freedman
4. Darren Huckerby
5. Stern John
6. Dean Sturridge
7. David Connolly
8. Peter Crouch
9. Steve Claridge
10. Marlon King.

With all the qualifications borne in mind and despite the change in football styles today, I still can't quite explain what seems like a significant decline for the Premier League. For the Championship it is might be partly explained by the fact that more British players are moving abroad and five subs and an even bigger financial gap might be keeping more players on the fringes of Prem teams rather than dropping down.

Edited 3 minutes ago by riverholmes