English Premier League 2007/8

[BigBadSi]

Who do you fancy???

I fancy scum to win again,if they get Tevez they will have a great team with Hargreaves strengthening their midfield.

Dark horses i think Newcastle with their kitty and new owner i think their spending power will give them 5th or 6th..

Underachievers Bolton,Sams gone I just have a gut feeling they will struggle along with Boro,Derby and Birmingham

Top 5
1.Scumchester United
2.Liverpool
3.Chelsea
4.Arsenal
5.Newcastle

Relegation
18.Birmingham
19.Middlesbrough
20.Derby

JMO

Whats yours??

[Bilbobaggins]

Newcastle no chance of 5th Si IMO
1st Chelsea
2nd Munich
3rd Liverpool c/w complete flop Torres
4th Tottenham
5th Arsenal

10th Manchester City

16th Birmingham
17th Wigan
18th Fulham
19th Derby
20th Middlesbrough

Baggins...

[BigBadSi]

I think spurs will flop,and i agree i think torres will flop,,,voronin maybe more suited to the prem

[old crust]

I think with the improvements to Fergies squad and more bickering at Chelski the title will be on its way back to the North West.

[Bilbobaggins]

old crust you mean City gonna win it? 555555

Baggins...:cheers:

[nosehair]

With Ronaldo and Rooney.....ManU will cruise to another title...if Ronaldo goes down with a long injury....Liverpool.

[ferocious]

i think if liverpool get a good start to the season they can go close but can't see them winning it , hurts to say but think munichs will win it again ... BTW i disagree with you on torres baggins too much natural talent to be a flop IMO

1.scum
2.chelsea
3.pool
4.spurs

[zaphodbeeblebrox]

Realistically, I think Chelsea is the only club that has a chance to beat out MU.

[nosehair]

What were the biggest moves this offseason for teams in the Premier League:detective:....Ronaldo staying with ManU? Sidwell changing teams? Wasn't Lampard flirting with a French or Spanish Club?

Any monster moves out there I haven't heard about?:detective:

....also....who are the new guys to watch for the teams that are new to the P/L?...any potential superstars?

[BigBadSi]

copy n paste!!!!!

ARSENAL
In
Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw)
Nicklas Bendtner (Birmingham City, loan return)
Havard Nordtveit (Haugesund, Norway)hot prospect apparently,young norweigan
Eduardo de Silva (Dinamo Zagreb)wont replace henry but could bag some goals

Out
Martin Poom (Watford)
Julio Baptista (Real Madrid, loan return)
Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City, loan made permanent)
Arturo Lupoli (Fiorentina, free)
Jeremie Aliadiere (Middlesbrough)
Thierry Henry (Barcelona)

ASTON VILLA
Out
Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton Wanderers)
Juan Pablo Angel (New York Red Bulls)
Stephen Henderson (Bristol City, free).
Gavin McCann (Bolton Wanderers, $2.4 million)
Aaron Hughes (Fulham, $2.5 million)

BIRMINGHAM CITY
In
Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal, loan made permanent)
Stuart Parnaby (Middlesbrough)
Garry O’Connor (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Olivier Kapo (Juventus, $5 million)left winger good player
Daniel de Ridder (Celta Vigo, Spain)right winger,decent dutchman from what i saw of himRichard Kingson (Antalyaspor, Turkey)

Out
Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal. Loan return)
Julian Gray (released)
Bruno N’Gotty (Leicester City, free)

BLACKBURN ROVERS
In
Maceo Rigters (NAC Breda, Holland)

Out
Andy Todd (released)

BOLTON WANDERERS
In
Jloyd Samuel (Aston Villa)
Zoltan Harsanyi (Senec, Slovakia. Loan made permanent)
Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich)
Gerald Cid (Bordeaux)
Gavin McCann (Aston Villa, $2.4 million)
Danny Guthrie (Liverpool, season-long loan)

Out
Quinton Fortune (released)
Cesar Martin (released)
Henrik Pedersen (released)
David Thompson (released)
Tel Ben Haim (Chelsea, free)

CHELSEA
In
Steve Sidwell (Reading)cant see how he will figure with essien,lampard and ballack in central midfieldClaudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich)goals goals if the peruvian can keep shevchenko outDanny Philliskirk. (Oldham Athletic)
Tel Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers, free)

Out
Nuno Morais (Apoel Nicosia, Cyprus. Free).
Geremi (Newcastle United)

DERBY COUNTY
In
Robert Earnshaw (Norwich City, $9 million)
Tyrone Mears (West Ham United, $2.5 million)

Out
Seth Johnson (released)
Paul Peschisolido (released)
Morten Bisgaard (released)
Paul Boertien (released)
Lee Grant (released)

EVERTON
In
Tim Howard (Manchester United. Loan made permanent)
Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United, $10 million)

Out
Alessandro Pistone (released)
Richard Wright (released)

FULHAM
In
Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa, $2.5 million)

Out
Tomasz Radzinski (released)
Matty Collins (Swansea City)
Claus Jensen (released)
Mark Crossley (released)
Mark Pembridge (released)

LIVERPOOL
In
Lucas Leiva (Gremio, Brazil)
Andriy Voronin (Free. Bayer Leverkusen)i think will adapt to prem better than torres
Krisztian Nemeth (MTK Hungaria)
Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria)
Sebastian Leto (Lanus, Argentina. $4 million)
Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, Spain, $65 million)couldanother spaniard superstar fail at liverpool
Out
Robbie Fowler (released)
Boudewijn Zenden (released)
Florent Sinama Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva, $6.4 million)
Jerzy Dudek (released)
Danny Guthrie (Bolton Wanderers, season-long loan)
Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid)

MANCHESTER CITY
Out
Sylvain Distin (Portsmouth)
Joey Barton (Newcastle United)
Stephen Jordan (released)
Hatem Trabelsi (released)
Nicky Weaver (Charlton Athletic, free)

MANCHESTER UNITED
In
Nani (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal)new ronaldo apparently
Anderson (Porto, Portugal)
Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich)best signing IMO
Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion, $4.2 million)

Out
Phil Marsh (released)
Jamie Mullan (released)
Danny Rose. (released)

MIDDLESBROUGH
In
Jonathan Woodgate (Real Madrid. Loan made permanent)
Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal)
Tuncay Sunli (Fenerbahce, Turkey)

Out
Malcolm Christie (released)
Stuart Parnaby (released)
Abel Xavier (free)
Danny Graham (released)
Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham City)
Mark Viduka (Newcastle United)

NEWCASTLE UNITED
In
Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)
Joey Barton (Manchester City, $13 million)
David Rozehnal (Paris St-Germain, $7 million)
Geremi (Chelsea)

Out
Craig Moore (released)
Pavel Srnicek (released)
Olivier Bernard (released)
Titus Bramble (WIgan Athletic, free)
Antoine Sibierski (Wigan Athletic, free).
Scott Parker (West Ham United, $17 million)

PORTSMOUTH
In
Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton Athletic, free)
Sylvain Distin (Manchester City)
Sulley Muntari (Udinese)
Martin Cranie (Southampton)

Out
Svetoslav Todorov (Charlton Athletic, free)

READING
In
Kalifa Cisse (Boavista, Portugal)
Sam Sodje (West Bromwich Albion. Loan return).

Out
Steve Sidwell (Chelsea)
Greg Halford (Sunderland, $4.2 million)

SUNDERLAND
In
Greg Halford (Reading, $4.2 million)
Russell Anderson (Aberdeen, $2.5 m)

Out
Kenny Cunningham (released)
Tommy Miller (released)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
In
Gareth Bale (Southampton)
Adel Taarabt (Lens, France. Loan made permanent)
Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic, $41 million)overvalued IMO

Out
Charlie Lee (Peterborough United)
Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria, Italy. Loan made permanent)

WEST HAM UNITED
In
Scott Parker (Newcastle United, $17 million)good buy
Julien Faubert (Bordeaux, $16 million)crocked 6 month

Out
Teddy Sheringham (released)
Hayden Mullins (Charlton Athletic)
Tyrone Mears (Derby County, $2.5 million)

WIGAN ATHLETIC
In
Titus Bramble (Newcastle United, free)
Antoine Sibierski (Newcastle United, free)
Mario Melchiot (Rennes, France)
Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborg, Sweden)
Carlo Nash (Preston North End)

Out
Matt Jackson (Watford)
Arjan de Zeeuw (released)
David Unsworth (released)

dont think this is up to date nose but not far off

[nosehair]

Thanks Sidancing.....

Jagielka will make Everton a stronger team....had a good defense last year and now a little extra punch.

Nani ManU....is he another midfielder? How will this make Ronaldo a better player? Will this move keep the ball away from the best player in the P/L?:detective:

Torres....65million?....a lot of dosh...how will this move help Liverpool?

Less than 3 weeks until the opening of the season....should be a good onedancing

[BigBadSi]

Thanks Sidancing.....

Jagielka will make Everton a stronger team....had a good defense last year and now a little extra punch.

Nani ManU....is he another midfielder? How will this make Ronaldo a better player? Will this move keep the ball away from the best player in the P/L?:detective:

Torres....65million?....a lot of dosh...how will this move help Liverpool?

Less than 3 weeks until the opening of the season....should be a good onedancing

Nani is left wing,ronaldo is right Nani (i guess) is there as a possible future replacement for giggs,best signing IMO is hargreaves a real battler in the midfield Man U need someone like him to chase around in midfield

Torres COULD be world class we`l just see how he settles in the prem if he does he`l take it by storm but....

This season has the biggest number of transfers ive ever seen seems crazy,more to come i reckon

[ferocious]

Torres....65million?....a lot of dosh...how will this move help Liverpool?

he's got the 1 thing defenders hate & thats pace plus 2 feet to go with it & he's good in the air.....potential to be a flop but no-one ever mentions juan sebastian veron being a £25 million flop at manu then an £18 million flop at chelsea who released him for nothing this summer , so he'd have to be pretty dire to be a flop

UpiBzduVNbo

[BigBadSi]

veron was a huge flop,tomas brolin kind of flop

[nosehair]

Torres....65million?....a lot of dosh...how will this move help Liverpool?

he's got the 1 thing defenders hate & thats pace plus 2 feet to go with it & he's good in the air.....potential to be a flop but no-one ever mentions juan sebastian veron being a £25 million flop at manu then an £18 million flop at chelsea who released him for nothing this summer , so he'd have to be pretty dire to be a flop

UpiBzduVNbo

torres looks pretty good regdancing....he seems fast as hell.

Might be a good move to take a flyer on him now in fantasy football while his cost is relatively low...before it shoots up....have you joined up yet?:detective:

Thanks for the video:cheers:

[ferocious]

not signed up yet nose but i will be soon

[gonzo]

Out
Robbie Fowler (released)

To Cardiff so we can pay money we can ill afford for a player that's been shite for ages :ranting:

[BigBadSi]

last season we were still paying his wages

[ROLAND]

I can't see beyond Manchester United but hopefully Liverpool will close the gap to make it a 3 horse race as Arsenal are going backwards.

[nosehair]

Just had a look at the fantasy board and Torres is the 3rd most expensive forward and he hasn't played a P/L game yet:detective:

He's ranked just below Rooney and Drogba and above Berbatov.....he must be velly velly good.

[BigBadSi]

Fernando Torres career stats
Season Club pld gls asst red card
2000/01 Atlético Madrid 1 1 0 0
2001/02 Atlético Madrid 26 6 6 0
2002/03 Atlético Madrid 28 13 5 1
2003/04 Atlético Madrid 35 20 10 1
2004/05 Atlético Madrid 38 16 3 0
2005/06 Atlético Madrid 36 13 9 0
2006/07 Atlético Madrid 34 14 5 1


and 40 appearences for Spain with 14 goals

[BigBadSi]

http://http://UdwRXnX_Ki8

An example of owen hargreaves workrate

[Fork Handles]

:scooter: Jose

[BigBadSi]

is gone dancing

[elway69]

Manchester United
Arsenal
Liverpool
Manchester City
Newcastle



Relegated
Birmingham
Bolton
Tottenham:rugby:

[Bilbobaggins]

i think if liverpool get a good start to the season they can go close but can't see them winning it , hurts to say but think munichs will win it again ... BTW i disagree with you on torres baggins too much natural talent to be a flop IMO


Good shout Reg, I stand corrected so far, the boy is doing very well, and good luck to him.
Rumours about Crouch going to City in January, not sure about that but I am more than happy with our season so far.

Baggins...:cheers: