Barclay's Premier League '14-'15 discussion V10

GoonerJay29 wrote:Something of interest for those who watch BT Sport:

Gary Linekar will be the host for the Champions League games, while the pundits will be Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand and Jose Mourinho (when he's not managing himself, presumably).

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/09/bt-sport-gary-lineker-champions-league?CMP=share_btn_tw

I like the Lineker part, not so much the Gerrard part.

Linekar is a great host, so I'm pleased they got him. As for pundits, I still think they should use the pundits they use for their Bundesliga/Ligue 1/Serie A coverage, and not make the same mistake Sky did by getting in guys who knew very little about the teams from those leagues.


Slaven Bilic is the new West Ham manager. Not quite Ancelotti, Klopp, Benitez or Emery, but a good manager all the same. His Besiktas team were decent.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/09/west-ham-slaven-bilic-new-manager?CMP=share_btn_tw

Yep they should be using Horncastle, Laurens and Honigstein.

Yep, agreed, i liked the banter between those 3, they seem to have good synergy.

Replacing Allardyce with Bilic is a "bigger risk, bigger reward" type of move by West Ham, we'll see how it goes, but an interesting manager to have in the Premiership anyway.

Fixtures will be released in about 15 minutes.

Hoping for a tough start to hasten Rodgers' mid-season sacking.

Stoke v Liverpool
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Arsenal v Liverpool
Liverpool v West Ham
Manchester United v Liverpool
Liverpool v Norwich
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Everton v Liverpool
Tottenham v Liverpool
Liverpool v Southampton
Chelsea v Liverpool
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Manchester City v Liverpool

loooool, those away games, no away wins coming before December

lol stoke vs liverpool rematch and man utd vs spurs are the highlights of the first round.

damn arsenal start off with a boring westham at home, i always want the first team we play to be a promoted side, show them how tough the premier league is going to be

Time for a new thread, isn't it?

Opening weekend:

Arsenal vs West Ham
Bournemouth vs Villa
Chelsea vs Swansea
Everton vs Watford
Leicester vs Sunderland
Man Utd vs Spurs
Newcastle vs Southampton
Norwich vs Palace
Stoke vs Liverpool
West Brom vs Man City

Full calendar here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fixtures

I think Rodgers has shit himself to be honest. 6-1.

Time for a new thread, isn't it?

Might as well use this thread for off-season discussion, imo, it's going to be pretty quiet anyway