General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

The Scott Parker sack definitely has very little to do with the results and more so to do with a falling out behind the scenes with the board

No way the owners would expect more than 3 pts when their first 4 games were Villa, City, Arsenal and Liverpool .

Bournemouth are destined for relegation with their squad and the way they’re being run

Any reason why potter is considered so much better than Howe? They have both done very well with average teams but winning with a good is a different challenge. I would agree that both would be better than yesterdays man Rodger and a very green Gerrard.

But Howe also did very well with Bournemouth before it went off the rails in his last season. And i saw that Howe has the 5th highest points per game since he joined Newcastle. So he is definitely overachieving with the current Newcastle team.

Newcastle have spent more in the last 12 months than any club in European football history.

It might not be on galactico style players but it's worlds apart from Brighton.

Also Howe bought pretty atrociously at Bournemouth once they gave him some money and that cost them relegation(and his job). Parker still paying the price for that.(or was til he was just sacked)

What are City, United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal for the same period. Might not be much in it.

Ya that's were I am getting it from.I was wrong with 12 months it was actually calendar year.

It's still a different world to Brighton.

The only thing I don't like about transfermarkt is that you often have to include a clubs u21 & u18 pages for transfers also, as sometimes some big money transfers are hidden in there.

"He has basically said to his players that he doesn't think they are very good, in a roundabout way. If I heard that from my manager, I'd be wondering if he thinks I am good enough. It puts that doubt in your mind. With two days left of the transfer window, it's too late. Surely he is having these conversations beforehand. You aren't going to get the player you want anyway, but even if you do get them you are going to have to pay too much money. I just think it's too little too late for that." What on earth is Micah Richards on?

He is the poster boy for “stealing a living by offering nothing”. I actually don’t know what Scott Parker could have done at Bournemouth. He’s looking at Forest, just on purchase #17, and thinking, “Who have I got? A few injured players on free transfers.”

The club clearly expected him to work miracles, but not talk to the media at the same time. They jumped on him quickly enough. For that alone, I hope they go down now.

I’m beginning to think that maybe the Watfords, Norwiches, WBAs, Burnleys and Bournemouths of the world should just form a group called “Premier Yoyos” and go up and down on alternate seasons, especially if they are expecting survival on a shoestring.

The good news for the other 19 EPL clubs now is that it looks like one spot in the bottom 3 has been reserved.

Scott will get a team promoted again in the next season or 2 - and maybe he'll get backed next time round.

Yeah, Pickford especially. Throw ins taking 30 plus seconds is a joke. The PL want to “let it flow” this year, they’d reap rewards if they cracked down on delayed restarting of the game. In the recent Spurs Chelsea match the ball was in play for 11 of the last 30 minutes.

Fulham v Brentford…..final whistle at 98:08. Of the 8 minutes and 8 seconds of added time the ball was in play for less than 3 minutes.

Deserved win for Southampton. Chelsea's place in the Top 4 up for grabs imo. Cant see where the goals will come from.

Will Chelsea drop another £100m before the window closes tomorrow after that result.