The English Premier League 2016/17™

As far as I know Ranieri still has a job and deserves to still be at the helm even if they are relegated this season.

Yes, he’s still there. Got the important vote of confidence last week. Has Ranieri ever been involved a relegation scrap in his long and distinguished managerial career?

Gas cunts.

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Nembo is Kloppsessed

A Sunday night well spent on Wikipedia going through Swansea City league campaigns from the early 1980s. Fair play, @GeoffreyBoycott. :clap:

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Hardly. You might have been in nappies in the early 80’s and possibly still the mid 80’s and not remember but the rise and fall of Swansea City was a big story in English and Welsh football in those years.

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I have a good knowledge of Swansea City’s fortunes in the early 1980s from reading the authorised biography of Ray Kennedy which I loaned out from Ballyfermot library in 1998.

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Swansea was like a Liverpool B team.

A bit like how we’re Southampton’s B team now.

Southampton in turn being Celtic’s B team.

I guess that makes Liverpool Celtic’s C team.

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City take the lead through Sterling,

Bournemouth have a goal rules out seconds later.

King never even tried argue it, blatant pull back

Sad to see the Angel Gabriel depart.

Cost of the top 6 starting XIs this weekend:

Arsenal:

Cech £15m
Bellerin £1m*
Mustafi £35m
Koscielny £11m
Gibbs - free
Conquelin - £1m*
Chamberlain - £15m
Walcott - £15m
Ozil - £45m
Iwobi - free
Sanchez - £32m

Total: £170m

Chelsea:

Courtois - £8m
Azpilcueta - £7m
Luiz - £30m
Cahill - £7m
Moses - £9m
Kante - £32m
Matic - £21m
Alonso - £23m
Pedro - £22m
Costa - £32m
Hazard - £32m

Total:£223m

Liverpool:

Mignolet £9m
Clyne £12.5m
Matip - free
Lucas - £5m
Milner - free
Henderson - £20m
Wijnaldum - £23m
Lallana - £25m
Coutinho - £8.5m
Firmino - £29m
Mane - £34m

Total: £166m

Man City

Caballero - £6m
Sagna - free
Stones - £49m
Fernandinho - £34m
Kolarov - £16m
Toure - £24m
Silva - £26m
De Bruyne - £55m
Sane - £37m
Jesus - £27m
Sterling - £49m

Total: £323m

Man Utd:

De Gea - £18m
Valencia - £20m
Bailly - £30m
Smalling £10m
Blind - £14m
Herrera - £29m
Pogba - £89m
Mata - £37m
Mikhitarian - £26m
Martial - £36m
Zlatan - free

Total: £309m

Spurs:
Lloris £10m
Walker £4.5m
Dier £4m
Alderweireld £11.5m
Davies £10m
Wanyama £10m
Dembele £15m
Son £22m
Eriksen - £11m
Alli - £5m
Kane - free

Total: £105m

Pochettino performing miracles.

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As is Klopp. Just looking at @Nembo_Kid bottom line figures there and I see the Liverpool starting XI cost just £16 million to assemble.

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Nearly 20% of Liverpool team are free transfers. Klopp doing wonders with journeymen.

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£89m for Pogba gets funnier every time you see it

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And John Stones for £49m :joy:

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Mother Theresa sucks the life out of every game he commentates on.

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Palace :joy:
Pardew :joy:
Big Sam :joy: