The Barclays Premier League Thread 2013/14

[Colly]

I don't like him, silly squad number for a full back...

I'm second screening! Arsenal on tv, FA Cup draw on a tablet. Also I'm ironing. So much technology!

[Summers]

So Villa fans, still pleased that you didn't sell Benteke for £15-20m in the transfer window?

Obviously. He's still scored more than he had this time last season. He's still clearly quality too.

What a daft question.

[Colly]

This just turned into a fantastic mix of good football and bite.

[Nerf]

Not gonna lie, Everton have me worried this year. What a difference "losing" Moyes makes.

[Jimmy]

What difference it makes when you bring in Martinez and do some astute business in the transfer market. They've killed it with the loan system this year.

[brenchill]

You could've used that to buy a quality forward who'll score goals.

Because all the Benteke money would have been re-invested into the team.

[Rafael]

Take a bow Deulofeu.

[Colly]

You could've used that to buy a quality forward who'll score goals.

Because all the Benteke money would have been re-invested into the team.

If you're suggesting the chairman would've had it away surely he would've been sold? I don't know to be honest, nor care really, but if Benteke can only score after Christmas I'd have bitten someone's hand off if they offered £20m.

[METALMAN]

Not gonna lie, Everton have me worried this year. What a difference "losing" Moyes makes.

Eh...what?

[Nerf]

What don't you understand?

[Liam]

They came ahead of you last season. They finished 6th.

Those are my guesses.

[Nerf]

I meant I am worried about them doing real damage. Potential CL qualification. They're just so fucking comfortable with the ball.

[MDK]

Martinez for England!

[Rafael]

Martinez would make Wilfried Zaha look like Arjen Robben.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Martinez would make Wilfried Zaha look like Arjen Robben.

Shave his head and skin bleaching? Why would he want to do that?

[Colly]

Standard Hispanic racism I'd imagine.

[Gazz]

Martinez would make Wilfried Zaha look like Arjen Robben.

Shave his head and skin bleaching? Why would he want to do that?

Stop him porking Lauren Moyes?

[Lineker]

Former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane believes Sir Alex Ferguson is still trying to exert "control and power" at Old Trafford despite retiring as manager in the summer.

The Irishman, who was Ferguson's midfield driving force in a glorious spell for the club between 1993 and 2005, says the Scot has a "massive ego" and rated his former boss at Nottingham Forest, Brian Clough, as the best manager he had worked with.

"Everything is about control and power. He's still striving for it now even though he's not manager. There's massive ego involved in that," Keane says of Ferguson, now a director at United, in an ITV4 documentary.

[Gazz]

Yawn

[TCO]

In lighter and much better news, here's Shane Long dressed as a pimp and singing Wonderall in Dublin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFGPzp_p34M