# 2015-16 Barclays Premier League Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 3, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837 "2015-08-03T01:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/21 "2015-08-08T18:16:59Z")
Agreed. This has been a very entertaining match. Chelsea havent had a good preseason and now this. Are they in trouble? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/22 "2015-08-08T18:27:03Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Agreed. This has been a very entertaining match. Chelsea havent had a good preseason and now this. Are they in trouble? I doubt it, as much as I wish they were. Hazard is absolutely a brilliant player, and they have a lot of talent besides him. But I do wonder about their team cohesion. Time will tell. I do enjoy Mourinho’s little stumbles\*, nonetheless, and I kind of like Swansea. Glad to see them get a point at Stamford Bridge. ETA: No Courtois to face Manchester City next weekend… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/23 "2015-08-08T18:39:55Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > ETA: No Courtois to face Manchester City next weekend… :eek: Suddenly becomes a must win match for Chelsea in Man City win their first match. It didnt take em long to miss Cech. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/24 "2015-08-09T04:21:40Z")
Yeah, but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. Begovic is a fantastic keeper. He’d start for the majority of Prem teams and was great as Stoke’s starting keeper the last few seasons. To have him as a backup is simply mind-boggling. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/25 "2015-08-09T05:15:34Z")
I agree. Begovic is very good. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/26 "2015-08-09T05:40:59Z")
I thought United were quite unimpressive. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/27 "2015-08-09T06:55:27Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I thought United were quite unimpressive. I agree. They were Manure. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/28 "2015-08-09T15:44:35Z")
\>Sigh\< Arsenal had 22 shots, but only 6 on target, to West Ham’s 8 and 4. 68% possession to 32%. Lots of possession in the attacking half. No goals to show for it. And thus did the Gunners give away our home opener by allowing West Ham two goals, both coming off goofy defensive lapses (the first a free kick Čech really should have been able to stop, but he misjudged it.) Come on, guys! You’re so much better than this! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/29 "2015-08-09T18:21:18Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I thought United were quite unimpressive. I thought Spurs looked like the better team for sure, and were unlucky to come away without points. Still, a promising beginning to the season. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/30 "2015-08-09T18:22:39Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > \>Sigh\< > > Arsenal had 22 shots, but only 6 on target, to West Ham’s 8 and 4. 68% possession to 32%. Lots of possession in the attacking half. No goals to show for it. > > And thus did the Gunners give away our home opener by allowing West Ham two goals, both coming off goofy defensive lapses (the first a free kick Čech really should have been able to stop, but he misjudged it.) > > Come on, guys! You’re so much better than this! > ☹ No, you’re not. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/31 "2015-08-09T19:00:13Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > \>Sigh\< > > Arsenal had 22 shots, but only 6 on target, to West Ham’s 8 and 4. 68% possession to 32%. Lots of possession in the attacking half. No goals to show for it. > > And thus did the Gunners give away our home opener by allowing West Ham two goals, both coming off goofy defensive lapses (the first a free kick Čech really should have been able to stop, but he misjudged it.) > > Come on, guys! You’re so much better than this! > ☹ Sounds like a gripe about the poor match engine in FM. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/32 "2015-08-09T19:25:37Z")
So about that Chelsea made a huge mistake in selling Cech talking point? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/33 "2015-08-09T20:00:35Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > So who should I cheer for? A lot of my ancestry is presumably English, but I haven’t been able to trace it back to England. I’ve been to London once and enjoyed it greatly, so I thought I’d cheer for a team from there. Most of my time was spent near the Holborn tube station, so I then thought I could cheer for the team closest to there – which I believe would be Arsenal by about a mile over Chelsea. However, I already cheer for Ajax (because of John O’Brien) and Barcelona (because of their Ajax ties). Would choosing Arsenal or Chelsea be too much bandwagoning? Should I go with Tottenham or West Ham (or someone else I’m not readily familiar with) instead? I am not going to be as circumspect as Thing Fish. You should support Tottenham. If you support Ajax Spurs have 3 former Ajax stars starting regularly right now. It’s the youngest starting lineup in the Premier League which means it is only going to get better, but they aren’t so popular that you will be a front runner. Also Chelsea are a bunch of racists and Arsenal supporters are the worst people on planet earth with Hammers following close behind. You don’t want to throw in your lot with people like that. 😉 Also, I would like to take a moment to moan that I can’t properly make fun of Arsenal for losing to West Ham on the same weekend that Spurs lost due to an own goal. :smack: Edit: I am soooo happy to have the premier league back. The off season was torture. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/34 "2015-08-09T20:20:45Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > So about that Chelsea made a huge mistake in selling Cech talking point? 😉 They didn’t. Courtois, pen notwithstanding, is as good as Cech, Still, I don’t think that Cech will be the problem in this season’s Arsenal. Wenger was unable to get either Schneiderlein nor a real goalscorer (seriously, not even Lacazette) and will probably resort to a last day deal for any last minute reject from a big team, as usual. I’m betting Gotze, since another attacking midfielder is exactly what’s less needed. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/35 "2015-08-09T20:53:30Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > So about that Chelsea made a huge mistake in selling Cech talking point? 😉 I ceched that one, didnt I? ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/36 "2015-08-10T00:16:46Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Also, I would like to take a moment to moan that I can’t properly make fun of Arsenal for losing to West Ham on the same weekend that Spurs lost due to an own goal. :smack: 2-0 at home against West Ham as opposed to 1-0 on the road against Man U? I think we can make fun! Besides, the own goal was a fluke and the shot would likely have gone in even if our guy hadn’t touched it. > [@NAF1138](#): > > Edit: I am soooo happy to have the premier league back. The off season was torture. Ten weeks of sheer hell. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/37 "2015-08-14T18:48:08Z")
Huh, unusual Friday match. Villa-ManU just started. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/38 "2015-08-14T19:27:09Z")
Old Jose is losing it. What the hell does he think that he knows better about a players condition that a medical professional, for fucks sake, even Army Generals commanding millions of men have to defer to doctors on medical issues. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/39 "2015-08-15T08:57:31Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Old Jose is losing it. What the hell does he think that he knows better about a players condition that a medical professional, for fucks sake, even Army Generals commanding millions of men have to defer to doctors on medical issues. There is a reason he is The Special One. Love him. He isn’t a phoney. He is a combination of Bill Bellichek and Bill Parcels. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/40 "2015-08-16T15:14:37Z")
Mourhino is the main reason I’m rooting loudly for City in this game this morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837.md?page=3)