# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/142 "2015-11-08T18:21:45Z")
I have to admit that was a fair result in the end, although we had several shots that had Lloris beaten and were only inches off target. Sure was an entertaining match! ---
**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:** [November 8, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/143 "2015-11-08T22:56:12Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I have to admit that was a fair result in the end, although we had several shots that had Lloris beaten and were only inches off target. Sure was an entertaining match! I really thought that Spurs were going to take all three for about the first 70 minutes of the match. I am cautiously optimistic that they may actually be a top 4 team because Arsenal are really really good and we just went toe to toe with them and no one can say that either side wasn’t really trying this time. Good match. I love football, I hate the international break. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/144 "2015-11-09T03:56:42Z")
It was a really good match. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/145 "2015-11-24T00:21:33Z")
Spurs 4-1 West Ham! Four points off the lead, one point out of fourth, and still no losses since the opener. I am starting to think this team really could be something special. Looking forward to seeing what happens against Chelsea this weekend. Not to look past FK Qarabag, of course. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/146 "2015-11-24T00:51:55Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > Spurs 4-1 West Ham! Four points off the lead, one point out of fourth, and still no losses since the opener. I am starting to think this team really could be something special. Looking forward to seeing what happens against Chelsea this weekend. Not to look past FK Qarabag, of course. I’m OK with looking past the mid week game. I sort of hope that people who don’t get regular minutes might get a shot and that Kane, Erikson, Dier and the rest get to rest. Edit: oh and, that was a really fantastic game. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/147 "2015-12-10T16:40:28Z")
It’s going to happen… The Woolwich finish 5th and Spurs finish 4th and The Woolwich win the Champions League. Blimey God, I know us lot killed your only son but that was over two thousand years ago. Give it a rest, mate.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/148 "2015-12-10T17:58:44Z")
Try to keep up with the times, good sir. The past is the past. Get over it. Arsenal are never going to just walk away with a trophy: always there is uncertainty and inconsistency. When the Gunners are on their game, it’s some of the greatest football in the world, and I think we are more than capable and earning some trophies this season. But whether it will happen or not, who knows. It’ll be a fun ride, regardless! ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/149 "2015-12-10T18:15:27Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > …always there is uncertainty and inconsistency… You’re trying to tell me about “uncertainty and inconsistency”? I’m a Spurs supporter and I don’t need any lessons about that. Anyway… Let’s all laugh at Chelsea:D ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/150 "2015-12-10T18:22:04Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Anyway… Let’s all laugh at Chelsea:D Oh shit… they’re through to the second round… that can’t happen again can it? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/151 "2015-12-10T20:02:23Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > You’re trying to tell me about “uncertainty and inconsistency”? I’m a Spurs supporter and I don’t need any lessons about that. > > Anyway… Let’s all laugh at Chelsea:D Hear, hear. > [@mascaroni](#): > > Oh shit… they’re through to the second round… that can’t happen again can it? I console myself with the thought that it’s better for English football in general. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/152 "2015-12-13T05:50:40Z")
So, tell me about this Bored Moth… Bad meth… errrr…_Bournemouth_? I really really have warmed to them. What a fantastically open and exciting season. La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A? ZZZzzzzzzz [QUOTE=mascaroni] It’s going to happen… The Woolwich finish 5th and Spurs finish 4th and The Woolwich win the Champions League. [/QUOTE] Annnnnnnd you re going to lose the Europa League final to Klopps 10th place Liverpool and miss out on another spot. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/153 "2015-12-13T05:58:36Z")
… And Harry Kane will then transfer to Barca or AC Milan and win the Champions League in his first season. 😉 It can’t Bale… err fail. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/154 "2015-12-13T13:39:46Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > So, tell me about this Bored Moth… Bad meth… errrr…_Bournemouth_? I really really have warmed to them. It’s an amazing story: they’re the club with the longest time in the 3rd tier and before 2013 had only been in the 2nd tier once before for a brief spell in the 1980s. This time seven years ago they were at the very bottom of the 4th tier of English football with zero points and facing relegation out of the Football League. Now they are beating Chelsea and Man Utd. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/155 "2015-12-13T14:39:16Z")
The Bindesliga isnt zzzz at all. Dortmund are resurgent and the race for CL places is wide open. And they do it without billionaire foreigners or mountains of debt. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/156 "2015-12-13T14:46:18Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > So, tell me about this Bored Moth… Bad meth… errrr…_Bournemouth_? I really really have warmed to them. > > What a fantastically open and exciting season. > > La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A? ZZZzzzzzzz > > Annnnnnnd you re going to lose the Europa League final to Klopps 10th place Liverpool and miss out on another spot. I hear that the Armenian League is even more open! That probably means it’s even better… ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/157 "2015-12-13T16:45:43Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > And they do it without billionaire foreigners Right, so there’s that added bit of value, for the bigoted. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/158 "2015-12-13T17:20:12Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Right, so there’s that added bit of value, for the bigoted. Or the stupid who cant see the larger point. Also point out the bigotry, in crayon if necessary. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/159 "2015-12-13T19:23:59Z")
Ah fuck, that was fuckin’ fucked. Five points pissed away in the last two weeks. Did I already say fuck? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/160 "2015-12-13T19:55:10Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > Ah fuck, that was fuckin’ fucked. Five points pissed away in the last two weeks. Did I already say fuck? Take solace in the fact that just about everyone is dropping points. And the insane Christmas part og the schedule is about to hit where anything can happen. Also there is still half a season to be played. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837/161 "2015-12-13T22:02:40Z")
Been down to Goodison a couple of times recently - some phenomenal talents on the park, as Roberto would say. Football fans of all colours and persuasions are making the trip to Everton just so they can tell their grandkids they saw John Stones play football. Frustrating that the results are not doing justice to the side - the team is young and seems to lack the collective sack to convert close games. Defence is fine, player by player, but is missing something as a unit, not helped by Tim Howard being well on the decline. So important to have a solid goalkeeper - destroys morale when the keeper is weak. Tough spot to fill, as well - need someone to grow into the role, rare to just slot a young guy in and have them perform from the get-go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-16-barclays-premier-league-thread/726837.md?page=9)