OFFICIAL 2007/2008 EPL Season Thread

dodgey · Post by **dodgey** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:40 am

the new season starts on August 11th.

post all your thoughts and comments on the season in here....

GO THE REDS !!!

robbie67 · Post by **robbie67** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:12 pm

Liverpool to finish 4th.

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:09 pm

anyone intrested in doing a fantasy league? if we have enough takers?

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:13 pm

Arsenal

In: Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw, undisclosed), Eduardo da Silva (Dinamo Zagreb, undisclosed), Bacary Sagna (Auxerre, undisclosed)

Out: Jeremie Aliadiere (Middlesbrough, £2million), Thierry Henry (Barcelona, undisclosed), Arturo Lupoli (Fiorentina, undisclosed), Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham, £3million), Jose Antonio Reyes (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed)

Aston Villa

In: Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham United £8.5million), Marlon Harewood (West Ham United, undisclosed)

Out: Lee Hendrie (Sheffield United, free), Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton Wanderers, free), Gavin McCann (Bolton Wanderers, undisclosed), Aaron Hughes (Fulham, £1million), Steven Davis (Fulham, undisclosed)

Birmingham City

In: Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal, undisclosed), Stuart Parnaby (Middlesbrough, free), Garry O'Connor (Lokomotiv Moscow, £2.7million), Olivier Kapo (Juventus, £3million), Daniel de Ridder (Celta Vigo, free), Richard Kingson (Hammarby, free), Hossam Ghaly (Tottenham Hotspur, £3million)

Out: Julian Gray (released), Bruno N'Gotty (Leicester City, undisclosed), Stephen Clemence (Leicester City, £1million), DJ Campbell (Leicester City, £2.1million)

Blackburn Rovers

In: Gunnar Nielsen (BK Frem Copenhagen, undisclosed), Maceo Rigters (NAC Breda, undisclosed), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich, undisclosed)

Out: Andy Todd (Derby County, undisclosed)

Bolton Wanderers

In: Jlloyd Samuel (Aston Villa, free), Gavin McCann (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Danny Guthrie (Liverpool, season loan), Mikel Alonso (Real Sociedad, season loan), Heidar Helguson (Fulham, undisclosed), Christian Wilhelmsson (Nantes, season loan)

Out: Henrik Pedersen, Quinton Fortune, David Thompson, Cesar Martin (all released), Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea, free)

Chelsea

In: Steve Sidwell (Reading, free), Danny Philliskirk (Oldham, undisclosed), Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich, free), Tal Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers, free), Florent Malouda (Lyon, undisclosed)

Out: Geremi (Newcastle United, free), Khalid Boulahrouz (Sevilla, season loan)

Derby County

In: Robert Earnshaw (Norwich City, 3.5million), Tyrone Mears (West Ham United, £1million), Andy Todd (Blackburn Rovers, undisclosed), Claude Davis (Sheffield United, undisclosed), Lewis Price (Ipswich Town, undisclosed)

Out: Seth Johnson, Paul Peschisolido, Paul Boertien, Lee Grant, Morten Bisgaard (all released), Lee Camp (QPR, £300,000)

Everton

In: Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United, £4million), Steven Pienaar (Borussia Dortmund, season loan)

Out: Alessandro Pistone (released), Richard Wright (West Ham United, free), Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United, £1million)

Fulham

In: Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa, £1million), Steven Davis (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Diomansy Kamara (West Bromwich Albion, £6million), Chris Baird (Southampton, undisclosed), Paul Konchesky (West Ham United, undisclosed), David Healy (Leeds, undisclosed), Lee Cook (QPR, undisclosed)

Out: Claus Jensen, Tomasz Radzinski, Mark Pembridge (released), Mark Crossley (Oldham, free) Wayne Routledge, Jan Lastuvka, Vincenzo Montella (end of loans), Heidar Helguson (Bolton Wanderers, undisclosed)

Liverpool

In: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed), Krisztian Nemeth, Andras Simon (both MTK Hungaria, undisclosed), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United, undisclosed), Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5million)

Out: Danny Guthrie (Bolton Wanderers, season loan), Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed), Boudewijn Zenden (Marseille, free), Djibril Cisse (Marseille, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (West Ham United, £7.5million), Robbie Fowler (Cardiff City, free), Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid, free)

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:16 pm

Manchester City

In: Rolando Bianchi (Reggina, undisclosed), Gelson Fernandes (FC Sion, undisclosed), Geovanni (free agent), Martin Petrov (Atletico Madrid, £4.7million)

Out: DaMarcus Beasley (end of loan), Trevor Sinclair, Stephen Jordan, Hatem Trabelsi (all released), Sylvain Distin (Portsmouth, free), Joey Barton (Newcastle, £5.8million), Nicky Weaver (Charlton Athletic, free)

Manchester United (go you good things)

In: Jonny Evans, Danny Simpson (both Sunderland, end of loans) Nani (Sporting, undisclosed), Anderson, (Porto, undisclosed), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich, undisclosed)

Out: Kieran Richardson (Sunderland, undisclosed)

Middlesbrough

In: Jonathan Woodgate (Real Madrid, £7million), Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, £2million), Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce, free), Luke Young (Charlton Athletic, £2.5million)

Out: Abel Xavier, Malcolm Christie, Danny Graham (all released), Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham City, free), Mark Viduka (Newcastle United, free)

Newcastle United

In: Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough, free), Joey Barton (Manchester City, £5.8million), David Rozehnal (Paris St Germain, £3.1million), Geremi (Chelsea, free)

Out: Craig Moore, Olivier Bernard, Pavel Srnicek (all released), Oguchi Onyewu (end of loan), Titus Bramble (Wigan Athletic, free), Antoine Sibierski (Wigan Athletic, free), Scott Parker (West Ham United, £7million)

Portsmouth

In: Sylvain Distin (Manchester City, free), Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton Athletic, free), Sulley Muntari (Udinese, undisclosed), Martin Cranie (Southampton, undisclosed), David Nugent (Preston, undisclosed), John Utaka (Rennes, undisclosed)

Out: Svetoslav Todorov (Charlton Athletic, free)

Reading

In: Kalifa Cisse (Boavista, undisclosed)

Out: Steve Sidwell (Chelsea, free), Greg Halford (Sunderland, £2.5million)

Sunderland
In: Greg Halford (Reading, £2.5million), Russell Anderson (Aberdeen, £1million), Michael Chopra (Cardiff City, £5million), Kieran Richardson (Manchester United, undisclosed), Dickson Etuhu (Norwich City, £1.5million), Paul McShane (West Bromwich Albion, £2.5million)

Out: Kenny Cunningham, Tommy Miller (both released), Jonny Evans, Danny Simpson (both Manchester United, end of loans), Stephen Elliott (Wolves, undisclosed)

Tottenham Hotspur

In: Gareth Bale (Southampton, undisclosed), Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic, £16.5million), Younes Kaboul (Auxerre, undisclosed), Danny Rose (Leeds United, undisclosed)

Out: Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria, undisclosed), Mark Yeates (Colchester, undisclosed), Emil Hallfredsson (Lyn-Oslo, undisclosed), Hossam Ghaly (Birmingham City, £3million)

West Ham United

In: Scott Parker (Newcastle United, £7million), Julien Faubert (Bordeaux, £6.1million), Richard Wright (Everton, free), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool, £7.5million), Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal, £3million)

Out: Tyrone Mears (Derby County, £1million), Teddy Sheringham (Colchester, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa, £8.5million), Roy Carroll (Rangers, free), Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool, undisclosed), Paul Konchesky (Fulham, undisclosed), Marlon Harewood (Aston Villa, undisclosed)

Wigan Athletic

In: Titus Bramble (Newcastle United, free), Antoine Sibierski (Newcastle United, free), Mario Melchiot (Rennes, free), Carlo Nash (Preston, £800,000), Jason Koumas (West Brom, £5.3million)

Out: Arjan de Zeeuw (Coventry City, free), David Unsworth (released), Matt Jackson (Watford, free), Lee McCulloch (Rangers, £2.25million)

KaaN10 · Post by **KaaN10** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:26 pm

DYSON#2 wrote:anyone intrested in doing a fantasy league? if we have enough takers?

I'm interested.

Has Man U bought Teves yet?

Ramanama · Post by **Ramanama** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:31 pm

Reds to finish 3rd.

Man U to win again....

BUT GO THE REDS!

Dyson, ill give it a go.

deano · Post by **deano** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:10 pm

Dnt know much bout EPL but i put a side in on a site like supercoach for AFL

Not sure about anyone except a few players (aussie's of course) except a few others

But i'll give it a go to Dyson

So any pointers for some forwards and defenders would be a big help for me boys if u can??

Post by **Jazz_84** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:19 pm

c'mon Man United!!

i don't ever watch or even know the score most weeks but still.... GO MAN U

Ossie · Post by **Ossie** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:28 pm

Look out dirty cheating gooners, fourth place (or even third, scousers

) is ours.

COME ON YOU SPURS!

jjono · Post by **jjono** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:52 am

Can somebody tell me why this thread needs to be sticky'd? If enough people care about soccer it will stay at or near the top anyway.

Just wondering..........

AnarchicBomber · Post by **AnarchicBomber** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:04 pm

Edwin Van der Sar = dead set star

Ossie · Post by **Ossie** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:37 pm

AnarchicBomber wrote:Edwin Van der Sar = dead set star

or, more accurately, = lucky

84859300 · Post by **84859300** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:04 pm

C'mon Chelsea....C'mon Chelsea....C'mon Chelsea

AnarchicBomber · Post by **AnarchicBomber** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:07 pm

Ossie wrote:
AnarchicBomber wrote:Edwin Van der Sar = dead set star
or, more accurately, = lucky

Pffft. Whatever!

dodgey · Post by **dodgey** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:10 am

jjono wrote:Can somebody tell me why this thread needs to be sticky'd? If enough people care about soccer it will stay at or near the top anyway.

Just wondering..........

because I asked

Ossie · Post by **Ossie** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:14 am

Sunderland have just shelled out 9m for Craig Gordon from Hearts. Most expensive British keeper ever.

Just hope he doesn't have a blinder against us on Saturday night.

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:33 am

Why would you spend that much on an English Goalkeeper?

Man U to get off to a good start and open up a 3-4 game gap.
Chelsea to attempt to reel it in, but just fall short, similar to last season.

dodgey · Post by **dodgey** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:55 pm

Rossoneri wrote:Why would you spend that much on an English Goalkeeper?
Man U to get off to a good start and open up a 3-4 game gap.
Chelsea to attempt to reel it in, but just fall short, similar to last season.

probably not far off the mark.... Chelsea have a few injuries to key players ATM. Terry and Drogba 2 big losses

$2.40 ManU
$2.60 Chelsea
$6.50 Liverpool

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:25 pm

dodgey wrote:
Rossoneri wrote:Why would you spend that much on an English Goalkeeper?
Man U to get off to a good start and open up a 3-4 game gap.
Chelsea to attempt to reel it in, but just fall short, similar to last season.

probably not far off the mark.... Chelsea have a few injuries to key players ATM. Terry and Drogba 2 big losses

$2.40 ManU
$2.60 Chelsea
$6.50 Liverpool

Thats why I thnk that will happen. Make no mistake, for all of Chelsea's Russian millions, their hopes fall on Terry's shoulders. We were able to break away from them when Terry missed matches last year.

In Aussie terms, Terry is to Chelsea what J. Brown is to Brisbane.
Its in the early part when it is often won and lost. In the latter half of the season, there are more matches due to FA Cup, champions league. As Man U, Chelsea and Liverpool feature prominently in the CL, the early part of the season is a big factor. Get the runs on the board before the congested fixture in New Year gets you.