2019-20 English Premiere League Thread
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Seems like a really weird fit, given their roster ... but whatever. It's aggressive. I guess.
Mikel Arteta will be introduced as Arsenal’s new manager on Friday. He won’t take charge of the team on Saturday at Everton, he won’t have conducted a training session before the match. He lost out to Unai Emery 18 months ago because he lacked managerial experience and didn’t have a back room staff readily available. He played in 149 matches for Arsenal from 2011-16 and was club captain his last 2 seasons, both of which were hampered by injury.
www.theguardian.com
Arteta to be appointed Arsenal manager â and set to meet Ancelotti in stands
Mikel Arteta and Carlo Ancelotti are close to being confirmed as Arsenal and Everton manager respectively, but will not take charge for Saturday’s meeting between the two sides
www.theguardian.com
It only became official today, so the weekend kicks off at Goodison Park with both newly appointed managers watching from the Directors Box.
I was in the Emirates the day Arteta retired. God, but they love that guy in the stands.Mikel Arteta will be introduced as Arsenal’s new manager on Friday. He won’t take charge of the team on Saturday at Everton, he won’t have conducted a training session before the match. He lost out to Unai Emery 18 months ago because he lacked managerial experience and didn’t have a back room staff readily available. He played in 149 matches for Arsenal from 2011-16 and was club captain his last 2 seasons, both of which were hampered by injury.
Arteta to be appointed Arsenal manager â and set to meet Ancelotti in stands
Mikel Arteta and Carlo Ancelotti are close to being confirmed as Arsenal and Everton manager respectively, but will not take charge for Saturday’s meeting between the two sides
He actually played more matches for Everton than Arsenal.
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Big blow to Villa with McGinn out up to three months with a broken ankle plus the current run of bad form has put them back down in the relegation zone. I am no longer as confident that it won't be a relegation scrap again this season.
Yeah, I know. And I suspect that he's got a Rod Brind'Amour-esque career in management in front of him. He was llways a serious thinker on the pitch and was deeply respected everywhere he played.
Villa fell into the classic EPL trap ... letting the toughest stretch of the schedule wear them down to the point where they forgot how to play. Now, they'll have to rebuild confidence on the fly in the world's toughest league.
Villa back on the good foot ... 1-0 over Norwich.
Other ... less important, of course ... Boxing Day results:
Spurs over Brighton 2-0
Southampton find a pulse over Chelsea 2-0
Palace beat West Ham 2-1
Everton beat Burnley 1-0
Man United beat Newcastle 4-1
Bournemouth drew Arsenal 1-1
Sheffield drew Watford 1-1
Liverpool currently leading Leicester 1-0
Other ... less important, of course ... Boxing Day results:
Spurs over Brighton 2-0
Southampton find a pulse over Chelsea 2-0
Palace beat West Ham 2-1
Everton beat Burnley 1-0
Man United beat Newcastle 4-1
Bournemouth drew Arsenal 1-1
Sheffield drew Watford 1-1
Liverpool currently leading Leicester 1-0
And David Moyes replaces him, on an 18 month contract. Moyes guided the Hammers to safety on a 6 month contract from December 2017 to the end of the 2017-18 season. He wasn’t offered a new contract and was replaced by Pellegrini.
Sure. Classic.
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Villa have now lost Wesley and Tom Heaton for the season on top of John McGinn. They've added Danny Drinkwater on loan for the rest of the season for some portion of his outlandish wages (Chelsea initially demanded Villa pay his full wage bill, to which Villa replied "ha, no." Couldn't seem to find how much they will be paying but probably somewhere near half like Burnley were paying before). They're also linked with other pseudo washed up goalies and strikers as well to replace their other losses. The middle of the premier league is crazy with Villa being only one point above relegation, but only ten points behind fifth in the table. Liverpool, Leicester and City have separated themselves from the rest of the league, but everyone else is close with their being the same difference in points between first and fourth than fourth and last place which is absolutely wild.