August 01, 2015

7 Days to Start of Premier League Season: The Premier League kicks off one week from today with six matches, including Chelsea beginning its championship defense against Swansea and Manchester United versus Tottenham. Join SportsFilter's long-running Fantasy Premier League game and allocate £100 million towards a starting lineup you can change each week with transfers. London24 offers tips on players to avoid, including Chelsea striker Radamel Falcao (£7.5m), Liverpool defender Nathaniel Clyne (£5.5m) and Southampton defender Steven Caulker (£5.5m). Man U keeper David de Gea's (£5.5m) not the best pickup either, since Louis Van Gaal just agreed Saturday to sell him to Real Madrid.

posted by rcade to soccer at 06:28 PM - 4 comments

I'm one of the 43% of owners who currently have Clyne, recommended in the last link and panned in this one.

posted by rcade at 06:31 PM on August 01, 2015

One could reasonably think that Clyne is a significant upgrade on Glen Johnson and Javier Manqiullo and so Liverpool are far less likely to be leaking goals. Not to mention no more Gerrard as DM which, club legend or not, he was a horror at last season, so again, probably less goals given.

Hard to take site called "London24" too seriously about a Liverpool player, in any case.

posted by billsaysthis at 07:09 PM on August 02, 2015

But, yay seven days!!!

posted by billsaysthis at 07:09 PM on August 02, 2015

Promotion at last? Given the last couple of seasons, I'll be strung along until May, then be cock punched by reality.

posted by owlhouse at 09:48 PM on August 04, 2015

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