A New Era

[TheLuckDuck]

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REVOLUTION!

BBC Sport can announce that a huge change has taken place in the Premier League today.

The Premier League has, let's be honest, become slightly predictable of late, especially at the top, and the Premier League are striving to change that.

And change it they have.

Today the Premier League announced that they have looked to our American cousins and implemented a "draft" into English football.

The names of the twenty best players at each club have gone into one hat, and the names of the clubs have gone into another. The result is that each club gets one player from each club, and they give one to each other club.

So there will be no more relegation scraps in South Wales or on Wearside, much the opposite.

The hope is that each club will now be given a fair chance at success.

"But what about money?" We hear you cry, no fear, as the Premier League are now regulating that, no team is allowed to have a wage bill of ?1.25m a week.

So is this a new order? Will there be titles on Humerside or in East Anglia? Only time will tell.


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[TheLuckDuck]

Right then, so what I've done is this

Each club has the exact same settings financially; balance, sugar daddy status, etc
Each club has the same youth/training set-up
Each club has the same capacity stadium.
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Arsenal- Ramsey, Clark, Brayford, Azpilicueta, Dann, Coleman, Rodallega, Reina, Y.Toure, Evra, Marveaux, Huddlestone, R.Martin, Boruc, J.Walters, Scocco, Dyer, Chadli, Myhill, R.Morrison

Aston Villa- Gibbs, Delfouneso, Noone, Ba, Jedinak, Mirallas, Sakho, Dzeko, De Gea, Yanga-Mbiwa, Figueroa, Tettey, S.Davis, Pieters, Colback, A.Rangel, Soldado, Thievy, Tomkins

Cardiff- Rosicky, Helenius, Cornelius, Hazard, Puncheon, Barry, Hangeland, Agger, Fernandinho, Zaha, Haidara McGregor, Hoolahan, Lovren, P.Crouch, Bridcutt, Routledge, Friedel, Olsson, J.Collins

Chelsea- Ozil, Bacuna, Kim, Matic, Dobbie, Baines, Woodrow, Suarez, Hart, Cleverley, Amalfitano, A.Bruce, C.Chambers, G.Cameron, Larsson, Vazquez, Dembele, Ridgewell, Vaz Te

Crystal Palace- Walcott, Gardner, Hudson, Ivanovic, McCarthy, Pienaar, Sidwell, Skrtel, Aguero, Rooney, Williamson, Harper, D.Rudd, Osvaldo, Odemwingie, Mannone, de Guzman, Vertonghen, Anichebe, Diarra

Everton- Cazorla, Westwood, Connolly, A.Cole, Ward, Gibson, Kacaniklic, Henderson, Clichy, Januzaj, Shola Ameobi, Dudgeon, Garrido, Shaw, Etherington, K.Westwood, Tiendalli, H.Kane, Yacob, K.Nolan

Fulham- Koscielny, Bennett, Caulker, Cech, Jerome, Jagielka, Dejegah, K.Toure, Lescott, Vidic, Ben Arfa, Elmohamady, Redmond, J.Rodriguez, Arnautovic, D.Vaughan, Pozuelo, Lennon, Gera, C.Cole

Liverpool- Arteta, Weimann, Cowie, Ramires, O?Keefe, Distin, Parker, Borini, Demichelis, Welbeck, Remy, Jakupovic, Elmander, Lallana, Shawcross, Ki Sung-Yeung, O?Shea, Vorm, Eriksen, Vydra, Collison

Hull- Mertesacker, Bent, Medel, Cahill, Murray, Kone, Ruiz, Mignolet, Silva, Valencia, Obertan, S.Quinn, Gutierrez, Lambert, M.Wilson, D.Graham, B.Davies, Lamela, Dorrans, Adrian

Manchester City- Monreal, Baker, K.Jones, Salah, Dikgacoi, Osman, Holtby, G.Johnson, Nastasic, R.Ferdinand, De Jong, Fryatt, Bassong, Schneiderlin, B.Shea, Altidore, Shelvey, K.Walker, Mulumbu, G.McCartney

Manchester United- Miyachi, Agbonlahor, T.Smith, Luiz, Parr, McGeady, Mitroglou, Allen, Navas, Evans, Gouffran, Jelavic, Bennett, Clyne, Muniesa, W.Brown, Michu, Naughton, Sigurdsson, Berahino, Maiga

Newcastle- Giroud, Albrighton, Campbell, Terry, Moxey, Barkley, Briggs, Flanagan, Rodwell, Carrick, Krul, C.Davies, Fer, K.Davis, Assaidi, Wickham, A.Williams, Chiriches, Popov, Jaaskelainen

Norwich- Wilshere, Guzan, Ben Turner, Willian, Wilbraham, Naismith, Heitinga, Sterling, Nasri, A.Young, Vukic, P.McShane, Van Wolswinkel, J.Cork, C.Adam, S.Fletcher, N.Taylor, Lloris, S.Reid, Diame

Southampton- Sagna, Benteke, Eikrem, Van Ginkel, Jon Williams, Delofeu, Richardson, Allen, S.Sinclair, Van Persie, Coloccini, Long, Whittaker, H.Reed, Palacios, C.Gardner, Canas, Sandro, Brunt, Downing

Stoke- Szczesny, El Ahmadi, Mutch, Lukaku, Gabiddon, J.McCarthy, Diarra, Sturridge, Zabaleta, Kagawa, Debuchy G.Boyd, Howson, Wanyama, S.Gallagher, N?Zonzi, Giacherrini, J.Richards

Sunderland- Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tonev, Marshall, Torres, Speroni, Traore, Karagounis, Aspas, Guidetti, Mata, Anita, Rosenior, B.Johnson, Ward-Prowse, Begovic, Dossena, Tremmel, Adebayor, Lugano, M.Jarvis

Swansea- Podolski, Delph, Whittingham, Lampard, Ledley T.Howard, Duff, Lucas, Pantilimon, P.Jones, Sammy Ameobi, Oxley, Yoshida, S.Ireland, Cuellar, Vergini, Britton, D.Rose, B.Foster, R.Johnson

Tottenham- Vermaelen, Okore, Gunnarsson, Oscar, Gayle, Hibbert, Stockdale, Coutinho, Milner, Fellaini, Sissoko, J.Chester, S.Long, Hooper, G.Ramirez, Whelan, Bardsley, Lamah, Capoue, M.Amalfitano, A.Carroll

West Brom- Flamini, Vlaar, Mason, Schurrle, Bolasie, Oviedo, Steckelenburg, Enrique, Kompany, N.Powell, Santon, R.Brady, Becchio, Hooiveld, A.Wilkinson, A.Johnson, Lita, Paulinho, C.Dawson, W.Reid

West Ham- Mertesacker, Sylla, A.Taylor, De Bruyne, Mariappa, Stones, Riise, Gerrard, Jovetic, Hernandez, Cisse, Proshwitz, Ruddy, Gazzaniga, Huth, Cattermole, Bony, Kaboul, Sessegnon, M.Noble
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The decision is, shall I be a club, or just watch?

 

[lewie100]

Southampton are missing one hull and one Liverpool player. I say, watch.

 

[TheLuckDuck]

Southampton are missing one hull and one Liverpool player. I say, watch.

Thanks for the reply and pointing that out

 

[TheLuckDuck]

The changes in the Premier League have lead to a few surprising odds for this season, as is shown below.

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Obviously odds don't confirm what the league will look like in May, but it does give us an idea

 

[lewie100]

Cannot see the attachment?

 

[TheLuckDuck]

AUGUST 2013

First Matches
Fulham 2-2 Tottenham
Rodriguez, Mitroglou--A.Carroll (2)

Cardiff 3-1 Chelsea
Zaha, Hazard (2)--Cleverley

Liverpool 1-0 West Brom
Remy
Manchester United 0-1 West Ham
Hernandez

Norwich 0-1 Hull
Lamela
Swansea 0-0 Stoke

Newcastle 3-1 Arsenal
Gouffran, Carrick, Tiote--J.Campbell

Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton
Walcott--Cazorla, McCarthy

Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City
Lowton--Negredo, Silva

Southampton 1-0 Sunderland
Benteke

Second Matches
Arsenal 1-2 Cardiff
Park--Cornelius, Zaha

Stoke 0-1 Norwich
Nasri

Sunderland 1-1 Crystal Palace
Torres--Walcott

West Brom 0-2 Newcastle
Giroud, Carrick

West Ham 1-1 Aston Villa
Jovetic--Mirallas

Manchester City 0-1 Liverpool
Vydra

Hull 0-6 Southampton
Benteke (2), Van Persie (3), Downing

Chelsea 3-2 Swansea
Eto'o, Moses, Suarez--Podolski, Gorre

Tottenham 0-2 Manchester United
Agbonlahor (2)

Everton 3-0 Fulham
Kane, Gibson, Duffy

Third Matches
Wednesday
Norwich 1-1 Chelsea
Fletcher, Suarez

Weekend
Newcastle 2-1 Manchester City
Giroud, Assaidi--Holtby

Cardiff 0-1 West Brom
Oviedo

Crystal Palace 2-2 Hull
Pienaar, Aguero--Gutierrez, Bent

Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
Remy

Southampton 3-0 Stoke
Allen, Brunt, Benteke

Manchester United 1-1 Everton
Evans--Nolan

Swansea 1-0 Arsenal
Whittingham

Tottenham 0-2 West Ham
Taylor, Hernandez

Fulham 1-0 Sunderland
Cole

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Southampton have definitely been the team of the season so far, scoring ten, conceding none and winning all three games, putting them top.

Three teams have played exceptionally so far, Southampton, Newcastle and Liverpool who have 100% records

Six teams are winless so far (Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Tottenham, Stoke and Arsenal)

Commiserations must go to North London as their "Big Two" have conceded 6 each and have only managed 4 goals between them.​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

SEPTEMBER 2013

After an interesting first month how did the teams do in September?

FOURTH MATCHES
Arsenal 1-0 Norwich
Y.Toure

Aston Villa 3-1 Newcastle
Noone, Ba (2)--Giroud

Chelsea 4-1 Southampton
Suarez (2), Zouma, Ozil--Long

Everton 0-4 Tottenham
Tiendalli o.g, Fellaini, Milner, Amalfitano

Manchester City 2-1 Cardiff
Holtby, Milner--Cornelius

Stoke 1-2 Crystal Palace
Mutch--Aguero, Rooney

Sunderland 1-4 Manchester United
Oxlade-Chamberlain--Henriquez, Michu (2), P.Jones

Hull 0-1 Fulham
Lennon

West Brom 0-1 Swansea
Podolski

West Ham 1-1 Liverpool
De Bruyne--Welbeck

FIFTH MATCHES
Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace
Aguero

Liverpool 1-0 Cardiff
Ramires

Manchester City 1-4 Norwich
Dzeko--Nasri (2), Fletcher (2)

Stoke 2-1 Manchester United
Giaccherini, Lukaku--Pearson

Sunderland 0-2 Everton
Vellios (2)

West Brom 0-0 Southampton

West Ham 2-1 Newcastle
Taylor, Bony--Giroud

Chelsea 1-4 Fulham
Dembele-Lennon (2), Cole, Kasami

Aston Villa 1-1 Swansea
Ba--Lucas

Hull 1-3 Tottenham
Lamela--Carroll (2), Fellaini

SIXTH MATCHES
Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool
Ossaidi-Remy

Crystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea
Fulham 2-0 Stoke
Arnautovic (2)

Manchester United 0-1 Hull
Cahill

Southampton 1-1 Arsenal
Van Persie--Bendtner

Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland
Carroll--Oxlade Chamberlain (2)

Swansea 0-3 Manchester City
Negredo (2), Ferdinand

Everton 2-1 West Ham
McCarthy, Tiendalli--Cole

Norwich 1-0 West Brom
Young

Cardiff 1-2 Aston Villa
Crouch--Soldado, Jedinak

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