The Premiership 2007/08 ante-post

[kompressaur]

[k33nan]

sorry kop, but mourinho and abromavick patch things up apparently!

Originally Posted by Kop66

I've just backed Jose Mourinho for the first manager to leave his post, 20/1 @ Coral.
There a few others who i'd say are more likely but the fact he doesn't get on so well with Abramovich and for a poorish start (they are away at Anfield and O.T before the 3rd week in September) and things could deteriate rapidly. I wouldn't be suprised to see Abramo' go in for Cappello at some point.

[FC Basher]

What sort of season are Portsmouth going to have? Could they possible kick on from what they achived last season.Harry's tactics dont seem to work away from home tho.

Some nice bets avaliable 20's and 1/4 odds 1,2,3 without the top 4,so a 7th place finish would give you a 5/1 winner.And +37 on the handicap list,a season like the last and that +37 might just be very generous.

[$olvent]

Nothing can stop Chelsea next season, warns Mourinho
(AFP)

LONDON - Jose Mourinho has warned that nothing can stop Chelsea from recapturing the Premier League title from Manchester United next season.

Mourinho buried the hatchet with Roman Abramovich during clear-the-air talks with the Blues owner and Russian billionaire in London last week.

And he declared on Friday that Chelsea are united as they turn their minds to reclaiming the crown.

“I’m happy with the club and happy with the structure. I’m happy with the support and communication and my players are fantastic,” he told the club’s official website.

“I don’t want to communicate with people outside my club. I don’t want to because I don’t need to send messages to my club through the press.

“The communication at this moment is fantastic. In my club, everything is perfect. Me and the people outside, I simply just don’t care. I’m not interested.”

Mourinho, who is preparing Chelsea for the last match of their pre-season tour to America against LA Galaxy on Saturday, is convinced he will bring more silverware to Stamford Bridge.

“I’m optimistic. I won trophies in the last five years of my career, so not occasionally. This happens for some reason, and I think we’re going in the same direction,” he said.

“We always have two big competitions, the Premiership and Champions League. The cups in England are very important too.”

England midfielder Joe Cole, who spent long spells of last season in the treatment room with knee and foot injuries, believes Chelsea’s big names must perform if United are to be deposed.

Cole insists the form of Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo was the key to United’s success last term and hopes some of his Blues team-mates step up to the plate in similar fashion.

“Our rivals have strengthened but so have we. I don’t think it’s going to be who spends the most money who wins the league. That has never been the case,” he said.

“It’s always been who has the fighting spirit, togetherness and which of the big players had the better season.

“Cristiano Ronaldo had a good season last year and was the main reason United won the league.

“This year we need two or three important players in attack to come up with the goods and that’s what we’ll be trying to do.”

[Kop66]

sorry kop, but mourinho and abromavick patch things up apparently!

Yep, the day after i posted that K33nan they kissed and made up, bloody typical I still think he'll be gone before the season is out though.

[christianu]

Newcastle to finish above Sunderland and Middlesborough 4/5

One of the best bets ever that. I make that scenario 80-90% likely

[christianu]

This actually got cut into 4/11, since yesterday...gutted

[kompressaur]

I suppose this wont tell you if the players have come or went from the club but least its some indication

Arsenal
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Julio Baptista Loan : Expired Real Madrid
Fredrik Ljungberg Undisclosed West Ham United
Bacary Sagna Undisclosed Auxerre
Matthew Connolly On Loan Colchester United
Da Silva Eduardo Undisclosed Dinamo Zagreb
Eduardo Da Silva Undisclosed Dinamo Zagreb
Arturo Lupoli Free Transfer Fiorentina
Thierry Henry £ 16,100,000 Barcelona
Jeremie Aliadiere Undisclosed Middlesbrough
Lukasz Fabianski Undisclosed Legia Warsaw
Mart Poom Undisclosed Watford
Gavin Hoyte Undisclosed Bedford Town

Aston Villa
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Lee Hendrie Free Transfer Sheffield United
Marlon Harewood Undisclosed West Ham United
Steven Davis Undisclosed Fulham
Nigel Reo-Coker £ 8,500,000 West Ham United
Aaron Hughes £ 1,000,000 Fulham
Gavin McCann £ 1,000,000 Bolton Wanderers
Jlloyd Samuel Free Transfer Bolton Wanderers
Robert Olejnik Free Transfer Falkirk

Birmingham City
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Hossam Ghaly Undisclosed Tottenham
Richard Kingson Undisclosed Ghana
DJ Campbell £ 1,600,000 Leicester City
Stephen Clemence £ 1,000,000 Leicester City
Julian Gray Free Transfer Coventry City
Rafael Schmitz On Loan Lille
Olivier Kapo £ 3,000,000 Juventus
Garry O'Connor £ 2,650,000 Lokomotiv Moscow
Bruno N'Gotty Undisclosed Leicester City
Stuart Parnaby Free Transfer Middlesbrough

Blackburn Rovers
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Roque Santa Cruz Undisclosed Bayern Munich
Michael Gray Free Transfer Wolverhampton Wanderers
Andy Todd Undisclosed Derby County
Maceo Rigters Undisclosed NAC Breda

Bolton Wanderers
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Danny Guthrie On Loan Liverpool
Heidar Helguson Undisclosed Fulham
Dzemaili Undisclosed FC Zurich
Tal Ben Haim Free Transfer Chelsea
Gavin McCann £ 1,000,000 Aston Villa
Jlloyd Samuel Free Transfer Aston Villa
Chris Howarth Free Transfer Carlisle United

Chelsea
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Ben Sahar On Loan Queens Park Rangers
Michael Mancienne On Loan Queens Park Rangers
Jimmy Smith On Loan Norwich City
Khalid Boulahrouz On Loan Sevilla
Florent Malouda Undisclosed Olympique Lyonnaise
Geremi Free Transfer Newcastle United
Steven Sidwell Free Transfer Reading
Yves Ma Kalambay Undisclosed Hibernian
Tal Ben Haim Free Transfer Bolton Wanderers
Claudio Pizarro Free Transfer Bayern Munich

Derby County
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Lee Camp £ 300,000 Queens Park Rangers
Lewis Price Undisclosed Ipswich Town
Claude Davis £ 3,000,000 Sheffield United
Andy Todd Undisclosed Blackburn Rovers
Tyrone Mears £ 1,000,000 West Ham United
Robert Earnshaw £ 3,500,000 Norwich City

Everton
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Richard Wright Free Transfer West Ham United
Gary Naysmith £ 1,000,000 Sheffield United
Phil Jagielka £ 4,000,000 Sheffield United
Lucas Jutkiewicz Undisclosed Swindon Town
John Ruddy On Loan Bristol City

Fulham
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Wayne Routledge Loan : Expired Tottenham
Michael Brown Undisclosed Wigan Ath
Heidar Helguson Undisclosed Bolton Wanderers
Lee Cook £ 2,500,000 Queens Park Rangers
Paul Konchesky Undisclosed West Ham United
David Healy Undisclosed Leeds United
Chris Baird Nominal Southampton
Diomansy Kamara £ 6,000,000 West Bromwich Albion
Steven Davis Undisclosed Aston Villa
Aaron Hughes £ 1,000,000 Aston Villa
Mark Crossley Free Transfer Oldham Athletic

Liverpool
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Danny Guthrie On Loan Bolton
Nikolay Mihailov Undisclosed Levski Sofia
Robbie Fowler Free Transfer Cardiff City
Mark Gonzalez £ 4,200,000 Real Betis
Ryan Babel £ 11,500,000 Ajax
Yossi Benayoun Undisclosed West Ham United
Jerzy Dudek Free Transfer Real Madrid
Craig Bellamy £ 7,500,000 West Ham United
Ryan Crowther Undisclosed Stockport County
Andrew Vorornin Undisclosed Leverkusen
Boudewijn Zenden Free Transfer Olympique Marseille
Luis Garcia Undisclosed Atletico Madrid
Andrej Voronin Free Transfer Bayer Leverkusen
Fernando Torres £ 26,500,000 Atletico Madrid
Nikolay Mihaylov Undisclosed Levski Sofia
Godwin Antwi On Loan Hartlepool United

Manchester City
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Deiberson Geovanni Undisclosed Cruzeiro
Deiberson Geovanni Free Transfer Benfica
Fernandes Gelson Undisclosed Sion
Rolando Bianchi Undisclosed Reggina
Trevor Sinclair Free Transfer Cardiff City
Nicky Weaver Free Transfer Charlton Athletic
Joey Barton £ 5,800,000 Newcastle United
Nathan D'Laryea Free Transfer Rochdale
Sylvain Distin Free Transfer Portsmouth

Manchester United
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Henrik Larsson Loan : Expired Helsingborgs
Kieran Richardson Undisclosed Sunderland
Oliveira Anderson Undisclosed FC Porto
Jonny Evans Loan : Expired Sunderland
Owen Hargreaves Undisclosed Bayern Munich
Tomasz Kuszczak Undisclosed West Bromwich Albion
Luis Nani Undisclosed Sporting Lisbon

Middlesbrough
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Luke Young £ 2,500,000 Charlton Athletic
Tuncay Sanli Undisclosed Fenerbahce
Tuncay Sanli Free Transfer Fenerbahce
Jeremie Aliadiere Undisclosed Arsenal
Mark Viduka Free Transfer Newcastle United
Danny Graham Free Transfer Carlisle United
Stuart Parnaby Free Transfer Birmingham City
Jonathan Woodgate Undisclosed Real Madrid
Abel Xavier Free Transfer Los Angeles Galaxy

Newcastle United
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Hugo Viana Undisclosed Valencia
Geremi Free Transfer Chelsea
David Rozehnal £ 2,900,000 Paris St Germain
Joey Barton £ 5,800,000 Manchester City
Mark Viduka Free Transfer Middlesbrough
Scott Parker £ 7,000,000 West Ham United
Titus Bramble Free Transfer Wigan Athletic
Antoine Sibierski Free Transfer Wigan Athletic

Portsmouth
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
David Nugent £ 6,000,000 Preston North End
John Utaka Undisclosed Stade Rennes
Svetoslav Todorov Free Transfer Charlton Athletic
Sulley Muntari Undisclosed Udinese
Hermann Hreidarsson Free Transfer Charlton Athletic
Sylvain Distin Free Transfer Manchester City

Reading
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Scott Davies On Loan Aldershot
Jonathan Hayes Undisclosed Leicester City
Steven Sidwell Free Transfer Chelsea
Greg Halford Undisclosed Sunderland
Kalifa Cisse Undisclosed Boavista

Sunderland
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Paul McShane £ 1,500,000 West Bromwich Albion
Stephen Elliott Undisclosed Wolverhampton Wanderers
Dickson Etuhu £ 1,500,000 Norwich City
Arnau Riera On Loan Falkirk
Kieran Richardson Undisclosed Manchester United
Michael Chopra Undisclosed Cardiff City
Dan Smith Undisclosed Aberdeen
Jonny Evans Loan : Expired Man Utd
Russell Anderson £ 1,000,000 Aberdeen
Greg Halford Undisclosed Reading

Tottenham Hotspur
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Hossam Ghaly Undisclosed Birmingham
Wayne Routledge Loan : Expired Fulham
Danny Rose Undisclosed Leeds United
Younes Kaboul Undisclosed AJ Auxerre
Mark Yeates Undisclosed Colchester United
Reto Ziegler Undisclosed Sampdoria
Darren Bent £ 16,500,000 Charlton Athletic
Adel Taarabt Undisclosed RC Lens
Gareth Bale Undisclosed Southampton
Charlie Lee Free Transfer Peterborough United

West Ham United
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Fredrik Ljungberg Undisclosed Arsenal
Marlon Harewood Undisclosed Aston Villa
Paul Konchesky Undisclosed Fulham
Yossi Benayoun Undisclosed Liverpool
Craig Bellamy £ 7,500,000 Liverpool
Roy Carroll Free Transfer Rangers
Shaun Newton Undisclosed Leicester City
Richard Wright Free Transfer Everton
Nigel Reo-Coker £ 8,500,000 Aston Villa
Tyrone Mears £ 1,000,000 Derby County
Teddy Sheringham Free Transfer Colchester United
Julien Faubert £ 6,100,000 Girondins Bordeaux
Scott Parker £ 7,000,000 Newcastle United

Wigan Athletic
In/Out Player Name Amount/Type To/From
Michael Brown Undisclosed Fulham
Lee McCulloch £ 2,250,000 Rangers
Jason Koumas £ 5,300,000 West Bromwich Albion
Carlo Nash £ 300,000 Preston North End
Mario Melchiot Free Transfer Stade Rennes
Titus Bramble Free Transfer Newcastle United
Antoine Sibierski Free Transfer Newcastle United
Matt Jackson Free Transfer Watford
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[Kop66]

Originally Posted by Kop66

I've just backed Jose Mourinho for the first manager to leave his post, 20/1 @ Coral.
There a few others who i'd say are more likely but the fact he doesn't get on so well with Abramovich and for a poorish start (they are away at Anfield and O.T before the 3rd week in September) and things could deteriate rapidly.

Hope it isn't a friggin hoax

[Kop66]

I've just given Corals a fiver back

Next Prem manager to leave his post
Alex Ferguson @ 66/1

It's unlikely and i've taken it on the back of my Mourinho win but my outsider reasons for taking though are...

1. It cant be a unified boardroom with the ever increasing debt, who knows whats going on.

2. Queiroz has hinted about his future roll there just a fortnight ago as though something had made him come out and say it.

3. I can see Fergie going into a different role or being given a different title there when he retires from managing and i dont think it's as far away as seems.
Utd wont want to be slipping any more points to Arsenal and they are already out of the Carling cup. Any other bad results popping up and pressure will be on.

Like i say, it's unlikely but odds of 66/1 sucked me in.

Now go sit next to Bobby, Fergie.

[Hippy Dave]

Originally Posted by ONEDUNME

If Derby don't finish above Fulham I'll eat my own cock.

Not looking good for you mate.

[slick]

Aye and you heard it first here on TDP folks.

I bet we could get some Sky coverage on something like this as in getting ODM on Football am to do the deed as ODM doesnt strike me as the sort to back out of anything.