English Premier League 2016/2017

[Coasterfreek]

20 teams in the Premier League:

Leicester City (C)
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City
Southampton
West Ham United
Liverpool
Stoke City
Chelsea
Everton
Swansea City
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
Crystal Palace
AFC Bournemouth
Sunderland
Burnley (P)
Middlesbrough (P)
Hull City (Playoff Promoted)

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Relegated
Aston Villa
Norwich City
Newcastle United



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[thatdude]

Coaster, if you're bored and want to make all the new league threads that would be greatly appreciated

 

[Pajo]

EU Referendum Results:
1. Leave
2. Remain
3. Abstained
4. Arsenal

 

[Harpsabu]

On the EU referendum - I know no politics allowed - But I live in Northern Ireland and took part in the vote and I apologise to the rest of the EU and the EU nationals living over here for the complete idiocy of this decision and for potentially leading to the break up of the EU.

 

[Ronin]

On the EU referendum - I know no politics allowed - But I live in Northern Ireland and took part in the vote and I apologise to the rest of the EU and the EU nationals living over here for the complete idiocy of this decision and for potentially leading to the break up of the EU.

Is there any sentiment there for leaving UK and possibly merging with Ireland?

 

[Harpsabu]

Is there any sentiment there for leaving UK and possibly merging with Ireland?

Yep, the main Nationalist party - Sinn Fein - have already started calls this morning for a Border Poll on Irish reunification. Northern Ireland voted Remain, even though many Nationalists didn't fully engage with the referendum - so they think we should get the choice now to join Ireland and stay with the EU. Which, I don't think we will do. But there are calls for us to go against the referendum and remain in the Uk and in the EU - but I can't see that working. To be honest, it's left Northern Ireland in the worst position possible but I'll tell you one thing, everyone in the North is applying for Irish passports today to keep the liberties of being an EU citizen.

 

[ScottishInterista]

We will most likely have a referendum within the next couple years, there's a lot of uproar here cause not one of the counties here voted for it.

 

[Harpsabu]

We will most likely have a referendum within the next couple years, there's a lot of uproar here cause not one of the counties here voted for it.

Scottish independence ref or another EU ref?

 

[Ronin]

From what I read one of the reasons Scotland wanted to stay in UK is because of EU. Now that UK has left EU, there's no reason not to have another referendum for leaving UK.

 

[Harpsabu]

All I know, if i were you guys who's currency is Euro, I would buy a lot of sterling right now, then sell it back in a couple of months when it eventually picks up again. A lot of my Southern Friends doing that here and actually a lot of places have stopped selling it

 

[ScottishInterista]

Scots referendum, the last couple elections have shown just how big the differences are between scotland and the remaining countries

 

[Pajo]

Ok guys, it's enough. Something WILL happen sooner or later if we continue

 

[Bluenine]

I have been answering a lot these questions today, so though this may interest some of you...

What does Brexit vote mean for the Premier League?
- For the next two years or so, nothing really changes
- After the UK exits formally, the existing work permit criteria will also apply to EU players in the EPL


What is the work permit criteria for foreign players?
- A player must have played for his country in at least 75% of its competitive matches during the last two years
- The player’s country must be at or above 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings


How does this impact the Premier League?
- As of now, there are an estimated 80-100 EU players in EPL who do not meet these work permit requirements
- So as per existing rules, after 2 years EPL will lose a large number (10-15%) of its players who are EU nationals
- Also, the prices of quality EU (and Non-EU) players who are eligible for work permit will shoot up. Ditto re quality British players
- The major impact will be EPL club's ability to attract youth from the EU... i.e. no more De Gea / Pique / Martial kind of deals
- This may make the EPL less competitive in the long run
- However, there will be more British players in the EPL


How does this impact Serie A and other leagues?
- A weakening EPL may directly strengthen other leagues
- However the EPL clubs will potentially spend more on top quality players
- Other leagues will benefit from no EPL competition for the following type of players:
1. Quality EU youth players (e.g.: De Gea to Man Utd, Fabregas to Arsenal, etc)
2. Players who have not made it to their NT yet (e.g.: Payet to West Ham, Pelle to Southampton, etc)


What can the FA/UK do to help?
There are two options:
1. Slightly relax work permit criteria. However this will apply equally to EU and Non EU players, so may result in the EPL flooded with cheaper talents from South America & Africa. This could further reduce the opportunities for local players.
2. Completely relax work permit criteria, but add a cap on the total number of foriegn players per club i.e. as it used to be all over Europe before the mid-90s. This is possibly the best solution for the premier league.

Hope that helps.

 

[Coasterfreek]

Stop the politics FFS.

 

[thatdude]

Stop the politics FFS.

What Blueine posted was not politics, it directly spoke about football. As a matter of fact this is an example of how to post about Brexit IMO.

 

[Coasterfreek]

What Blueine posted was not politics, it directly spoke about football. As a matter of fact this is an example of how to post about Brexit IMO.

That post was the exception, had no issues with that post. I don't want to read 2-3 pages of people talking about how they voted

 

[Bergkamp]

Arsene Wenger: "I tried to sign England before it left the EU."

 

[monster09]

I have been answering a lot these questions today, so though this may interest some of you...

What does Brexit vote mean for the Premier League?
- For the next two years or so, nothing really changes
- After the UK exits formally, the existing work permit criteria will also apply to EU players in the EPL


What is the work permit criteria for foreign players?
- A player must have played for his country in at least 75% of its competitive matches during the last two years
- The player’s country must be at or above 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings


How does this impact the Premier League?
- As of now, there are an estimated 80-100 EU players in EPL who do not meet these work permit requirements
- So as per existing rules, after 2 years EPL will lose a large number (10-15%) of its players who are EU nationals
- Also, the prices of quality EU (and Non-EU) players who are eligible for work permit will shoot up. Ditto re quality British players
- The major impact will be EPL club's ability to attract youth from the EU... i.e. no more De Gea / Pique / Martial kind of deals
- This may make the EPL less competitive in the long run
- However, there will be more British players in the EPL


How does this impact Serie A and other leagues?
- A weakening EPL may directly strengthen other leagues
- However the EPL clubs will potentially spend more on top quality players
- Other leagues will benefit from no EPL competition for the following type of players:
1. Quality EU youth players (e.g.: De Gea to Man Utd, Fabregas to Arsenal, etc)
2. Players who have not made it to their NT yet (e.g.: Payet to West Ham, Pelle to Southampton, etc)


What can the FA/UK do to help?
There are two options:
1. Slightly relax work permit criteria. However this will apply equally to EU and Non EU players, so may result in the EPL flooded with cheaper talents from South America & Africa. This could further reduce the opportunities for local players.
2. Completely relax work permit criteria, but add a cap on the total number of foriegn players per club i.e. as it used to be all over Europe before the mid-90s. This is possibly the best solution for the premier league.

Hope that helps.

Work Permit rules are lot more relaxed since 2015, here is the article.

http://www.danielgeey.com/the-foreigner-debate-the-fas-new-work-permit-regulations-explained/

For example, Chelsea signed Kenedy who didn't play for Brazil at that time, same with Lucas Piazon.
Arsenal signed Nwakali who is African and just 18 year old, Paulista who is Brazilian but hardly played for Brazil.

There are lot of examples, especially with lower end table teams. Also if UK stays with EEA then EU players can move to UK like Pique, Fabregas did at young age. De Gea was wrong example as he joined when he was 21.

 

[Kakaroto]

Scots referendum, the last couple elections have shown just how big the differences are between scotland and the remaining countries

The boogeyman they played on Scotland last time was that they wouldn't be in the EU now they went and voted to leave EU

 

[ScottishInterista]

The boogeyman they played on Scotland last time was that they wouldn't be in the EU now they went and voted to leave EU

Technically we didnt, every scottish council area's residents voted to stay overall