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Any thought who will win this seasons Premier League? I now its early days but...

chelsea.

Spurs

ull

Chelsea

Corsham Centre "A" will shit on the Chippenham and Sunday League Premiership

man utd still i think

i know alot of our fans label it the premiershit etc.but some of the football yesterday was a joy to watch.
i really does make you realise just how dire league 1 is

Id like to see Chelsea, West Ham and Spurs relegated. Because that seems to be where most of our fans are dissapearing off to.

Blackburn Olympic

Chelsea

Who cares? Only cared about it for 1 year and the team I wanted to win it didnt!

aswell as being swindon fans surely we are all football fans aswell? dunno about everyone else but if a prem game or champs league is on tv and im not at a swindon game ill more than likely watch it

I don't think I'm that bothered about football, supporting Swindon is probably some really fucked up mental variation on self harm.

Lots of lower league fans pretend they hate the Premiership,its a kind of reverse elitism.But surely its where every club and supporter wants to be, otherwise whats the point? Im not overly bothered but I enjoy Match of the Day  and the odd live game.Its entirely ok to support Swindon but also like watching good football as well.

i think we all do to be honest

That's a pretty fair comment.I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way,but if it's on and you're at home,then you'll probably watch.

I didn't say I hated it. I said I didn't care who won it. Until Swindon get back into it I will continue to be ambivalent.

I hate it and dont like many of the people who play in it

very strong comment there

I enjoy it on a "I'll watch MOTD" kind of level, but I get pissed off with anybody who asks me which Premiership team I support, and I do think it is wrong that the top clubs have been allowed to break away into their own financial dreamworld with knock-on effects on the lower divisions. I would be over the moon if Swindon one day managed the great achievement of reaching the top flight again, but I feel the league itself has gone beyond football into being nothing more than a self-glorifying money-making machine.

I'm expecting United to win it again this year, and Man City to break into the top four at best.

Hard to judge from week 1. Chelsea made hard work of Hull, Man Utd looked uninspiring against Brum and Liverpool looked out of sorts against a bright Spurs team. Arsenal looked awesome against Everton but I get this feeling it was just one of those fluke scorelines that have happened all over the football league on opening day.

Going to need a see a few more games before a pattern emerges but for what its worth I think it will be between Chelsea and Liverpool for the top spot. Not going to buy into this Man City breaking into the top 4 as they will still lose more games than the 'big four' will IMO.

Unfortunalty thats spot on Ben.

Man Utd purely due to balance and depth of squad

If Arsenal can end up signing Hangelaand and Van Der Vaart they will be well up there i think

Benitez will never win the Prem for Scousepool as he's too negative.

Watching Swindon Town in the Premiership (as an adult) would be amazing.

I follow the Premiership no more than I keep an eye out on the Championship and League Two.

I have Sky Sports but I had no interest in watching the football on show yesterday.

For what it's worth I think it's an open Championship this season... Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool could win it and in all honesty I think Manchester City are only a couple of denfensive minded players short of being serious contenders. What City have done is no different to Roman Abramovich's early days at Chelsea... They were never going to win a title until he turned up.

I have to say I don't care what happens in the premiership and am completely ambivalent to the whole thing,  but I will always watch a football match over anything else, from premiership to conference to argentinian highlights.  I just love watching football.

Since getting Sky & Setanta / ESPN about 6 months ago I've been watching a few live Premier League games a week, and the Champions League matches involving English teams. You don't have to support any of the big teams to enjoy watching them play, there is normally at least one excellent game a week though there is a fair bit of shit as well.

Whilst I'd never call myself a fan, I love watching Arsenal play. When they play at their best no one else comes close, they might not win anything but its great to watch.

I find watching the Premier League helps balance out the shit I watch at the County Ground every fortnight.

On this topic, I wish the club would give us the League One scores before the Premier League scores.  We are League One, it's more important that we know those scores first.

I hate the Premier League, mainly for what it has mutated into thanks to Sky's brainwashing of the populace. It pisses me off that people from swindon travel to london, manchester, liverpool or wherever, instead of watching their local team. IT pisses me off even more to see the shirts of our rivals (plastics) in sports shops in our town, just because they have been in the premier league recently.

I've never understood why you don't see Swindon merchandise in other shops around the town. I reckon they're missing out on a lot of impulse purchases due to only selling from the club shop. Couldn't the sports shop stock the replica kits? What about a range of products in supermarkets? And so on.

I'm basing this on nothing other than a hunch but doesn't this happen in a lot of other towns/cities?

Wycombe sell replica shirts/scarfs etc in the sainsbury's in Maidenhead and i think the sports shops sell Reading shirts.

There used to be a section in Debenhams (maybe there still is?), and I think there was a short period where Sports Soccer stocked STFC merchandise, but it doesn't seem to be happening at the moment.

stfc gear is really a money spinner is it.

Exactly arriba - they would stock it if they thought they could sell it (apparently these shops do research, and are quite adept at making money; I've let the secret out)- I don't think anyone would but an STFC shirt on impulse, those who want one decide to get one well in advance, and noone else would get one however many times they saw it in the shops.

If it's profitable for teams like Wycombe and Watford, I'd imagine it'd be worth atleast considering the idea

Even if what doore says wasn't true, it's probably better for the club this way round anyway. I can't see there being that many extra sales from it being available elsewhere to make up for the fact that club would make less money on shirts sold outside of the club shop.

There's been plenty of places which have sold stfc stuff and it obviously isn't a money spinner because they don't stock it long.

I'm sure I can recall them doing a kit launch thing at Burton's once uppon a time (possibly when Roy Evans was here) but it didn't last very long. Or I might have fabricated the whole thing.

They should try to be pro-active to get into the supermarkets etc, even on a 'sale or return' basis.  It helps boost the profile, and I am sure there would be impulse buys.  (Especially in supermarkets, I am forever coming back with stuff I didn't need!!!)

I also think STFC should have one of the stands in the Brunel Centre in the run up to Christmas, selling shirts, tickets etc - they would get loads of impulse Christmas present purchases!

I seem to remember some local Burton's advert featuring Invincibile and Grazioli around that time. It would be nice if a couple of shops in town stocked our kit, but as others have said, if someone wants one they'll get one from the club shop, and there aren't likely to be many casual sales.

I couldn't care less who wins the Premiership. I quite enjoy watching some of the games because of the quality of the football, but the result is immaterial. The last time I cared was 1989 when I wanted Arsenal to win because I hated Liverpool so much.

I also hate going to my local in Calne on a Sunday during the season and watching a load of local lads going mental about Liverpool/Chelsea/Manure.

I was thinking that too. I think its that and (moreso) what Doore said.

Theres a combination of the fact the people who would buy it would buy it anyway from the club shop and the club make a bigger profit margin that way.

I think that's idiotic.

An eloquent and well thought out post.  You'll fit in well.

Quite...the Co-Op in OT had an outlet up until quite recently when the wheels completely fell off in the dog days of Diamandis.

Under Runt..there was an outlet in the Brunel...presumably the cost of rent was greater than the sales.

Nice little touch regarding the Scouse rivalries....

Everton have opened a new superstore in the Liverpool One shopping centre and have named their store "Everton Two" :D

Everton Two
Liverpool ONE
11 South John Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L1 8BU

I laughed anyway.

Thats quite clever :)

That made me laugh quite a lot.

Liverpool have retaliated by opening a sweetshop

Everton (can't play for) Toffee

 :D

Premiership latest:

Hull City 0-2 Spurs after 14 minutes...

You can't help but think that it's going to be a long old season for Hull.

And for Man Utd - they're already 1-0 down at Burnley.

Stephen Hunt's pulled one back for 'ull (I stand firmly by my comment though)

Man United losing? It's probably that dastardly Michael Owen's fault :)

It gets worse for Man Utd, they just missed a penalty!

*chortle*

why is Carrick taking the penalties.

I'm glad he is  :)

Always great to see Man United lose, especially to Burnley. I think Chelsea will win the premiership this season. Very nice start for Spurs, hopefully they'll make the top 7.

Spurs the team to watch it looks like

Out of the top four places by mid-October

liverpool looking shit this season so far

Liverpool lost at home to Aston Villa tonight, and are already 6 points behind the pace-setters Spurs.

So that is another season without the EPL trophy then.

People are writing them off very early. Remember Man U have also lost this season. Teams are bound to lose games at some point. Spurs won't last the course and they'll be 5th or 6th come May.

Spurs will finish outside the top 5, much like villa fell away last season. Liverpool are missing Alonso, which everyone was expecting.

Yes but Man Utd always start slow whereas recently Liverpool have needed a good start so they can throw it away round Christmas a la Brizzle City. And Benitez isn't half the manager Ferguson is.

Oh, and this "EPL" nonsense is right up there with "soccer". It's the Premiership/Premier League/Prem, even PL if you must, but EPL - bah!

Raffa needs to go i think  :bye:

The Americans cannot afford it, nor missing qualification for the Chumpions League.

Another win for Spurs, Liverpool and Utd both lucky yesterday

that torres is a bit shit innit.

i went to anfield when they lost 3-1 to Villa, and Torres was awful, he did nothing but moan for 90mins, looked way off the pace, but the last 2 games he does look back to his best

even Revell would look good against Hull City

No. He wouldn't.