EPL 2020-21

[mdmost 43004]

Given how badly we'd played since Jota got hurt outside of one Palace destruction, this is entirely expected. Southampton played us beautifully. Fair play to them. Congrats @yoladu

[Captain Ron 12883]

It also doesn't help that the scheduling is grinding teams into the ground.

 

 

[yoladu 4094]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Given how badly we'd played since Jota got hurt outside of one Palace destruction, this is entirely expected. Southampton played us beautifully. Fair play to them. Congrats @yoladu

usually a good way to get your heart broken. I thought for sure Liverpool would get the equalizer in the 80th minute and the winner in extra time.

Hasanhuttl is a good manager. Somehow he is setting up this team to succeed. I wouldnt say Southampton has a ton of talent on this team (not like the Koeman years)

Still think Saints end up anywhere between 9th and 12th.

[406W30th 1111]

15 hours ago, yoladu said:

usually a good way to get your heart broken. I thought for sure Liverpool would get the equalizer in the 80th minute and the winner in extra time.

Hasanhuttl is a good manager. Somehow he is setting up this team to succeed. I wouldnt say Southampton has a ton of talent on this team (not like the Koeman years)

Still think Saints end up anywhere between 9th and 12th.

I realize you're sandbagging a bit but you're also underselling the amount of talent in the current Southampton squad. He's out for a few weeks but Vestergaard was arguably the best CB in the league prior to his injury. Ward-Prowse is the best dead ball specialist in the league and Ings and Adams are a legit strike partnership. Romeu is underrated as hell. You guys should finish right around sixth or seventh, depending on getting/staying healthy.

 

[sidis 9832]

well, with liverpool dropping so many points over the last three, it is now a clustered up packing from 10 all the way up to 1 now.  should make for a more entertaining spring than we have had in a while - ironic given the lack of ability of fans to go to games.  two weeks and the top half of the table can look completely different.

[yoladu 4094]

22 hours ago, sidis said:

well, with liverpool dropping so many points over the last three, it is now a clustered up packing from 10 all the way up to 1 now.  should make for a more entertaining spring than we have had in a while - ironic given the lack of ability of fans to go to games.  two weeks and the top half of the table can look completely different.

through 17 games..

20/21 - 1st place / 10th place - separated by 7 points

19/20 - 1st place / 10th place - separated by 27 points

18/19 - 1st place / 10th place - separated by 21 points

17/18 - 1st place / 10th place - separated by 27 points

16/17 - 1st place / 10th place - separated by 22 points

[midtown 3346]

Not a bad argument

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

Ozil to Fenerbache. first on loan for six months, then on a permanent 3.5 year deal. 

 

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

13 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

Ozil to Fenerbache.

Your long, national nightmare is over.

[SimonBolivar 10958]

When the freshman team scores against the varsity...

[midtown 3346]

Holy shit.  Look at those kids playing v the champs.  

[Captain Ron 12883]

Wednesday's Villa-Spurs is now off due to Villa's COVID cases. Spurs-Fulham is back on in it's place.

Villa-Everton has been pushed back to Sunday and Fulham-Chelsea which was Friday is moved to Saturday.

 

[midtown 3346]

It's going to be a mess

[yoladu 4094]

6 minutes ago, midtown said:

It's going to be a mess

yeah, i feel like it is going to get worse before it gets better.

it's odd, i will will watch old (pre-pandemic) soccer highlights from my facebook feed and my first reaction is always "damn, look how in the stands they are all packed in like sardines."

It's funny how quickly things like, a stadium with no fans, becomes normalized in our heads.

[midtown 3346]

True.  Any TV or Netflix I watch where people are just acting normal. I think "what is wrong with these people hugging, shaking hands etc"

[Jive Turkey 12617]

back at it today.  3 matches.  Wolves/Everton should be good.  

if ManU wins today, they move into solo first in the table.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

2 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

if ManU wins today, they move into solo first in the table.

[WBT 20617]

Except for Friday, there are games every day from now through next Thursday. 

The [S]Red[\S] Zebra-striped Devils and Burnley are still scoreless.

Edited January 12, 2021 by WBT
why doesn't strikethrough work anymore?

[Captain Ron 12883]

Is that going to VAR?

There it is. That seems like a pretty clear DOS.

Man, they are all over the place with this VAR.

[Captain Ron 12883]

8 minutes ago, WBT said:

Except for Friday, there are games every day from now through next Thursday. 

The [S]Red[\S] Zebra-striped Devils and Burnley are still scoreless.

Because you touch yourself?

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

12 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Is that going to VAR?

There it is. That seems like a pretty clear DOS.

Man, they are all over the place with this VAR.

And then Slabhead's overturned. Kevin is not your Friend.

[WBT 20617]

Nice volley from Pogba...and a lucky deflection, 1-0

Edited January 12, 2021 by WBT

[Captain Ron 12883]

Woah. That was a nice goal. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Deflected.

[Jive Turkey 12617]

Brighton with one of the prettiest team goals you’ll see all season.  I counted 7 different Brighton players with touches.

 

Edited January 16, 2021 by Jive Turkey

[Buzzrock 14922]

Liverpool v Man U is on Peacock tomorrow. I *pay* for Peacock and this still makes me ragey. And I assume they will have Monster Jam on instead.

[Hagbard Celine 10871]

fulham defense have improved dramatically, if they could find some goals they could mount an escape

[Captain Ron 12883]

The game kicking off in about 40 minutes is the big one.

 

But today's early game produced a goal of the season candidate

 

https://streamable.com/rki7rj

[Captain Ron 12883]

23 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Liverpool v Man U is on Peacock tomorrow. I *pay* for Peacock and this still makes me ragey. And I assume they will have Monster Jam on instead.

[sidis 9832]

Amazing that none of those opportunities broke through in that one. 

[Buzzrock 14922]

Well that was boring.

[hobbes2702 13045]

On 1/16/2021 at 10:35 AM, Buzzrock said:

Liverpool v Man U is on Peacock tomorrow. I *pay* for Peacock and this still makes me ragey. And I assume they will have Monster Jam on instead.

It’s the two biggest name clubs and the top two teams in the table and they put it on a pay service that no one can see. Terrible way to sell your product.

[Jive Turkey 12617]

1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said:

It’s the two biggest name clubs and the top two teams in the table and they put it on a pay service that no one can see. Terrible way to sell your product.

well, my best friend signed up for Peacock this morning to watch the game.  so it worked on him.  but i guess that's the million dollar question - what's most important to NBC?  is it selling Peacock subscriptions in the short term or selling the Premier League to the U.S. market in the long term?  i think we know the answer, and NBC probably chose poorly.  

[ConferenceRoom 6144]

Hey guys, have you heard? The Office.

[Captain Ron 12883]

6 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said:

Hey guys, have you heard? The Office.

You're not wrong. NBC completely changed their pricing structure when The Office came to Peacock.

[ztejas 43477]

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Is that you, Frank?

[Hagbard Celine 10871]

fosse posse 38/19

scum on 37/18

city 35/17

the halfway leader will have 38, 39, 40 or 41

86 points is "usually" enough to win the prem

https://www.bradyharanblog.com/blog/a-million-seasons

96/97 scum finished on 75 with the lowest winning tally, 7 clear of newcastle

[ztejas 43477]

10 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

fosse posse 38/19

scum on 37/18

city 35/17

the halfway leader will have 38, 39, 40 or 41

86 points is "usually" enough to win the prem

https://www.bradyharanblog.com/blog/a-million-seasons

96/97 scum finished on 75 with the lowest winning tally, 7 clear of newcastle

The fact that after all of this, City is sitting with the highest possible point total is.... something. 

[RamjetFDO 10577]

Citeh have definitely been on the front foot in the first 30 minutes against Villa, but some great defending/goalkeeping have kept it scoreless.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

16 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Citeh have definitely been on the front foot in the first 30 minutes against Villa, but some great defending/goalkeeping have kept it scoreless.

We are all Villa today. Pick up three points and I'll forgive the 7-2 drubbing.

[ztejas 43477]

1 minute ago, Cheeseweasel said:

We are all Villa today. Pick up three points and I'll forgive the 7-2 drubbing.

Who is we?

[RamjetFDO 10577]

Scoreless at the half, but unless Villa start stringing together some better work through the offensive third, Citeh's going to get at least 1 or 2 in the second half.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Who is we?

Everyone not fighting for relegation?

[ztejas 43477]

Man that would have been huge from Traore. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Damn. Villa firing away

[ztejas 43477]

This has been a hell of a scoreless match.

And I only started watching after half.

Edited January 20, 2021 by ztejas

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

I can't imagine what it is like to have 70% possession, numerous shots, and not score. Can't image. Nope. Can't.

[ztejas 43477]

Ball is going everywhere but in the back of the net right now. 

[RamjetFDO 10577]

If I weren't emotionally involved with this result, I would be enjoying this.  (heh)