EPL 2021-22

[hobbes2702 13351]

Just now, Jive Turkey said:

End of the season.  I don’t see them doing it mid season. Partly because, who do they get next?  Is there a decent replacement available?

I’ve never understood that justification. I’m not saying there’s some great replacement but that doesn’t mean you should just keep failing instead of trying something else. I don’t really know how he still had the job coming into this season. 

[406W30th 1111]

10 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

End of the season.  I don’t see them doing it mid season. Partly because, who do they get next?  Is there a decent replacement available?

[Bone3421 716]

Going to be a long YEAR for Arsenal. 

FIFY

[Bone3421 716]

Chelsea with Lukaku might be unbeatable 

Find out in a week....

[Huckleberry 34407]

20 hours ago, 406W30th said:

FWIW, I'm in favor of more lenient offside calls (and in this case, it probably doesn't make a difference in the result) but that's offside. 

 

Did you know that most people were fooled because he was stockier, but Muggsy Bogues was actually as tall as Manute Bol?

[maninblack 7975]

On 8/20/2021 at 7:58 AM, Longhornfan1024 said:

At least he's not an anti-vaxxer dumbshit.  

Result was exactly the same. 

[texanbychoice 356]

Funny tweet….

“Pick your favorite angry Arsenal fan”

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

It's a tie between these two:

 

[Captain Ron 13097]

I don't know, I like this guy going FULL throwback with the hair along with the jersey.

 

[maninblack 7975]

 

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

@shadow_operative Derka, that's your kid, innit. 

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

35 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

@shadow_operative Derka, that's your kid, innit. 

You think Derka's had sex?

[406W30th 1111]

 

Firm, but fair.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

27 minutes ago, 406W30th said:

 

Firm, but fair.

Yup.  LCFC is about to permanently replace them as a big 6 EPL club.  Shows the importance of ownership.

[Captain Ron 13097]

5 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

Yup.  LCFC is about to permanently replace them as a big 6 EPL club.  Shows the importance of ownership.

And the Leicester City owner died almost 3 years ago.

[ztejas 44114]

1 hour ago, maninblack said:

 

What did they expect though? One of the commentators nailed it. The pbp guy asked "how do you think Arsenal fans are feeling leaving this one?" and he responds, "probably the same as they did before the match."

Edited August 23, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 44114]

1 hour ago, Captain Ron said:

I don't know, I like this guy going FULL throwback with the hair along with the jersey.

 

He's just posturing as an Arsenal fan. Dude clearly has a secret shrine to David Beckham somewhere. 

[mdmost 43852]

2 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

I don't know, I like this guy going FULL throwback with the hair along with the jersey.

 

Dude next to him has the oddest middle finger salute that I've seen in awhile. Maybe it's a Brit thing. 

[Captain Ron 13097]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

What did they expect though? One of the commentators nailed it. The pbp guy asked "how do you think Arsenal fans are feeling leaving this one?" and he responds, "probably the same as they did before the match."

Yeah, the problem isn't losing to Chelsea, they are a top team right now and in the hunt to dethrone City.

The problem was the Brentford loss. That isn't a game anyone expected Arsenal to drop, much less 0-2. If they win that game as expected, then this Chelsea loss doesn't have the sting it currently has.

Now they are staring down an 0-0-3 start. So I fully expect them to beat City on the road next week.

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

3 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

I fully expect them to beat City on the road next week.

Subscribed.

[ztejas 44114]

10 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Subscribed.

Yes. His ideas are intriguing.

[MoJames 8258]

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

5 hours ago, texanbychoice said:

Funny tweet….

“Pick your favorite angry Arsenal fan”

i actually grabbed this one myself yesterday:

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

23 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

End of the season.  I don’t see them doing it mid season. Partly because, who do they get next?  Is there a decent replacement available?

yep. KSE just spent a bunch of money for the very first time, and all of the players they *just* brought in are for Arteta. to fire him before the end of the season would be madness. give him this season to show that he can round this group into form, and if not, then we'll have a much easier time finding a world class replacement for him in May than we will in the final week of August, or the middle of February for that matter. 

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

[hobbes2702 13351]

3 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Yeah, the problem isn't losing to Chelsea, they are a top team right now and in the hunt to dethrone City.

The problem was the Brentford loss. That isn't a game anyone expected Arsenal to drop, much less 0-2. If they win that game as expected, then this Chelsea loss doesn't have the sting it currently has.

Now they are staring down an 0-0-3 start. So I fully expect them to beat City on the road next week.

I don’t lol

[Jive Turkey 12930]

that was a harsh red on Perez.  Leicester down 1-0 and down to 10 men.

[midtown 3350]

Looked absolutely accidental but that is definitely a red

[MoJames 8258]

Not that it matters too much, but the red was after the goal.

[ztejas 44114]

VAR being used to hand out a straight red is dumb to me. The point of a straight red is that it's clear and obvious and the ref judges it as so on the pitch. Going to replay is basically admitting "well I didn't think it was a red but let me check in slow mo". If you have to go to the booth then let's just call it a yellow and move on. This game is now fucked for the entire 2nd half. 

Not saying it shouldn't be a red, btw.

Edited August 23, 2021 by ztejas

[Captain Ron 13097]

Just now, midtown said:

Looked absolutely accidental but that is definitely a red

This was going to be my comment. Accidental, but pretty much the definition of serious foul. 

[MoJames 8258]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

This game is now fucked for the entire 2nd half. 

Granted fuck LCFC.

[midtown 3350]

8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

VAR being used to hand out a straight red is dumb to me. The point of a straight red is that it's clear and obvious and the ref judges it as so on the pitch. Going to replay is basically admitting "well I didn't think it was a red but let me check in slow mo". If you have to go to the booth then let's just call it a yellow and move on. This game is now fucked for the entire 2nd half. 

I've never refed a PL match but damn things happen so fast.  A ref can't see every play esp if blocked by a player.   Half time guys are even saying it wasn't all that accidental 

Edited August 23, 2021 by midtown

[ztejas 44114]

1 minute ago, midtown said:

I've never refed a PL match but damn things happen so fast.  A ref can't see every play esp if blocked by a player.  

True. I'm probably bitching because this had the chance to be a good game. Players should be aware that everything is on camera and can be checked. 

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

11 minutes ago, midtown said:

Half time guys are even saying it wasn't all that accidental 

Yeah. It looked cynical. He stretched his leg out to make contact.

[Captain Ron 13097]

I think Oliver missed this because he's having to make the call through the players. He might have been blocked by the players off leg.

And as a whole this seemed pretty fair. He wasn't looking at it long. Saw the single camera angle that showed the guy try to block the players with his leg and instead catch his shin with a bad challenge, "oh that's a red" boom, gave the guy a card. He didn't sit there for a long time deliberating.

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

Well that was a fuck up.

[ztejas 44114]

Nightmare match for LC. 

[Jive Turkey 12930]

both goals off of careless turnovers.  

[ztejas 44114]

There are worse teams to face with 10 men. Giving goals away like that is terrible. Always thought being a man down hurts you more on the counter than on defense anyway. 

Case in point. Could be level. 

Edited August 23, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 44114]

Good lord. WHU answers with some shit defending of their own. 

[WBT 20884]

Damn nice flick and finish by Antonio

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

Ballgame

[midtown 3350]

Hammers leading the PL

[mdmost 43852]

I like Antonio. That's a guy who seems like he just loves being out there. The cardboard cutout celebration was fun. 

[Ollie Slatt 295]

5 hours ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

Yup.  LCFC is about to permanently replace them as a big 6 EPL club.  Shows the importance of ownership.

Meh.  These things tend to even out over time.  All of the big clubs have had bad stretches.  You could have said the same thing about Liverpool during the 6-7 years before Klopp arrived.   I think its likely that Arsenal corrects at some point and reverts to the mean (likely finishing 3-5 in the table most years).   Similarly, I think LCFC reverts to being a consistent mid-table team at some point, and Spurs is already headed in that direction (and will get there quickly if Harry leaves).  

And if I am wrong and Arsenal continues to stink for a few more years, then I think there simply is no longer a "big six."   Its a pretty recent categorization that only came into being because of the sudden rise of City.  Its not hard to imagine that we return to talking about a "Top Four" comprised of LFC, United, Chelsea and City.  

[shadow_operative 15932]

this was fun. good for West Ham and Antonio. 

[406W30th 1111]

4 hours ago, Ollie Slatt said:

Meh.  These things tend to even out over time.  All of the big clubs have had bad stretches.  You could have said the same thing about Liverpool during the 6-7 years before Klopp arrived.   I think its likely that Arsenal corrects at some point and reverts to the mean (likely finishing 3-5 in the table most years).   Similarly, I think LCFC reverts to being a consistent mid-table team at some point, and Spurs is already headed in that direction (and will get there quickly if Harry leaves).

Liverpool got out of it because their shitass owners were forced to sell. FSG took over and have been, by and large, good stewards of the club.

Stan Kroenke is also a shitass owner and but he is unlikely to be parting with his majority share of the club any time soon. As long as he's involved with the club, it's hard to see a way out for Arsenal.

Spurs seems like a funny example to give at the moment, considering they've taken six points from two difficult matches and have a very good manager. Jury is a long ways out on Arteta.

[ztejas 44114]

1 minute ago, 406W30th said:

Spurs seems like a funny example to give at the moment, considering they've taken six points from two difficult matches and have a very good manager.

They'll fuck it up. Do you not remember last year?

Edited August 24, 2021 by ztejas

[406W30th 1111]

9 minutes ago, ztejas said:

They'll fuck it up. Do you not remember last year?

Oh I don't think they'll challenge for the CL spots, I just think their trajectory is much closer to that than Arsenal's.

And the best example of a team that fucked it up last year is Leicester. They had CL in their grasp and completely choked.

Edited August 24, 2021 by 406W30th