EPL 2021-22

[ztejas 43604]

1 hour ago, yoladu said:

is Emery on board with a season in the Championship next year?

10 matches done and dusted with 4 points - he would be starting in a deep hole.

Well... he's probably going to have a blank checkbook. Although they really need to get out of relegation to attract top players. Getting your coach to buy in is one thing - getting top talent to buy in to going to the championship with no guarantee of getting out is a bit trickier. 

[midtown 3348]

Well... he's probably going to have a blank checkbook. Although they really need to get out of relegation to attract top players. Getting your coach to buy in is one thing - getting top talent to buy in to going to the championship with no guarantee of getting out is a bit trickier. 

Will Newcastle be exempted from FFP like City?

[Captain Ron 12935]

FFP is dead. City killed it.

[Dutch 4489]

Emery to Newcastle...

“Villarreal CF is my home and I am 100% committed.”

Per The Guardian, their next choice is Eddie Howe.  A different strategy from City's petro faction, who went right out and got Mancini.

Edited November 3, 2021 by Dutch

[406W30th 1111]

14 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Per The Guardian, their next choice is Eddie Howe.  A different strategy from City's petro faction, who went right out and got Mancini.

Eddie Howe is a great choice for a club who's gonna play in the Championship next season.

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

 

[Captain Ron 12935]

To be honest, I am not really sure what Newcastle is doing. Spurs can get FOUR coaches with their limited budget. Newcastle can't get any!

[Betty Blackwell 144]

6 hours ago, Dutch said:

A different strategy from City's petro faction, who went right out and got Mancini.

They went right out and got Mancini more than a year after buying the club. 

[yoladu 4114]

5 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

To be honest, I am not really sure what Newcastle is doing. Spurs can get FOUR coaches with their limited budget. Newcastle can't get any!

hmmm, living in London or Newcastle, living in London or Newcastle.

[hobbes2702 13085]

2 hours ago, Betty Blackwell said:

They went right out and got Mancini more than a year after buying the club. 

“Do you know Betty Blackwell?”

[RamjetFDO 10578]

S'oton putting on a Beavis-worthy pyrotechnics display before their home match with Villa. 

[RamjetFDO 10578]

Welp.  2 minutes in.  That pretty much sucked.  1-nil to the Saints.

[RamjetFDO 10578]

Geeeeeeebus.  Villa are lucky to not be down by 2.  HORROR defense right now.  Just awful.  Like "2016 USMNT" bad.

[midtown 3348]

I think my 12 yr old could have tapped that in

[RamjetFDO 10578]

That's 5 fucking losses in a row for Villa ... hate to say it, but Dean Smith is having some serious heat applied to him right now.

[SpiralOut 1818]

City just flat out better across the board than United.

Ronaldo trying to keep his squad in it, but it's just hopeless with the guys behind him.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Man u looking like uninspired shit. 5 minutes of good play in the first half and nothing else.

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[Captain Ron 12935]

 

[Hagbard Celine 10966]

scum look terrible

boobirds will be out if this result holds

[Hagbard Celine 10966]

Just now, Captain Ron said:

 

fuck you that was my next post

not the tweet, but the 531

[ztejas 43604]

4 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

scum look terrible

boobirds will be out if this result holds

Already been out. Booed them after the 1H.

[Captain Ron 12935]

Given that second goal they absolutely should have been. Shaw gave up on a play and let Silva have a free shot.   

[Hagbard Celine 10966]

game on for the rest of the scrum on the table

[mdmost 43076]

Is that bad? 

 

[ztejas 43604]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Is that bad? 

 

Well... 7 that Norwich have conceded came at SB. Can't imagine they've been much better at home though. 

[Captain Ron 12935]

The end of the Brighton-Newcastle game was entertaining. After Brighton’s last sub their keeper fouled a clean Newcastle break on goal * drawing a red card. Defender Lewis Dunk took the keepers spot. And the end of the game was wide open. 
 

* A. I’m not sure how the ref missed it in real time and it had to go to VAR.

B. it was also a clear demonstration of how a slight touch can cause a player to go down/trip on their own feet. 

Edited November 6, 2021 by Captain Ron

[Bone3421 716]

Big 3 pts if Liverpool can handle west ham tomorrow....gets us back within 1 pt

[Captain Ron 12935]

On 11/5/2021 at 5:55 PM, RamjetFDO said:

That's 5 fucking losses in a row for Villa ... hate to say it, but Dean Smith is having some serious heat applied to him right now.

Well the heats off I guess. 

[RamjetFDO 10578]

That's 5 fucking losses in a row for Villa ... hate to say it, but Dean Smith is having some serious heat applied to him right now.

Damned shame. Good coach, but that's life in the PL.

Wonder which of the rotating PL out-of-work managers we'll get now.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

33 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Damned shame. Good coach, but that's life in the PL.

Wonder which of the rotating PL out-of-work managers we'll get now.

[Captain Ron 12935]

A really harsh red for Everton at the start of injury time. A follow through that put his studs on the Hojbjerg's leg. 

What made is really bad of a call was the fact that Hojbjerg wasn't close to getting the ball.

Edited November 7, 2021 by Captain Ron

[Captain Ron 12935]

It's also caused the injury time to be totally thrown off. They spent 1 minute of regulation + 2 minutes of ET reviewing that.  This game could legit go to +7

[Ted Lange 16144]

Arsenal have a legit shot of finishing top 4. 

[yoladu 4114]

So 11 matches in, and 25% of the PL clubs have sacked their managers:

Spurs, Watford, Villa, Norwich, and Newcastle. 

Edited November 7, 2021 by yoladu

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

ManU: Are we the baddies?

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

35 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

A really harsh red for Everton at the start of injury time. A follow through that put his studs on the Hojbjerg's leg. 

What made is really bad of a call was the fact that Hojbjerg wasn't close to getting the ball.

Considering Everton got screwed on the VAR pen overturned, it makes it worse. 

[ztejas 43604]

2 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

Arsenal have a legit shot of finishing top 4. 

Yep. 4th spot seems completely wide open. And City has been dropping points all over the place so far. 

I guess Pool is in 4th now though. 

Edited November 7, 2021 by ztejas

[mdmost 43076]

22 hours ago, Bone3421 said:

Big 3 pts if Liverpool can handle west ham tomorrow....gets us back within 1 pt

[Bone3421 716]

They shit the bed today, for sure

[Dutch 4489]

4 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

Arsenal have a legit shot of finishing top 4. 

 

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Yep. 4th spot seems completely wide open. And City has been dropping points all over the place so far. 

I guess Pool is in 4th now though. 

Yep. There’s probably seven or eight clubs with a legit shot at 4th, and any of the remaining top 10 feel they could finish 5th. It’s going to be a really interesting season. But that’s why we all love the footy.

Edited November 7, 2021 by Dutch

[Huckleberry 33163]

Yep, should be a crazy season. Alexander-Arnold gave and took away for Liverpool today. I know it's not his main role but his laziness on West Ham's last goal really hurt.

 

Edited November 8, 2021 by Huckleberry

[mdmost 43076]

Get ready to get ESPN+ if this happens. Upside, you can watch multiple games in one screen, something NBC and Peacock should've done when there's there 4 9am matches.

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

If we lose Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Earl and Robbie Mustoe, this will be a national tragedy. 

[ztejas 43604]

Yeah, well, unless we lose Kate for CL coverage I'm cool with it. Like md said the mouse should facilitate the coverage a bit better - and I'd assume they'd put some marquee games on the network.

[Captain Ron 12935]

The Robbies are ok, but Howard is garbage. Bring back Kyle Martino, he was their best studio analyst.

[Captain Ron 12935]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Yeah, well, unless we lose Kate for CL coverage I'm cool with it. Like md said the mouse should facilitate the coverage a bit better - and I'd assume they'd put some marquee games on the network.

No, they will facilitate more ESPN+, it might be better than Peacock, but still crap.

The fall season aligns with college, which means ESPN is out of the question for most Saturdays. They won't take Berman off TV for anything, so that means maybe 1 game on Sunday. I think spring gets better, but now much better, I'm not sure.

 

[ztejas 43604]

3 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

The fall season aligns with college

I get that. But the games aren't at the same time. They aren't pushing college GameDay off air but for earlier games on Sat. and Sun. I think they could put some on ESPN2. EPL also starts before college football and ends later. Saturday mornings in February and March? Both channels are wide open. 

Sure they might not but they could and it seems to me like they'd at least try. 

[Captain Ron 12935]

Color me skeptical.

ESPN has already shown they will lift their skirt for the NFL if they ask, forget money, if they ask. They also have demonstrated that college is the king of Saturdays, so when I look at ESPN/ESPN2's fall schedules and see this:

ESPN Saturday

ESPN Sunday

With F1 throw in at 8:30

and

ESPN2 Saturday

ESPN2 Sunday

 

I don't hold hope that we are going to see a lot of fall weekend EPL games on TV. Sure maybe ABC, but I don't know.

And look, with NBC dumping NBC Sports Network, I am not sure they are much better, but I also know they produce a hell of a production. If they keep a lot of that on USA Network, I could be happy enough.

 

I'll just add though, if this comes to pass, then I hope you're right and I'm wrong. But I won't be holding my breath.

Edited November 9, 2021 by Captain Ron

[shadow_operative 15932]

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[mdmost 43076]

It's all going to ESPN+. It won't be on ESPN regular outside of occasional big matches. No different than La Liga or Bundesliga. I can't think of any La Liga that's been on regular ESPN outside of maybe El Clasico. Maybe ABC will carry a match in non-CFB times or early season like they've done with Bayern Munich. 

Edited November 9, 2021 by mdmost