EPL 2022-23: Worldo Cuptus Interuptus

[Captain Ron 12876]

 

I had been told that Liverpool could compete with Forest. 

 

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[sidis 9828]

Last goal for Everton was pretty classy. 

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by sidis

[sidis 9828]

Holy shit United. 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Granted... "it's Brentford", but Villa look like a different side today. 3-nil in the first 15 before settling into quiet control of the rest of the half.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Ollie! Ollie! Ollie!

(Literally... took 4 shots and 3 rebounds before it went in!)

4-nil in the 60th!

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Villa players must have really hated Gerrard.

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[hobbes2702 13033]

That’s dumb Hugo. You can’t go to ground like that. Why flop there?

[shadow_operative 15932]

watching 90 minutes of this with no whistles at 8am was just a fucking blast this morning.

arsenal/southampton was Texas vs OSU all over again. EPL officiating is as bad as it gets. 

Edited October 23, 2022 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15932]

if the NBA worked the way EPL soccer does then the Lakers would be screwed every time they traveled to Sacramento. the famous team with the sexy play style from the glitzy city, on the road against the low budget, hard hat and lunch pail scrappers. you'd see sacramento throwing elbows, shoving people, wrapping their arms around guys in the paint with no call. Magic, and Kobe, and LeBron, et al, just getting shitted on by officials, can't get a call to save their lives. because that's how the EPL works. completely fucking stupid. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

this one guy in particular intentionally elbowed gabriel jesus, was constantly wrapping his arms around Jesus, and then did this:

 

 

 

and then finally got his first foul  of the match with three minutes to go when he did this:

 

seriously, that game today was a sham, and gbat official should be relegated to whatever league wrexham is in. that was not football. it was 90 minutes of WWE shithousery. 

Edited October 23, 2022 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15932]

jesus christ, this isn't even the arsenal thread. goddamnit derka.

 

Edited October 23, 2022 by shadow_operative

[Bottlecap 1523]

miggy 4 ballon d'or

[MoJames 8244]

3 hours ago, Bottlecap said:

miggy 4 ballon d'or

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Well. He has a resume.

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Aston Villa is delighted to announce the appointment of Unai Emery as the club’s new Head Coach.

Unai joins from Villarreal, whom he led to Europa League success by beating Manchester United in the final in 2021 as well as the semi-finals of the Champions League last season.

A highly experienced top level coach who has managed over 900 games, Unai has also previously managed in the Premier League during a spell with Arsenal, leading the Gunners to a Europa League final.

He has also enjoyed notable success at Sevilla and at Paris Saint Germain. In Seville, he won three successive Europa League titles between 2013 and 2016 before going on to lift a Ligue 1 championship in France as well as two French Cups, two French League Cups and two Trophée des Champions.

Unai will take over from November 1st after his work permit formalities are completed.

 

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

1 hour ago, RamjetFDO said:

Well. He has a resume.

 

It's a good hire.  He's good at taking teams who are viewed as having less talent and getting them to play better than expectations.   

[shadow_operative 15932]

1 hour ago, RamjetFDO said:

Well. He has a resume.

 

no joke, one of his biggest issues at arsenal was that his players could not understand him with his thick accent and broken english. i really hope for y'all's sake that he's improved in that department.

[Dutch 4465]

2 hours ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

It's a good hire.  He's good at taking teams who are viewed as having less talent and getting them to play better than expectations.   

 

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

no joke, one of his biggest issues at arsenal was that his players could not understand him with his thick accent and broken english. i really hope for y'all's sake that he's improved in that department.

These. Emery’s a damn good manager and, unless Villa have a culture problem in the locker room like those post-Wenger Arsenal sides did, will turn them around. Great hire. 

[shnsajax 3591]

This is going to kick some serious ass!

[InkaUtexas 25919]

Not sure I like that. Try it out on FIFA 23 first. 

[mdmost 43001]

Yeah, I'm not so interested in all that stuff. I like the simplicity of watching the matches with little ancillary info going on. Would be cool if it was a feature you could turn off if you wanted to. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

17 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Yeah, I'm not so interested in all that stuff. I like the simplicity of watching the matches with little ancillary info going on. Would be cool if it was a feature you could turn off if you wanted to. 

Maybe we can get the Manning brothers doing play by play too.

[yoladu 4094]

[Captain Ron 12876]

17 hours ago, shnsajax said:

This is going to kick some serious ass!
 

I’m going to hold judgement. The first down lines were cool, because they were simple. This … not so sure. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

so uh, kdb is pretty good. 

[sidis 9828]

My god, this game has to be borderline erotic for BHA. 

[Bottlecap 1523]

MIGGY

[Captain Ron 12876]

You can tell these Leeds players love their coach 

[Captain Ron 12876]

 

[midtown 3345]

 

 

[Bartles 769]

Cancelo blatant foul/red card in the box allows Fulham to tie City 1-1 in 29th minute. City will be shorthanded for 60 minutes

[yoladu 4094]

7 minutes ago, Bartles said:

Cancelo blatant foul/red card in the box allows Fulham to tie City 1-1 in 29th minute. City will be shorthanded for 60 minutes

Correct call, but I love how the Fulham player triple rolled holding his ankle after being shoulder checked. 

[midtown 3345]

28 minutes ago, Bartles said:

Cancelo blatant foul/red card in the box allows Fulham to tie City 1-1 in 29th minute. City will be shorthanded for 60 minutes

Anyone have a clip yet?

 

[midtown 3345]

Just popped up on my twitters

 

[Firemans4Horn 18048]

Lol, that penalty was softer than baby shit. 

[kingkoopa6 8350]

Hella Fukin soft. 
 

[Firemans4Horn 18048]

 

 

 

[hobbes2702 13033]

Example eleven million of how poorly officiated this league is. Truly awful all the time and now far just highlights their incompetence when they can’t even get it right after watching it over and over.

[sidis 9828]

Everton are such shit. This is the type of game that gets you relegated. 

[ztejas 43422]

Decent one. 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

I see you Leon!

1-nil Villa in the 7th over ManU!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

What. A. Strike!

2-nil Villa in the 11th!

#UTV

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Emi is in beast mode, too... good day to be a Villa fan so far.

[Bottlecap 1523]

Miggy!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Unlucky. Was nowhere near goal without the deflection.

2-1 Villa at the half.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Everybody getting into the act!

3-1 to the Villa!

[sidis 9828]

This spurs and pool game is outstandingly entertaining. Nice to watch some actual soccer after suffering that Everton shot yesterday. 

pool seems to have some sort of supernatural force field around their goal and it ain’t Allison. 

[sidis 9828]

Liverpool should petition to only have to play games against champions league quality teams. Always seem to show up in those and eat shit against bottom 14 teams. 

[mdmost 43001]

On 10/22/2022 at 10:45 AM, Captain Ron said:

 

 

I had been told that Liverpool could compete with Tottenham

 

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Fify 

[shadow_operative 15932]

wow! brentford are two minutes away from taking all three points at the etihad. would be a huge result. 

[TexArcher 37774]

Whaaaaaaaaat, Brentford?  Holy shit.