EPL 2023/24: Oil, Money and Power

[Captain Ron 12,862]

The season kicks off August 11th as we bow down to our oil overlords.

 

Key Dates:

Aug 11 - Season kicks off with Burnley-Man City. 6 games Saturday, 2 games Sunday, 1 game on Monday

Sept 1 - Summer Transfer window closes

Jan 1 - Feb 1 - Winter Transfer window is open

Jan 14-29 - Player break

May 19 - Season ends

 

Let's go.

[MoJames 8,244]

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Nice title. 

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

 

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

There is plenty of in pyramid action to whet the appetite this weekend to get you pumped for next. 

 

Tomorrow @ 2PM ESPN+

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

 

Saturday @ 9AM ESPN+

Blackburn Rovers

West Brom

 

Saturday @ 9AM IPlayer/Pirate Streams

MK Dons

Wrexham

 

Sunday @ 6AM ESPN+

Leicester City

Coventry City 

 

Sunday @ 8:30AM ESPN+

Leeds United 

Cardiff City

 

Sunday @ 11AM ESPN+

Sunderland

Ipswich Town

 

 

[sidis 9,821]

had a hard time deciding between these three gifs...

[MoJames 8,244]

My gif for this season

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

#UTV

I'm in.

[Captain Ron 12,862]

On 8/4/2023 at 4:44 PM, sidis said:

had a hard time deciding between these three gifs...

I think you are going to get a lot of this in the upcoming season

 

BTW - in case you guys all missed it, Dele Alli went to rehab this summer, seems to have sought out some therapy and could have his head right for this season. Best of luck to him.

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Captain Ron 12,862]

I know the transfer window hasn't closed yet and won't for another 3 weeks, but fuckin' A the season starts in 5 days!

 

How about some predictions?

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

Tottenham Silverware O/U - .5

[mdmost 42,997]

Liverpool's midfield will disappoint me...again. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Liverpool's midfield will disappoint me...again. 

Not nearly as much as our defense.

Prediction: Liverpool will lose a key player to injury and everyone at the club will be shocked at our lack of depth.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

 

Brutal. Sorry @MoJames

 

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

On 8/6/2023 at 4:01 PM, Captain Ron said:

How about some predictions?

AVFC gets another European spot this year.

[MoJames 8,244]

1 hour ago, Cheeseweasel said:

 

Brutal. Sorry @MoJames

 

Yup. Going to be an interesting start to the season.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

21 minutes ago, MoJames said:

Yup. Going to be an interesting start to the season.

You sign them and they get injured, we just don't sign them. Let's just agree to play our U21s on Sunday and move along.

[MoJames 8,244]

[trza-hawk 269]

Buried in a Guardian article about Saudi takeover at Newcastle, some staff at the club were making less than £9.90 an hour before the new regime.

[yoladu 4,090]

[mdmost 42,997]

That's a lot of cock. 

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Well that didn’t take long.

[mdmost 42,997]

[Captain Ron 12,862]

3 minutes ago, Horny Bull said:

Well that didn’t take long.

You seem surprised.

[Horny Bull 2,759]

I was naively hopeful that they could maybe make it to the 15 minute mark and still be scoreless. But alas…

Edited August 11, 2023 by Horny Bull

[TexArcher 37,761]

19 minutes ago, Horny Bull said:

Well that didn’t take long.

That's what she said?

[Schulz2.0 28,951]

1 hour ago, yoladu said:

[ztejas 43,411]

Good thing we don't have Chelsea/Pool on TV. No one is going to want to watch that. 

Edited August 11, 2023 by ztejas

[Bottlecap 1,523]

how do you not plop down the six bucks a month for peacock? Yeah, its a terrible interface and they need to also stream games that are live on network TV and they need a better toggling option between games, BUT ITS SIX BUCKS FOR THE PREM! 

[Captain Ron 12,862]

1 hour ago, Bottlecap said:

how do you not plop down the six bucks a month for peacock? Yeah, its a terrible interface and they need to also stream games that are live on network TV and they need a better toggling option between games, BUT ITS SIX BUCKS FOR THE PREM! 

Easy. I got the annual subscription.

[TexArcher 37,761]

Yeah, I don't bitch much about Paycock anymore.  6 bucks a month is nothing when a UFC is 80 bucks.

[yoladu 4,090]

Exactly. I have the misfortune of following a club in the Championship. It is going to cost me $325 this season if I want to watch every Southampton league match. 

[ztejas 43,411]

Not really the #s at half you want if you're Forest. 

Edited August 12, 2023 by ztejas

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

Let's see what happens in this Brighton/Luton game.

Edited August 12, 2023 by SimonBolivar

[sidis 9,821]

WTF?!?!?! We just got FUUUUUUCKED

[mdmost 42,997]

The new score bug on Peacock looks like an owl when it's 0-0. 

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

Welp. That's not a good start.

[mdmost 42,997]

Pretty nice start to this Villa/Newcastle match. 

[sidis 9,821]

4 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Welp. That's not a good start.

Or is it? That was a beauty. 

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

And we're back!

Diaby with the debutante goal.

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

Oof

[sidis 9,821]

Jesus this game may be the most entertaining soccer game in history by the end. Wide ass open. 

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

Are we new offside rules of "whole body" already?

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

Jesus this game may be the most entertaining soccer game in history by the end. Wide ass open. 

First one to double digits wins?

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

I love English commentators, though... you wouldn't hear Troy Aikman call the time between managers/coaches as an "interregnum."

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

I love English commentators, though... you wouldn't hear Troy Aikman call the time between managers/coaches as an "interregnum."

There isn’t a single person in Henryetta, Oklahoma who has heard that word.

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

Well. Debut of Pau Torres...

[Dutch 4,465]

Come on, Villa.  No one outside of Tyneside wants the Saudis Newcastle to win this.

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

Jesus Emi... stupid decision. Lucky to only have a yellow for that.

[HornOnTheBayou 8,904]

9 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Jesus Emi... stupid decision. Lucky to only have a yellow for that.

My son plays keeper for his team so he always takes the GK's side in any discussion.

Me: That should be a red.
Him: Nah, he got all ball.