EPL 2023/24: Oil, Money and Power

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

That was the epitome of a beautiful training ground set piece goal for Villa.

Shame VAR had to correctly rule against it.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Emi in beast mode to keep it scoreless in first half stoppage time.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Underwhelming scoreless draw. Ugh.

[Dutch 4465]

PL is charging Everton (again) and Forest with “breaching profitability and sustainability rules.” Points deductions (a second for Everton) are likely. 

Apparently, the magic number is 115 financial rules violations. That gets you off scott-free. 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/15/premier-league-charge-nottingham-forest-everton

Edited January 15 by Dutch

[sidis 9821]

18 hours ago, Dutch said:

PL is charging Everton (again) and Forest with “breaching profitability and sustainability rules.” Points deductions (a second for Everton) are likely. 

Apparently, the magic number is 115 financial rules violations. That gets you off scott-free. 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/15/premier-league-charge-nottingham-forest-everton

meanwhile...city and chelsea?

what a nakedly and unapologetically corrupt piece of shit organization the epl is.  truly breathtaking.  this is the type of shit you expect to see in continental europe, not england.  but there it is.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

This is pretty insane

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

don’t think we have a thread for this, so o guess i’ll just leave it here:

 

[Schulz2.0 28950]

10 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

don’t think we have a thread for this, so o guess i’ll just leave it here:

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Dutch 4465]

Wow....  Won everything at the club level and probably would have a few more PL titles without having to deal with "115 Financial Violations Petrostate FC." Plus he took down Bayern while at Dortmund.  Not a bad career.

Compare the above with his introduction.  Dude looks like he's aged 20 years.  

 

 

[yoladu 4090]

Did 538 stop doing their club soccer prediction analysis?

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

27 minutes ago, yoladu said:

Did 538 stop doing their club soccer prediction analysis?

Yes. That site is a dumpster fire these days. Lost all their funding from NYT. 

[Napoleon 8658]

Is anyone this obsessed?

So obsessed that you stage press conferences after matches?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0bH2ORMph0/?igsh=MWEzdDhhbXg3bzVvcA==

[Captain Ron 12862]

18 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Is anyone this obsessed?

So obsessed that you stage press conferences after matches?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0bH2ORMph0/?igsh=MWEzdDhhbXg3bzVvcA==

Obsessed?

Wait, you're saying this isn't normal?

 

 

[Schulz2.0 28950]

14 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Is anyone this obsessed?

So obsessed that you stage press conferences after matches?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0bH2ORMph0/?igsh=MWEzdDhhbXg3bzVvcA==

I enjoyed it, but holy shit the game can be a major time sink. I haven't really played since my kids were born.

Edited January 27 by Schulz2.0

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

Must watch tv

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

again not PL, but didn’t know where else to post this:

 

[hobbes2702 13028]

12 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

again not PL, but didn’t know where else to post this:

 

Seems weird but truly it shouldn’t be this hard. No sport has managed to bungle video review like soccer has.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

3 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Seems weird but truly it shouldn’t be this hard. No sport has managed to bungle video review like soccer has.

“Well done, boys; good process,”

[mdmost 42997]

Barca media doing some wishcasting?

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

@RamjetFDO waht the hell is going on here?

[Captain Ron 12862]

21 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

@RamjetFDO waht the hell is going on here?

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8904]

Is Peacock down for everyone else? I tried to log in, but it says there's an error loading.

[shadow_operative 15932]

2 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Is Peacock down for everyone else? I tried to log in, but it says there's an error loading.

it’s working for me on my phone.

[HornOnTheBayou 8904]

Nevermind, it's working now. Not sure what the problem was.

[shadow_operative 15932]

again, not epl, but god damn:

 

[Schulz2.0 28950]

14 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

again, not epl, but god damn:

 

Their main financial backers were Clemens Tönnies, who is a real POS, that fans forced to resign and Gazprom. Really bad timing.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

The rules change week to week but Romero headed the ball so why are they even looking at offsides?

[Captain Ron 12862]

2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

The rules change week to week but Romero headed the ball so why are they even looking at offsides?

EPL refs

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Super John McGinn! 1-nil to the Villa!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Ollie! Ollie! Ollie!

2-nil and easy!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Leon! 3-nil!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

So nice playing the bottom of the table when needed.

4-nil on a rocket.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Almost feel sorry for Sheffield now.

Almost.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

So much for the clean sheet.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Holy crap. Millimeters from VAR restores Emi's clean sheet.

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

without linking literally dozens of videos here, i’m just going to say that for the last 24 hours my twitter feed has been nothing but videos of EPL managers celebrating like madmen, with probably 90% of the clips being jurgen klopp going absolutely apeshit in celebrations on innumerable occasions. all of this in response to yet another round of widespread criticism of arteta/arsenal for celebrating another huge win.

these attacks on arteta and arsenal players for celebrating, attacks which have been going on all year, are the dumbest, pettiest, most small dick, loser mentality shit i’ve ever seen from sports pundits and fans. that the majority of the criticism keeps coming from liverpool fans and former players is embarrassing for these people. the stance itself is indefensible loser garbage, but the fact that it keeps coming from members/fans of the club with the most over the top HC in world football makes it insanely pathetic. rant over…..until the next time we have a reason to celebrate and jamie carragher and co. get all pissy again.

Edited February 5 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15932]

and FTR liverpool has always been my second favorite epl club, full of players i love, and a manager (klopp), who is my favorite manager in world football. but for people who support and/or represent that club to constantly be crying about arteta/arsenal celebrating big wins is the most aggy shit i have ever seen in the EPL, and that includes tottenham fans who’ve literally never seen their team win a trophy claiming their club/players are bigger than arsenal. 

Edited February 5 by shadow_operative

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[mdmost 42997]

Maybe MacAllister should've gotten a blue card

[BrickHorn 18215]

10 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

 

Oh, fuck off.

[hobbes2702 13028]

13 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

 

Not a foul. Mac gets the ball and is taking a shot. Never a foul.

Edited February 11 by hobbes2702

[RamjetFDO 10575]

... And that's why forwards should not be on the very back line for corners. Ollie caught ball watching while the rest of the Villa defense moved smartly forward as a unit.

1-nil to United.

[ztejas 43411]

This is a good-ass game.

[ztejas 43411]

Villa!

I haven't watched y'all much this season - @RamjetFDO - what has been the difference? You look really good (despite losing to a horrendous Chelsea team in the FA).

Edited February 11 by ztejas