Premier League 22/23 Thread

[edd_jedi]

Honestly I hate watching them, definitely my least favourite fixture, I can't stand the hostility (and that goes for both stadiums.) I don't think I'll go to a NLD again sadly, the last time I went there were 'fans' harrassing a mother and child on the bus there, and people fighting on the way out. That's not what I go to football matches for. I can't even relax while we're winning

 

[lejackal]

Honestly I hate watching them, definitely my least favourite fixture, I can't stand the hostility (and that goes for both stadiums.) I don't think I'll go to a NLD again sadly, the last time I went there were 'fans' harrassing a mother and child on the bus there, and people fighting on the way out. That's not what I go to football matches for. I can't even relax while we're winning

I've never been to one- the closest I came was when we beat you something like 5-3 in 2011 or 2012. I was running a pub at the time and couldn't get cover for the Sunday. I ended up getting tickets for a match a few weeks later, Wigan on a rainy Monday night that we lost 2-0 or 2-1, the year they went down

 

[edd_jedi]

Was that the game we were 3-0 up and then Adebeyor got sent off and you scored 5

 

[lejackal]

Was that the game we were 3-0 up and then Adebeyor got sent off and you scored 5

The game before that - just checked and it was 5-2 (same score line in both 2012 games at the emirates, which is a bit mad really)

 

[edd_jedi]

Well that was a hard watch. Possibly the worst first half of football I've seen Spurs play. And not really surprising when they played Sessengon in... right back!? He was so bad they subbed him for Royal at half time, who although not great at least has experience playing in that position, and then things made a turn for the better. But still, Spurs make a meal of it AGAIN. It was worth the two hours of agony for this shot though

 

[Snaketibe]

Well that was a hard watch. Possibly the worst first half of football I've seen Spurs play. And not really surprising when they played Sessengon in... right back!? He was so bad they subbed him for Royal at half time, who although not great at least has experience playing in that position, and then things made a turn for the better. But still, Spurs make a meal of it AGAIN. It was worth the two hours of agony for this shot though

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It certainly warmed my stony heart to see that!

Typical bloody Spurs though, doing it the hard way. A truly dire first half, and for that matter a truly dire Diar too, however in the second half they seemed to remember what attacking was. And as you pointed out, it really speaks volumes when Royale can come on and actually look good! I just hope Sonny's OK...

 

[weasel]

Gotta say I was gutted to see that winner go in. Not that I didnt want Spuds to go through, more that them winning the group meant one less half decent opponent for Pool. Had Spurs drawn, or lost (Said Kalasinach, you useless bastard, with a bloody hard to spell name) then Pool could have played their group winner. A draw meant it was Frankfurt. Who I would have taken all day long. As it Stands Pool can have Porto, Bayern, Real (or Leipzig) and PSG (or Benfica). Bar Porto it's a case of being kicked in the right bollock, the left bollock, or both bollocks.

Given how Pool are playing ATM, it'll hardly matter

 

[lejackal]

Our games against City really are looking like they'll be decisive this season. You might not like Arsenal but the current position and results are no fluke.

 

[edd_jedi]

It's not fluke (yet) and Arteta is doing a good job for sure, but Spurs were top of the table in December two seasons ago and I think we finished 7th! So it's a bit too early to get excited, nobody thought we would win the league that season either. It's a bit of a perfect storm for Arsenal at the moment with Liverpool, Chelsea, United and Spurs all way below par, I mean Newcastle are third if you want any more proof I still think City are too good for anyone to top them, save for a massive fluke. Great result against Chelsea today though, always happy to see them lose.

Speaking of Liverpool, who would have guessed that after losing to forest and Leeds, they suddenly decide to start playing again against Spurs

 

[edd_jedi]

Spurs should have won that, or at least got a point. Stunned that Salah got man of the match when his second goal was basically a Dier own goal, I don't think he touched the ball in the second half. Allison made an even worse howler but of course on that occasion, luck doesn't go our way. Can't really fault the performance apart from the mistake, and how many times is Conte going to keep subbing off Royale before he stops playing him!? On the plus side Kulusevski is back, and we scored within 2 minutes of him coming on the pitch.

 

[theforceuk]

Newcastle aren't going anywhere, they have more money than PSG, Man City and Chelsea. January they will spend big.

 

[edd_jedi]

CL last 16 draw:

RB Leipzig v Manchester City
Club Bruges v Benfica
Liverpool v Real Madrid
AC Milan v Tottenham
Eintracht Frankfurt v Napoli
Borussia Dortmund v Chelsea
Inter Milan v Porto
PSG v Bayern Munich

No easy games there, but can't complain too much with AC Milan.

 

[theforceuk]

See City get there standard buy to the quarter finals.

 

[weasel]

I still think City are too good for anyone to top them, save for a massive fluke. Great result against Chelsea today though, always happy to see them lose.

I agree with all of that.


I didnt see the Spurs Pool game yesterday so, I cant say much, beyond, from what I've read there wasnt much between the two sides. On another day Spurs could have won, they hit the post twice apparently. Eric Dier's bollock drop decided it.


Utd get Barca in the EL play offs. Some game that.

City will destroy RB, but they normally get tough European draws and pathetically easy domestic draws. Given they have Chelsea in the 1st round of the worthless cup this week, maybe those draws have switched. They'll thump RB then draw the winner of Brugge Benfica.

Tricky tie for Liverpool. They never have any luck against Real, Salah snapped by Ramos and Karius doing his thing in the 1st final, then a CB pairing of Kabak and Nat Phillips in the knock out rounds 2 yrs ago, and Courtious having the game of his life and Real having two shots on target to win it last year. To even things up we really need seven of the Real starting eleven to snap their cruciates, 3 to be suspended and four more to get straight red cards in the first minute of the first leg. I'd say there is every chance of that happening.

Spurs should have too much for AC, but then Spurs SHOULD have won that group a LOT easier than they did. Chelsea Dortmund could be tasty. I would probably favour Chelsea, but I'll be cheering for zee Germans.

Bayern PSG should be good too.

 

[weasel]

Oh and apparently FSG have put Liverpool up for sale.
Or at least they are open to new shareholders buying in, which may not be the same thing.

Is that a Mike Ashley style way of NOT splashing the cash in Jan as they have the club up for sale? I hope not.
On the one hand I would love a sovereign wealth fund to buy Liverpool, just to see what Jurgen could do with a blank cheque book. YES, City fans, being able to spend 50m on a full, back, or 100m on a show pony CM, DOES make management a lot easier. Although, I still rate Pep as one of the best around.
On the other hand the kind of Sovereign wealth funds we have in the PL, and even the likes of Abramovich, where about as "clean" as a pile of shite.
It'd be hard to see one of them buy Liverpool, even if it mean Pool could now compete on a level playing firld with City/PSG and possibly Newcastle/Chelsea.

 

[lejackal]

Oh and apparently FSG have put Liverpool up for sale.
Or at least they are open to new shareholders buying in, which may not be the same thing.

Is that a Mike Ashley style way of NOT splashing the cash in Jan as they have the club up for sale? I hope not.
On the one hand I would love a sovereign wealth fund to buy Liverpool, just to see what Jurgen could do with a blank cheque book. YES, City fans, being able to spend 50m on a full, back, or 100m on a show pony CM, DOES make management a lot easier. Although, I still rate Pep as one of the best around.
On the other hand the kind of Sovereign wealth funds we have in the PL, and even the likes of Abramovich, where about as "clean" as a pile of shite.
It'd be hard to see one of them buy Liverpool, even if it mean Pool could now compete on a level playing firld with City/PSG and possibly Newcastle/Chelsea.

Yep, come on your you warmongering, journalist butchering bastards, roll up roll up, PL sports wash for sale

 

[weasel]

I stand corrected on City's CL draw opponents. Apparently…..

Their opponents in the first knockout round since 2016: Sporting, Borussia Monchengladbach, Real (very much the exception), Schalke, Basel, Monaco, Dinamo Kyiv.

"****ing cushy" is an understatement.

 

[edd_jedi]

Not a good night for London clubs in the League Cup last night, I'd love to say Spurs went out deliberately (I hadn't heard of most of the players Liverpool fielded) but we put out a pretty strong team and Forest only had ten men for the last 25 minutes The world cup can't come soon enough!

 

[lejackal]

We should've made a better fist of it last night, even given the side we put out. Credit to Brighton though, they've again proved a decent team- no idea if that was a strong side for them or not mind you (although from the beeb HYS comments you'd believe it was their under 12's )

 

[edd_jedi]

Credit to Blackburn for scoring 10 consecutive penalties, I'd feel pretty hard done by as a West Ham fan to score 9 and still lose