Premier League 23/24 Thread
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Agreed- much better chance of beating them at the mo...
Great draws for the English sides. Bayern are, by Bayern's standards, a shambles. If Arsenal, turn up they will have too much for Bayern. Albeit
Arsenal's problems will probably be psychological. On paper they were a much better team than Porto but they let Porto's experience and streetwise-ness (is that a word?) dictate the game. Bayern have more experience than Porto and if Arsenal let them, they will hammer them. But if Arsenal can play like they do in the PL they will have far too much for them.
City will hoke Real.
Good draw for Pool, and yeah, definitely the easier side of the draw. WH and Leverkusen were the two sides I wanted to avoid. WH cos we see Pool play them twice a season and Europe is about playing different sides for me, and Leverkusen cos they are a decent outfit. I was gutted to see them score 2 late goals again Carrier-bag.
Nice draw for Villa too. The english clean sweep of Europe is still on.
Arsenal's problems will probably be psychological. On paper they were a much better team than Porto but they let Porto's experience and streetwise-ness (is that a word?) dictate the game. Bayern have more experience than Porto and if Arsenal let them, they will hammer them. But if Arsenal can play like they do in the PL they will have far too much for them.
City will hoke Real.
Good draw for Pool, and yeah, definitely the easier side of the draw. WH and Leverkusen were the two sides I wanted to avoid. WH cos we see Pool play them twice a season and Europe is about playing different sides for me, and Leverkusen cos they are a decent outfit. I was gutted to see them score 2 late goals again Carrier-bag.
Nice draw for Villa too. The english clean sweep of Europe is still on.
Well, if you don't take the 97 half chanced you get….that's what happens.
That 5 on 2 that Cody Gakpo managed to **** up will be imprinted in my mind for years to come. FIVE on two defenders and he managed to pass to one of the two defenders (or was it Harvey Elliott after Gakpo gave him a **** pass, 2 yards behind him?)
It was a woeful game, and 'yes' I was saying that when Pool were winning (I have the whatsapps to prove it). Two teams who kept giving the ball away and had no idea what to do in the final third. It might have been entertaining for a neutral, but the standard of football was piss poor.
Utd get a bye in to the final now. Where City will do horrible things to them.
At least it saves me having to watch ANOTHER Liverpool Chelsea game.
That's twice this season Pool haven't really shown up against Utd, weird. They have a history of that under klopp. All too often they are very passive against Utd, even when Utd are there for the taking. It only seems to be against Utd as well. Fingers crossed they reverse that trend in a few weeks. That FAC should serve as motivation anyway.
That 5 on 2 that Cody Gakpo managed to **** up will be imprinted in my mind for years to come. FIVE on two defenders and he managed to pass to one of the two defenders (or was it Harvey Elliott after Gakpo gave him a **** pass, 2 yards behind him?)
It was a woeful game, and 'yes' I was saying that when Pool were winning (I have the whatsapps to prove it). Two teams who kept giving the ball away and had no idea what to do in the final third. It might have been entertaining for a neutral, but the standard of football was piss poor.
Utd get a bye in to the final now. Where City will do horrible things to them.
At least it saves me having to watch ANOTHER Liverpool Chelsea game.
That's twice this season Pool haven't really shown up against Utd, weird. They have a history of that under klopp. All too often they are very passive against Utd, even when Utd are there for the taking. It only seems to be against Utd as well. Fingers crossed they reverse that trend in a few weeks. That FAC should serve as motivation anyway.
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I dare say 90% of those who are currently mortally offended are the same.
Although, I do think they have a point. Would Nike, an American company, have "playfully redesigned" the Star Spangled Banner? Maybe make it rainbow striped and ditch those silly stars!
NO ******* CHANCE. But it's ok to piss about with someone else's flag. Hmmmmmm
Now, not my flag, so no horse in this race, and it is a storm in a teacup. But the above point still holds. They would never **** with their own beloved flag. So, why did they think it was ok to **** with someone else's?
Although, I do think they have a point. Would Nike, an American company, have "playfully redesigned" the Star Spangled Banner? Maybe make it rainbow striped and ditch those silly stars!
NO ******* CHANCE. But it's ok to piss about with someone else's flag. Hmmmmmm
Now, not my flag, so no horse in this race, and it is a storm in a teacup. But the above point still holds. They would never **** with their own beloved flag. So, why did they think it was ok to **** with someone else's?
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Footballs back! Brentford away for Man Utd, no idea which version of Utd will show up. **** or bust for Arsenal, I really hope they beat City.
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Me too!
Thank god, International weekends are dreadful.
Not sure what result I want in City Arsenal. A draw, probably. And 3 injuries and red cards for each side.
But Pool will prob drop points to Brighton anyway
Not sure what result I want in City Arsenal. A draw, probably. And 3 injuries and red cards for each side.
But Pool will prob drop points to Brighton anyway
Aye, there is ONE stat that has them fourth. Everything else has them in mid table.
Some game there, Newcastle WH. I saw from about an hour in, WH 3-1 up and comfortable. Then Moyesy decides to take the piss and brings on Calvin Phillips, a man whose WH career can only be described as 'disappointing'. 5 minutes later Phillips gives away a penalty* and then he gets turned far too easily for a holding midfielder by Harvey Barnes for Newcastle's fourth. The man is jinxed.
* That penalty was the kind I don't Iike to see given. Phillips takes an age to clear it, you're in your own box ********, how long do you think you're going to get? But Gordon makes NO attempt to play the ball. He just puts his leg between the ball and Phillips boot and then screams like a girl when he gets kicked. He does get kicked and it probably is a foul, BUT it is one manufactured totally by Gordon. I dont like to see penalties given for **** like that. You need to be trying to play the ball for me, not just trying to get kicked.
Come on Brentford!
Some game there, Newcastle WH. I saw from about an hour in, WH 3-1 up and comfortable. Then Moyesy decides to take the piss and brings on Calvin Phillips, a man whose WH career can only be described as 'disappointing'. 5 minutes later Phillips gives away a penalty* and then he gets turned far too easily for a holding midfielder by Harvey Barnes for Newcastle's fourth. The man is jinxed.
* That penalty was the kind I don't Iike to see given. Phillips takes an age to clear it, you're in your own box ********, how long do you think you're going to get? But Gordon makes NO attempt to play the ball. He just puts his leg between the ball and Phillips boot and then screams like a girl when he gets kicked. He does get kicked and it probably is a foul, BUT it is one manufactured totally by Gordon. I dont like to see penalties given for **** like that. You need to be trying to play the ball for me, not just trying to get kicked.
Come on Brentford!
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I never learn turned the West Ham game off with 5 minutes to go thinking it was over. 
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Same 11 that started against Liverpool, this isn't looking good IMO.
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Yeah same old ****, all been away on international duty and they come back like they want a new manager, can all piss off. Player power has won at Man Utd since Jose was sacked, The fridge , McTomanay still getting picked???? Complete joke, Villa and Spurs deserve UCL football next season so I hope they get it.
Never a pen. Not given on the field and how was it a clear and obvious error, when Gordon instigated the foul? Phillip's foot was already in motion before Gordon got in the way etc etc. Sick of it, week in, week out.
Fairplay to Newcastle, they deserved the win in the end. Howe's subs were excellent and really worked. We just retreated more and more for 25 mins and you could see it coming. Such a frustrating performance, with a win almost in the bag.
Loads of late goals yesterday. Brentford Man U game sounds crazy!
Brentford battered Utd. It was shooting practice. I'm not even sure Utd got out of their own half, bar the goal, in the second half. Proper men against boys stuff. Brentford had 31 shots FFS. Brentford! Utd did not deserve a point. They sure as **** did not deserve 3. But football is a strange sport some times
I can kind of see why they gave it. The movement is from Phillips onto Gordon. Gordon doesn't move his leg, he just plonks it between the ball and Phillips and waits to be kicked.
As I said though, I don't like to see pens given for that. It's manufactured by the attacker. In this case Gordon made no attempt to play the ball, he puts his foot between the ball and Phillips. If Phillips suddenly disappeared Gordon still wouldn't get the ball, it was moving away from where he plonked his foot. It's the definition of a manufactured foul. Strikers will call it "clever play", I call it cynical borderline cheating. And, I don't think you should get a penalty for it.
You can argue that Gordon actually fouls Phillips as he isn't trying to play the ball but block Philips from clearing it.
But what do you expect from that wee toe rag.
Well that was ******* DREADFUL. That's as bad a game as I have seen in a while. Utd Pool in the FAC was piss poor, but it had goals. That was a shocking advert for the PL.
Both sides were happy not to lose.
Both sides were happy not to lose.
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Forget Utd next week, lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. Man City should get fined for the amount of times there players harassed the ref.
Great day for the worst half of Merseyside.
Great day for the worst half of Merseyside.
Yeah as I said a few pages ago games like this are always a let down and never decide titles, it will be something like Arsenal's shock loss to Newcastle last season again or something. Although contrary to social media posts I keep seeing, Spurs aren't going to have any say in the title race as on current form we're going to lose all games against the top three badly!
Spurs are so unpredictable. Really strange team at the mo!
Aye, I would say, at least, one of the sides in the title race will drop points to someone who you would expect them to batter. That's what started Arsenal's slip last year was it not? A few dodgy draws, then a draw with Pool and WH?
A long way to go yet.
A long way to go yet.
