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Premier League Thread 2019/20

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Beechey

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2 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Thought I just saw Mane run three yards in the box and not dive  😮 

I was so sure he was going to throw himself to the floor

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2 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Carragher's hard enough to understand at the best of times but its like he's fvcking whispering down his microphone.

He's social distancing from it. He thinks it is the listeners.

lestajigs

lestajigs

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5 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Carragher's hard enough to understand at the best of times but its like he's fvcking whispering down his microphone.

I thought he was wearing a gum shield 

Mike Oxlong

Mike Oxlong

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5 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Carragher's hard enough to understand at the best of times but its like he's fvcking whispering down his microphone.

His aerosol production when speaking at normal volume  must be frightening 

hejammy

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It's great how some people thought it was all doom and gloom yesterday for us to draw away to Watford and even the "mighty" Liverpool struggled to score. Just goes to show how hard it is

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twister

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interesting to see the different levels off fitness on show

 

some teams like southampton, chelsea and oddly newcastle have come back looking quite sharp.

 

Others like liverpool, arsenal and sheffield united have looked less up to speed, a few are looking how can i see a few pounds over as well.

 

Its basically like a long pre season really, I don't sense any of the teams will really get up to full pace before the july end.

 

 

 

 

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StriderHiryu

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2 minutes ago, twister said:

interesting to see the different levels off fitness on show

 

some teams like southampton, chelsea and oddly newcastle have come back looking quite sharp.

 

Others like liverpool, arsenal and sheffield united have looked less up to speed, a few are looking how can i see a few pounds over as well.

 

Its basically like a long pre season really, I don't sense any of the teams will really get up to full pace before the july end.

 

 

 

 

Great observation, and I hope fans can be reasonable enough to see this is the case. Some of the posts in the match day thread were frankly embarrassing to read. Players haven't had a competitive game for 3 months and we don't know how many have had to self-isolate in that time. For any athlete at the elite level, not being able to train at all for 2 weeks is going to put you back massively in your fitness schedule. Even Liverpool and Man City looked rusty as did pretty much every team in some way. It's probably going to take at least another 2-3 weeks to get back to previous levels, though the games every 3-4 days will speed it up a lot. So I'm personally reserving judgement for a few more games, and will take any point gained as valuable toward our cause.

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Bert

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18 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

How have most of the players got such fresh haircuts?:ph34r:

Dunno why people are getting so irate about this. I’ve had my hair cut three times in lockdown. 

Leicester_Loyal

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Just now, Bert said:

Dunno why people are getting so irate about this. I’ve had my hair cut three times in lockdown. 

Because unless their partner (or someone they live with) is doing it, they've been breaking the social distancing rules.

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Bert

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1 minute ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Because unless their partner (or someone they live with) is doing it, they've been breaking the social distancing rules.

Maybe they have been, who knows? It’s not hard to grasp. My missus has done mine every time and she’s never done it before. 

Corky

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The last six derbies at Goodison Park-

 

0-0

1-1

0-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

 

Hopefully next season they'll agree to the point each and not bother with the 90 minutes.

Countryfox

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30 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Great observation, and I hope fans can be reasonable enough to see this is the case. Some of the posts in the match day thread were frankly embarrassing to read. Players haven't had a competitive game for 3 months and we don't know how many have had to self-isolate in that time. For any athlete at the elite level, not being able to train at all for 2 weeks is going to put you back massively in your fitness schedule. Even Liverpool and Man City looked rusty as did pretty much every team in some way. It's probably going to take at least another 2-3 weeks to get back to previous levels, though the games every 3-4 days will speed it up a lot. So I'm personally reserving judgement for a few more games, and will take any point gained as valuable toward our cause.


Understand all this talk of rustiness and you mention Citeh being rusty ..   but they also looked absolute class and played some brilliant football.  Who knows what happened to players during lockdown ..  but what I saw on Saturday against Watford was disappointing ....   backward passing and no cutting edge for long periods.  We’ve all seen this before and it took some time to shift.  I’m not panicking but we need to get our act together soon or we’ll slip down the league faster than a fast thing and undo all our good work.

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StriderHiryu

StriderHiryu

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12 minutes ago, Countryfox said:


Understand all this talk of rustiness and you mention Citeh being rusty ..   but they also looked absolute class and played some brilliant football.  Who knows what happened to players during lockdown ..  but what I saw on Saturday against Watford was disappointing ....   backward passing and no cutting edge for long periods.  We’ve all seen this before and it took some time to shift.  I’m not panicking but we need to get our act together soon or we’ll slip down the league faster than a fast thing and undo all our good work.

Yes and that's fair enough. But there's a difference between saying "I'm disappointed that our play isn't as cohesive or fast as it could be" and "LCFC are crap, [insert player name here] is garbage" etc. The way you've labelled your criticism here is fair and warranted, but not over the top. It's the difference between the type of fan that spends the entire 90 minutes complaining about the team, and the fan that gets behind the team but reasonably points out where we could improve in a constructive way. I know which fan I'd rather sit next to!

 

Criticism is totally fair. Whilst by and large we've had a great season, we've had some stinkers such as Villa league cup and the home mauling to Liverpool to name two. But when none of the players are match fit, are playing with no crowd in bizarre circumstances and placed in a totally unique situation I think if ever there was a time to cut the players some slack, it's now.

 

 

 

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