Premier League 2020/21 Thread

[UniFox21 7,463]

27 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

Joe Cole is an idiot. How's he's ended up as BT's number one pundit is beyond me. Can barely string a sentence together. Some pundits get better over time, and maybe Cole will, but hes been put straight in as number one pundit without time to grow into the job.

He pops up with decent bits of analysis, but the London bias and frankly stupid things he comes out with is annoying. He's by no means the worst out there however. 

[filbertway 2,860]

No issues with some teams being allowed fans, it's better for the game as a whole is fans can get back in grounds asap.

[UniFox21 7,463]

1 minute ago, Abrasive fox said:

Yes. And apparently losing van dijk means way more than any other player despite us being without his centre back partner in the pfa team of the year.

Seems pundits are unable to understand Liverpool losing Van Dijk had a similar effect to us losing Ricardo. Losing a vital player to a team has an impact irrelevant of the level, which you'd think would be noted. 

[Matt 4,796]

Brighton already showing more threat and positivity in 10 minutes than we did in the whole 90.

 

Why do we look so scared in certain games!

 

Edited 28 November 2020 by Matt

[filbertway 2,860]

Bit annoying that Brighton have been able to get in behind a few times already haha

[foxfanazer 13,272]

I could accept us losing to these if we had a go like Brighton are

[Chocolate Teapot 3,866]

3 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Seems pundits are unable to understand Liverpool losing Van Dijk had a similar effect to us losing Ricardo. Losing a vital player to a team has an impact irrelevant of the level, which you'd think would be noted. 

All the high profile media are as bad to be honest, the bbc, talksport, sky and bt - when its not a high profile game they seem to actually get pundits on who properly do their research. Sidwell is very good for example, as was Danny Simpson. 

 

Mcmanaman and carragher are just outrageously biased and don't bother watching any other teams. 

[weller54 9,330]

4 minutes ago, Matt said:

Brighton already showing more threat and positivity in 10 minutes than we did in the whole 90.

 

Why do we look so scared in certain games!

 

Rodgers negative tactics and setups!!... that's why 🤬

[rachhere 1,918]

Is it controversial to say I wouldn't mind us having a look at Connolly as Vardy's understudy? He's still so young - I think there's a load of potential there. 

[Chocolate Teapot 3,866]

1 minute ago, rachhere said:

Is it controversial to say I wouldn't mind us having a look at Connolly as Vardy's understudy? He's still so young - I think there's a load of potential there. 

Think we should be aiming higher than that.

[foxfanazer 13,272]

Ridiculous penalty. How lucky are they? 

[Matt 4,796]

3 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

I could accept us losing to these if we had a go like Brighton are

Bang on, that's what my main frustration was last season, certainly in the 2nd half of the season/after the restart, all the tippy tappy shit.

 

Thankfully it's only happened against Liverpool this season, the rest of the games I can't really fault, I just hope we don't do what we did against Liverpool again (As we should have already learnt from last season). It concerns me we hadn't learnt from last season though, but one game hopefully it's a reminder, improve and move on.

 

But to watch other teams having a go against this 'weakened' Liverpool team is frustrating given how toothless we were.

 

Edited 28 November 2020 by Matt

[Vacamion 11,941]

 

Brighton look a gift horse in the mouth.  

 

MacMannaman  there, noticeably crestfallen that Liverpool conceded a penalty.

 

It's disgracefully biased commentary.

 

 

[Swarles Barkley 1,617]

Loooooool what a horrendous pen

[Tuna 13,810]

Outrageously bad penalty there, wonder what Potter is writing in his notebook!

[UniFox21 7,463]

1 minute ago, Abrasive fox said:

All the high profile media are as bad to be honest, the bbc, talksport, sky and bt - when its not a high profile game they seem to actually get pundits on who properly do their research. Sidwell is very good for example, as was Danny Simpson. 

 

Mcmanaman and carragher are just outrageously biased and don't bother watching any other teams. 

Genuinely appears the minute a big 6 side plays, any knowledge and common sense of football punditry goes out the window. By no means is that all pundits, but the majority seem to be awful. 

 

The lower fixtures and smaller names seem so much better and have significantly more about them. Sidwell is brilliant as was Liam Rosenior.

[jammie82uk 1,531]

7 minutes ago, Matt said:

Brighton already showing more threat and positivity in 10 minutes than we did in the whole 90.

 

Why do we look so scared in certain games!

 

Should we overlook that Brighton could have easily been 2 down within the first 5 mins

[Mike Oxlong 7,854]

2 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Outrageously bad penalty there, wonder what Potter is writing in his notebook!

Expelliarmus 

[jammie82uk 1,531]

2 minutes ago, Swarles Barkley said:

Loooooool what a horrendous pen

Seems like he changed his mind or was trying to be smart as he was looking at the corner the keeper dived in the run up 

[goody2028 1,319]

1 minute ago, jammie82uk said:

Should we overlook that Brighton could have easily been 2 down within the first 5 mins

So should be 2-2 now then if we’re looking at it like that 🤷‍♂️

[Dahnsouff 5,690]

So Maupay makes a mess then comes off?

[filbertway 2,860]

Well since I said it was making me feel better, Brighton have been on top and should be 2-0 up

[Matt 4,796]

Just now, jammie82uk said:

Should we overlook that Brighton could have easily been 2 down within the first 5 mins

Gonna sound like Arsene Wenger here and say I didn't see the first couple of minutes.

 

It's not really my point though, even though i'm praising Brighton by saying they've been more of a threat and more positive in the first 10 than we were in the 90, they'll probably still lose, it's doesn't get away from the fact they've been more of a threat and more positive.

 

Ultimately a loss is a loss, doesn't really matter but as @foxfanazer said losing to Liverpool wouldn't have been as hard to take if we'd atleast gave it a go.

 

[Big Dave 363]

Why couldn’t Liverpool have played like this last week? 🤷‍♂️

[orangecity23 2,102]

This is a considerably weaker looking Liverpool lineup han the one that faced us - no Mane, no Keita, no Matip. That defence looks way shakier with Phillips and Williams in it instead of Milner and Matip.