Premier League 2020/21 Thread

[Matt 4,795]

 

 

My heart bleeds for him.

[StanSP 28,179]

10 minutes ago, Matt said:

My heart bleeds for him.

I also find it very hard to believe.

[ARM1968 2,774]

Apparently Pep is considering leaving City to take up a lucrative position at Talkshite. He’ll fit right in. 

[whoareyaaa 2,490]

They have a run of easy games as well now until they face Liverpool they will be top by then I recon, he's making a big fuss out of nothing they should give Everton 3 points for the game they missed that's what 25man squads are for no?

 

[Anglodanglo 858]

1 hour ago, Matt said:

 

 

My heart bleeds for him.

'I want 5 subs'

'I don't have many players'

 

Make your mind up mate 

[honeybradger 720]

4 hours ago, Yes said:

Not sure where else to put this. Is it a cause for concern where we are?

 

 

I think there are 3 mains ways to improve it.

 

1. Play Cengiz Under, he was quite creative for Roma and that's translated here with him having 2 league assists and a couple other chances created. With Barnes not really creating much at all this year we need a winger to create chances for Vardy. Albrighton is kind of doing it but his crossing doesnt work that well when we only have Vardy in the box, Under is more unpredictable and that will result in more chances coming vardy's way without the opposition cutting it out.

 

2. Play Tielemans further up the pitch. There's a lot of users on here complaining about maddison going too deep and him and tielemans getting in each other's way last year and Rodgers has counteracted that by going to a 4231 with Tielemans as a 6 and maddison as a 10. Personally i would like to see us return to the 4141 it really wasnt that bad and we created a lot more.

 

3. Injured players coming back to full fitness. Justin is good and all but Ricardo is a game changer for me, his line breaking runs will help us a lot with putting pressure on the opponents backline.

[brucey 5,098]

[TK95 2,282]

Mad that clubs like Palace and Fulham historically haven't managed to get their hands on silverware

Edited 5 January by TK95

[brucey 5,098]

9 minutes ago, TK95 said:

Mad that clubs like Palace and Fulham historically haven't managed to get their hands on silverware

 

[Aus Fox 8,566]

Pep on one hand complaining he has no players and they have been hit hard by Covid and on the other hand no punishment, not coming out and condemning the party boys in his squad who have no doubt caused this.

If that we’re out players I’d happily release them from their contracts and look to bring in some replacements this month.

[Cardiff_Fox 6,296]

Pep your owners have about seven clubs on their books. Windows open. Rather than using them as some farm / artificial market - fcuking loan players from there or recall some. Or maybe the money your club spends taking youngsters out of smaller clubs academies can actually be worth something and you start playing them 

[Sly 1,922]

It’s crazy the amount of talent they sit on really. He’s made himself and Man City look stupid with these comments. 

[Bryn 2,196]

Newcastle

[Carl the Llama 9,568]

1 hour ago, brucey said:

Even without the league our most recent league cup win would still only put us one place lower down behind Spurs.  We're ruining modern football.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo 7,791]

31 minutes ago, Bryn said:

Newcastle

I was thinking that. "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup?" Is that where they used to get the villagers to kick a goat skull down a hill and the first team to fall asleep loses?

Edited 5 January by Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo

[Lambert09 2,894]

The spurs win is probably good for us. 1 of our contenders for top 7 will will the cup and guarantee and extra EL place. Odd that I want a big club to win but I guess I’m selfish 

[ealingfox 5,623]

4 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

The spurs win is probably good for us. 1 of our contenders for top 7 will will the cup and guarantee and extra EL place. Odd that I want a big club to win but I guess I’m selfish 

 

7th/League Cup gets a place in the new Intertoto Cup now - the UEFA Vanarama Conference League.

Edited 5 January by ealingfox

[Vazman 131]

2 hours ago, honeybradger said:

I think there are 3 mains ways to improve it.

 

1. Play Cengiz Under, he was quite creative for Roma and that's translated here with him having 2 league assists and a couple other chances created. With Barnes not really creating much at all this year we need a winger to create chances for Vardy. Albrighton is kind of doing it but his crossing doesnt work that well when we only have Vardy in the box, Under is more unpredictable and that will result in more chances coming vardy's way without the opposition cutting it out.

 

2. Play Tielemans further up the pitch. There's a lot of users on here complaining about maddison going too deep and him and tielemans getting in each other's way last year and Rodgers has counteracted that by going to a 4231 with Tielemans as a 6 and maddison as a 10. Personally i would like to see us return to the 4141 it really wasnt that bad and we created a lot more.

 

3. Injured players coming back to full fitness. Justin is good and all but Ricardo is a game changer for me, his line breaking runs will help us a lot with putting pressure on the opponents backline.

Spot on 

[StanSP 28,179]

2 hours ago, brucey said:

Is the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup a 'major trophy'?!

 

[SouthStandUpperTier 5,717]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Is the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup a 'major trophy'?!

 

It's what became the UEFA Cup, which in turn became the Europa League. I think.

[Cardiff_Fox 6,296]

8 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

It's what became the UEFA Cup, which in turn became the Europa League. I think.

Yeah surprised at people sniffing their nose up. Only caveat was that only one city could be represented at the time in the competition(or even all European competition I can’t remember 100%)

[Corky 13,511]

12 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

It's what became the UEFA Cup, which in turn became the Europa League. I think.

Some people think football only began in 1971.

 

 

 

 

[SouthStandUpperTier 5,717]

1 minute ago, Corky said:

Some people think football only began in 1971.

 

 

 

 

Some think it was 1992.

[StanSP 28,179]

16 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

It's what became the UEFA Cup, which in turn became the Europa League. I think.

Thanks.

 

6 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Yeah surprised at people sniffing their nose up. Only caveat was that only one city could be represented at the time in the competition(or even all European competition I can’t remember 100%)

Not sniffing nose up. Just didn't know what it was and that it was the UEFA Cup in a previous incarnation...

[Koke 7,579]

2 hours ago, brucey said:

 

95 years since Sheffield United won anything. Their neighbours Sheffield Wednesday have won 1 League Cup in 81 years. Any honours won in the 1800s and early 1900s (before WW1) are totally meaningless. I'd even go as far as only counting things won post-WW2 but that would offend a lot of football fans. Aston Villa are overrated as a supposed big club. 7 of their 8 league titles came before 1910. Villa can get in the ****ing bin.