'Even allowing for inflation, this thread is not worth 198 Terry Francises' - EPL 2017-18

think we'd have more joy with Martial's dribbling ability second half. Might be an idea to bring in Herrera to take some defensive responsibility off Pogba too

I've got 56th minute for the last goal in the pub, that's my main interest now

It was Bailly's first professional goal ever. Half expect him to bump the 'I scored a goal ffs'-thread.

Was gonna say Lukaku's not in this at all, but then he doesn't need to be

Pogba you beauty

hell

yes

Riot

not so frustrated now?

Well there's a few more goals than I expected

I concede NN. Really happy with this start.

Pogba is liberated with Matic in the team. You barely notice Matic is playing, which is a great thing.

It's almost like paying £80m for a midfielder and playing him out of position for an entire year was a bit of a dumb idea?

He's playing in the same position...

He's not in a different position!

xp lol

horrible

Yeah I noticed he was playing in the same position, in Football Manager terms it's his role that's been freed up

Anyway, obviously far too early but these fucks finish top 2 no question

That strikes me as way too early indeed. But we're looking so much better than last season, it doesn't even compare.

I think Palace are in for a total shellacking today, de Boer and the team seem totally at odds with each other. And we killed Zaha last week.

Yeah I don't think De Boer is a good fit for the PL.

Was looking for a Terriers stream but it's not till tomorrow :)

Saturday games are so last season, darling!

Haha :)

Have to thank you again for killing my weekend productivity with that genti.stream thing; best one I've ever had, no problems at all.

Lukaku 3 goals
Pogba 2 goals, 1 assist
Martial 2 goals, 1 assist
Mkhitaryan 4 assists

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Happiest with the Mkhi stat tbh

he actually wasn't great overall today, despite getting MOTM. Struggles in tight games but once it opens up he's lethal

Hai Beeb can we have a "That's what 28m gets you!" for Arnautovic? Thx

Well impressed with Robertson so far. Lovely first touch, lovely cross

Yeah he's looking good. Liverpool should've been up 2-0 at least.

now the fear

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jesus thank god that's over

Liverpool grinding out the one nil

weird decision not to start Salah

All I keep hearing on 5 live is how much Palace have upped their game from last week's performance, when the truth is we made them look shit!

weird decision not to start Salah

presumably resting people for tuesday night which is a bigger game i suppose. strange to drop trent aa roadwatch as well.

luckily moreno will be fit and firing on tues

Palace weren't any better than last week. Difference was last week they thought they'd get a result, which they couldn't. Today was just holding Liverpool back 90 minutes. Though Benteke should've buried that one chance.

Matip had a great chance early on. I guess hes not used to heading towards the goal! Thought it was solid from Liverpool today, didnt shirk when they got the goal although maybe lacked the cutting edge in the final 3rd

matip is like he's cursed, he has near misses so often.

Barcelona have informed Liverpool that they have until Sunday evening to change their mind on Coutinho or it will be withdrawn.

please don't withdraw the offer we instantly rejected, stop, we can't take this hardball.

lol

Arsenal have been really poor. 85% possession in the second half but almost no creativity.

Fam out

It was poor yeah. No idea when around the box.

arsenal and liverpool seem p similar this season

Don't be so hard on yourself

Liverpool's got way more creativity, even without Coutinho.

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Boom!

Detailed updates please some of us are doing well to get even this text based resource on our phones atm

Wanyama and Dier both in the team. Trippier starts. So does Bakayoko. Unclear what formation Chelsea are playing.