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

Otm.

Yeah was thinking that

lol! This is fun.

oh no its not

on the evidence we've seen so far, Lindelof looks like a catastrophic signing

he literally cannot head a ball

gonna go with 'this is fun' tbh

My stepdad was waxing lyrical about the last time he saw us defeat Man U in the 50's this morn: blah blah Jimmy Glazzard, what a player he was etc.. but also he said the Man Utd fans trashed the place after the game, and that they were most definitely Mancunians.

I thought they trashed the town in the early 70s?

We're nothing without Fellaini.

they probably trashed it then as then as well, but that was after they won. In the 50's it was after a defeat!

as it stands 18 mins of e/t pending, no doubt.

GTF in Town!

something like 80% possession in the second half

two shots on target

not good!

I sincerely hope those grapes aren't tasting too sour tonight, pal!

:D

no sour grapes here

we were abject

Abjection mour honour

In fairness nobody should hire Jose

His cycle of trash toxicity is quickening each time now.

maybe he's stopped winning a league before becoming shit

I know you're having your fun but I honestly don't blame Jose for this one. Just too many players underperforming/not giving a shit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting

just joking obv - i only followed it on min by min

So what did we get after the game, surprisingly magnanimous Good Jose or surly ungracious Bad Jose?

Boufal just danced through the West Brom defence brilliantly to score.

Maradona is that you?!?
No it’s Southampton’s Boufal!!! What a Goal!! my lord... pic.twitter.com/YkfKCoU5Uz

— SergioTetra 🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@Sergio_R81) October 21, 2017

The two defenders running smack into each other is the icing on the cake.

So what did we get after the game, surprisingly magnanimous Good Jose or surly ungracious Bad Jose?

"When I lose matches, I like to lose matches because the opponents were better than us and had more quality than us. When you lose a match because of attitude, that’s really bad. I heard Ander Herrera in his flash interview saying the attitude and desire was poor. Oh my God, when a player says that and feels that, I think they should all go to the press conference and explain why. Of course, it concerns me. It happened today so why can’t it happen tomorrow. I think so honestly [it’s the first time I’ve seen that], I don’t even remember a friendly match when our attitude was so poor. They tried in the second half in difficult circumstances - the wind was tremendous. In the second half, we probably could have got a second goal but it would have been an undeserved goal and undeserved draw.”

twp

Koeman sacking imminent

Utd really should have gone at Lovren eh

this is exhilarating stuff from Son and Kane

Lovren hooked after half an hour. Remarkable performance

The state of this Liverpool defence. Salah looks absolutely terrifying but otherwise we look like scoring every time we get the ball.

I'm relieved I cant find a stream for this

lolverpool

Ken z

Not loving this autobiography with snippets about how he got the better of players still in the squad.

Poch out.

I know Liverpool were a clown car at the back but Winks (and maybe Dele in a deeper role) added something that wasn't really in our midfield before - that ability to turn defence into attack that quickly. Both against Liverpool and Madrid we were breaking in a way I haven't seen since Modric was in the team. (Apart from when it was Bale basically doing it on his own). You don't get that with a midfield of Dier, Wanyama and Dembele even if that would still be my first choice against top quality opposition.

I think it's been an option this season after having been developed as a tactic rather than individual players, maybe comes from three at the back and playing through the centre rather than default possession through full backs, maybe worked on as a badly needed alternative to the possession/pressure based plan A

Certainly we've had more goals of this type this season already than the past two combined tho. Kane hanging around halfway line and taking ambitious first touches is a real feature these days.

Also probably tempting fate here but Sanchez has barely put a foot wrong since joining. Obviously slotting into an already successful unit but that extra solidity probably means we can afford to be more expansive in midfield anyway.

And more than that, Alderweireld contract becomes just that bit less of a total disaster Risk

Rose not even back yet, lamela coming available again. It's good.

Winks/Wilshere 2018

book it

don't think England could afford the travel insurance on Wilshere

Koeman gone

moyes getting everton relegated would be a nice coup de grace

koeman feel the moyes

haha

"Ryan Giggs confirms he is interested in taking over as manager at either Leicester or Everton. "

“Everton being a fantastic club with a fantastic history, for me, this is a club that I would be interested in.”

me too Ryan, me too

When is Giggsy going to get back in the bloody game?