Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20

absolutely don't believe the Dani Olmo story, his agent's just trying to ramp the price. Nelson Oliveira would be decent respite cover for Raul tho.

I was born with a rare behavioural disorder that causes me to violently wristlock anybody who offers to predetermine the outcome of a professional football fixture for me and I tell you what if you offered me a point out of tonight's game I'd snap your hand off

probably best not to talk about snapping bones before playing Watford

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You love to see it

just think, you could have snapped off someone's hand and gotten 2 fewer points!

Everton lol

Watford time-wasting from the 30th minute lmao

Lejeune 90+4
Lejeune 90+5

omg lol Ancelotti will be hitting the vino

I wish everyone at Newcastle United Football Club other than Steve Bruce would accept the necessity of Steve Bruce no longer being a thing people have to think about

now if only Arsenal would finish the job

really wish somebody at the Beeb would tell Karen Carney she's supposed to maintain the illusion of neutrality

I will go to my grave maintaining that this Liverpool team aren't that good

and we're not even in the same universe as them

― Number None, Sunday, January 19, 2020 6:22 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Quite a lot of United fans think this – certainly those I listened to on UWS podcast after the game.

They're all completely wrong obv

I've difficulty parsing "Liverpool aren't that good". Aren't as good as what/who? Not as good as the media make them out to be? (because that rings true) Not as good as the 16 points gap they have? (because that's bollox) Not as good as the Invincibles? Or as Man City a couple of years ago? What's the measure here?

they have the best back 4 + goalie in the league, an insanely talented front 3 and the mf3 facilitates both. they're good. not the kind of god level good that 91 pts from the last 93 available would suggest but that's a function of 3/4 of the whole league having a worse team than last season.

i mean wolves were good last season and now they're the same with added nu traore so they've improved. everyone else worse. newcastle have improved points wise but still seem capable of reeling off 8 or 9 straight defeats from what i've seen.

oh and leicester have improved.

I agree they are good, and way above the rest. Maybe not 'good' as in beautiful football (subjective anyway), but def 'good' as in rock solid and rarely having a day off.

they're a lot better than good, the environment doesnt lend itself to handing out kickings- too many teams in the epl are too hard to play against, but they are impossible to match up to all over the pitch, and there are very few teams around with that balance

Feeling like I've heard this 'everyone else is worse than they were last season' excuse before.

im saying the opposite tbh

Yes, and you are otm.

Might be going out on a limb here, bit imo this Liverpool team are quite good.

Wile E. Coyote finally gonna catch kill and eat that roadrunner

Come now, city, chelsea, spurs and arsenal are all clearly worse than last season and the last two weren't much good then!

The bottom clubs seem much better this time around tbh

Norwich being the standout relegation fodder, and they're playing some decent stuff

yeah im referring to the overall standard of the league

agreed that the other five of the 'big six' as was are all in varying states of decay but the run of dross that couldve usually been expected from say 12th down, and in some years 8th down, hasnt really materialised this season (obv the two things are linked)

You could make a fairly decent case for this Liverpool team being the best club side in the world at the moment, in the top two or three at the very least.

Probably not the best squad, maybe not the best individual players, but the best organised and most effective team? They're up there.

They've been immensely lucky with injuries though, Matip notwithstanding.

A decent case? I assume it's absolutely the case tbh

The real quiz is whether City are second

Alison has missed a quarter of the season and their best midfielder has been out for a couple of months.

Their fortune comes more from not having suffered injuries in the positions they don' t have any back up ie full back, where James Milner is the only adult alternative.

I'm not sure who would challenge them for that title - though, again, you could make the argument that says as much about the failings of Europe's elite clubs as the strengths of Liverpool.

"Liverpool won the Premiership - but joke's on them, the Premiership isn't worth what it was!"

I'd "snap your hand off"

I'm not interested in your meaningless facts lads

its the least interesting title ever won tho

even the battle for fourth is utter shit

The battle for 8th is shaping up nicley.

xp speak for yourself

Well Wolves are about to deal Pool their first loss u heard it here first

Well technically my bookie did

Liverpool are going to be hammered by someone soon, wolves as good a bet as anyone else.

Jota and Boly technically available for selection tomorrow tho i'd be surprised if either start or if Willy's on the bench tbh

hope you got good odds tho Nee

Best not to rush Willy back so i hope they err on caution

yeah there's no need to rush it.

i fancy us to have a chance against anybody in the league and 4th certainly isn't beyond us but this is well beyond start of season expectations

Leicester will be mid table by the end of the season so 3rd and 4th still up for grabs.