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

really don't understand how this winter break is supposed to work

I'd be more bummed with lack of footie this weekend but Orlando City's MLS preseason begins today.

we could do with the rest tbh but there's 4 games this weekend and i'm not sure why some and not others

yeah i was confused about that too.

everyone kinda gets a week off overall

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/11/premier-league-clubs-australian-bank-macquarie-loans-tv-earnings

https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2020/feb/10/sheffield-united-seven-goal-thrillers-scheduled-tweets-football-weekly

"everybody in europe is talking about sheffield united." not my words, the words of the guardian.

:D

Chelsea are tapping up Ajax' Hakim Ziyech for about 35m this summer. Would've wished a better club for him tbf.

at that price therell be a ten club bidding war surely

Every club in the EPL could buy him at that price.

That's otm, D. He's an interesting case, in that he's highly selective about where he wants to go next. He dismissed Sevilla and Roma, and I think he can do better than that. Chelsea could really use a Ziyech I suppose.

The price is partly down to him having stayed longer at Ajax than what was initially intended, to help them out. This is Ajax' thank you. I do hope the bidding war still ensues, but they've accepted Chelsea's offer.

yeah tom, but i was factoring in his own prefs

is he ready for a barca/real lbi, or will he have looked (nult) at the last few departures who went direct and reconsidered

Tbf I don't know who's ready for barca/real in this day and age. They've become sinkholes for the crown princes it seems (though Frenkie is doing alright but he's exceptional). I do think he'd fit in w/ a lot of clubs: City, Spurs, Liverpool, Bayern (not all of those need him though). He would will have listened to what Chelsea have in store for him. Of all clubs they probably need him the most.

I have no idea why Utd haven't made a play for Ziyech

Seems like a no brainer to me

maybe ye are sufficiently stocked with brainless players!

I guess we'd prefer to pay four times the price for Sancho anyway

City banned from Champions’ League for two seasons.

cunt on the radio says "I'm sure people would respect Nuno if he decided he wanted to progress his career at Man Utd" - speak for yourself, son

Xp I'm sure they'll get back in on appeal but fuck me this is amazing/hilarious

Is this the first time it's happened to a club? Would be very surprised if PSG, Barca or Real haven't had plenty of dodgy shit going on in the past

Fuck VAR

Jesus fuck that was not offside

Wolves have really been fucked over by VAR this season

seems like city's ban means that the 5th place team will take the last qualifying spot for the champion's league (lol sheffield united at the time of writing). is that correct?

lol Chris Wilder, from turning up at Brighouse Town games on scouting missions for Halifax Town to the Bernabéu - that would be a hell of a trip.

if we draw another match due to a VAR disallow i'm going to lose it.

now that Choudhury is sent off, score a fuckin' goal

Sorry I was away, Valentine's day fuck for var

Traore gets practically sat on and is whistled for the foul. it's been that kinda day.

Jesus it's so much more nerve rattling on the radio

Haven't seen it but sounds like those cunts in the AV room have cheated us again

Wolves v Leicester ... VAR strikes again..... FOOTBALL’S SHIT NOW! pic.twitter.com/qFmooYMoQX

— Danny Clark (@PaxtonDan515) February 14, 2020

I mean they have to change that rule

https://imgur.com/gallery/PpV0evc

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/909/991/48c.jpg

it's not rocket science either. you just say that unless it's clear & obvious, the onfield decision stands xp

yeah what does clear and obvious mean

something like "takes less than 5 minutes endlessly rewatching frame by frame video footage with your eyes screwed up"

works pretty well in rugby xp

yeah, if you have to spend 5 minutes drawing lines to work out if someone's toenail is offside then it's not.

Meanwhile in Scotland, Rangers fans, in their droves, are demanding that VAR be introduced to the Scottish game. If VAR was there they wouldn't be shite and Gerrard would be a good manager, apparently.

Surely the fact that Rangers fans are behind something is proof it's shit.

hit on son was imo the kind of physical tackle that prob out to be under a microscope a bit more but i realise im in a minority here

aurier already making decisions, thats a tactical failure

The clown car keeps rolling.

Aurier should have 2 yellows already

Tidy finish

yeah look aurier actually gets the attention he deserves

some ppl thought we missed hugo lloris tho, so id rather point out that he has been fucking shit for two years

Ref's...a cunt?

This is desperate.

toby 4 striker

This Grealish lad ain't that bad