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

save a european campaign (ride a uefa)

CAS say that the accusations of fiddling sponsorship were “either not established or time barred.” Time barred, in this case, means that they happened more than five years ago and couldn’t be investigated/punished again

— Sam Lee (@SamLee) July 13, 2020

question mark is a typo

#thfc defender Serge Aurier’s brother was shot dead outside a night club in Tolouse at 05:00 this morning. [Europe1]

— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) July 13, 2020

jfc

Fucking hell. Poor Serge.

that's awful

i don't hate Man City with the passion some of you fans of the more, um, invested clubs do but this decision is corrupt as fuck bullshit. on the other hand Wolves still have a clear run at the Champions League, just gotta win the Europa this season :D

could see both chelsea and leicester losing a couple of their remaining fixtures (chelsea have got norwich , liverpool, wolves; leicester have sheffield utd, spurs, man u). definitely not out of the question that wolves will overtake them in the league

it's not impossible but the nul points against Arsenal and Sheff U effectively fucked us i think. could make for an epic last day tho, touch wood.

still very hard to read how well teams are or aren't playing during these lockdown games, with the possible exception of Man U who really seem in the process of cohering. ime half the time i can't tell if we've played well or the opposition have just been terrible, Everton yesterday was a good example

Leicester have been bullshit since the restart, they've dropped something like 12 points in that time. There's no way that United don't overtake them.

Got to say I'm amazed that they're still playing matches at the King Power Stadium as well.

we overtake Chelsea with a win tonight

United should finish 3rd I think, permutations get intersting for 4th to 7th, with Chelsea, Leicester, Wolves and Sheff U all possible for any of those slots iirc

i still make Chelsea favourites for 4th, just about

I was stupidly hoping that the ban would be upheld, would have softened the blow of Leicester's disintegration yesterday. A little. That's what I get for hoping for anything... On that note, I'm rooting for the Saints to batter Man U in a similar manner to Blades/Chelsea lol

you've been a football fan this entire time and not posted wtf :D

Poor old Brendan Rodgers doesn't know what to tend to first - his bruised ego or his itchy feet.

xp I did take a break from ilx that ended up lasting about a year, still lurk more than anything.

I don't feel the sense of entitlement that other teams do, if we continue to flap it I still think a Europa league place would be punching above our weight. Though on current form that looks pretty doubtful obvs!

On that note, I'm rooting for the Saints to batter Man U in a similar manner to Blades/Chelsea lol

Off to a good start!

looking terrified of the Soton press here

Pogbas having a mare

Timing

Martial is too good. Wonderful goal.

Think we successfully put the curse on Southampton there, good work nn!

Martial really is turning into a brilliant #9

Fair play to Southampton for plugging away but strangely unhurried even now

omg

:D

lol timing

ah shitebags

Fucking hell even in lockdown we get Fergie time

paying for a needlessly conservative second half performance

Not sure why Ole took Bruno off tbh. Williams and Shaw maybe out for the next game - are our fortunes going to be in the hands of marcos rojo?

he'll have a job on getting over from Argentina right now

Ah, didn't realise he was abusing toasters over there atm

Tyldesley out.

Tyldesley out xp

3 games for a shot at 4th place, here we go

Also fuck the BNP

Robbie Keane looking fitter than the tail end of his playing career

Jonathan Walters describing Dyche as a totalitarian, nice

Doesn't like cliques.

Fuck me that's an attacking starting 11 from Nuno, you love to see it

Surprised to see Aurier starting under the circumstances.

Oh man Podence is fun to watch

Whoever's directing this BBC coverage is rubbish

welp, gotta be one coming after the break

Fuck, I forgot this was on BBC1.

Everything but the finish there from Raul

nice movez by Jimenez