Alone in the Park - it's the Prem 2020-21 thread

On the basis of this weekend there are worse teams than Brighton.

I can't believe I'm saying this in week one but the current bottom three look like they're all going down, depending on who West Ham replace Moyes with.

Raul's touch on his goal was so beautiful I nearly cried

I was too bombed to properly follow Chelsea-Brighton tbf. West Brom a lock for relegation, almost certainly Fulham, that's gotta take the stress off a few teams

Jack Grealish has signed a new contract at Aston Villa for a number of years and, perhaps unfortunately for him, it's fiiiiiive

I have a soft spot for the boy Grealish I gotta admit

good callback biscuits

yes it had me searching for the footcelsior thread

One of the game's sleeping giants, biscuits man aston villa is desperate to relive past glories

Tell you what I reckon the villa could nick this on a set piece

lot of shade thrown Neil Taylor's way these last 4 years but credit to the lad, the way he fooled those Burton defenders into thinking he'd totally lost sight of the ball during the build-up to the equalizer was something else. Bergkampesque! #BAMBOOZLED

That assist was completely above his pay grade. Everything about his body language screamed "do I have to?"

Watkins too, to be fair. A Terrible Goal To Have To Score

He's ready

Tottenham are in talks to sign Gareth Bale from Real Madrid. Daniel Levy have asked about Bale during the negotiations for Reguilon.
Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett just confirmed to BBC: “Gareth still loves Spurs, we are talking. It's where he wants to be”. ⚪️ #THFC #Real #Bale

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 15, 2020

Some speculation about Alli going the other way as well but I can't really believe Zidane has decide that Dele is the solution to all his problems.

both Villa scorers tonight looking appropriately embarrassed to be associated with the rest of these schlubs

Oh wow are youse in the lead?

Man these local derbies are the worst

third Villa scorer looking pretty chuffed with himself but tbf he's a "striker" scoring his first ever goal after approximately 6000 competitive minutes so good for him i guess

I checked but I knew you meant Keinan Davis. Worst player in the Prem last year along with Ricardo. Well... maybe a bit behind Ricardo.

https://play.stuff.co.nz/details/_6190616384001

seems like a shit deal but Jose won't care I suppose

Tottenham to pay Real Madrid €30m (£27.5m) plus €5m (£4.5m) in add-ons for Sergio Reguilon. Madrid retain buyback for two years at set price of €40m (£36.8m). They also have right of first refusal. Great short-term deal for Spurs, brilliant for Madrid. https://t.co/mtHC5pCwfQ

— Colin Millar (@Millar_Colin) September 16, 2020

this is a loan until he's gone basically

There’s speculation that Bale would be a permanent transfer with no fixed fee and Spurs would just pay on performance metrics.

Looks like we're centering in on a brick shithouse Dutch target man as well. If we can sign a centre back as well then it's party time.

Dost?

That's what I heard yeah.

Christ, it looks like the Bale thing is actually happening. Lo Celso-Son-Bale-Kane could be a motherfucker.

Probably needs to be caveated that he hasn’t really had a proper run of starts for two years and hasn’t looked great when he has played but if Spurs can get him fully fit and motivated, absolutely.

Dost seems a lot more realistic than asking for Belotti on loan.

I see Leeds are too big for the Carabao already

they are absolutely fooooking huuuge, the prem just disappeared for 18 years

Exlcusive: Thiago is going to Liverpool. Story by @Simon_Hughes__ and @JamesPearceLFC https://t.co/PZApxxwDZb

— Raphael Honigstein (@honigstein) September 17, 2020

Best PL signing this summer.

Obv been feeling a bit down re transfers but this is an actual straight-out-the-box-world-class player who immediately goes into the first XI and improves it. Fucking made up with it and fair play to them

What's gonna happen w/ Gini? Thought he was off to Barcelona a while a go, but since then it's been crickets

I hope he stays but suspect he'll go now

Can't work out why Bayern would even consider letting Thiago leave?

From the article in the tweet:

Thiago had negotiated a contract extension in May, but he changed his mind just before signing, telling Bayern that he wanted to take up a “new challenge”. Since then Liverpool has been his preferred destination.

tapped up

because of the business model they need to sell but I'd rather they parted with the likes of Grujic and Harry Wilson who are unlikely to ever really make it at Liverpool. Even a decent fee for Ox maybe (and whisper it but I'm not sue Klopp is 100% convinced by Brewster either). Gini is top quality, great around the squad, Virgil's best mate and super fit. He could go on and on like Milner. But I guess he never gets to play his preferred position for usand Barca are always tempting, regardless of their current woes

Xxp

I see Wolves are too big for the Carabao

why even waste Traore for the full match if a half-assed lineup was gonna be used. you have a match on Monday against Man City.

almost the one year anniversary of that 2-0 win at Etihad that I still watch replays of for funsies

Don't know about reasons for Traore. Two thirds of the team was the regular starting lineup so I don't think Nuno was trying to lose. Gotta give the fringe players a game somewhere. Couldn't get a stream so I haven't seen it.

Work...meh.

I think i can watch Mondays on DVR delay if i avoid this thread.

Jota to liverpool?

If he's going to sit on the bench it might as well be at Anfield I suppose.

would be a
weird signing. guess that means origi being sold. would rather brewster got the minutes to see if he's up to it, unless klopp has already decided he isn't.

Had to check whether it was our Jota, would be sad to lose him but if the price is right. He still needs to improve bit he's young enough, don't think we should sell for less than a lot

I assumed he was dropped cos of form but

I'd be very happy to add him to the squad, seems the type of player who could improve a fair bit under klopp

and my curse of jerseys becoming obsolete a year after I buy them continues

doesn't bode well that I just bought a Raul this year o_O