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

I dunno how we got to the stage where Leeds vs Wolves was basically the EPL hipster derby but here we are.

It'll always be the Alan Smith Own Goal Derby for me

tonight we're gonna party like it's 1969

once again Wolves playing while I work (WTF). however the class I'm leading is largely learner reading so I can probably watch uninterrupted as long as I don't scream "BULLSHIT, HE WASN'T OFFSIDE" when I'm unmuted.

I mean I did manage to watch a ton of the World Cup in 2018 while I was simultaneously attending a class so....

good to see West Brom and Burnley leading the resistance to pay per view

This match is fucking exhausting, and folks I am NOT watching it or following the liveblog

big lol at monday night football on sky putting up chris sutton's goalscoring record at chelsea. had forgotten how much of a flop he was.

fucking podence again

Yeah, he's taught himself to bleed on cue

lol ok fair enough

but there's still no need to roll around like that imo! he absolutely makes the most of it

maybe a low pain threshold idk

His head is unfortunately placed at other players' hand height

Might've been bored tbf, we've barely had a touch

https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2019/11/56680ab696f36c46-600x338.jpg

Costa should have been booked for diving earlier

Bamford as has already been established should've been left in the woods at birth

leeds are playing some pretty slick stuff regardless of the above

Bamford as has already been established should've been left in the woods at birth

― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 19 October 2020 19:19 (thirty-six seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

if you know your classical myth you know this always ends with Patrick Bamford slaying and then becoming the local king

Yeah I thought Costa's dive was probably bookable, not gonna say anything about Bamford cos y'know

costa kicked the guy's foot and fell over, arguably a dive but also just about plausible as accidental. i mean yeah it's a dive but you can see why no yellow

This story ends with late substitute Bamford skying the crucial penalty in a World Cup QF imo.

Impressed at how Wolves have given up all pretence and just started wearing a Portugal kit.

they were a host body all along

Am I mad in thinking Patrick Bamford looks vaguely like a young John McDonnell?

The Portugal kit is better than the 2nd choice kit tbf

This game feels a bit like Leicester/Villa last night, a bunch of good players being ruthlessly restrained from actually doing anything

We're playing such a low block, not getting enough players forward on the break. I suspect this is mostly tactical but i don't much like it

Clearly at some point Adama comes on but we just don't seem to be right yet this season

Leeds just look a lot more likely to make something happen right now.

i like patrick bamford. one of the players i've most enjoyed watching this season, along with james and harry kane being a more
prolific dennis bergkamp

Donk steaming into space in the 47th minute making me wish he'd done it once or twice before then

could have put it anywhere else...

impossible to say how good either of these sides are

Patrick Bamford is a clinical pro who will always pop up with a goal and i have nothing negative to say about him

ooof. missed 20 minutes of taht due to a student who needed help. but looks like I didn't miss much.

yeah, they definitely still seem out of sorts. few new pieces and one missing (Jota) probably a lot to do with that, also they did start slow last year too. but also felt they never really got out of first gear after the post-COVID restart end of last season.

hopefully they come out with a little more juice second half.

Jota was already struggling to make the first team when we sold him tbh. wing backs still not settled, none of the 3 first choice centre mids seems able to dominate a game at the moment, we look mentally and physically tired. knowing how Nuno works this is a lot about waiting until he's happy that the new signings are first team ready, i feel like in particular Vitinha could change things up when he's picked.

but also i'm pretty sure this has mostly been "let Leeds get tired and unleash Traore" so let's see

We gearing up for a fuck var here

VAR calmly doing its job as it normally does

oh yay

It's really enhanced my enjoyment of the sport tbh

losing cuont of how many we've lost due to VAR the last two years

who could have predicted VAR was a L66ds Utd fan

Podence with the attempt

that Ref's haircut is ridiculous

just pull the trigger Raul

Feel like they should play the theme from Jaws every time the camera cuts to Adama warming up

lol

my class is reading for an hour now, i keep getting paranoid and making sure it's muted so they can't hear the broadcast and also that none of them are asking questions. lol...

the Joao Moutinho on Orlando city is hurt, I don't need my other Joao hurt!