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

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!

Traoreeeee

lol at Joao's wrestling move there

I know right?

lol Leeds have Jack Harrison, he started in MLS. saw him in person a few times

Lol the Mexican Sensation, VAR that fucker

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

just like they drew it up

textbook header tbh

Jimenez with the ball at his feet surrounded by defenders is truly a joy to watch.

love the dude

Fuck me thought that was 1-1

Slack defending all round

Gonna be charitable and say Semedo's not settled in yet

Greedy Neves tsk tsk

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

lol only joking, wasteman

i don't think we've played 30 minutes of good football so far this season but we're sixth and a point behind Liverpool, i'll take it

haven't found their footing yet but doing a heck of a lot better points-wise than they were last year at this point, so....

I'll take.

lol xposts

Very Leeds-like performance from Wolves there, almost like they out-Leedsed Leeds. Bielsa will allow himself a wry smile at the student becoming the master, even if momentarily. It's quite sweet really, you would almost say you respect it. If that contributes towards Wolves finishing within ten or so points of Leeds they can certainly say they've had a good season
(c) All Leeds Fans

we're just happy to make up the numbers, y'know, it means nothing until we've got those 40 points in the bag

impossible to say how good either of these sides are

Both top half I reckon, Leeds lost but still looked considerably better than, say, Southampton and they appear to have half decent squad depth as well.

You lads could maybe use a Wolves thread

This thread turning into a wolves thread > this thread being a spurs thread

Altho I am of course an aficionado of dirty leeds as long as bielsa is at the helm

I can't even slag them off any more now we have another impressive Bielsa protegee leading a quiet revolution at our club, with Bielsa turning up at games when he can, and us signing impressive Spanish players that would probably ended up at Leeds if they hadn't gone up this season. It hurts me to say it, but I do like Leeds Utd under Bielsa,

After the two years of shit I've just witnessed I'll take being a Leeds Utd b-side (still with some residual German dna from the Wagner era) if performances continue to improve as they have done recently.

You lads could maybe use a Wolves thread

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This thread turning into a wolves thread > this thread being a spurs thread

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Agreed but I doubt even during peak spurs a drab 1-0 on a Monday night could've generated 70+ posts. V impressive

ILF is a ghost ship

keep it here lads

Agreed but I doubt even during peak spurs a drab 1-0 on a Monday night could've generated 70+ posts. V impressive

It's like you've already forgotten what Deems was like in full flow.

Thought it was a pretty absorbing game tbh, not at the level of the madness we've seen lately but there was some decent football in a finely balanced game between two emerging sides with highly technical managers. Admittedly I had some significant fantasy league skin in the game but also for real it's on a Monday night in the middle of a pandemic and the football has been a bright spot and an immensely fun distraction.

Likewise it was a strong night for my fantasy team too, which is what I'm concentrating on after a harrowing Saturday of irl football

it was one of those games where there wasn't enough happening to stop me posting tbh

Lol

at least you lot have something more to say than "we lost and Solskjaer hasn't a clue why" or "we won and Solskjaer hasn't a clue why"

Ordinary people talking about fantasy football is one thing.

But BBC commentators and pundits constantly talking about it, during coverage of actual football - dreadful.

It is always dreadful in all circumstances and I'm so glad that my relentless bullying put a stop to it on here

I made a player who was in a notably good run of form my "triple captain", but they then missed a penalty or failed to achieve anything of note during the relevant game - how could this have happened?

Furthermore, I bet a moderate some of money on a particular outcome of a match. The outcome was at one point possible, but then changed due to one or more events in the game and I did not win any money

Let me tell you about these dreams I've been having-