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

well, if you need to timewaste

but hopefully this will be a buryin'

just sat here listlessly wanting to witness bloodshed after conceding a last-minute equaliser at swindon

Well there's one thing you have in common with Big Sam

and indeed, there's matt targett, the first to bleed

The half time team talk will consist of a youtube montage of leg injuries caused BY Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares in UFC soundtracked by throaty exhortations to the Blood God, Khorne

Hmm. Seemed like slight contact but dangerous.

that's VAR's music

would keep that a yellow myself tbh

oh hang on that's VAR's music again

Shins for the throne of khorne!

Fuckin nonsense

hard to tell if deems is calling the livermore red nonsense (which it was) or the hause non-red nonsense (which it wasn't)

Of the two, the one where livermore left his feet was never a swrious tackle, his legs were about as stiff as philadelphia

The villa one is much more a red and likely to injure

The nonsense is in one red one not

that is kind of how i saw it but both yellow imo

Yep

grealish cut your hair wee fuck

lol they totally make up those lines

How the fuck is that offside even by the existing absurdly pedantic standards

Well ped-antic comes from the latin ped for foot and antics, so you see

if Villa don't win this, it will make the Burnley game look like a fair exchange of gifts

had a great game, traore

Yes, I was worried he was a bit of a fancy no end product guy but he's really turned it on tonight

Very happy to see young El Ghazi enjoying life once again, too

The fuck is that a yellow for james

Ahaha yeah I thought that was a clear arm in the face and pen at the time

James's pairing of lightning speed with the upper body strength of an infant does not endear him to refs

I think he's had at least three incorrect yellows for diving

Fernandes a thoroughly dislikable super player

Go on

yeah go on

Wait which part is developable beyond the surface

Bruno is undoubtedly a snide fecker

not sure what part of yesterday's match prompted your comment though

His excellence, few of them passes (and the way he delays them if needed) were choice

I think he's the best midfielder in the league at the moment, arguably the best player, and certainly the most important to their team.

Of course if McTominay keeps this form up...

mctominay out for the season with an injured cock iirc

my relationship with utd atm is one of baffled admiration, obv. find it very hard to avoid watching them, although i somehow KNEW the manchester derby would be as it was and cleverly ignored it

that said, utd are basically villa with a little bit more in the tank

very similar styles and players. utd have more pace and rashford > watkins. palace are another, less effective, version of this. quick transitions and pacy forward swarm with a #10 knitting it all together

fulham are kind of that too, but without the #10. anguissa is a bit deeper-lying

or am i just identifying how top-level football is played now

I don't generally gravitate to watching united so I just wasn't sure why Bruno was such a dick

He just smiles a lot and he let someone else take a penalty while he was on a hat trick so I assumed he must be fairly nice

Doing a little dance while you're taking a penalty is a bit much, but it also seems to be broadly effective so it's impossible to say if it's bad or not

why does grealish not take pens btw, was there a traumatic miss one time

or has a psychologist ruled that young el ghazi has no emotions and is therefore best candidate

I don't think he has any particular aptitude, or appetite for, shooting on goal with anything other than stinging volleys from lofted corners

The most important issue of the day of course is that Long Covid relents and frees ASM once more

Otasowie getting a start, love to see it

Poor goal to concede after we started well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpW7X4btvEI

those little leagues are all like 'but my burnley oh nooo'