Fuck Off Back To The Little Leagues: EPL 21/22

not EPL related, but i was watching 4th and 5th placed teams in the bundesliga this morning and it was weird how bad both teams were doing. i switched to the hoffenheim-wolfsburg game, and hoffenheim, which are 10th, were playing so good

(i should mention wolfsburg is in 3rd place and hoff won 3-1)

I named my cat after Curtis Jones. The previous cats were called Paisley/ Kenny/ Xabi, but this time I put my faith in youth. The other week my mother sat on my sofa and smoked my cigarettes and said in a sarcastic voice "wouldn't Harvey be a better cat name?" And I told her NO! NOT HARVEY! I HATE HIM! (I don't really but I was worked up and also cold drinks). Anyway, I feel vindicated.

Man this match!

Best match of the season so far

Fave moment: after that goal almost went in towards the end, Frank and Klopp turning towards each other and Frank with an amazing "Well that was close!" look on his face.

I know Wolves aren't exactly tearing things up but that front 3 makes my dick hard

Wolves backline seems somewhat shoddy, isn't Lage meant to be decent? This is definitely a coaching problem

Podence playing awful today

first three weeks Wolves had a lot of creativity and just weren't making the shots fall. then the win, and I was like "oh here we go", but the last two matches, they've been aimless

This is definitely aimless. Commentary called it "open" but nah, if a goal comes it will surely be from Soto

if by "open" they mean 'lots of turnovers and counter-attacking that ultimately goes nowhere', sure.

I think the stat was one shot on goal? If so, THAT WAS IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS! Nothing since

yep, one. s'what happens when one of your midfielders just passes the ball aimlessly, or you get dispossessed within seconds of receiving a pass.

It's already being wrote up as "Traore benched, he would have made the difference" No, there are more deeply inherent problems here...

Traore's been 'off' for two years. he makes sense to use as a super sub today.

come on against tired legs

Isn't that how he first came to prominence? Then when he started starting oh yeah, he... runs quite well? That's it, that's all he does

Wolves not the team to watch this season if you're looking for goals and excitement.

he had a good season in 2019-2020. scored the winners in both wins against Manchester City, which made him kind of a hero.

last year, he came down to earth a bit.

I want to walk back my criticism a bit, I think he might be immense under a good coach like say Klopp. But so far in his career just a waste

RAUL!!!!!

FUCK YES

well fuck me, season starts here

that was classic Raul. glad to see that again

Genuinely happy for him, that was great

lead won't last long the way Wolves are defending

Ach, I'm raising a glass of clear spirits for NV while it lasts

Podence off, thank god

I loved him last season. This season so far, eh

Wolves not the team to watch this season if you're looking for goals and excitement.

― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Sunday, September 26, 2021 7:13 AM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i've been reading about this. the EPL is on the lower scoring end of all the leagues. they're not the lowest, but for whatever reason, there aren't a lot of goals.

i don't know when this article is from, but they gathered some stats here:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1922780-statistically-ranking-the-worlds-top-10-football-leagues

would people be interested in a "what's your favourite football league" poll? it seems like there are a lot of EPL fans on here, but it would still be kind of fun to see what the results are

i just finished watching the AZ-GAE match and the final score was 5-0

haven't watched, if the score stays like this i might have to not watch us for the rest of the season

Fucking robbery if it stays this scoreline tbh

Jose Sa has had a good game

Definitely

sometimes you need to shithouse a win

Not been that shithousey? just a dull match that Soto deserved to edge

would people be interested in a "what's your favourite football league" poll? it seems like there are a lot of EPL fans on here, but it would still be kind of fun to see what the results are

i just finished watching the AZ-GAE match and the final score was 5-0

The Dutch league's always been high scoring. Goals are no guarantee of entertainment... or quality.

Raul motm? dunno about that. Basically they looked poorer than those 0pt matchs earlier, but yeah that goal deserves All The Plaudits

yeah hard to say "ship is righted" when your opponent fires off 18 shots (13 on target) at you and just bottle the finishing

victory! of sorts. i'll take it.

hopefully a bit of confidence for players and manager, a boost for Raul, another week to work on the issues. reading about the game and listening to the last 20 minutes is worrying when we were playing so well a few weeks back

Yeah Raul scoring I assume is the main factor, hopefully the first of many

ESR makes old school arsenal runs, he finds that place in the 6 yard box, so needed in this team

Spurs’ midfield looks adrift. No strategy going forward, no ability to stop Arsenal when they attack.

The Dutch league's always been high scoring. Goals are no guarantee of entertainment... or quality.

― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Sunday, September 26, 2021 7:50 AM (fifty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

that's true. maybe if you add higher possession in the last third, that may make it more entertaining

I've got my window open, I'm guessing Arsenal are 2-0 up?

Yep.

Indeed.

Arsenal crowd isn't usually that loud tbh.