Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20

Yeah thats class

https://youtu.be/hi6ryCP_qYs

For a long time I expected 9:10 here to be decisive in Villa's relegation, before it became obvious that Villa's continued abject shitness would surely come to have have been decisive in their relegation

Sheffield Utd and Palace had dodgy disallowed goals against us post-restart, we had the above and the I gather dodgy recent Utd pen against

Which means it averaged itself out over the season!! Like the fuckin old days!! Great job VAR

it's worth the five minute stoppages tho for that improved level of oh wait

heady days for fans of W Midlands football as the glory days truly return in force, even more so if Swansea win the playoffs

tfw when you botch a joke by forgetting Cardiff made the playoffs too

i knew it had the structure of a joke but i wasn't sure

United finished third but in points terms were closer to Bournemouth than Liverpool. Ridiculously unbalanced league this season.

Aye only one and a bit top teams in it. Odd that the staying up threshold was as low as 35 points considering the inconsistency from 3rd down.

heady days for fans of W Midlands football as the glory days truly return in force, even more so if Swansea win the playoffs

― imago, Sunday, 26 July 2020 18:07 (yesterday) link

tfw when you botch a joke by forgetting Cardiff made the playoffs too

― imago, Sunday, 26 July 2020 18:10 (yesterday) link

idgi even allowing for botch

me neither

only just seen motd. yet more comedy keeping from pickford. if when int. football returns he is still england's no.1 then he must have maxwell on epstein level blackmail material on southgate. he is terrible.

didn't watch MotD - lol - but i believe this

Can’t imagine it will be long before Henderson is no.1.

What are the other options - Dean Henderson or Nick Pope maybe?

I saw a gif on twitter doing the rounds of some of his latest clown capering. There is no way he is even a better keeper than Cardiff's Alex Smithies just to name one other English one.

Henderson obviously favoured by the pundits at the moment and fair enough, Southgate has a cricket-like loyalty to his squad thing going on tho so who knows?

The Premier League has united with the UK football family in signing a joint declaration, committing to make mental health a key priority at all levels of the game

About the declaration: https://t.co/CFHoyHWfhy #HeadsUp pic.twitter.com/X0pJ0ymHIf

— Premier League (@premierleague) July 27, 2020

Newcastle fans losing their shit, v here for it

https://division2blog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/45819047_newcastledown512.jpg

BREAKING: Bournemouth have accepted a £41million bid for Nathan Ake from Man City.

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 30, 2020

'Morn' err'body'
'Mornin.'
'So what would you like me to do on my second day as an intern at Sky Sports? Write an in-depth about Aké's upcoming transfer?'
'Do you know how to use photoshop?'
'Uhm... yeah?'
'Go nuts.'

BBC quoting all these Newcastle fans acting like it's the greatest moral atrocity ever that they don't get to bathe in a tidal wave of blood money, lol

We're shit but we wish we were good! Nobody else can understand this burden!!

Pretty sure they'd still fuck it up even if they had the money

Wd Bonesaw their own mothers for a Carabao cup win these fuckers

Steve Bruce in shades and a white suit signing Connor Wickham for £90 million as a gesture of might

Joelinton's current return of £20 million per goal definitely contributed to their excellent season

https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-an-independent-investigation-into-the-epl-takeover-process

Many signatures, many choice lines

Attempting to derail wor signing of Edinson Cavani with the slur that wor owners "did 9/11" is the latest in a long line of sinister actions by external actors seeking to maliciously undermine Newcastle United Football Club

, Bruce told BBC Sport

Well, aside from Newcastle acting like a spoiled toddler, it looks like the Second City Derby is back on. Even though my club seemed at times to be trying their hardest to get relegated throughout most of this season, I've learned you support your club no matter how awful they are. The fan discussion seems to be centered around the new athletic director Johan Lange and hopes are high he'll be a better one than the man he replaced, as well as which players should be replaced. Of course we're all holding out hope fan favorite Jack Grealish hangs around for another season and we all support Tyrone Mings no matter what, but our club is definitely going to have to try harder next season, not only to make sure they don't just scrape by like they did this season but also to show up those Baggies.

Avoiding relegation was a pleasant surprise, but we'd have been down if Watford hadn't voluntarily and inexplicably imploded. Jury's still very out on Dean Smith but I guess the game management and inability to beat top half teams did kind of improve with dramatic effect in those last four games so I guess give him 200 mil to spend and sack him after eight games if we're not in the "Champions League" places

didn't realise you were Villa dee

i can't see Smith being up to the job even in the crazy world of lockdown football but then who would they replace him with? plus, you stay up, you kind of deserve at least a shot at next season

i don't actively hate West Brom and i do have a soft spot for Slaven but they've got relegation stamped all over them

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/01/eddie-howe-leaves-relegated-bournemouth-by-mutual-consent

poor Eddie

I was thinking it was weird to see two relegated managers keep their jobs but I'd always thought Eddie Howe would stay. I dunno, could be a Charlton type tailspin in the offing unless they have a really good idea of who to replace him with.

unlike us they're fucken minted russia-style

overrated as fuck imo, he took them down with a bigger wage bill than Villa, Wolves, Brighton, Newcastle Utd, Sheff Utd, that isn't any kind of achievement to put on your cv!

don't know who oversees the transfers at Bournemouth but Solanke was a hell of a decision

I hear that Howe is being lined up for the Liverpool job.

Ticket collector on the Mersey ferry?

Yes. Just a rumour at the moment but my sources are pretty reliable.

Inter Milan won’t pay any fee to Manchester United for Alexis Sanchez. He will sign a three-years contract with the Italian side: done deal. @DiMarzio #MUFC

— Francesco Porzio (@fraporzio95) August 3, 2020

deal of the century imo

If ManU don't immediately shell out the same insane salary for Sancho, that is.

it'll pay for a few instalments of the transfer free for sure

BVB-Star liegt United-Vertrag mit XXL-Gehalt vor! https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/sport/fussball/fussball/bvb-jadon-sancho-mit-manchester-united-einig-72211096,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html

According to Bild he'll be earning £ 300.000 a week.

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg to Tottenham is now one step away to become a done deal. Personal terms agreed and last details between clubs then it’ll be completed. €17M to Southampton.

Inter still in talks with Spurs for Ndombele - but the agreement is not even close yet ⚪️ #THFC https://t.co/vUs0qviRJ8

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 4, 2020

An honest to god defensive midfielder, not a repurposed CB or box-to-box player, I never thought this day would come. With the exception of one season's worth of Wanyama it was a problem position for basically the entire Poch era. Might give Ndombele a platform to play properly, assuming we keep him.

Fulham and West Brom back in the prem pic.twitter.com/uWQQrNOocU

— Billie (@Billie_T) August 4, 2020

Man United captain Harry Maguire was detained for questioning on the Greek island of Mykonos for assaulting officers after a brawl, Greek state TV ERT said: https://t.co/aWvfXTm2eD pic.twitter.com/pKvHz4wYOx

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 21, 2020