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

Yeah you missed nothing. Drab second half from Wolves.

However, Podence looked quite good for a dude who arrived on Thursday. Even had a chance in the box that he couldn't quite get off

I have no idea how Man U didn't score. Boly was def rusty

I have no idea how Man U didn't score

see above

have never seen a goal that required so many catastrophic errors in unbroken sequence from so many individuals as that second west brom one

west brom don't belong in a premier thread just now

It's impressive how VAR seems to continually find new ways of being unsatisfactory and pointless

both teams wearing black armbands in west ham Brighton game because graham potter's dad died seems a bit... I dunno, unprecedented?

ffs!

the fuck is that not a pen

refs are cunts

jesus every game has a ref winning or losing it

and black armbands/minute's silence for the kitman's fucking cat that just got run over

Nuno still <3

grinding it out is not the same thing as relying on them missing

dean a cunt obv

less of one now

jesus welcome bergwijn hi there

henryesque imo

beaut

what a nice chap ederson is :)

im dead bury me by the sea

Could’ve used him today against Ajax, Stevie. Great goal.

If this season does actually turn out to be a dream then it was a pretty fun one

in fits, sure

LOOOOOOOL Mourinho reaction when he discovered Sterling was already booked pic.twitter.com/pRM9uNUVi2

— Lilywhite Rose (@Lilywhite_Rose) February 2, 2020

jose being told sterling was already booked after the dive.....love it

😂😂😂😂😂

having watched both spurs v man city games this season the fact that spurs have ended up with 4 pts from them is hilariously outrageous.

also will never not be bemused re villa game that keepers are allowed to punch attackers in the head and no penalty is ever given.

the normal case for that latter is a grey line, the particular instance referred is just assault

ive seen the spurs/city 180mins stats and its like....48 shots to 5 or something insane

still can't stop watching that mourinho clip

Lads

West Ham - a car crashhttps://t.co/R3NsF6wX2R

— Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) February 3, 2020

This is everything you hoped it would be and more.

wilmslowwave

i got four paragraphs or so in and im now legally unable to drive

"not my words, the words of Top Gear magazine"

Barcelona in meltdown after Lionel Messi hits back at Eric Abidal

(Messi's) outburst is all the more significant because Messi has a clause in his contract which enables him to unilaterally walk away for free at the end of the season.

Nuno's got a phone call to make!

https://www.sportbible.com/football/pub-talk-kepa-arrizabalagas-poor-form-blamed-on-split-with-girlfriend-20200206

😢

really don't understand how this winter break is supposed to work

I'd be more bummed with lack of footie this weekend but Orlando City's MLS preseason begins today.

we could do with the rest tbh but there's 4 games this weekend and i'm not sure why some and not others

yeah i was confused about that too.

everyone kinda gets a week off overall

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/11/premier-league-clubs-australian-bank-macquarie-loans-tv-earnings

https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2020/feb/10/sheffield-united-seven-goal-thrillers-scheduled-tweets-football-weekly

"everybody in europe is talking about sheffield united." not my words, the words of the guardian.

:D

Chelsea are tapping up Ajax' Hakim Ziyech for about 35m this summer. Would've wished a better club for him tbf.

at that price therell be a ten club bidding war surely

Every club in the EPL could buy him at that price.

That's otm, D. He's an interesting case, in that he's highly selective about where he wants to go next. He dismissed Sevilla and Roma, and I think he can do better than that. Chelsea could really use a Ziyech I suppose.

The price is partly down to him having stayed longer at Ajax than what was initially intended, to help them out. This is Ajax' thank you. I do hope the bidding war still ensues, but they've accepted Chelsea's offer.

yeah tom, but i was factoring in his own prefs

is he ready for a barca/real lbi, or will he have looked (nult) at the last few departures who went direct and reconsidered

Tbf I don't know who's ready for barca/real in this day and age. They've become sinkholes for the crown princes it seems (though Frenkie is doing alright but he's exceptional). I do think he'd fit in w/ a lot of clubs: City, Spurs, Liverpool, Bayern (not all of those need him though). He would will have listened to what Chelsea have in store for him. Of all clubs they probably need him the most.

I have no idea why Utd haven't made a play for Ziyech

Seems like a no brainer to me

maybe ye are sufficiently stocked with brainless players!