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

Heh.

Alex McCarthy kind of epitomises the Hasenhuttl rope bridge confidence trick. I keep expecting to blink and for it all to have blown away.

i'll take the result only because Wolves sprung to life in the second half. good match, dull first half but fun second half

gg

Charlton legend Nick Pope pulled off the kind of monstrous world-class save at the death earlier that should absolutely see him as England's keeper btw

I'm a little unclear but at what stage does the ref and VAR and the FA give us those two points against Newcastle back?

I know covid has fucked supply routes and all but I don't love seeing us level with Liverpool even if I know the cheque's in the mail and all that

VAR is pish

lmao that is the softest penalty conceivable

proposed VAR rewrite: only applies for offside if the player is completely clear of the last defender. only applies for fouls and handballs if it's obvious from one slow-motion replay. done

They're trialing some new VAR technology for 2022 which purportedly makes it so that Michael Oliver isn't thick as fuck

klopp heel turn

Proposed VAR improvement where the pitchside screen is actually a spring-loaded boxing glove in a box

One loves to see it

What's the over/under on Bamford's misses tonight?

9 shots, 4 on target so far for Leeds

What's sort of impressive about Leeds is how many different players are failing to score

Tim, London

I just turned this on for two minutes and Leeds hit the post and put two good chances wide

klopp moaning about kick off times is tedious but i did enjoy his aside when the subject moved onto 3 subs and he claimed the majority of prem clubs voted for 5 subs but not the 2 thirds majority they needed and added "so chris wilder can be happy with his 3 subs and 1 point".

lmao i missed that

Jurgen can gtf with his big squad cobblers tbh

The mini league of WBA, Sheffield United, Fulham and Burnley is going to be interesting. It’s hard to see anyone else getting relegated. Sheffield United could end today with one point from ten games and still only five off 16th place.

I daresn't hope for Burnley's relegation but it's pleasant to acknowledge the possibility

I want to them to stay up so y'all have to suffer them instead of us!

and as they are the invariably reliable yoyo club I don't want them putting their foul stench over next season when my club will win the championship

They'll stop up, they're too evil not to

Burnley's Life Matters

turns out Cavani is still really really good

yep!

I will give Ole credit for making the change at the half but not starting him in the absence of Martial was gross negligence

When I idly quipped on the Slack sportsball channel Make United Evil Again the other day, I didn't anticipate it having this quick an impact

I'm not yet ready to trust that aurier/sissoko have been rendered competent at cover/switch or decisions on the ball yet to relax about how we are inviting this on our right side

i heard aurier was world-class now

No more than was walker just because you drilled out the situations where his idiocy was minimised

Bnp burnley bastards to fuck off back to the little leagues pls

reguilon is now on the shitlist sorry

Bnp burnley bastards to fuck off back to the little leagues pls

― J.G Ballard otm (Bananaman Begins), Sunday, 29 November 2020 17:41 (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

'fuck off back to the little leagues' ooh getting all big-headed after *checks* seven years are we *necks booze and weeps*

aurier saved ur ass there fyi

Seems awful to say this is a fun game, under the circumstances, but it’s the most entertaining of the weekend for sure.

How is Luis still on with blood leaking from his bandage?

It’s crazy. The idea of him having to head away crosses after that is ridiculous.

pretending you've got a hurt head is a particularly bad look in this game, ceballos can cut that shit out imo

Raul conscious and responding to treatment thank god

wow that table is a shocker for Arsenal, imagine being just as shit as "little" Palace!

I've not watched us for the last couple of games, head not in the right place, so I woke up from a sofa nap and put the radio on early into half time, glad I wasn't watching tbh. Can enjoy it a little bit more if Raul's gonna be ok

Can't even enjoy the next 30 minutes of Gooners crying on 606, had to turn it off

wolves have looked way more threatening since nuno changed the system up. had found them hella dull this season until the last couple of games.

we've definitely been difficult to watch on just aesthetic terms at times this season, but i did have faith that when the changes in tactics started to bed in we'd improve. might have to stop watching us for the rest of season just so as not to break this lol

shit news about Papa Bouba Diop tonight too :(

Jesus that was a horrible sound

I know, I wasn't sure I wanted to watch it

best striker in the league now he's a racist :(