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

Paul Pogba walks around the pitch with a Palestinian flag after the match. The highest profile player in the UK to do that, I'd say.

Pretty impressive og there.

animated GIF version avail?

What an own goal by Serge Reguilon.pic.twitter.com/tgF82EvYHz

— Football Transfers (@Transferzone00) May 19, 2021

put his laces thru it

lmao

Nothing but cunt out there in white

Darragh, you may want to look away for the next few minutes.

It's amazing having the fans back in the stadiums isn't it, magical

It’s going to fascinating who, if anyone, tries to buy Winks in the summer.

How much can you charge for a 25-year old England international who is almost guaranteed to pick the wrong pass nine times out of ten.

Thats to ignore how bad he is off the ball tbf

Be nice if a commentator called out how awful alli, winks, dier are

I’m resigned to finishing 9th.

lol, yeah, bring Matt Doherty on to turn things around.

Though, tbf, not sure three at the back with Reguilon would work.

Ah you're clearly winning this, Grealish is off and there'll be tons of stoppage time for us to implode

Yeah

Ah well, Deano stemmed the tide of pathetically timid Villa counterattacks by bringing on some deadly children

Looking for a big Euros from J McGinn here

the assassination of harry winks by the coward ryan mason

(xp) You and me both.

🌪 McGinn Spin 🌪 #AVFCpic.twitter.com/dFDJcEJQKa

— Jack Grimse (@JackGrimse) May 19, 2021

a flying start to the West derby here

jesus Spurs are even money to finish behind Arsenal now

McGinn seems like the most improved player of the year... although maybe he was better than I noticed last year?

He didn't really get over his broken ankle til late on last season, definitely more of a presence this year

Nuno gone

wow, shocked but not shocked, dunno if this is Fosun not fucking about or Nuno ready to move on or who knows?

anyway he's a solid gold sweetheart i will always love him

stoked for the next episode

aww :(

also, and who knows if it will happen, but i strongly suspect he is Not What Spurs Need, tho at least he has form for offloading Doherty

I dont think hes in the running but there is no managerial appt that covers any of the top three things of What Spurs Need

i tell you what, when you look at the next manager odds (i have an unlikely outside tip from an old friend) there's a lot of v depressing (and v unlikely) names that mugs will put money on

I see Nuno is now odds on favourite and you can get 20-1 on Poch 👀

1/3!

I’m not particularly convinced he’s a good choice but it at least means we can continue to get ‘£50m-rated’ Jorge Mendes clients to fill spots on the bench for a season at a time.

lol, I hadn’t actually seen the stories about Mendes being paid €7m of Fabio Silva’s €40m transfer fee until I googled it a minute ago.

Appoint Eddie Howe, Claudio Ranieri, anyone who isn’t on Gestifute’s speed dial.

Silva is gonna be the real deal imo

almost tempted to subscribe to The Athletic just to read Tim Spiers's in depth piece on how the Fosun-Nuno relationship broke down and why they've basically sacked him

SUAREZ WINS THE LEAGUE FOR ATLETICO MADRID. BINNED BY BARCA, NOW WINS THE TITLE WITH A DIRECT RIVAL. GLORIOUS. pic.twitter.com/xYJCNl0ZXx

— Mark AFC (@BergHenryVieira) May 22, 2021

almost tempted to subscribe to The Athletic just to read Tim Spiers's in depth piece on how the Fosun-Nuno relationship broke down and why they've basically sacked him

― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 22 May 2021 16:37 (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I keep getting advertised the article that suggests Spurs players openly talking about how bad Jose was and wanting to read it. I mean I can’t imagine someone is breaking Mayfair so openly and quickly but I love some Spurs and Jose schadenfreude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrwnwO7m0Ys

;_;

I'M NOT READY

There's nothing really that juicy in The Athletic article NV

tldr: small squad got tired, Nuno didn't react well to losing Jiminez, bit of scuttlebut about the manager choosing Mendes clients for transfers instead of other targets. Fosun is barely mentioned

thanks :)

this is why i'm too tight to subscribe

the majority fan narrative lays all the blame on Fosun, of course. which is funny because they bought the club with a plan to be in Europe and they made no bones about being serious/ruthless in achieving that

bit disrespectful

lol City respond by scoring 2

Willock has just scored for the seventh consecutive game.

3 of those as subs too.

7 in 320 minutes

Spurs inability to pass sensibly out from the back might make an onlooker think the problem wasnt jose mourinho, but......???

Think Bertrand Traore might be the best player in world football? Weird

Chelsea finishing fifth is absolutely the funniest possible outcome.