September 18, 20205 yr That Hoever move was absolutely out of the blue. I'm a little disappointed tbh but it sounds like it means we'll definitely be bringing someone in. Jota would be nice, Traore would be absolutely incredible. (I know, not gonna happen.)
September 18, 20205 yr Saw that Hoever was signed for 70,000 and will be sold for over 10M. More Michael Edwards wizardry.
September 18, 20205 yr Jota could be announced tomorrow. Thiago was about to sign a new contract with Bayern when Klopp came calling.
September 18, 20205 yr Jota must've been made available very recently. We'll see what the fee is but he's a hell of a player to deputize Mane and Mo.
September 18, 20205 yr Boy, when FSG wants to spend money, they do not fuck around with it. Edited September 18, 20205 yr by mdmost
September 20, 20205 yr Author Since we were one million points ahead in January we’ve added Minimino, Tsimikis, Thiago and Jota. Wow, it’s like the 92 dream team adding Lebron and Giannis. We also gave the champions league winners a wooden nickel and 8 schrute bucks in exchange for Thiago.
September 20, 20205 yr The people who thought Henderson, Milner and Gini bossed a midfield are in for a treat
September 20, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, Bone3421 said: Hell of a few days...let's celebrate by crushing Chelsea tomorrow We're running out the same garbage we did against Brighton. A point tomorrow would be a miracle. I'm just hoping we don't get embarrassed.
September 20, 20205 yr counting on (begging) one of you assholes to pm me the url to a clean private stream this morning. Edited September 20, 20205 yr by Hagbard Celine
September 20, 20205 yr Kid took the Xbox to a friends... No Peacock on the firestick yet, so watching on the iPad. Hard to believe that NBC has screwed this up so much.
September 20, 20205 yr No Gomez and Matip. Thiago on the bench! Edited September 20, 20205 yr by mdmost
September 20, 20205 yr not having Gomez or Matip available in game two is suboptimal and very predictable
September 20, 20205 yr from 3 years ago, and could have been written yesterday.... Have you been loving NBC’s amazing English Premier League coverage these past few years, as they’ve coupled smart and engaging studio and commentary teams with unparalleled access to the matches through multi-channel broadcasts and a streaming service that brought every single league game live to your computer or phone as part of your cable package? Well, hopefully you enjoyed it while it lasted, because NBC has just fucked it all to hell. NBC announced today that it has effectively cleaved its TV coverage from its streaming service, and will charge $49.99 for the latter. In the glorious and naive days of the past (meaning before today), a cable subscriber whose package included NBC Sports Network could watch nearly every single match on live TV (either on one of the network’s many traditional channels like NBC and NBCSN and USA and the like, or on one of the match-only Extra Time channels that would awaken from its dormant state when the traditional channels were filled up but there were still matches to be shown) and could watch literally every match live or on-demand online by signing into NBC’s streaming service using their cable login info. If you got NBCSN as part of your cable package, then you were golden. If you didn’t have cable, you were more or less out of luck. Today’s news is bad for everyone. For TV subscribers in this dark future NBC has hurtled us into, the only matches you’ll be able to watch online as a benefit of your cable subscription going forward are those NBC sees fit to put on one of its traditional channels. The auxiliary Extra Time channels will be killed, and the option to stream matches that aren’t broadcast on cable TV has been taken away, too. All those tons and tons of matches you had been able to stream as part of NBC’s previous package will still be available, of course, but now will cost $50. In theory, today’s news is good for cord cutters. Before, you needed cable to get access to the full range of EPL offerings; now you can buy into the league with the new streaming package, and get access to thrilling Watford-Stoke action. However, there’s a significant catch. Those who pay for the service will not be able to stream the matches that are broadcast on TV, which of course will include all the big matches that make the league what it is. To get those games without paying for cable, you’ll need to get some other streaming service like Sling, which gives you access to NBC’s suite of channels. In effect, then, NBC has taken what was a single great product and sliced it into two unsatisfying parts, making it worse, more expensive, and less convenient than the previous unified whole. The televised package will now suffer because of NBC’s longstanding preference for airing matches involving the biggest teams. This means cable-only subscribers will miss out on some damn good matchups involving slightly less popular teams (a Tottenham-Southampton match, say) in favor of boring ones involving a big-name team (think something like Manchester United-Burnley). I cringe to think about all the errant shots Ross Barkley will send into the stands that my Everton-supporting colleagues will miss out on next season. The streaming-only package, for its part, is similarly incomplete, because even paying the $50 fee won’t be enough to get access to the marquee matches that drive the league. For those, you’ll need either a cable subscription or a subscription to a streaming service that mimics one. In order to follow the Premier League with the depth NBC’s previous setup allowed Americans to do, then, you will now need to pay for two services. In a way, NBC pulled off a classic drug dealer move: give away samples of the product in its purest form for free to get the fiends hooked, and right when the new addicts come back for more, water the product down and jack up the price. Sure, $50 for a season isn’t all that expensive, and the cable-only package will probably be more than enough for the majority of America’s army of Gooners and Red Devils to follow their club’s every move. But still, it was once so good and now it’s more expensive and complicated and I hate it. Whether this is an effective scheme—whether NBC should be more focused on growing EPL fandom in the U.S. generally by offering as much of the league to as many people as possible rather than trying to extract more money from the existing customer base right now—is an open question and really of interest only to people who have investments in Comcast. What isn’t up for debate is that for fans of the league, cable subscribers and cord cutters alike, this move doesn’t serve any of our best interests and so it sucks.
September 20, 20205 yr Hadn’t heard about the Gomez knock. Don’t like having to scramble with a team like chelski
September 20, 20205 yr Chelsea XI: Kepa; James, Christensen, Zouma, Alonso; Kovacic, Kante, Jorginho; Mount, Werner, Havertz
September 20, 20205 yr word on the grapevine is that the kid was not even in training this week at all. john o'brien syndrome is possible.
September 20, 20205 yr Just now, maninblack said: Chelsea XI: Kepa; James, Christensen, Zouma, Alonso; Kovacic, Kante, Jorginho; Mount, Werner, Havertz Enjoy your 4 goals playing against Alonso at LB. And as usual facing Kepa in goal.
September 20, 20205 yr 12 minutes ago, maninblack said: not having Gomez or Matip available in game two is suboptimal and very predictable I have no doubt Edwards is going to make an effort to find more depth at CB. Fabinho is a good swiss army knife but I'd rather see him in the middle in a match against a quality opponent like Chelsea. Edited September 20, 20205 yr by mdmost
September 20, 20205 yr 28 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: pied, why the neg? ?!? Not sure what I did? Which post and what do you do to change?
September 20, 20205 yr 40 minutes ago, mdmost said: I have no doubt Edwards is going to make an effort to find more depth at CB. Fabinho is a good swiss army knife but I'd rather see him in the middle in a match against a quality opponent like Chelsea. Yes. As much as I like our signings, we needed to replace Lovren.
September 20, 20205 yr Just now, ztejas said: We'll trade you Havertz for Mane. Straight up. No takesies backsies.
September 20, 20205 yr Author 10 minutes ago, C-Man said: So this match is only on Peacock’s premium level service? GTFOH It’s almost a requirement at this point to pay for it if you want to watch EPL.
September 20, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, ztejas said: We'll trade you Havertz for Mane. Straight up. No takesies backsies.
September 20, 20205 yr Just now, Cheeseweasel said: I believe we have a few used nets that we’d trade for Kepa though He actually looks pretty good when no one is shooting the ball at him. Not that you've even needed a goalie thus far, though.
September 20, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said: Havertz are really talented. Haven't seen it yet. Werner is looking like he was a steal, though.
September 20, 20205 yr Just now, Firemans4Horn said: Peacock sucks. I’m running 50 seconds behind the actual match. That's normal for most streaming apps. Just stay off Twitter unless you want goals announced in advance for you.
September 20, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said: Peacock sucks. I’m running 50 seconds behind the actual match. And no pause/rewind functionality.
September 20, 20205 yr Author 2 minutes ago, ztejas said: Haven't seen it yet. Werner is looking like he was a steal, though. Havertz had a cutback pass on the break to Werner that was class.
September 20, 20205 yr Author 3 minutes ago, ztejas said: Haven't seen it yet. Werner is looking like he was a steal, though. Havertz had a cutback pass on the break to Werner that was class.
September 20, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said: Havertz had a cutback pass on the break to Werner that was class. Yeah he's coming alive a bit. Took him 115' to warm up but I'll take it.
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