June 25, 20205 yr Very impressive. Pretty amazing what can happen when everyone from ownership down is committed to winning.
June 26, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, midtown said: Very impressive. Pretty amazing what can happen when everyone from ownership down is committed to winning. also pretty embarrassing what can happen when everyone at or near the top is only concerned with making a profit. i saw a stat the other day that showed that KDB, in *markedly* fewer games this season, has more goals *and* assists than the entire Arsenal midfield for 19/20. and it's not even close. as long as Kroenke keeps making his money then nothing will change. I believe that *everyone* will remember that I said that this would happen when we fired AW because no one could balance the books while remaining competitive like him. now we (Arsenal supporters) all have to hope that Arteta can get us back into the Champions League on the backs of players like Joe Willock, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, and Gabriel Martinelli. ugh. i'm seriously jealous of Liverpool fans right now. congrats y'all. Edited June 26, 20205 yr by Goo Punch
June 26, 20205 yr Author KDB is one of my favorite players but he’s not a traditional midfielder in my opinion. He’s in the danger zone whipping in crosses/shots 95% of the game without being asked to track back and cover the lb or rb. People (even LFC “fans”) crap on LFC’s midfield for lack of goal involvement but they do exactly what Klopp wants out of them to perfection. Watching Hendo cover Trent on the right and Gini cover Robbo on the left and Fabinho mopping up for everyone is why the whole system works.
June 26, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, Goo Punch said: i'm seriously jealous of Liverpool fans right now. congrats y'all. Thanks, man. I feel like the relationship between FSG & Klopp was the key. He wanted to keep Coutinho, but probably got the word from FSG that he could use that money to build what he wanted. There's no doubt the cornerstone of this club is Klopp's system utilizing our backs as wings, pressing hard, being patient when needed. And it sure helps having Alisson & VVD. We have so many leaders on the pitch and the fact that Klopp trusted Henderson to Captain this team when so many people wanted him out turned him from a decent player to a guy who would walk thru a wall for LFC.
June 26, 20205 yr Got to get one last slip joke in, eh? Though you’re never going to live down that Chelsea helped Liverpool win their first title in 30 years.
June 27, 20205 yr Simply awful defending. All four of the Villa defenders chased the ball and left the Wolves striker with a clear shot.1-nil. 61st.
June 27, 20205 yr Grealish goes missing for extended stretches. Defense looks as coordinated as the worst USMNT effort. And a team that just doesn't look interested in being there.Damn it sucks to be this pessimistic, but I just don't see any spark that will light this Villa squad on fire to stay up. There's too much history and pride in this club to let this happen. Fuck.Oh well, at least I have college football this fall... Wait. What?
June 27, 20205 yr 4 hours ago, RamjetFDO said: Grealish goes missing for extended stretches. Defense looks as coordinated as the worst USMNT effort. And a team that just doesn't look interested in being there. Damn it sucks to be this pessimistic, but I just don't see any spark that will light this Villa squad on fire to stay up. There's too much history and pride in this club to let this happen. Fuck. Oh well, at least I have college football this fall... Wait. What? Just wait until the inevitable loss to Rotherham next November as we fall to 15th in the Championship table to only crawl back to 6th over the rest of the season and have it come down to the playoffs...again.
June 27, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said: Just wait until the inevitable loss to Rotherham next November as we fall to 15th in the Championship table to only crawl back to 6th over the rest of the season and have it come down to the playoffs...again. The Championship *is* exciting ... you have to give it that, at least.
June 27, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, RamjetFDO said: The Championship *is* exciting ... you have to give it that, at least. Yeah and it's nice to be the big dog, just hate the player exodus and the difficulty finding away matches streams. I bet covid helps a ton on finding games online though.
June 29, 20205 yr First of all, congrats to Liverpool. I told you doofuses well before the season started that Liverpool would win the league and y'all wanted to act like I was mush-mouthing things. It was quite obvious that Liverpool was a hungrier team last year and there was no reason to think that an improving and hungrier team wouldn't easily beat a stagnant City to the title this season. But more importantly, have y'all seen this new ball for next season? https://versus.uk.com/2020/06/get-first-look-202021-premier-league-ball-nike-flight/ Supposedly flies truer, but will also help throwers on throw-ins. Could theoretically help keepers on thrown distributions, too, but the grooves don't look large enough to get gloved fingers into to me.
June 29, 20205 yr Damn. That think looks like something Nerf would produce. Are we going to see every corner taker try to spin it in the back post?
June 29, 20205 yr Hey, EPL Bros, I gotta scratch the itch today, anyone have thoughts on this game? Crystal Palace +141 Burnley +210 DRAW +250
June 29, 20205 yr 47 minutes ago, Dr Fear said: Hey, EPL Bros, I gotta scratch the itch today, anyone have thoughts on this game? Crystal Palace +141 Burnley +210 DRAW +250 Draw
June 29, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, 406W30th said: Draw Went with Burnley; had a great scoring chance just now.
June 29, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, LonghornJudas said: Rebecca Lowe does not look good today. Needs a shave. Sorry. I kept her up a bit late last night.
June 29, 20205 yr My question on the ball is "knuckleball" long shots. Will they no longer knuckle like they do now, or rather will it be much less pronounced? If this ball flies as much truer as they say then knucklers will be a thing of the past.
June 29, 20205 yr 27 minutes ago, Huckleberry said: My question on the ball is "knuckleball" long shots. Will they no longer knuckle like they do now, or rather will it be much less pronounced? If this ball flies as much truer as they say then knucklers will be a thing of the past. Telegraph says knuckers are dead: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/06/29/premier-league-reveals-new-nike-ball-could-spell-end-knuckleball/
June 29, 20205 yr That sucks. Those are always fantastic to watch and help clarify which keepers have superhuman reaction times versus just really fucking great reaction times.
June 29, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, Huckleberry said: That sucks. Those are always fantastic to watch and help clarify which keepers have superhuman reaction times versus just really fucking great reaction times. It was the last arrow in David Luis' quiver.
June 30, 20205 yr I'm curious to see how that performs. This is supposedly the color scheme for phase 2 of next season (Spring 2021) you can't make out the surface as well with the watermarks + colors.
June 30, 20205 yr BHA vs Man United about to kickoff, then double headers tomorrow and Thursday and a quadruple header on Saturday. Damn.
June 30, 20205 yr 17 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said: Bruno Fernandes is a player. Yup. Surprised it too this long for someone to pull him in from Liga Nos.
June 30, 20205 yr That was a beautiful counterattack. United have looked good since the restart. The race for top four five should be fun. Edited June 30, 20205 yr by WBT
July 1, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, maninblack said: The Brodge is going to blow top 4 for Leicester This is the Way.
July 1, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, WBT said: It's that man again. Pulisic earns a pk. "Earns" is a strong one. That was a dive--he sought the contact.
July 1, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said: "Earns" is a strong one. That was a dive--he sought the contact. The defender stuck his leg in his path because of Pulisic's quick touch and change of direction.
July 1, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said: "Earns" is a strong one. That was a dive--he sought the contact. "dive" strong word. He beat his man and was taken down. The best part was listening to Tony Gale getting so upset.
July 1, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, WBT said: The defender stuck his leg in his path because of Pulisic's quick touch and change of direction. Yeah. He pulled it back though and was backtracking when contact was made. I get the call, but West Ham is getting screwed.
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