2024-25 English Premier League Discussion Thread

AK47MVP · Post #41 » by **AK47MVP** » Sat Aug 24, 2024 3:50 pm

Is Everton on the way to relegation? They look atrocious so far.

Post #42 » by **Baphomet** » Sat Aug 24, 2024 4:07 pm

AK47MVP wrote:Is Everton on the way to relegation? They look atrocious so far.

They are dreadful, but always seem to pick up points mid-late season and stay up. We'll see how it goes this season.

Post #43 » by **Baphomet** » Sat Aug 24, 2024 5:57 pm

Some woeful finishing in this Villa vs. Arsenal game

Post #44 » by **Baphomet** » Sat Aug 24, 2024 6:14 pm

Trossard shows one bit of quality up front and puts Arsenal in front, Watkins will rue those misses that's for sure

MaliBrah · Post #45 » by **MaliBrah** » Sat Aug 24, 2024 6:28 pm

Good game Villa boys. Had us on the ropes and Watkins sold it for you guys but our luck was due after last year.

Martinelli with a horror showing and we probably need to sign another forward man

Post #46 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:04 pm

Chelsea putting 6 past Wolves despite having an xG of 1.56, which was lower than Wolves, is wild.

Also, Cole Palmer is a don.

Pipp33 · Post #47 » by **Pipp33** » Sun Aug 25, 2024 10:28 pm

MaliBrah wrote:Good game Villa boys. Had us on the ropes and Watkins sold it for you guys but our luck was due after last year.

Martinelli with a horror showing and we probably need to sign another forward man

Good win for you guys...Unlike last season, where we got the points, but were no really deserving of them, I think we should have at least got a pojnt out of this game. Our tactics were good, but we bottled our chances..and to Arsenal's credit, they took theirs.

Disappointed with the loss, but not with the effort.

Watkins had a shocker with his finishing, BUT he's had zero preseason and will get his rhythm back.

Morgan Rogers is going to have a "Cole Palmer like" breakout season...one of the best players on the pitch in this game.

Pipp33 · Post #48 » by **Pipp33** » Sun Aug 25, 2024 10:30 pm

Baphomet wrote:Chelsea putting 6 past Wolves despite having an xG of 1.56, which was lower than Wolves, is wild.

Also, Cole Palmer is a don.

Yep, and Wolves defence from turnover was murdered by Palmer and Madueke

Baseline81 · Post #49 » by **Baseline81** » Mon Aug 26, 2024 12:32 pm

Only took until the second week before VAR reared its ugly head. Bournemouth and the fans can only shake their heads...

Again, I do not understand the rhyme or reason as to why the ref on the field does not use the monitor. After all, he is the final say, at least that is what the PGMOL has stated. We're talking about a game winning goal here.

msmoore66 · Post #50 » by **msmoore66** » Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:08 pm

Pipp33 wrote:
MaliBrah wrote:Good game Villa boys. Had us on the ropes and Watkins sold it for you guys but our luck was due after last year.

Martinelli with a horror showing and we probably need to sign another forward man

Good win for you guys...Unlike last season, where we got the points, but were no really deserving of them, I think we should have at least got a pojnt out of this game. Our tactics were good, but we bottled our chances..and to Arsenal's credit, they took theirs.

Disappointed with the loss, but not with the effort.

Watkins had a shocker with his finishing, BUT he's had zero preseason and will get his rhythm back.

Morgan Rogers is going to have a "Cole Palmer like" breakout season...one of the best players on the pitch in this game.

Rogers looks unreal. Real gem you guys have there. Keen to see you stay top four this season, just not at expense of our points this time

MaliBrah · Post #51 » by **MaliBrah** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 12:42 pm

Great showing of Match fixing here from Kavanuagh

Baseline81 · Post #52 » by **Baseline81** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 1:39 pm

MaliBrah wrote:Great showing of Match fixing here from Kavanuagh

Where is the consistency?

In the first half, Pedro blasts a ball that was already ruled out but receives nothing. Meanwhile, Rice flicks one away and is given a yellow, which happens to be his second.

Either they are both ruled as time wasting or not.

The_Brecht · Post #53 » by **The_Brecht** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 1:42 pm

Kavanagh with another belter of a performance.

It's stupid by Rice, but if you're going to give a yellow card for that?
What about the Minteh follow through on Odegaard, the abvious deliberate elbow on Saka, the kicking away after the whistle by Joao Pedro in the first half?

It's just insane how inconsistent they are.

Baseline81 · Post #54 » by **Baseline81** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 1:47 pm

The_Brecht wrote:Kavanagh with another belter of a performance.

It's stupid by Rice, but if you're going to give a yellow card for that?
What about the Minteh follow through on Odegaard, the abvious deliberate elbow on Saka, the kicking away after the whistle by Joao Pedro in the first half?

It's just insane how inconsistent they are.

The underline is my issue. Both are the same incident in my eyes -- a player unnecessarily kicks a ball, and thus, wastes time. How one is ruled differently boggles my mind. By rule, a yellow card should have been given to both. But once the ref waves away the first...

wco81 · Post #55 » by **wco81** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 1:51 pm

Did that Brighton player got carded for kicking at the ball and clipping Rice from behind?

Post #56 » by **kdawg32086** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 1:58 pm

MaliBrah wrote:Great showing of Match fixing here from Kavanuagh

Yeah, wtf was that? Terrible call.

Baseline81 · Post #57 » by **Baseline81** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 2:07 pm

wco81 wrote:Did that Brighton player got carded for kicking at the ball and clipping Rice from behind?

Are you talking about the same incident when Rice was carded for his second yellow?

If so, no, the Brighton player did not, nor should he have as he was attempting to restart play. It was a Charley Brown-Lucy pulling the football away result.

Post #58 » by **Shaazzam** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:09 pm

Rice is a dumbass. His was an easy, easy yellow for stopping a free kick. I wouldn't have been mad if the Brighton guy got one too. But they weren't the same play IMO.

MaliBrah · Post #59 » by **MaliBrah** » Sat Aug 31, 2024 9:27 pm

You gotta be a narc to send off a player and decide a game off that. That is anti sport and common sense man cmon. He was letting Hinshelwood get away with murder first half , no card on minteh for the same thing rice did in the first half. Kavanaugh I just despise his face man. Not a soul would have called for a second yellow if he just walked away. I'd get it if Rice blasted the ball away but Veltman kicks it at him and the ball is still rolling lmao

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Post #60 » by **Shaazzam** » Sun Sep 1, 2024 4:44 am

MaliBrah wrote:You gotta be a narc to send off a player and decide a game off that. That is anti sport and common sense man cmon. He was letting Hinshelwood get away with murder first half , no card on minteh for the same thing rice did in the first half. Kavanaugh I just despise his face man. Not a soul would have called for a second yellow if he just walked away. I'd get it if Rice blasted the ball away but Veltman kicks it at him and the ball is still rolling lmao

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Those should have been cards. Maybe I was thinking of another play.