2022-23 English Premier League Discussion Thread

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Post#501 » by Baphomet » Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:52 pm

Baphomet wrote:Watching Liverpool vs. Leeds. It's hard to describe Liverpool at the moment.

There are moments where they look poised and devastating on the break, but their midfield and defence is appalling. Leeds, who aren't exactly known as a midfield force, have been passing through Liverpool with relative ease. It's just so unlike a Klopp team.

Jamie Carragher just described Fabinho as being like a ghost out there, I think that's a fair assessment.


They lost.

Fabulous by Leeds, they were very persistent. Meslier had a magnificent game in goal.

Liverpool look cooked. Fresh ideas needed.
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Post#502 » by Sedale Threatt » Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:23 pm

Leeds should have beaten Arsenal a few weeks back too. They ran us off the park in the 2nd half.
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Post#503 » by HIF » Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:15 am

Baphomet wrote:Watching Liverpool vs. Leeds. It's hard to describe Liverpool at the moment.

There are moments where they look poised and devastating on the break, but their midfield and defence is appalling. Leeds, who aren't exactly known as a midfield force, have been passing through Liverpool with relative ease. It's just so unlike a Klopp team.

Jamie Carragher just described Fabinho as being like a ghost out there, I think that's a fair assessment.


They should go all out for youri tielemans in January. He is exactly what they need.
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Post#504 » by HIF » Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:16 am

Sedale Threatt wrote:Leeds should have beaten Arsenal a few weeks back too. They ran us off the park in the 2nd half.


And yet in between they were humiliated by Leicester who made them look like a non-league team.
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Post#505 » by wco81 » Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:53 pm

NF has interesting history, decades since they were in the PL, only to return this season, spent a ton of money but may
have to spend more to avoid relegation.

Only suspense in this match vs. Arsenal was whether Jesus would end his scoring drought. Looks like he won’t.
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Post#506 » by Baphomet » Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:41 pm

wco81 wrote:NF has interesting history, decades since they were in the PL, only to return this season, spent a ton of money but may
have to spend more to avoid relegation.

Only suspense in this match vs. Arsenal was whether Jesus would end his scoring drought. Looks like he won’t.


The ridiculous, wasteful way they spent their money is part of the reason why they're fighting relegation.
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Post#507 » by Baphomet » Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:54 pm

Thilo Kehrer is such a bad defender.
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Post#508 » by Baphomet » Sun Oct 30, 2022 6:07 pm

Crazy to think that Kepa made the preliminary Spain world cup team over De Gea.

Some good saves there.
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Post#509 » by Shaazzam » Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:38 am

So am I am being a one-eyed fan when I say I was **** shocked that the dude who kicked Martinez in the face didn't get a card? Chippy game and the ref had a consistently loose whistle but come on. He jumped in the air and raise his boot even higher.

Sick goals by Arsenal. Bastards lol.
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Post#510 » by wco81 » Mon Oct 31, 2022 1:01 am

Nelson hadn't done anything in the PL so far. Only 22 or 23 and he scores 2 goals and has an assist.

Arsenal may still look to add some players in January.
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Post#511 » by Sedale Threatt » Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:57 am

The British press will print anything, so take it with a grain of salt. But they're reportedly going to have $50 million to spend. Provided they do it wisely, that could really help.
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Post#512 » by Baphomet » Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:02 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:The British press will print anything, so take it with a grain of salt. But they're reportedly going to have $50 million to spend. Provided they do it wisely, that could really help.


I can believe that. I think the openness of the race for the title and top four will cause a bit of a rare arms race in January.

Chelsea especially will look to improve the squad after spending half a billion and somehow getting worse.
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Post#513 » by Baphomet » Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:05 pm

Shaazzam wrote:So am I am being a one-eyed fan when I say I was **** shocked that the dude who kicked Martinez in the face didn't get a card? Chippy game and the ref had a consistently loose whistle but come on. He jumped in the air and raise his boot even higher.

Sick goals by Arsenal. Bastards lol.


It was 100% a second yellow card. I typically don't like those kinds of calls where a player gets carded for trying to get a high ball with their boot, but another player's upper body is in the vicinity. However, I think there's an important distinction between an honest attempt to get the ball and dangerous play. What Scamacca did was dangerous, imo.
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Post#514 » by Sedale Threatt » Sat Nov 5, 2022 4:30 pm

This Leeds-Bournmouth match is wild. There's only so much time I'm willing to spend watching sports anymore so, when it comes to futbol, I usually get hung up on watching the big teams and forget just how deep and good the PL is. Three-all and there's still 20 minutes to go. Side note: Leeds' defending has been shocking.
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Post#515 » by Baphomet » Sat Nov 5, 2022 8:54 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:This Leeds-Bournmouth match is wild. There's only so much time I'm willing to spend watching sports anymore so, when it comes to futbol, I usually get hung up on watching the big teams and forget just how deep and good the PL is. Three-all and there's still 20 minutes to go. Side note: Leeds' defending has been shocking.


Leeds are a very entertaining side, but defensively about as suspect as it gets. It's been like this since they appointed Bielsa a few years ago and Marsch has kept that legacy alive. They play naively, suicidally even, but incredibly fast-paced and entertaining. They can go from looking like world beaters to a non-league team in the space of minutes.

I really Summerville, and Gnonto looks promising from what I've seen of him.
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Post#516 » by Sedale Threatt » Sun Nov 6, 2022 12:24 am

Baphomet wrote:They can go from looking like world beaters to a non-league team in the space of minutes.


They switched back and forth like this throughout the match. It was wild
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Post#517 » by HIF » Sun Nov 6, 2022 9:57 am

All of the matches on saturday were interesting and many had late and important goals. The Prem is a great league. Shame it's shutting down for the winter.
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Post#518 » by The_Brecht » Sun Nov 6, 2022 1:39 pm

I've seen this given as a pen.
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Post#519 » by The_Brecht » Sun Nov 6, 2022 1:44 pm

Saliba is a gem of a defender.
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Post#520 » by The_Brecht » Sun Nov 6, 2022 1:54 pm

What a win.
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