Shaazzam wrote:Sportsnet IIRC
But the point remains
Maybe, I honestly did not pay much attention, just was excited that game is on TV! I wish they would show PL games regularly... streaming them is a pain.
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Shaazzam wrote:Sportsnet IIRC
But the point remains
MaliBrah wrote:thats an unbelievably bad decision to award a pen and give a second yellow against Burnley there LOL
Baphomet wrote:By the way, did anyone catch the Brentford vs. United game yesterday? What a slopfest that was. Toney spurned so many chances, United should have lost about 6-0 but they somehow managed to scrape a draw, almost a win if it wasn't for that late equaliser.
wco81 wrote:Looked like Arsenal wanted to play for the draw. They were physical in their tackles.
City players were whining for bookings. If they got their way, Arsenal would have been down to 9 or even 8.
Baphomet wrote:The match was a bIt of an anticlimax, to be honest
Advantage Liverpool again
wco81 wrote:One of the analysts said that the UCL ties may strain City and Arsenal in their PL match lineups.
But Pool could just decide not to prioritize their Europa games, save their best lineups for PL games.
Baseline81 wrote:wco81 wrote:One of the analysts said that the UCL ties may strain City and Arsenal in their PL match lineups.
But Pool could just decide not to prioritize their Europa games, save their best lineups for PL games.
It's not so much prioritizing but rather the opponent:
- Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
- Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich
- Liverpool vs. Atalanta
MaliBrah wrote:thats an unbelievably bad decision to award a pen and give a second yellow against Burnley there LOL
wco81 wrote:One of the analysts said that the UCL ties may strain City and Arsenal in their PL match lineups.
But Pool could just decide not to prioritize their Europa games, save their best lineups for PL games.
MaliBrah wrote:Is Emery serious with this line up? I get Watkins is hurt , McGinn is suspended and Cash is hurt I think ? But what the heck is this white flag lineup. This should’ve been one of City’s harder games left and he cowards out. Classic Emery.
LDNMagic90 wrote:MaliBrah wrote:Is Emery serious with this line up? I get Watkins is hurt , McGinn is suspended and Cash is hurt I think ? But what the heck is this white flag lineup. This should’ve been one of City’s harder games left and he cowards out. Classic Emery.
Can’t call him a coward when we’ve had a whole starting 11 worth of players out by kick-off.
Emi Martinez, Cash, Mings, Pau Torres (needed rest and has a knock likely despite being on the bench), Moreno (needed rest), McGinn, Kamara, Buendia, Ramsey, Bailey(needing rest) and Watkins. That team alone would probably compete for a top 10/top 8 spot in the PL. It was always going to be difficult for us, but Emery has never used our injuries as an excuse. I think it’s why our injury problems never really get brought up as to why we lose some of these games. I get it that other teams have injuries but having to roll with your 3rd and 4th, sometimes 5th choice CBs and still compete well is something a lot of teams wouldn’t be able to do. I mean we had to sub on Chambers yesterday for Iroegbunam who had made his first ever start for us, Chambers is barely a PL level player these days.
We are still playing catch up to the traditional 'big 6' clubs in the PL in terms of squad depth and revenue wise. So when we have injuries our starting 11 can go from looking dangerous to just looking no different to a mid table side. Regardless our season has been amazing in my opinion, I don’t think anyone would have had us down as being in the top 4 down the final stretch of the season whilst being in the KO stages of Europe
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