Premier League 2020/2021

HIF · Post #101 » by **HIF** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:43 pm

The_Brecht wrote:West Ham are having so much luck lately.
Even a half a chance is going in at the moment.

Man City without De Bruyne though...Pep really needs him.

That's why I haven't been too hard on Leicester. No Ricardo, No N'didi, No Soyuncu, Maddison has been out a while and Evans, Praet and Vardy and a couple of others out for short times. It's hard without one crucial player but to not be able to field the same team through injuries and to miss 3 or 4 or more top players is so unusual.

The_Brecht · Post #102 » by **The_Brecht** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:41 pm

Manchester United only gets pens in their favor.
Maguire got away with one there.

JohnPferdelack · Post #103 » by **JohnPferdelack** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:31 am

What's wrong with Havertz? This guy gets so many opportunities and we don't see any progress. He isn't a rookie.

HIF · Post #104 » by **HIF** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:02 am

JohnPferdelack wrote:What's wrong with Havertz? This guy gets so many opportunities and we don't see any progress. He isn't a rookie.

It can take a while to adjust to the prem.

JohnPferdelack · Post #105 » by **JohnPferdelack** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:33 am

Chelsea doesn't have this time ;-)

HIF · Post #106 » by **HIF** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:06 pm

0-0 halftime but I hate this setup from BR. It's as though he only wants to play a game for 30 minutes when actually we have the players to take the game to most teams including Arsenal.

HIF · Post #107 » by **HIF** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:18 pm

No idea why we didn't play from the start. We are as good or better than Arsenal and we just wasted 60 minutes when we could have given away a goal. The last 30 minutes we played a little football and then looked a decent side. I'm sorry for the neutral who had to watch that.

Luckily it worked out all right for BR in the end.

The_Brecht · Post #108 » by **The_Brecht** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:30 am

I was watching with some friends and at half time I predicted the outcome.
It's just a typical Arsenal game. Dominate the first half, but fail to get one or two goals, just to give the game away at the end.

Also, I really like Lacazette, but he's done at the club.
In the last couple of weeks he has missed some absolute sitters.
Although the canceled goal yesterday was a bit harsh.

HIF · Post #109 » by **HIF** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:12 pm

I hope that the fact we're playing 3 of your countrymen was a source of relief to your defeat.

The_Brecht · Post #110 » by **The_Brecht** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:04 pm

HIF wrote:I hope that the fact we're playing 3 of your countrymen was a source of relief to your defeat.

The pass from Tielemans which set up the goal was pure class.
I love him.

J-Mezzy · Post #111 » by **J-Mezzy** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:52 am

Is Dele Alli completely done as a footballer?

HIF · Post #112 » by **HIF** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:49 am

The_Brecht wrote:
HIF wrote:I hope that the fact we're playing 3 of your countrymen was a source of relief to your defeat.

The pass from Tielemans which set up the goal was pure class.
I love him.

And yet it was probably his worst game of the season. Castagne has been incredible this season and Praet is an unreported hero. We are so lucky.

Can Castagne play as well at LWB?

When Ricardo returns he's the starting RWB. If Castagne is 90%as good on the left as he is on the right we could have the best defence in the league with TC CS JE WF RP

HIF · Post #113 » by **HIF** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:50 am

J-Mezzy wrote:Is Dele Alli completely done as a footballer?

I can't believe that's true. He is a skilful player, at one time the best in the Spurs team. He just needs to play somewhere else (not Manu).

HIF · Post #114 » by **HIF** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:51 am

I'll swap Alli for Perez. :-)

The_Brecht · Post #115 » by **The_Brecht** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:16 pm

HIF wrote:
The_Brecht wrote:
HIF wrote:I hope that the fact we're playing 3 of your countrymen was a source of relief to your defeat.

The pass from Tielemans which set up the goal was pure class.
I love him.

And yet it was probably his worst game of the season. Castagne has been incredible this season and Praet is an unreported hero. We are so lucky.

Can Castagne play as well at LWB?

When Ricardo returns he's the starting RWB. If Castagne is 90%as good on the left as he is on the right we could have the best defence in the league with TC CS JE WF RP

Castagne played on the left most of the time at Atalanta.
In the national team he's the first replacement at RWB and LWB after Meunier and Thorgan Hazard.
I prefer him over Meunier to be fair.

The_Brecht · Post #116 » by **The_Brecht** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:17 pm

J-Mezzy wrote:Is Dele Alli completely done as a footballer?

There always one who crackes with Mourinho.

Post #117 » by **Shaazzam** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:02 pm

The_Brecht wrote:Manchester United only gets pens in their favor.
Maguire got away with one there.

yeah, that was an easy penalty

HIF · Post #118 » by **HIF** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:51 pm

Castagne and Evans added to the injury list.

Post #119 » by **Baphomet** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:46 am

J-Mezzy wrote:Is Dele Alli completely done as a footballer?

He isn't done as a footballer, but he could be done at Spurs. I know that PSG are interested, and I think he'd do well there. It's disappointing, but like Pogba, Mourinho has no time for players who aren't fully committed to the cause. The Amazon documentary exposed him, tbh.

I think he's trying the same strategy he did with Ndombele. Benched him for most of last season, and Ndombele's response was to completely step-up his game and workrate. I doubt Alli will respond in the same way, but we'll see.

Post #120 » by **Cactus Jack** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:08 pm

What a joke. Thanks to VAR the sport is borderline not watchable anymore. Ridiculous.