General Premier League Thread 2020-21 - Mod Notes in 1st post. [Updated 17/12/20]

yourdeadwright

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Rashford has improved under him . Martial too.

Would they have improved anyway as they're becoming more mature? Possibly.

Its been said on Sky/BBC etc but you cant see what is he trying to do. If there was a idea he was working towards you could argue for him but hes chopping and changing ideas/formations from game to game.

Rashford was what just gone 21 when Jose was sacked ?
How much of his improvement has been down to Ole and how much has been down to him just growing up and natural progression ? Impossible to ever tell but lets be honest people go over board with him last season was his best season by a mile and he was still only the 5th highest English goal scorer in the league , 10 other players scored as much or more,
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ShamoBuc

Bridge93 wrote: »

The forums legion of Portsmouth fans aside, who will be disappointed that Danny Ings isn’t badly hurt?
My impression is he’s fairly universally liked and I’ve never seen anyone wish him anything but good will given his injury record

Very true. He has been so unlucky with injuries, but came back stronger than ever, banging in goals like he can. Great news indeed.

pjohnson

Fulham trying to secure the 19th place. West Brom........existing...kinda

ShamoBuc

Forgot this was on. 2 goals already and I kinda knew that even though Fulham had scored them, I felt Mitrovic would not have scored either.
He badly needs a tap in to get himself going again.

gimli2112

that was bad news for my FF team but he has 2 assists

Loafing Oaf

Who exactly is paying to view games like Fulham v West Brom?

thebaz

Glad Fulham won - my second favourite team - always play the game right way unlike Burnley and Stoke and many other mid to lower end teams

This is it

thebaz wrote: »

Glad Fulham won - my second favourite team - always play the game right way unlike Burnley and Stoke and many other mid to lower end teams

Not much point playing "the right way" if you're up and down the leagues like a yo-yo.

Edit, but I do agree, I find teams that play better football more likable.

ShamoBuc

Leeds a bit at sea so far.

eh i dunno

Leicester very impressive for a team with all 4 first choice defenders out and ndidi too

cj maxx

Good fight back from Leeds. Are Sky being sneaky . with questions overs Ole’s job at Utd they have Pochettino as a guest. Goal for Leicester

El Gato De Negocios

cj maxx wrote: »

Good fight back from Leeds. Are Sky being sneaky . with questions overs Ole’s job at Utd they have Pochettino as a guest. Goal for Leicester

Not watching but was there any chat with Poch about United?

ShamoBuc

Leeds were dismantled by Leicester.

Mushy

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Leeds were dismantled by Leicester.

Being clinical is what's needed. Bamford should have been on course for another hatrick within 30 mins. Mostly poor performance, didnt deserve anything but could have been different

ShamoBuc

The crossing in the second half and their corners were no where near good enough. Leicester's tactics were well known in advance but Leeds simply couldn't handle them.

RugbyLover123

Pochettino’s English is nowhere near as good as I thought it was.

Don’t think he’s come across particularly impressive so far.

Osmosis Jones

thebaz wrote: »

Glad Fulham won - my second favourite team - always play the game right way unlike Burnley and Stoke and many other mid to lower end teams

Burnley have succeeded massively in the Premier League on a shoestring budget while Fulham spent more than any other promoted team in history only to be immediately relegated only 2 years ago, I'd say there's more to a club's character than just how many defenders they have behind the ball.

Agent Coulson

Rodgers stirring it up there

Mushy

ShamoBuc wrote: »

The crossing in the second half and their corners were no where near good enough. Leicester's tactics were well known in advance but Leeds simply couldn't handle them.

Bar Hernandez they're never good at corners, infuriating given the amount they can get. The quality of the players really showed what's needed, being able to bring maddison off the bench a clear example

citytillidie

Game Week 7 Highlights
Wolves V Palace

Sheff Utd V Man City

Burnley V Chelsea

Liverpool V West Ham

Villa V Southampton

Newcastle V Everton

Man Utd V Arsenal

Spurs V Brighton

Fulham V WBA

Leeds V Leicester

cj maxx

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

Not watching but was there any chat with Poch about United?

Not about utd but talk about Spurs and Southampton and management in general, only half watching it myself

8-10

Who's around to post the table this season?

Mushy

Mushy wrote: »

The quality of the players really showed what's needed, being able to bring maddison off the bench a clear example

There's a massive gulf between Leeds, with a manager and a squad that is still finding its feet at this level, and Leicester, with a manager and a squad that has been around the block so many times, some with title medals. As you rightly say, being able to call Maddison off the bench says it all. A manager as brilliant as Bielsa narrows those margins, so championship players can give a good account and sometimes even take points, but Leeds have to expect a beating every now and again.

Baggly

WE WON A GAME. WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE LEAGUEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Agent Coulson

Listening to The Ornstein podcast today it was said that it’s the smaller teams with less outside revenue that want to keep the PPV price at £15 and it’s the bigger clubs that want to bring the price down.

Agent Coulson

The Athletic reporting that the PPV will be scrapped and when games start back after the international break they will be shown on Sky, BT & Amazon.

gimli2112

this kind of proves my theory that if you react to anything with rage or indifference it generally goes away

CSF

gimli2112 wrote: »

this kind of proves my theory that if you react to anything with rage or indifference it generally goes away

In-laws?

gimli2112

CSF wrote: »

In-laws?

works on bears too, although brown bears and black bears react differently so there's that

Gbear

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The Athletic reporting that the PPV will be scrapped and when games start back after the international break they will be shown on Sky, BT & Amazon.

I can only assume it's because the paltry amount of money they made from it wasn't worth the bad press.