General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Agent Coulson

Chelsea flexing.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1575785552921919488?s=20&t=QQWoMC_CqT3Qnl9CGL9acg

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119682210#Comment_119682210

Ya those little charity run clubs that live off subs and gate receipts like Liverpool do have no hope.

I'de say the hearts of every fan of the rest of the English football pyramid clubs bleed for the poor old destitute craters at Liverpool.

IncognitoMan

Bellingham will have his pick of clubs this summer - he won't be picking Liverpool.

Can't see him going to Utd either. Think it will basically be a shootout between Real and City. City will obviously be able to offer the money so it depends if he wants to stop off for a payday before going to Real later like Haaland or just go straight to Real.

If he had the same agent as Haaland the answer would be obvious.

Unbelievable talent - whoever gets him is getting some player

IncognitoMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119684134#Comment_119684134

Shite... was hoping Chelsea would make a lot worse transfers than this under Todd

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119684218#Comment_119684218

It still seems very scattergun approach.

Chelsea continuing to throw money at another forward from the Bundesliga, in the hope that this one finally clicks, rather than working with the ones they already have. Why not persist with Havertz, who cost £75m, and largely plays the same positions as Nkunku in the withdrawn forward type role. They signed both Werner & Havertz with no clear plan for either in place and both transfers then failed.

What's the plan here? With Havertz, Auba, Sterling & Broja already in attack, with Pulisic & Ziyech probably going to leave now. Is Mount finally going to become a midfielder instead instead of playing in the front 3?

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119684519#Comment_119684519

Yeah, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of scouting going on... they've spent a fortune on lads who are very famous well known entities, with Nkunku now added into the mix. It's grand if you can afford it (though I'm not entirely sure how some of them knit together as a team), but it doesn't seem too sustainable if that's literally the only type of player you're buying.

Seems a bit mad to spend so much before they bring in a director of football. Like, surely a tiny bit of patience would've been the way to go - bring in the guy you want to orchestrate your philosophy, and then spend your 300m...

doc_17

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119684164#Comment_119684164

Oh dear……talk about missing the point entirely. Anyway….

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119685857#Comment_119685857

What was the point then ?

doc_17

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119686008#Comment_119686008

Liverpool can’t compete in the transfer market with City so if they want Bellingham they’ll be ahead of Liverpool. I thought it was fairly obvious

machiavellianme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119669993#Comment_119669993

So why go to a team with some of the best midfielders in the world already there and compete for a spot vs go to the crocked and aging midfield (that still seems to be doing OK trophy wise) to be their super star?

~Rebel~

I’d say we’ll see Chelsea in the mix for him too with the mad money Todd is throwing around.

(still can’t believe there’s a premier league owned named ‘Todd’)

El Gato De Negocios

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119688395#Comment_119688395

The best players want to play with the best players and he would slot in nicely beside Camavinga and Tchouameni, he wouldnt need to compete with them and Kross and Modric will likely both leave RM next summer. Since JK joined Liverpool they have won 1 league and 1 CL whereas Madrid have won 3 of each in the same time frame. Madrid is an infinitely more appealing city than Liverpool.

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119688484#Comment_119688484

Where does Valverde go then?

4 midfielders for 3 spots and each of the existing 3 Real Madrid players will have 'waited their turn' for Casemiro, Kroos & Modric to leave so that they could become guaranteed starters every week.

Tandey

Before the penalty was taken Bt comms say how Kane missed a peno against Forest earlier in the season.

Then after he scored go on to say how Kane doesn't miss penalties.

Mind numbing stuff.

El Gato De Negocios

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119688593#Comment_119688593

Modern sqauds are much deeper these days so top quality options are a necessity for competing at the highest level. You've seen it yourself with LFC, a couple of injuries and the wheels tend to come off unless there is sufficient quality to cover absences.

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119688666#Comment_119688666

I do indeed. But these are £70m-£100m players we're talking about. I'm not sure they are going to be happy on the bench waiting for an injury or coming on for 20 mins. They are expecting to start pretty much every game. Of course, the 4th choice of 4 is needed but that 4th choice is usually a drop in level below the rest, while maintaining a good level at the same time so the drop off is not noticeable. Liverpool's problems are because there are 2 or 3 players missing in the same are of the pitch at the same time, not just 1. Tchouameni, Bellingham etc are too good to be the 4th man.

Camavinga did it last season and you could sell him the idea of doing it, as he was young and easy going to be a guaranteed starter in 2 years time.

Tchouameni was sold on the idea of being Real Madrid's big summer signing, and the new face of Real Madrid's midfield so he went there instead of Liverpool this summer. There's na expectation from him .

There's gonna be an expectation from Bellingham too, if he moves there.

ShamoBuc

Comical by Lloris.

wanderer100

Gift of a goal , Arsenal with a bit of luck but I guess that’s what you want from your striker. Right place at the right time

Spurs just aren’t great to watch are they

ctrl-alt-delete

Horrible tackle and deserved red for Royal.

ShamoBuc

Deserved red.

tinpib

Lloris is a mighty man for howlers, but that looked like a cushioned backpass from the defender so an indirect free for me if he had held onto it.

And now a red for Spurs, thought it looked a bit harsh, definite yellow though, but maybe I'm old school and am living in the past.

Ottoman_1000

Royal is just an awful player.....

BorneTobyWilde

No attempt on the ball, it was all man. So hard to argue with it, he clearly wanted to take him out, as to stop him, but that was not the way.😅

Should have dragged his shirt, or bundle him over, that's how the good defenders do it when they have no other choice.

ctrl-alt-delete

Game over now,

3-1.

Ottoman_1000

Have Spurs gone back a bit this season? They looked really good from Christmas onwards last year and I thought they would be the team to push City and Liverpool this year. But even the games they have won they have not looked really at it...

ctrl-alt-delete

Conte going for damage limitation here, 4 subs on at once.

Kiith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119688859#Comment_119688859

We've actually been pretty poor this season, yet somehow the results had been coming in. Not surprising result today, though the mistakes are frustrating. Idiotic from Emerson, and Lloris needs to be better. Few good chances in the 1st half wasted with poor passing.

wanderer100

Trent gets put on his ass by Trossard who makes it 1 nil Brighton after 4 mins

wanderer100

2 nil Brighton, Trossard again !!

davemckenna25

I think we can see why Southgate doesn't trust TAA as a defender.. 🤣