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

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  • #5132
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,701 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    Dcully wrote: »
    Leicester getting another lesson from LFC missing many first team players.

    Are Leicester themselves not bolloxed with injuries tbf? A lot of teams are really struggling desperately with injuries others squads coping ok.


    And if I pick them in Fantasy they are doomed to break.


  • #5133
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Grayditch wrote: »

    Never expected 3 goals without reply.

    Think Rodgers got the tactics wrong. He looked to try and counter it seems. But think he needed to apply pressure to the back line. They were never tested.

    Milner was outstanding though


  • #5134
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Great result that.


  • #5135
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,701 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    Think Rodgers got the tactics wrong. He looked to try and counter it seems. But think he needed to apply pressure to the back line. They were never tested.

    Milner was outstanding though

    Milner is a beast


  • #5136
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,954 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Some performance from Liverpool
    Only missing VVD, Gomez, Trent, Hendo, Thiago, Ox, Shaq, and Salah


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  • #5137
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Super performance and result from Liverpool given the missing personnel.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #5138
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Some performance from Liverpool
    Only missing VVD, Gomez, Trent, Hendo, Thiago, Ox, Shaq, and Salah

    Shaq and Ox wouldn't of started would they?

    Leicester are missing loads as well

    Edit: Mostly defensive players for Leicester it seems. Pereira,Soyuncu, Amartey and Ndidi I think they're all starters

    Not sure if Amartey is regularly.


  • #5139
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Klopp waited to use 2 subs in the 89th minute. Jog on with your 5 subs :pac:


  • #5140
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Mrs Vardy the only winner in that house this week.


  • #5141
    8-10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,941 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    When's the last time we had 3 headed goals in a game?

    :pac:


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  • #5142
    DVDM93
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭DVDM93


    https://twitter.com/JimmyRiceWriter/status/1330605518944145413?s=20


  • #5143
    magma69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭magma69


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Klopp waited to use 2 subs in the 89th minute. Jog on with your 5 subs :pac:

    Fair point. There's a clear hypocrisy there alright and I hope he gets pushed on it by journalists.


  • #5144
    Trouser Snake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 348 ✭✭Trouser Snake


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Liverpool are an impressive outfit even with a tonne of injuries

    Was hoping Leicester could get a result considering but Liverpool dominated

    No denying that they are the best team in the league

    The best team in the league in second place.

    That's a new one.


  • #5145
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Could have been a different game if Leicester took the game to Liverpool instead of sitting back. They entered that game with a small team mindset. If they are to be considered serious contenders for the title or even champions League places they need to show up consistently against the big boys. The counter attacking worked against Man City and led to a freak result but they looked completely one dimensional tonight and the frustrating thing is they definitely had the players to properly take the game to Liverpool but Rogers firmly put the shackles on.


  • #5146
    magma69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭magma69


    Trouser Snake wrote: »
    The best team in the league in second place.

    That's a new one.

    Are you seriously gonna go there with that line of thinking? Sure Villa were the best team in the league a few weeks back so. :rolleyes:


  • #5147
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Trouser Snake wrote: »
    The best team in the league in second place.

    That's a new one.

    Jaysus did you think Everton were realistically the best team in the league earlier on?

    Liverpool are head and shoulders above the rest including City


  • #5148
    ShamoBuc
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 36,190 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    Awesome performance by Liverpool. Blew Leicester away all over the pitch. Fantastic.


  • #5149
    8-10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,941 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    Trouser Snake wrote: »
    The best team in the league in second place.

    Second place, on goal difference, to a team they haven't played yet this season but have beaten 5 times in a row including a Champions League final.


  • #5150
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    Liverpool are head and shoulders above the rest including City

    Getting walloped 7-2 by Villa would suggest otherwise.


  • #5151
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Getting walloped 7-2 by Villa would suggest otherwise.

    Ah yes the 500/1 thing happen suggests otherwise. Of course


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  • #5152
    magma69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭magma69


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    Ah yes the 500/1 thing happen suggests otherwise. Of course

    No no, that result and that result alone defines where the team is at.


  • #5153
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Getting walloped 7-2 by Villa would suggest otherwise.

    Van Dyk was playing that day though. Clearly the weak link..


  • #5154
    Brendan Flowers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Brendan Flowers


    Strange that all the focus has been on Liverpool's injuries. Leicester were equally hit with absentees from their squad. Liverpool's depth meant they could still start 7 players that started the Champions final. Dominant display by them today.


  • #5155
    magma69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭magma69


    Brendan Flowers wrote: »
    Strange that all the focus has been on Liverpool's injuries. Leicester were equally hit with absentees from their squad. Liverpool's depth meant they could still start 7 players that started the Champions final. Dominant display by them today.

    They weren't equally hit with injuries. That's bollox. Liverpool's squad depth did play a role in minimizing the impact of the losses though.


  • #5156
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    Ah yes the 500/1 thing happen suggests otherwise. Of course

    Eh? A team can't be both head and shoulders above the rest, and also lose 7-2 to opponents that finished 17th last season.


  • #5157
    eigrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭eigrod


    Brendan Flowers wrote: »
    Strange that all the focus has been on Liverpool's injuries. Leicester were equally hit with absentees from their squad. Liverpool's depth meant they could still start 7 players that started the Champions final. Dominant display by them today.

    That’s a bit simplistic- they’re missing their captain, their top scorer for the past 3 seasons, their highest assist player, the best centre back in the World and Thiago. And 3 others. And lost another early in the 2nd half.


  • #5158
    54and56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,051 ✭✭✭54and56


    Trouser Snake wrote: »
    The best team in the league in second place.

    That's a new one.

    Never count your money at the table.

    https://youtu.be/7hx4gdlfamo

    Best team in the world - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_finals

    :-)


  • #5159
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Eh? A team can't be both head and shoulders above the rest, and also lose 7-2 to opponents that finished 17th last season.

    Yes they can. Freak results happen.

    What happens if Liverpool won the remainder of their games? Would they be head and shoulders above the rest then? Or everybody just not Villa? You're being so pedantic towards one result.

    Liverpool look superior to everyone by a good distance is that more precise?

    They made Leicester look like nobodies and they didn't even have 3-4 of their best players.


  • #5160
    TheadoreT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 922 ✭✭✭TheadoreT


    They were hardly delving into the youth teams for starters tonight. 3 Brazilian internationals out there, an African player of the year, the best left back in the league by miles.

    I think most of the best Premier league sides were so becuase of the quality throughout the squad. The great United sides could replace Yorke and Cole with Ole and Teddy then they had Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez Berba, Park Nani all vying for the front three places in the later side and or Jose's Chelsea had an endless supply of midfielders in Duff Robben, Cole, SWP, Lampard, Essien Makelele, Diarra, Thiago Mendes ect.

    Being able to replace quality with quality is the key to keeping consistency through injury spells.


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  • #5161
    magma69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭magma69


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Eh? A team can't be both head and shoulders above the rest, and also lose 7-2 to opponents that finished 17th last season.

    I'm gonna apply the same lack of context and intellectual honesty in my arguments that you do and say they lost 5-0 to them last season and absolutely pissed the league.


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