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

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  • #7082
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,935 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    Iused2likebusts wrote: »
    The standard of the league is shocking this year. It's competitive and exciting alright but no stand out teams.

    Shocking? Really.

    I'm starting to hear this nonsense when the winning points total looks like being less than 90 points. One of the greatest teams in English football history, Man Utd's treble winning side, won the league with 79 points.

    The standard is excellent, the teams are just a bunched a bit closer together which, for me, is a good thing because it's a bit more unpredictable. As incredible as City and Liverpool have been in recent years, their title wins were a bit boring for the rest of us.


  • #7083
    tom1ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,625 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    ebbsy wrote: »
    Spurs are like an elephant up a tree.

    Nobody knows how they got there, but they will not be there for long.

    lol! that really made me laugh!


  • #7084
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,160 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Shocking? The same thing was said last year when Liverpool ran away with it. I think its about the same still just Liverpool aren't the same and have fallen in with the usual chasing pack. 9 points better off after 12 games they were last season.


  • #7085
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I have carefully analysed all injuries and VAR decisions, fed the numbers into a computer, pulled the lever and the results are conclusive.

    No-one talks about them as much as Liverpool fans.

    Even Liverpool fans don't talk as much about Liverpool as you do.


  • #7086
    jacool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭jacool


    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55253670

    Slaven Bilic: West Brom manager sacked after 18 months in charge.


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  • #7087
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    They deserve to go down if they bring Big Sam back into football and he has been out of it for two and half years.


  • #7088
    ERG89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    jacool wrote: »
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55253670

    Slaven Bilic: West Brom manager sacked after 18 months in charge.

    Maybe should have waited a day or two as last night was the peak of their season imo


  • #7089
    Deeper Blue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,802 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    8-10 wrote: »
    Spurs have a great chance.

    Everyone taking points off each other and Son and Kane assisting each other every week quietly grinding out results when expected to drop off is exactly what happened 5 years ago with Leicester grinding out results, Vardy and Mahrez assisting each other and ending up on 81pts when nobody's won it with less than 93 since

    I disagree, I think Liverpool will finish at least 10 points ahead of them, and that's if Kane and Son stay fit. I imagine they have a good chance of top 4 though.


  • #7090
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Even Liverpool fans don't talk as much about Liverpool as you do.

    Now now. You know the rules.

    You're obliged to say "living rent free inside their heads" every time someone posts anything remotely critical of Liverpool.


  • #7091
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭Ardent


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    They deserve to go down if they bring Big Sam back into football and he has been out of it for two and half years.

    They probably have a better chance of staying up now, no better man for this type of job.


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  • #7092
    Fitz*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,850 ✭✭✭✭Fitz*


    The FA Cup is going to start using 5 subs as soon as possible, and the EFL are going to continue using 5 subs.
    The FA CEO wants the PL to bring in 5 subs. But they are still are the only main league in Europe to not allow 5 subs.

    https://twitter.com/skysports_bryan/status/1339216227105968130


  • #7093
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,160 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Farcical that only the EPL aren't allowing 5 subs


  • #7094
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    IFAB have approved concussion subs and will start trialing that in January and it looks like the Men's and Women's FA Cups is where it will be done in England.


  • #7095
    Corholio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    Bilic has been dead man walking for ages, they would have needed to be nearly top half for him not to get sacked, him and hierarchy have butted heads for ages now. They screwed him in the summer with the paltry recruitment. God I hope Big Sam gets relegated so we don't have to hear the 'best man for the job' stuff that people used to say endlessly about him and Pulis, as if they magically could never get relegated.


  • #7096
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,935 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    Corholio wrote: »
    Bilic has been dead man walking for ages, they would have needed to be nearly top half for him not to get sacked, him and hierarchy have butted heads for ages now. They screwed him in the summer with the paltry recruitment. God I hope Big Sam gets relegated so we don't have to hear the 'best man for the job' stuff that people used to say endlessly about him and Pulis, as if they magically could never get relegated.

    It's not magic. As much as I don't like their style of football and I can't stand Allardyce's (public) persona, they are both very good football managers.

    People tend to dismiss them and the likes of Moyes, Hodgson and Bruce as if they are idiots. There is more than one way to play the game and be successful.


  • #7097
    Corholio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    DeanAustin wrote: »
    It's not magic. As much as I don't like their style of football and I can't stand Allardyce's (public) persona, they are both very good football managers.

    People tend to dismiss them and the likes of Moyes, Hodgson and Bruce as if they are idiots. There is more than one way to play the game and be successful.

    Nothing to do with the way they play, it's this 'guaranteed' thing that people lazily slap on anytime likes of Sam etc are appointed. They'll analyse the hell out of some things but things are 'guaranteed' once they take over, Pulis was the same.


  • #7098
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,160 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    I like Bilic but he has picked some really poor jobs. Your only as good as your backed and the structures around you.


  • #7099
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭Ardent


    Big Sam's blueprint for Premiere League survival. Coming soon to WBA.


    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11662/11031332/sam-allardyce-shares-his-premier-league-survival-blueprint


  • #7100
    Deeper Blue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,802 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    Bilic did well to last as long as he did, WBA wouldn't have even gotten promoted if it wasn't for a huge bottle job from Brentford


  • #7101
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    The sum total of WBA's ambitions is to stay in the premier league. That's Sam's bread and butter.

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



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  • #7102
    ERG89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    GLaDOS wrote: »
    The sum total of WBA's ambitions is to stay in the premier league. That's Sam's bread and butter.

    The players they brought in during the last transfer window would make me really wonder that, its like they were getting ready to come back up again after they get relegated. Allardyce may keep them up or it may go badly like Pulis did there.


  • #7103
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,224 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    I thought Big Sam would be holding out for the Arsenal gig as they were talking about him getting it on Talksport today as well.

    It’s confirmed now about the sacking and Allardyce first in line to get the job.


  • #7104
    Potential Underachiever
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,002 ✭✭✭Potential Underachiever


    y0ssar1an22 wrote: »


    jose stirring things up before the top of the table clash tomorrow evening :pac:


    https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1339195611510345729


  • #7105
    8-10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,898 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    I do love Mourinho, he's great for a wind up.

    Probably not a popular opinion when we're about to play them but I'd prefer him to win the title with Spurs than any of the other big 6 if we're not going to win it

    Their fans really impressed me at the 2019 CL final.


  • #7106
    circadian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,867 ✭✭✭circadian


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    I thought Big Sam would be holding out for the Arsenal gig as they were talking about him getting it on Talksport today as well.




    I think spacetime would collapse on itself if Big Sam became Arsenal manager.


  • #7107
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    Christ if every time a struggling team rolled out the red carpet for big Sam there'd be no ginger people left in the world.


  • #7108
    ERG89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Leicester vs Everton & Arsenal vs Southampton both on at 6. I hope to god the red button works on Premier Sports this evening & I don't have to watch Leeds vs Newcastle


  • #7109
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    I was so glad when Big Sam left Everton , dour football - West Brom to park the bus and endure anti-football


  • #7110
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    ERG89 wrote: »
    Leicester vs Everton & Arsenal vs Southampton both on at 6. I hope to god the red button works on Premier Sports this evening & I don't have to watch Leeds vs Newcastle

    Is it supposed to work in Sky, want to watch the arsenal game.


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  • #7111
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,929 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Was watching Juve and Atalanta, didn't know Premier sports had games on the Red button


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