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

Going back to sometime in October too...

Of the plerorah of former Arsenal goalkeepers still playing, Kepa has to be the weakest.

What? Arsenal?

Kepa - arsenal ? I’m confused

Ah, me too... Somewhere in a parallel universe or in the confines of my head Kepa is a former Arsenal keeper - dunno where that came from!

Yeah, but let’s be honest, Boehly is still likely to make the major calls on the manager front rather than DOF.

Yeah, it’s a decision that’s looking worse by the day alright. For a guy that’s never struck anyone as money-hungry, he’s taken a big leap against that by taking the least secure job in the sport for immediate financial gain.

Frank got the dreaded vote of confidence from Moshiri yesterday. If they lose at home to a buoyant Southampton on Saturday however he could well be sacked.

Sack race 2023

Nathan Jones looks like great odds to me. A couple of wins in cup competitions won't matter much to the owner.

"When they are getting a result" 3 minutes into a game when the score was 0-0. And now faking blurred vision is called game management. Players are not meant to be treated on the pitch by the doctor, unless it's a very serious injury, they are meant to leave the pitch to get treatment so play can resume and stop the time wasting. Pope didn't do that at any time.

I suppose you also celebrated when the likes of Richarlison and others used to fake head injuries to in order to stop dangerous attacks via the referee stopping the game, only to get up and play on perfectly fine 30 seconds later. 'Game managemen't, not cheating.

A small bit of time wasting by delaying set pieces, holding the ball up in the corner etc at the end of the game is all part of it. That only comes into play after 75/80 mins of the game Having a pre-determined time wasting game tactic by bringing doctors on when they are not needed, throwing stuff on the pitch to delay the game from the 1st minute etc is a level above and classless. There's a difference.

Yeah cos a Panadol can fix an injury that came about when the player had just walked onto the pitch and didn't touch the ball once.

If he was suffering from sickness or migraines or headaches or blurred vision, he could/should have either known about it 5 mins earlier and dealt with it the training room or just come off the pitch and sub off if he was that bad. Instead, he took a panadol and was fit enough to continue the rest of the game, and fit enough to not complain about the same symptoms again throughout the game. Ironically, he was fit enough to fake further injuries later on in the game, costing his team.

Unless there is a different injury that is magically healed instantly by taking a tablet? Please inform me, as ye clearly watched the game so must remember the incident well. It was only one of a number of incidents to be fair.

And I absolutely would think that it was pre-planned as many managers talk about playing at Anfield and 'not letting Liverpool have a fast start '. In addition to the blatant time wasting tactics that Newcastle have employed all season. IIRC, Newcastle conceded a goal under Howe last year where a player was on the ground faking injury so were a player down. Lascelles I think it was.