General Premier League Thread 2023-24 Mod Note in op 27/6/23 And 21/05/24

West Ham are so bad to watch.

Bizarre incident towards the end of the West Ham v Liverpool game. Referee blows up play with Gakpo charging down the ball. Was it a free kick to West Ham, I didn't hear a whistle? Was it that Areola was injured? Didn't see him gesture to the ref.

Putting Salah on with just 11mins left when they needed a win is crazy imo.

While I understand there is a bit of common sense to this one….its another Taylor controversy…

Areola take a bit of a knock collecting the ball and takes a bit to get up, but whistle is NOT blown

He then proceeds to drop the ball (He thinks he has a free) way out in the box and nowhere near where he took a knock, he fixes his socks

Gapko charges down, Taylor realises the mixup and blows…even though technically the ball is in play

What makes it worse is Taylor seems to talk to Aerola and tells him to go down and call for Medics when Aerlo clearly does not want them!!!!

He then gives a drop ball, (Not the free kick) to restart play, confirming ball was actually in play the first time….😁

But remember Taylor is the Best UK ref for the Euros…

Maybe another audio release is in order…and again in this case I do think it was common sense, but its still important to hear these events and what is said.

He couldn't have booked Gakpo for kicking the ball (taking the shot) as the ball was in play though?

There was a few incidents with Taylor alright, that last one will take the attention. The non-red card was bad too, especially with VAR able to see it again. You can somewhat understand that Coufal corner thing near the end as it he might not have had full view as it came in quick but the stopping Gakpo scoring was just odd.

Glosses over 2 average performances from the clubs playing though, who are limping to the end of the season. Liverpool unlucky perhaps, hitting the post a couple times. West Ham took their chances. Bowen is some player. For his own sake I hope he gets a good attacking manager next season. I think he is a bit too old for a big move now, given the money that will be required to acquire him.

Liverpool have been overachievring for the last 10 years. What they achieved under Klopp has been nothing short of incredible. Its not surprising they've come back to still overachieving, but just not as outrageous as before. In the last 5 years United, Chelsea, Arsenal, City, Newcastle, Spurs, Villa and West Ham all have a higher next spent then Liverpool. In the last 5 years United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Arsenal and West Ham has all spent more money on players than Liverpool. Its very difficult to consistently keep challenging for titles in those conditions.

In the last 5 years United have a net spent of -£594m, Liverpool’s is -£221m. In the last 5 years United have spent just under £1BN in player, Liverpool have spent £660m. Last season Uniteds wage bill was £211m, Liverpools was £158m.

It's mad to think that despite spending so much money, all United got out of it was a "notorious collection of failures." while Liverpool challenged for titles and won trophies.

Ah jaysus, net spend is back.

Incredible really.

They should be winning the treble every season. Talk about underachieving

Vast bulk of those players were all injured for large chunk of season and the whole midfield was sold and brought new at the same time this season having to bed in . Clueless comment

Given awful finish season last season, trophy and CL was all most Liverpool would for wished for. He’s over achieved massively until mid march’s .

Stay off twitter, hopped on earlier and xg made an appearance.

Poor first half in 1230 match, second was decent in fairness....and another clean thread which is always good to see

You'd swear united was full of academy players rather than lads they spunked 100s of millions on just to be in a battle for 6th