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General Premier League Thread 2024-25

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭FreshG


    In before the hindsight merchants say that it was justified because Harry Maguire scored from a corner.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Not a lot of goals in the matches tonight. There's more goals(5) in the Man United v Ipswich game, than the other 4 games combined.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭Dan Steely


    Jake O'Brien's first premier goal.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Szmodics should have been brought on way earlier. Giving him just 3 minutes of added time is ridiculous.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭IrishOwl...


    I'm not fan of City and their ways, but that disallowed goal was a farce. If it takes 4 minutes to see if there's obvious evidence to overturn a goal, then I've got news for you, there's clearly no obvious evidence!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    2-0 Liverpool. McAllister with the finish, Salah another assist.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Salah is getting rather good at that outside of the left foot slice pass. TAA was inches away from getting on the end of one a couple of minutes ago. And now another attempt could have capped a goal of the season contender, but the outstretched Diaz finish is just wide.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 765 ✭✭✭Infoseeker1975


    Breaking News: Stuart Attwell has booked a Newcastle player…..he is a terrible referee



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Murphy could have picked up 2 yellow cards in that sequence.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,429 ✭✭✭Ottoman_1000


    The disallows that goal and blows a free out with absolutely no illegal contact on the keeper.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,629 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Liverpool making it look easy. Can give us the title whenever



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,441 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    Personally I think it's a strong league this year. If you look at away matches at the likes of Brighton, Bournemouth, Forest, Fulham, Brentford, none of them are easy and a draw is arguably a good result. Add in the likes of Newcastle, Villa plus the traditional "Big 6" (bar Utd and Spurs at the minute) and you've got a lot of depth in my eyes. Liverpool have just been really good, simple. One loss all season is some going.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭doc_17


    The Liverpool player had his hand on Pope’s shoulder, kinda holding him down. Can’t do that to the keeper - correct decision I thought.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,011 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    Hugely impressive from Liverpool tonight

    That was a really, really tough 5 game run.....and..…breathe....no game now this weekend

    We can rest. Next game is....PSG away. Balls.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 35,122 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    Liverpool were very good again tonight - like a steamroller, they keep going and get the results.

    13 clear at the top.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭Deise Vu


    It was the other way round. The ref gave a handball, VAR tried to find clear evidence that he didn’t.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,622 ✭✭✭Dick phelan


    Arsenal won't finish 2nd.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,429 ✭✭✭Ottoman_1000


    Are you sure? I was watching it live and I didn't hear any whistle. And City players celebrated as normal.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭IrishOwl...


    Don't know how I missed that. If he did, it didn't look like anyone heard it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭Deise Vu


    The commentator quoted VAR as saying there was no clear evidence to overturn the decision, then wondered why there was a free out. A few moments later he clarified that the initial decision was handball.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,233 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    it is more competitive, no doubt about that. i would say the gap between 2 - 16th is closer than before. and that suits the best team, in that their next best competitor can lose points to anyone.

    i dunno, fair play to liverpool. its some achievement and kudos to them for handling the transition from klopp so well. it's really quite remarkable.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,771 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
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    City can start grinding out wins to get there ahead of Arsenal and Forest I'd say.

    If they hadn't fallen off a cliff before Christmas they'd likely be in a race with Pool now.

    Glazers Out!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,851 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Sky and TNT won't like to say it, but this has been a boring Epl campaign this season.

    Liverpool winning it without any real challenge. Will finish miles chest, it has been a one team league this season.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83 ✭✭Westport Covies


    Arsenal tonight could have been 56 to pools 64 with a game in hand, potentially 5 points back with 10 games to play. Hardly boring for an arsenal fan/player/manager.

    If arteta doesn't think that's catchable (before tonight's results) he should Jack it in.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,851 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Arsenal have always been the same distance away from Liverpool for most of the season, never showed any sign of gaining ground, probably due to Liverpools consistency.

    And this last few weeks with Arsenal bottling it has made the league a non event now, bar watching who is going to make the CL.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,441 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    Not sure how a team that has spent precisely zero days on top of the league all season, and has been at least 5 points off the top for months, can "bottle it" to be honest, but ok



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭IrishOwl...


    I have to agree, I don't think the league has ever been as strong with regards the middle, to the lower pack. In a way this season has been a funny one, no team should be running away with it, but Liverpool have managed to go to some of these difficult places and get results. So fair play to them.

    I'm going to make a brave prediction, moving forward I think this could be the last of the 90 point seasons for the next few years. (That's if Liverpool get there). There's just too many difficult teams, with quality all over the pitch to try and beat everyone. Wolves have 3 players in the Brazilian squad for God sake.

    The problem on the flip side of this, it's now even more impossible for the promoted clubs to stay up. The quality of the teams ahead is just too great.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,441 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    Definitely agree that it'll be very difficult to get 90+ going forward, especially as you'd assume United and Spurs are at something of a nadir this season.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭jacool


    There was a big gap at one point

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    but Arsenal did get it back to 4 points

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    before falling off a cliff



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,441 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    4 points is a bit misleading there though as Pool had a game in hand, which I believe was against Southampton. That's as close as Arsenal have gotten and it was over 3 months ago. Again I think it shows how good Liverpool have been, with Arsenal being comfortably best of the rest.



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