General Premier League Thread 2024-25

have a good evening

Who would have thought …

Currently 23 points behind Liverpool who have played an extra game.

I'm all for being careful with player concussions but I disagree with this rule

If Southampton had already made 5 subs when it happened then fine

But with 5 subs each at that point I don't get why you need to give out extra ones before any have been made in the game

I wonder if internally the bottom 3 are talking about that if they can’t get ahead of Wolves, it could be important to finish 3rd bottom, just in case City get punished.

I listened to that four part BBC Sounds podcast on the City case that was mentioned here last week. Not a whole lot new in it, if you’d been following it. (About 1 and a half of the episodes were dedicated to City’s successes particularly the Aguero moment and the CL win). I forgot that the Thai ex-PM had bought them for 160m and then sold to Abu Dhabi for 200m.

There were a few City fans interviewed and they all pretty much sang off the same hymn sheet saying we’ll accept whatever punishment we get, we’ll stick by the team, we’ve been in lower divisions before and came back. Without specifically saying it, i thought it was clear they all know City are guilty but they are hopeful it won’t be proven so they will get off.

Points deduction in the range of 60-100 points was mentioned as the likely punishment if found guilty.

Expecting a punishment to spread over different seasons is setting yourself up for disappointment. Not going to happen.

A 60 point deduction would mean one year out of the Prem League and, likely 2 years out of Europe. Financial penalties will be important.

Chelsea take the lead through Cucurella. The Leicester players stood off, no marking whatsoever and he takes a shot from distance that finds the bottom right hand corner. Van Nistelrooy disgusted with his players.

Financial penalties mean nothing to the UAE. Cost of doing business.....pay lawyers, pay bribes, pay fines.... It's all the same and it's all built into the overall project costs.

Ya, Raya had very poor positioning. He went way too far to his right initially.

Good strike from Rice squares it 1-1

Proper striker buries that

Gave Rice the chance

Terrible last 5mins from Arsenal

Just keeping giving the ball back

Huge miss, hardly a great save, no one should miss from there

perfect result - neither party overly happy. 5 wins (probably 4 will do it)

15pts clear

16pts needed (15pts depending on goal difference)

I think 5 wins does it

Don’t watch that much of Man Utd, but is Garnacho always that selfish? Would drive you mad if you were a teammate or fan.