General Premier League Thread - 2017/2018

martyos121

Liverpool

fullstop wrote: »

Kick in the head is a red isn't it?!

Only when Mane does it, everyone knows that.

monkey9

Surprised Valencia hasn’t been shown a red there. I thought those challenges were sending offs now.

Loafing Oaf

Muff_Daddy wrote: »

I have to say, I think he’s been excellent today.

So does Red Nev...

Paully D

He could have been killed.

TitianGerm

Liverpool

Newcastle have been excellent today. Diame was very impressive.

Harry Palmr

Breathless ending. The keeper is an instant Georgie legend, Newcastle jump up the table.

Brilliant result for the rest of the top 4 pack.

monkey9

Delighted for Rafa!! Get in!!!

niallo27

Arsenal

Rafa you ****ing legend.

fullstop

Enjoyable result for Newcastle!

sligeach

Dirt from Valencia, should have been a straight red card but it's Man United so you know. It's the same reason Newcastle were denied a clear penalty.

Lucas Hood

Keeper had a great game.

Mourinho never won a league game at St James' Park.

Harry Palmr

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Keeper had a great game.

Mourinho never won a league game at St James' Park.

21 points on offer - has won 3.

Paully D

Considering how poor Elliot and Darlow have been, Dubravka may well prove to be the best signing they've made in a while if he performs like that every week.

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Pogba looking world class again head and shoulders better than any midfielder in England.

Looked out of his depth again.

sligeach

Mourinho 0 wins from 7 at Newcastle. He's "special" alright!

super_furry

Liverpool

Have to admit there's a bit of schadenfreude seeing United concede the winning goal from a free-kick awarded for an embarrassing Smalling dive.

Turtyturd

Good result for Newcastle but United probably should’ve won it. 3 clear chances that you’d expect a decent finisher to put away, unfortunately they fell to Martial.

Also, great performance from Shelvey. Looked like the €100 million midfielder out there.

niallo27

Arsenal

Utd before sanchez 3 losses in 24 games.
Utd after Sanchez 2 losses in 3 games.

Coincidence, maybe Wenger knew all along.

blueser

Turtyturd wrote: »

Good result for Newcastle but United probably should’ve won it. 3 clear chances that you’d expect a decent finisher to put away, unfortunately they fell to Martial.

Also, great performance from Shelvey. Looked like the €100 million midfielder out there.

I'll be honest here. I didn't think Shelvey had that type of performance in him.

KERSPLAT!

Liverpool

Delighted!

Agent Coulson

Liverpool

Without Pirlo's footballing brain beside him in midfield Pogba just looks like bambi running around not knowing what to do.


He is a great athlete but not football brain at all in him.

ArielAtom

Poor Jose, I wonder who he’ll blame😂

Turtyturd

blueser wrote: »

I'll be honest here. I didn't think Shelvey had that type of performance in him.

I hated watching him in a Liverpool shirt, sh!te very frustrating player. He won’t have another performance like that.

fullstop

niallo27 wrote: »

Utd before sanchez 3 losses in 24 games.
Utd after Sanchez 2 losses in 3 games.

Coincidence, maybe Wenger knew all along.

A bargain at 450k per week!

TitianGerm

Liverpool

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Without Pirlo's footballing brain beside him in midfield Pogba just looks like bambi running around not knowing what to do.


He is a great athlete but not football brain at all in him.

He just can't play in a 2 man midfield. Everyone bar Jose can see this.

sligeach

Ya, delighted for United, both of them.

niallo27

Arsenal

ArielAtom wrote: »

Poor Jose, I wonder who he’ll blame��

He was actually very fair and complemented Newcastle on their performance.

Harry Palmr

niallo27 wrote: »

He was actually very fair and complemented Newcastle on their performance.

He could hardly say they were terrible and we were worse.

Lucas Hood

United created enough and should have won.

Xg shows this
Newcastle 0.7 - 1.9 Man United .

Agent Coulson

Liverpool

Newcastle should of had a pen & utd should have been down to 10 men xg show that?

monkey9

Lucas Hood wrote: »

United created enough and should have won.

Xg shows this
Newcastle 0.7 - 1.9 Man United .

Yeah but Actual Goals shows this

Newcastle 1-0 Man United.

sligeach

That was Newcastle's first home win since mid October and that was a 1-0 against Crystal Palace who were in bits at that time.

Lucas Hood

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Newcastle should of had a pen & utd should have been down to 10 men xg show that?

Well no it's expected goals.

Maybe you should suggest expected red cards and expected penalties to the stats makers.

Fair play to Newcastle they took their one big chance.
Just saying wasn't like united didnt create anything the chances they created should have been enough to win the game.

Quite like that xg stat personally
Should be used more during live games.

PhlegmyMoses

Liverpool

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Newcastle should of had a pen & utd should have been down to 10 men xg show that?

This is such a disingenuous way of looking at that game. Both of your statements are correct, but it in no way represents how that game went.

Agent Coulson

Liverpool

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

This is such a disingenuous way of looking at that game. Both of your statements are correct, but it in no way represents how that game went.

No either does Xg what does represent how the match went was the final scoreline and Newcastle won that.

sligeach

Some interesting Opta Stats after NU v MU today.

- Jose Mourinho has now lost six times against Rafa Benitez in all competitions. Only against Pep Guardiola (9) has he suffered more defeats as a manager.

- Newcastle enjoyed their first win in nine Premier League home games (D3 L5), since beating Crystal Palace in October.

- Mourinho has still never won a Premier League match at St. James’ Park (P7 W0 D3 L4) and has managed more away league games at Newcastle without winning than at any other club in his managerial career.

- The Red Devils have won only one of the nine Premier League matches this season after conceding the opening goal of the game (D3 L5), courtesy of a 4-1 win v Newcastle in November.

Berserker

In other news, Liverpool are in cruise control against Southampton, 0-2. Only thing that can stop a comfortable win are some crazy antics at the back from Liverpool.

niallo27

Arsenal

Berserker wrote: »

In other news, Liverpool are in cruise control against Southampton, 0-2. Only thing that can stop a comfortable win are some crazy antics at the back from Liverpool.

So you are saying there is a chance.

Everton

Hugely impressive signing Mo Salah has become.

I said if his finishing improved when he signed he could be a massive player for Liverpool and credit where credit is due. He's done just that.

Sickener but what ya gonna do

Lucas Hood

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Hugely impressive signing Mo Salah has become.

I said if his finishing improved when he signed he could be a massive player for Liverpool and credit where credit is due. He's done just that.

Sickener but what ya gonna do

Maybe not recently but he missed a lot of easy chances early on in season.

He could probably have 30 league goals had he taken some of them.

Between him & De Bruyne for player of season.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Maybe not recently but he missed a lot of easy chances early on in season.

He could probably have 30 league goals had he taken some of them.

Between him & De Bruyne for player of season.

Don't think Salah is close to De Bruyne although not saying he cannot get there, that lad is a different gravy.

Berserker

niallo27 wrote: »

So you are saying there is a chance.

It's always extremely risky with Liverpool. If someone posts that you are home and hosed, Shane Long would probably come off the bench and score a hat trick.

pjohnson

Berserker wrote: »

It's always extremely risky with Liverpool. If someone posts that you are home and hosed, Shane Long would probably come off the bench and score a hat trick.

Is that not one of the signs of the apocalypse?

blueser

Shane long coming on; that's Liverpool fecked then!

thebaz

this is going to the toughest relegation battle I can remember - hopefully Stoke and West Brom go down - really brought very little positivity to the league

ERG89

In terms of fight I haven't seen much of it from Southampton this season. The fans today put every bit of energy into booing Van Dijk & the team could have conceded 4 or 5 today had Liverpool not been so sloppy

niallo27

Arsenal

Van Dijk clean sheet and Liverpool win. The first of many.

tayto lover

Southampton are the worse team i've seen in the Premiership this season.
No fight at all.
Certs for the drop imo.

blueser

The scrap for 2nd-4th could turn out to be very interesting. Same with the dogfight to avoid the drop.