General Premier League Thread - 2017/2018

Turtyturd

RoboKlopp wrote: »

4 losses in a row and no wins in 6.

Was being praised as a genius around these parts after the initial results bump.

He seems convinced the boards have long term faith in him which might be worrying for Everton fans.

pjohnson

WTF is he meant to do with the squad? A hape of midfielders is all Koeman signed this summer, most of his defence is crocked and he just signed Tosun to try to score goals.

Iused2likebusts

Liverpool

1 shot on target in 3 games for Sam. They haven't had a shot on target against spurs,Chelsea or utd in recent weeks.

davycc

Man City

Rooney should be off the ref bottled his second blatant yellow IMO

thebaz

RoboKlopp wrote: »

The Big Sam honeymoon bubble has well and truly burst.

hopefully this will speed his exit - his agricultural hoofball has no place at Goodison.

thebaz

thebaz wrote: »

hopefully this will speed his exit - his agricultural hoofball has no place at Goodison.

Could well be gone in the summer if Everton have sense.

Agent Coulson

Liverpool

It will be some amount of zeros after the 2 Madrid will have to put on that check for Harry Kane in the summer.

eigrod

RoboKlopp wrote: »

The Big Sam honeymoon bubble has well and truly burst.

Disappointed that they weren’t in a relegation fight when he took over, he is dragging them into one so that he can save them on the last day of the season, as per his speciality.

mickmackey1

Everton have just relaxed after Big Sam worked another miracle to guarantee safety after a few matches. They'll pick up more points if and when necessary.

pjohnson

thebaz wrote: »

hopefully this will speed his exit - his agricultural hoofball has no place at Goodison.

Aye take Koeman back then. His non hoofball worked so well at Goodison.

Loafing Oaf

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Everton have just relaxed after Big Sam worked another miracle to guarantee safety after a few matches. They'll pick up more points if and when necessary.

Yeah wouldn't want to carry on the way they did when he came in, or they'd end up qualifying for the Europa League. And nobody wants that...

Hammer Archer

eigrod wrote: »

Disappointed that they weren’t in a relegation fight when he took over, he is dragging them into one so that he can save them on the last day of the season, as per his speciality.

Eh, if I remember correctly they were in 16th and 2 points above the relegation zone when he was announced as manager. They're in a slump but they're still in 9th.

Like it or not, Sam will still get Premier League jobs because he simply won't get his teams relegated.

thebaz

pjohnson wrote: »

Aye take Koeman back then. His non hoofball worked so well at Goodison.

no thanks - but you seam so keen on Big Sam , why don't you take him to replace your little man

pjohnson

thebaz wrote: »

no thanks - but you seam so keen on Big Sam , why don't you take him to replace your little man

Because I'm not stupid enough to want to replace a manager for lols.

pjohnson

pjohnson wrote: »

Because I'm not stupid enough to want to replace a manager for lols.

yeah, that's what he's saying :rolleyes:

pjohnson

RoboKlopp wrote: »

yeah, that's what he's saying :rolleyes:

He suggested Big Sam take over from Mourinho. Mourinho is the manager of Man Utd. Why would they need a second?

thebaz

pjohnson wrote: »

He suggested Big Sam take over from Mourinho. Mourinho is the manager of Man Utd. Why would they need a second?

Relax - but seriously, do you think the old trafford faithful would welcome Big Sam as a replacement IF Jose did leave ??

pjohnson

thebaz wrote: »

Relax - but seriously, do you think the old trafford faithful would welcome Big Sam as a replacement IF Jose did leave ??

No. But can you not see any difference between the clubs to be making the comparison?

thebaz

pjohnson wrote: »

No. But can you not see any difference between the clubs to be making the comparison?

ones in liverpool , the other in Manchester ? i'm done now - good luck

pjohnson

thebaz wrote: »

ones in liverpool , the other in Manchester ? i'm done now - good luck

Well thats correct I guess. Another difference you didnt notice is one competes in the Champions League, the other was in a relegation battle or maybe scraping into Europa. But yes, best for you to go now. Until you can celebrate Evertons next defeat as being "proof" that Big Sam is awful.

pjohnson

Doucoure's equaliser is shocking!

thebaz

pjohnson wrote: »

But yes, best for you to go now. Until you can celebrate Evertons next defeat as being "proof" that Big Sam is awful.

that we can agree on - Big Sam is awful

theoneeyedman

pjohnson wrote: »

Doucoure's equaliser is shocking!

Just saw it on MOTD, shocking call alright. Linesman should have seen it though surely.

Underground

Anyone else notice the lads on Motd tonight really really plugging VAR? Wonder what the story with that is?

I know they tested it out in the arsenal Chelsea game recently but the guys seem to be going a bit OTT on it tonight. Just seems strange as they've never really mentioned it at length on motd before where as the average punter has been talking about VAR for years.

Agent Coulson

Liverpool

With VAR does the clock stop?

Does 30 seconds get added like for a sub for every VAR check?

Does the fourth official keep track how long of time is wasted or not wasted depending on the outcome of VAR?

Or is it considered part of the 90 minutes?

the whole year inn

Liverpool

Agent Coulson wrote: »

With VAR does the clock stop?

Does 30 seconds get added like for a sub for every VAR check?

Does the fourth official keep track how long of time is wasted or not wasted depending on the outcome of VAR?

Or is it considered part of the 90 minutes?

Stop the clock and have no extra time simple really.

theoneeyedman

Underground wrote: »

Anyone else notice the lads on Motd tonight really really plugging VAR? Wonder what the story with that is?

I know they tested it out in the arsenal Chelsea game recently but the guys seem to be going a bit OTT on it tonight. Just seems strange as they've never really mentioned it at length on motd before where as the average punter has been talking about VAR for years.

Very noticeable last night alright. Every incident framed around 'if we had VAR' etc etc.

Of course (and bbc might be slightly different than the others), tv companies will welcome the break in the game once or twice a half to look at the Various (Sponsored by whoever...) and rack up the tension, provide a bit of drama in a scoreless midweek game between WBA and Stoke.

theoneeyedman

Underground wrote: »

Anyone else notice the lads on Motd tonight really really plugging VAR? Wonder what the story with that is?

I know they tested it out in the arsenal Chelsea game recently but the guys seem to be going a bit OTT on it tonight. Just seems strange as they've never really mentioned it at length on motd before where as the average punter has been talking about VAR for years.

Very noticeable last night alright. Every incident framed around 'if we had VAR' etc etc.

Of course (and bbc might be slightly different than the others), tv companies will welcome the break in the game once or twice a half to look at the VAR (Sponsored by whoever...) and rack up the tension, provide a bit of drama in a scoreless midweek game between WBA and Stoke.

mickmackey1

Underground wrote: »

Anyone else notice the lads on Motd tonight really really plugging VAR? Wonder what the story with that is?

Maybe they think correct decisions are preferable to incorrect decisions...

fyfe79

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Maybe they think correct decisions are preferable to incorrect decisions...

Surely they've always though this though? Last night was noticeable for the sheer number of times it was brought up - even the reporters were asking all managers and players about it after the games. Something seems to have happened recently which suggests that the TV companies (of which BBC are one) are forcing the issue - I'm thinking extra sponsorship revenue while the game's stopped etc.

Loafing Oaf

Underground wrote: »

Anyone else notice the lads on Motd tonight really really plugging VAR?

No, but they were certainly talking up MAHR


I'l get me coat...

mickmackey1

fyfe79 wrote: »

Surely they've always though this though? Last night was noticeable for the sheer number of times it was brought up - even the reporters were asking all managers and players about it after the games. Something seems to have happened recently which suggests that the TV companies (of which BBC are one) are forcing the issue - I'm thinking extra sponsorship revenue while the game's stopped etc.

They were only asking those involved in the controversial incidents from what I saw. The Doucoure incident in particular was blatant. Perfect timing for their VAR agenda

Turtwig

This Bournemouth arsenal game is tripe.

Paully D

Bournemouth spending over £80m since being promoted and still having Cook, Francis, Smith and Daniels in their defence is criminal.

Loafing Oaf

What's this thing about putting the ball on the outer edge for the line for a corner?

pjohnson

Paully D wrote: »

Bournemouth spending over £80m since being promoted and still having Cook, Francis, Smith and Daniels in their defence is criminal.

Howe gets away with murder!

eh i dunno

Paully D wrote: »

Bournemouth spending over £80m since being promoted and still having Cook, Francis, Smith and Daniels in their defence is criminal.

Did spend about 30 on ake and begovic though.

Everton

Bournemouth equaliser

Just looked at the goal again. Cech with the mistake

ERG89

Ibe. How humiliating.
Cech was very, very poor for that too.

Trigger

Liverpool

Cracking 1st l goal for Bournemouth

Jaysus that was bad by Cech for 2nd!

Everton

Might sound hyperbolic but Arsenal as a team and a club falling apart
Wenger at the helm has it all ****ed up for a long time now and steadily getting worse

fullstop

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

What's this thing about putting the ball on the outer edge for the line for a corner?

What's wrong with it? No point putting it on the line if it's sitting down a bit and inside is a bit close to the flag

Rekop dog

Spurs

Get Simeone in and bring a bit of fecking passion back into the club. It's like a slow rot currently.

Rekop dog

Everton

Rekop dog wrote: »

Get Simeone in and bring a bit of fecking passion back into the club. It's like a slow rot currently.

I've said that last year
That would be some coup imo but cannot see it happening
Issues right through the board, pun intended

monkey9

Wenger's been spoofing and bluffing his way through the Arsenal job for the best part of a decade now. I don't even know what he's attempting to do anymore at the club.

Iused2likebusts

Liverpool

Cech like with both Liverpool's keepers are a couple of levels below what the other top 6 teams have and over the season cost both clubs a considerable amount of points.

tayto lover

monkey9 wrote: »

Wenger's been spoofing and bluffing his way through the Arsenal job for the best part of a decade now. I don't even know what he's attempting to do anymore at the club.

Neither does he.

Loafing Oaf

fullstop wrote: »

What's wrong with it? No point putting it on the line if it's sitting down a bit and inside is a bit close to the flag

Oh right, just thought it was about "gaining every last inch" taken to an absurd extreme...

monkey9

tayto lover wrote: »

Neither does he.

You're right though. His transfer policy is ridiculous. The football they play isn't even that great, it's nothing at all like it was when Wenger was in his prime at the club. It's just a club going nowhere fast.

Headshot

It's sad to see the state of Arsenal these days. That fist 11 is really not top 4 material.