General Premier League Thread 2018-19

ERG89

Thankfully for Emery it's the hapless West Ham and Cardiff up next. Already look all over the shop.

Liam McPoyle

Oh Auba.

Liam McPoyle

Game, set, match.

Gbear

Man Utd

And 2-0.

Nightmare stuff for Arsenal. Really good play by Morata. It makes you wonder why he can be so hapless at times.

Man Utd

Arsenal look worse than last season.

ERG89

You'd be better off with Adams and Seaman than Mustafi and Cech the latter are that slow.

OwaynOTT

Leicester City

Why is hazard on the bench?

monkey9

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Why is hazard on the bench?

Cos it’s only Arsenal.

monkey9

Xhaka is an awful footballer. There is no excuse for him.

SureYWouldntYa

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Why is hazard on the bench?

Only back training 2 weeks and not able for 90 according to Sarri himself

RobertKK

Man Utd

Wenger out...that can't be used anymore.

RobertKK

Man Utd

Stupid misses by the former Dortmund players.

mightyreds

Man Utd

Arsenal are useless and still should be 2-2

The Backwards Man

Everton

Gbear wrote: »

Sarri's weird-looking.

He's got the sort of paunch that men of a certain age get, but he has tiny little matchstick arms that look like they're glued on and being operated remotely.

He reminds me of Uncle Junior.

pjohnson

Man Utd

RobertKK wrote: »

Wenger out...that can't be used anymore.

#WengerIn

Maybe

Gbear

Man Utd

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Arsenal look worse than last season.

The start of last season was scraping a win at home to Leicester in the dying minutes, losing away to Stoke and then getting stuffed at Anfield.
They were, I think, the worst in the top 6 against the rest of the top 6, getting 6 pts while scoring 10 and conceding 21.

It's a tough start for them but there's a long way to go in the season.

What's Ozil for in a game like this? Maybe he'll create a bit if midfield gets lazy or complacent, but there's so little energy in the attacking half of the pitch for Arsenal. Why isn't Ramsey starting?

jamescd

Man Utd

Despite Chelsea's dominance, this game should be 2-2. And they were pretty easy chances too.

pjohnson

Man Utd

Gbear wrote: »

The start of last season was scraping a win at home to Leicester in the dying minutes, losing away to Stoke and then getting stuffed at Anfield.
They were, I think, the worst in the top 6 against the rest of the top 6, getting 6 pts while scoring 10 and conceding 21.

It's a tough start for them but there's a long way to go in the season.

What's Ozil for in a game like this? Maybe he'll create a bit if midfield gets lazy or complacent, but there's so little energy in the attacking half of the pitch for Arsenal. Why isn't Ramsey starting?

How on earth are Xhaka, Bellerin and Cech still starting.

Gbear

Man Utd

Good strike by Mhktarian.

You'd have to wonder are we just seeing two teams that aren't very good yet.
Chelsea have played some good stuff, but it hasn't been particularly difficult to get at them.

I wonder is Kante being pushed forward a little bit too much.

Whatever the reason, it's entertaining stuff.

Fromvert

Man Utd

Neither team look like they'll be difficult to break down. Giving up chances for fun

OwaynOTT

Leicester City

Arsenal should be winning 2-4.

Fromvert

Man Utd

Lol at that defending out wide

Sprinter Sacre

Chelsea would have been better off resigning Cech than this fella

Gbear

Man Utd

pjohnson wrote: »

How on earth are Xhaka, Bellerin and Cech still starting.

I seem to remember Bellerin being highly rated a few years ago. He's making chances and been one of Arsenal's better players. Another decent bit of play for 2-2.

Do they have any other particularly good RB options?

Chelsea creaking a bit now.

razorblunt

Man Utd

McMananaman and Hoddle were breaking their holes laughing at Arsenal playing out from the back. The build up for the equaliser started from back there and it was excellent and patient. Not a whisper from the lads in commentary about it. Absolute self serving gowls

Turtwig

Sprinter Sacre wrote: »

Chelsea would have been better off resigning Cech than this fella

Give Kepa time.

ERG89

Arsenal have missed 3 great chances from cutbacks. Make that 4 great chances.

Will I Am Not

Man Utd

2 teams pretty awful in defence, makes for an entertaining game.

Turtwig

Arsenal should be out of sight!

duffman13

Will I Am Not wrote: »

2 teams pretty awful in defence, makes for an entertaining game.

It's entertaining as **** though

blueser

Man Utd

Arsenal are going to rue all those missed chances. They should be (at least) two up by now.

duffman13

Turtwig wrote: »

Arsenal should be out of sight!

Literally could have scored 6.

jamescd

Man Utd

Jesus so many great chances from cutbacks. Arsenal should have scored 5 or 6 by now, not 2.

Man Utd

Great game

monkey9

It’s like a Sunday league match, but great to watch. Nobody deserves to win, but the least sh!te team should prevail.

Turtyturd

First half probably best summed up as;

Emery out

Emery back in.

Interesting to see how it finishes.

monkey9

It's just one game and very early on in the season, but good God these two have been bad. It's fascinating to watch.

ERG89

Good vision from Ozil to find the touchline. He's probably the one to drop to play Aubameyang & Lacazette together.

blueser

Man Utd

Another anonymous performance by Ozil. He's obviously a talented player, but he doesn't do the business on a regular enough basis.

blueser

Man Utd

blueser wrote: »

Another anonymous performance by Ozil. He's obviously a talented player, but he doesn't do the business on a regular enough basis.

No idea how he gets away with it. A good game every 3 or so.

HalloweenJack

Kante and Hazard have been immense.

GavRedKing

Man Utd

Well deserved win.

Arsenal should have been winning in the 1st half but the faded badly in the 2nd half, Chelsea a much better in this half and Cech kept Arsenal in it.

I think the Kovacic and Hazard changes from the bench were big that quality is hard to compete with.

Happy with the win but the first half was very worrying.

Lukker-

Arsenal

Chelsea press much better than Arsenal. When they beat the press Chelsea were in trouble though. Think Chelsea dominated the second half and deserved the win.

GavRedKing

Man Utd

Lukker- wrote: »

Chelsea press much better than Arsenal. When they beat the press Chelsea were in trouble though. Think Chelsea dominated the second half and deserved the win.

Ya arsenal gassed badly I feel but we're well in the game at half time.

Trigger

Man Utd

Arsenal’s high defensive line is going to be the downfall of them this season, their CB’s just are not quick enough. The amount of times that Chelsea played direct balls in behind. Will be widely exploited

Rezident

Does anyone else genuinely feel sorry for arsenal fans now? I really do. I'm not even going to slag them about it anymore, it's getting repetitive and awkward.

Lukker-

Arsenal

Rezident wrote: »

Does anyone else genuinely feel sorry for arsenal fans now? I really do. I'm not even going to slag them about it anymore, it's getting repetitive and awkward.

They'll do alright. It's early days for both teams, but moreso Arsenal. First new manager in 22 years, bound to be a culture shock.

Man Utd

Mourinho calling City classless?

Man Utd

Off the ball lads on now reckon Utd are the noisy neighbours these days.

Loafing Oaf

Man Utd

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Mourinho calling City classless?