General Premier League Thread 2018-19 Part 2

Harry Palmr

Soton are safe!

The Rabbit has been pulled from the hutch. Or something.

Must say I like that an ex Red sunk Cardiff today and maybe for good.

Agent Coulson

Hopefully Brighton can beat Newcastle tonight and will be Warnock down .

davycc

Congratulations west ham you wanted the win much more than us!

ERG89

Agent Coulson wrote:

Hopefully Brighton can beat Newcastle tonight and will be Warnock down .

They missed some amount of chances when they attacked Fulham. I don't think Brighton even need a point.
Cardiff's last 2 games on paper are rotten, at home to Palace (who are dangerous on the road) & away at Old Trafford.

L1011

Palace doing Brighton a favour? They'll roll over if they think it'll send them down.

Hughton has to justify some recent selections and tactics to keep his job even if staying up I think

Shanotheslayer

ERG89 wrote: »

They missed some amount of chances when they attacked Fulham. I don't think Brighton even need a point.
Cardiff's last 2 games on paper are rotten, at home to Palace (who are dangerous on the road) & away at Old Trafford.

Liverpool fans won't be happy be that!

Bridge93

Brighton losing again. Surely Hughton will be sacked whether they stay up or not

Harry Palmr

They were never likely to make the PL a permanent home. Three seasons is actually pretty decent, if they go down' Hughton would still be their best bet.

Edit it's two years. Weird it feels longer!

noodler

To go down they need to not get another point and hope Cardiff beat palace at home and get a point at utd.

They'll be fine

TheRiverman

Bridge93 wrote: »

Brighton losing again. Surely Hughton will be sacked whether they stay up or not

Looks that way.Fair dues to Rafa,doing a great job at Newcastle,despite their terrible owner.

Mushy

noodler wrote: »

To go down they need to not get another point and hope Cardiff beat palace at home and get a point at utd.

They'll be fine

With how it's going they'll get a point at Palace and beat Utd

Berserker

ERG89 wrote: »

They missed some amount of chances when they attacked Fulham. I don't think Brighton even need a point.

Brighton are four points ahead of Cardiff, 3 + 1 based on GD. Brighton have been appalling for the last few months and I can't see them getting anything from their remaining games. They'll stay up because Cardiff won't win against Palace, who are good on the road.

Bridge93 wrote: »

Brighton losing again. Surely Hughton will be sacked whether they stay up or not

Think he'll go. He's done very well with them. Took them from the middle of the championship to the PL and kept them there.

TheRiverman wrote: »

Looks that way.Fair dues to Rafa,doing a great job at Newcastle,despite their terrible owner.

Will be interesting to see what sort of effort they put in next weekend.

Harry Palmr

I hope Benitez plays a change team to annoy Warnock.

Berserker

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I hope Benitez plays a change team to annoy Warnock.

Plays a changed team against????

jpboard1

Would nearly think spurs and united are favorites for 3 and 4 now. Especially as game is in Old Trafford tomorrow

Cantona's Collars

Brighton equaliser from GroB.

Harry Palmr

Berserker wrote: »

Plays a changed team against????

Liverpool of course! He is still full of fume from when Rafa put out a weakened side in 2007 v Fulham when he was manager of Sheffield Utd.

Guy:Incognito

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Brighton equaliser from GroB.

Cardiff need 2 wins now.

Berserker

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Cardiff need 2 wins now.

Yeah, think they'll go down next weekend. Palace are very good on the road.

whatawaster81

Berserker wrote: »

Yeah, think they'll go down next weekend. Palace are very good on the road.

Agreed, they were so bad today, I don't see them picking up anything against Palace and think they'll be gone by mid week.

Hope Brighton stay up.

The Talking Bread

Most forgettable relegation "battle" ever.

Dr. Bre

Brighton unlikely to get results v arsenal and city but will probably stay up. Wonder will Hughton go in the summer. I think he’s taken them as far as he can

noodler

After three years maybe he'll be given some decent money to spend.

charolais0153

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Most forgettable relegation "battle" ever.

ye cardiff seemed destined to go down with ages imo

eh i dunno

noodler wrote: »

After three years maybe he'll be given some decent money to spend.

He's spent over 100m in two seasons and hasn't bought well at all

noodler

eh i dunno wrote: »

He's spent over 100m in two seasons and hasn't bought well at all

Admit I didn't know it was quite that much.

But 50m a season and successfully keeping Brighton in the division is a measure of success i suppose.

chicorytip

noodler wrote:

Admit I didn't know it was quite that much.

noodler wrote:

But 50m a season and successfully keeping Brighton in the division is a measure of success i suppose.

Eddie Howe has managed it comfortably for three consecutive seasons now with limited financial resources at his disposal. Some of his signings have been disappointing but, unlike Hughton's, his teams are always entertaining to watch

noodler

chicorytip wrote: »

Eddie Howe has managed it comfortably for three consecutive seasons now with limited financial resources at his disposal. Some of his signings have been disappointing but, unlike Hughton's, his teams are always entertaining to watch

I guess the obvious otherside to that argument is that other teams have spent what Brighton have and gone down.

Berserker

noodler wrote: »

I guess the obvious otherside to that argument is that other teams have spent what Brighton have and gone down.

Like Fulham? Three wins and three clean sheets in a row for them. Bossed that game today for 80 mins. Anguissa is settling into English football now. Looks like a solid PL footballer to me. If Fulham keep him, Mitro, Cairney and R. Sess, I think they'll be very strong candidates to come back up. Vietto, Seri and Schurrle are off to pastures new, so that should cover the wages gap. Those three won't be much of a loss on the field.

ERG89

Berserker wrote:

Like Fulham? Three wins and three clean sheets in a row for them. Bossed that game today for 80 mins.

Cardiff could have scored 3 in those 10 minutes & Cardiff don't even have a premier league quality team.

L1011

eh i dunno wrote: »

He's spent over 100m in two seasons and hasn't bought well at all

Hughton has extremely little control over player purchasing at Brighton; Paul Winstanley actually does the majority of the work with the CEO Paul Barber doing signoff; and there have allegedly been cases of players Hughton didn't want being signed - not even cheap or free ones at times.

He does, however, have tactical control which is clearly falling to bits and the local paper is ****stirring about losing the dressing room and player behaviour.

Pascal Gross has got goal of the month for April anyway; unless they bring in some womens team or PL2 goals for voting!

TitianGerm

L1011 wrote: »

Hughton has extremely little control over player purchasing at Brighton; Paul Winstanley actually does the majority of the work with the CEO Paul Barber doing signoff; and there have allegedly been cases of players Hughton didn't want being signed - not even cheap or free ones at times.

He does, however, have tactical control which is clearly falling to bits and the local paper is ****stirring about losing the dressing room and player behaviour.

Pascal Gross has got goal of the month for April anyway; unless they bring in some womens team or PL2 goals for voting!

Salah against Chelsea wasn't bad either.

L1011

TitianGerm wrote: »

Salah against Chelsea wasn't bad either.

I meant the Brighton club one, should probably have said that.

As in - he is the only Brighton player to have scored in April.

ozzy jr

How long is the current winning run in the league for both city and Liverpool?

Strumms

Arsenal player throwing the arm / elbow, can be thankful maybe only a yellow.

rob316

ozzy jr wrote: »

How long is the current winning run in the league for both city and Liverpool?

11 in a row for city, 7 for Liverpool

ozzy jr

rob316 wrote: »

11 in a row for city, 7 for Liverpool

Amazing really.

I think city may draw one of their next two games.

Harry Palmr

Has anyone noticed how Leicester City now have a really tidy first 11?

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell, Choudhury, Albrighton, Tielemans, Ndidi, Maddison, Vardy

Subs: Soyuncu, Gray, Iheanacho, Ward, Barnes, Mendy, Fuchs

The mid pack Wolves, Everton, Foxes, Watford and maybe West Ham all have plenty of talent, just lack the top level and/or experienced management

Loafing Oaf

Leicester killing Arsenal here, need to capitalise...

RollieFingers

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Has anyone noticed how Leicester City now have a really tidy first 11?

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell, Choudhury, Albrighton, Tielemans, Ndidi, Maddison, Vardy

Subs: Soyuncu, Gray, Iheanacho, Ward, Barnes, Mendy, Fuchs

The mid pack Wolves, Everton, Foxes, Watford and maybe West Ham all have plenty of talent, just lack the top level and/or experienced management

If they can hold onto their key players and upgrade on Schmeichel, Evans and Albrighton I think they could have a really good campaign under Rodgers next season.

ERG89

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Leicester killing Arsenal here, need to capitalise...

The worst thing I could say about Arsenal is that they are very easy to play against. Badly miss Ramsey too as Mkhitaryan and Ozil are worthless 95% of the time.

Strumms

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Leicester killing Arsenal here, need to capitalise...

Missed two absolute sitters though. A header 5 yards out from the corner and Vardy there...fùck

ERG89

Arsenal down to 10. Take off Mkhitaryan as he's been anonymous.

Harry Palmr

ERG89 wrote: »

Arsenal down to 10. Take off Mkhitaryan as he's been anonymous.

Down to 9 then!

That Miki/Sanchez swap worked so well for all parties. :pac:

Loafing Oaf

Leicester finally make the breakthrough.

Strumms

What a ball, what a header ! Even with 10 men Arsenal had looked comfortable... but that is going to force the 10 men to press and become probably more vulnerable.

Strumms

Arsenal could be down to 9 after that kick on the keeper. Plus Leicester should have had another.

Strumms

Two GREAT saves by the Arsenal keeper, especially the second one.

RobertKK

No one wants 3rd or 4th place it seems...