General Premier League Thread 2019-20

niallo27

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Winning the league at a canter and still United are in your mind.

Yep, I hate utd. In a healthy way though not in a way that affects my life or anything.

Shanotheslayer

6 wrote: »

Get in !!!

9 more points requited for the title!

Loaded guns shooting too early today

Nothing worse than blowing your load quickly

niallo27

Any chance utd can do us a favour tommorrow, they are in good form.

noodler

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Winning the league at a canter and still United are in your mind.

Must have something to do with all the utd fans

Fitz*

Liverpool win 22 league games in a row at Anfield.

In doing so, they set a new all time PL (and English top flight) record of most successive home wins.

niallo27

FitzShane wrote: »

Liverpool win 22 league games in a row at Anfield.

In doing so, they set a new all time PL (and English top flight) record of most successive home wins.

Greatest premier league side ever for me.

Harambe

Liverpool go 25 points clear and break the record for most home league wins in a row. What a side.

ricero

Harambe wrote: »

Liverpool go 25 points clear and break the record for most home league wins in a row. What a side.

A special side. They have made it seem normal.

Shanotheslayer

City are the ones who made it seem normal. Are Liverpool trying to claim that as well? :pac:

Fitz*

niallo27 wrote: »

Greatest premier league side ever for me.

For me, not yet. The potential is there for it though.

A few years ago, I said at the time that Man City 17-18 was the single greatest season by a PL side.

ShamoBuc

Just catching up with the thread, took a while with all the lads shooting their loads off early

22 straight league wins at home. No other great teams ever did that.
Records eh?

Glad of the win. VVD, Bobby, Trent off form in particular. Sub keeper playing. But the Ledge that is Milner came through big time.
Mané and co have a lot of room to improve for the test on Wednesday.

Not playing well and still winning, sign of champions.

Oranage2

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Just catching up with the thread, took a while with all the lads shooting their loads off early

22 straight league wins at home. No other great teams ever did that.
Records eh?

Glad of the win. VVD, Bobby, Trent off form in particular. Sub keeper playing. But the Ledge that is Milner came through big time.
Mané and co have a lot of room to improve for the test on Wednesday.

Not playing well and still winning, sign of champions.

Small time but yeah...

8-10

niallo27 wrote: »

Greatest premier league side ever for me.

Think the prevailing opinion on this thread is that they're the best team in the observable universe right now.

Hard to disagree with those fans

ShamoBuc

Oranage2 wrote: »

Small time but yeah...

Dcully

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

City are the ones who made it seem normal. Are Liverpool trying to claim that as well? :pac:

Where are City now -- oh wait :D:D

gimli2112

8-10 wrote: »

Think the prevailing opinion on this thread is that they're the best team in the observable universe right now.

Hard to disagree with those fans

only because there's nothing but Liverpool fans here now

Dcully

gimli2112 wrote: »

only because there's nothing but Liverpool fans here now

Uncompetitive thread is the narrative :rolleyes:

ricero

Haller is a donkey

sReq | uTeK

niallo27 wrote: »

Yep, I hate utd. In a healthy way though not in a way that affects my life or anything.

I.......believe......you

The White Wolf

FitzShane wrote: »

For me, not yet. The potential is there for it though.

A few years ago, I said at the time that Man City 17-18 was the single greatest season by a PL side.

For two seasons we've been near untouchable but I'll admit that trophies really determine such a statement. Through gritted teeth I'll accept United 99 still hold the bar. Having said that, I feel the league now and back then is apples and oranges in terms of competiveness. Compared to now that United team had it handy.

super_furry

This Arsenal v West Ham game is like watching two bald men fighting over a comb. Both are so terrible at the back but they're also awful in attack so that it doesn't really matter.

Oranage2

super_furry wrote: »

This Arsenal v West Ham game is like watching two bald men fighting over a comb. Both are so terrible at the back but they're also awful in attack so that it doesn't really matter.

Strange when one of teams have the best African attacker in the world.

8-10

Oranage2 wrote: »

Strange when one of teams have the best African attacker in the world.

Klopp makes good attackers out of African players

This is it

Oranage2 wrote: »

Strange when one of teams have the best African attacker in the world.

That's certainly not Arsenal

gimli2112

VAR is absolutely murdering Southampton and it's still 0-0

as much as I hate to admit it Aboomerang is one of the finest strikers in world football. also seems to be a decent guy as well despite having his character assassinated in Germany

Oranage2

8-10 wrote: »

Klopp makes good attackers out of African players

WHAT!!!!!

8-10

Oranage2 wrote: »

WHAT!!!!!

The 3 highest scorers in the PL last season were all African attackers that became world class after Klopp bought them

I presume you're referring to one of them.

Two of them scored today

j8wk2feszrnpao

Orange2 wrote:

If teams like Leicester and liverpool can win a league any team can

So, you’re saying it’s a very competitive league. I agree.

MD1990

Fair to say Pablo Mari wont be signed permanently.

Arsenal are awful.

yourdeadwright

Anyone notice in the Liverpool game nó shaking hands before the game but the players hugging each other at the end, Like something out of Father Ted

KaiserGunner

The White Wolf wrote: »

For two seasons we've been near untouchable but I'll admit that trophies really determine such a statement. Through gritted teeth I'll accept United 99 still hold the bar. Having said that, I feel the league now and back then is apples and oranges in terms of competiveness. Compared to now that United team had it handy.

That Utd team of 98/99 definitely didn’t have it handy. They won the league by a point on the last day. Had an epic semi final replay against Arsenal in the FA cup,which easily could have gone a different way (Schmeichel penalty save against Bergkamp) and the extra time wonder goal by Ryan Giggs. They won the Champions League final by beating Bayern Munich in the final by scoring two injury time goals to steal it from Bayern.

Utd had it handy??

j8wk2feszrnpao

KaiserGunner wrote: »

That Utd team of 98/99 definitely didn’t have it handy. They won the league by a point on the last day. Had an epic semi final replay against Arsenal in the FA cup,which easily could have gone a different way (Schmeichel penalty save against Bergkamp) and the extra time wonder goal by Ryan Giggs. They won the Champions League final by beating Bayern Munich in the final by scoring two injury time goals to steal it from Bayern.

Utd had it handy??

I don’t agree they had it handy. I think the point is that Utd were up against domestic teams that couldn’t succeed in Europe. Utd were the only PL team to make it to the CL final for the first ~13years of the PL until Liverpool in ‘05.

It was a great achievement by that Utd team. No matter the strength of the PL, they won the CL to show how good they were.

8-10

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Anyone notice in the Liverpool game nó shaking hands before the game but the players hugging each other at the end, Like something out of Father Ted

They said banning it beforehand was more for spreading awareness about being careful shaking hands in general rather than specifically because of danger to the players

super_furry

The White Wolf wrote: »

Through gritted teeth I'll accept United 99 still hold the bar.

No chance. The United team of 2008 were far better.

RasTa

That feckin Portsmouth quarter. Still no idea how we lost that.

The White Wolf

KaiserGunner wrote: »

That Utd team of 98/99 definitely didn’t have it handy. They won the league by a point on the last day. Had an epic semi final replay against Arsenal in the FA cup,which easily could have gone a different way (Schmeichel penalty save against Bergkamp) and the extra time wonder goal by Ryan Giggs. They won the Champions League final by beating Bayern Munich in the final by scoring two injury time goals to steal it from Bayern.

Utd had it handy??

In terms of the Premier league, which is what I was talking about, the amount of points this City team has dropped this season tells you everything. You might have won it by a point in 99 but that doesn't necessarily mean that the league was full of capable teams; it just means you just did about enough against the second best team.

The White Wolf

super_furry wrote: »

No chance. The United team of 2008 were far better.

Don't mention that team to me. *****.

Mushy

MOTD will be a bag of fun tonight

super_furry

VARsenal!

super_furry

Christ how did they take so long to come to that decision? One look at the replay and you can see it's onside, and they're pissing about drawing lines and angles for five minutes.

ricero

Poor moyesey

bucketybuck

munstermagic11 wrote: »

I don’t agree they had it handy. I think the point is that Utd were up against domestic teams that couldn’t succeed in Europe. Utd were the only PL team to make it to the CL final for the first ~13years of the PL until Liverpool in ‘05.

Are you taking the piss here?

Can you really not think of any reason why other PL teams were not making CL finals during that era?

PhlegmyMoses

The White Wolf wrote: »

In terms of the Premier league, which is what I was talking about, the amount of points this City team has dropped this season tells you everything. You might have won it by a point in 99 but that doesn't necessarily mean that the league was full of capable teams; it just means you just did about enough against the second best team.

United didn't lose a game in all competitions from December to June that season. When you didnt have massively stacked squads full of quality.

Agent Coulson

Bruce is doing some job at Newcastle considering he was the favorite for the sack at the start of the season keeping them in the same position as Rafa did however he doesn't seem to get the same credit at all.

The White Wolf

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

United didn't lose a game in all competitions from December to June that season. When you didnt have massively stacked squads full of quality.

United had a stacked squad and the financial muscle back then where most other teams were fodder bar one or two capable of competing.

Harry Palmr

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Bruce is doing some job at Newcastle considering he was the favorite for the sack at the start of the season keeping them in the same position as Rafa did however he doesn't seem to get the same credit at all.

Many of their metrics are just terrible - indicating they really should be going down but scoring at just the right moment when they do and their keeper seems to have been enough. Be quite something if they ended up being safe with 8 games to play.

mightyreds

bucketybuck wrote: »

Are you taking the piss here?

Can you really not think of any reason why other PL teams were not making CL finals during that era?

Maybe you could enlighten us, is it only one team was able to go into the champions league?

This is it

Dier and Lloris awful there

Adamcp898

Hand ball no?

It’s a **** rule but accidental or not those are meant to be ruled out.

joe_99

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Hand ball no?

It’s a **** rule but accidental or not those are meant to be ruled out.

Only assister or scorer count