General Premier League Thread 2020-21 - Mod Notes in 1st post. [Updated 17/12/20]

~Rebel~

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

Think they were the 3 I counted alright, although that gives rise to formation issues.

Liverpool on top after 1st 15 here. Henderson looking sharp

On present form I'd go with 4 players anyway... Dier and Toby nailed on to start at CB, with Fab moving into CM instead of Jones. Would have to start Son and Kane ahead of Mane and Firmino on their form right now All 4 are great players, but Spurs 2 are in the form of their lives.

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

To be fair Rebel, when people stated that Klopp never signed a CB for cover given the injury concerns with Matip & Gomez they were told Fab is a CB cover.

He's a good CB imo from what I've seen in a few games

He is a grand CB - though we've not see him put under pressure yet. But he's been massively missed from the middle, he's an absolute colossus in CM for us.

And yeah, that was always the argument in preseason for not buying another CB - one I was (and still am) firmly against though. IMO it's reckless to not have 4 proper CB's. I get that under normal circumstances, you only need that 4th choice a few times, but as things have developed, we've seen that exceptional circumstances do happen, and we've lost our midfield domination as a result.

niallo27

Why isn't that a pen.

TitianGerm

niallo27 wrote: »

Why isn't that a pen.

I'm guessing you're a few minutes behind and just saw the Dier one?

Agent Coulson

The only thing VAR is consistent in is its inconsistency

~Rebel~

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The only thing VAR is consistent in is its inconsistency

I'm still unsure why the Holding barge into Djenepo wasn't even looked at in the Arsenal game!

niallo27

TitianGerm wrote: »

I'm guessing you're a few minutes behind and just saw the Dier one?

Just saw the close up yes, no consistency

~Rebel~

Phew! Bit of luck there! Sure we'll take it!

Be interesting now to see Spurs have to come out and leave a bit of space.

Agent Coulson

Spurs have to try and come out an play some football now.

~Rebel~

Salah is really up for it tonight!

Shanotheslayer

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Salah is really up for it tonight!

Things I hate to see when I take him out of FPL

Unearthly

Offside

Edit: onside wow

~Rebel~

Bloody hell, not even sure what just happened!

My stream just skipped suddenly and Son had the ball in the back of the net!

Offside though?

<edit> Balls, given.

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Things I hate to see when I take him out of FPL

Same, I made KDB captain for this week instead of Mo :-/

Rossi IRL

Son is too good for Spurs

paulie21

That's a laugh

PsychoPete

Excellent pass and finish, Son is a fantastic player

tom1ie

GET IN MY SON!!

castletownman

They'll be getting the rulers out in Liverpool measuring the VAR lines again.

NITRO95

I'm surprised VAR didn't have a look at that Bergwijn challenge on Williams

Shanotheslayer

Bad tackle that by Berg

TitianGerm

castletownman wrote: »

They'll be getting the rulers out in Liverpool measuring the VAR lines again.

The only thing I'll say is it looked so close that I'm surprised the check was over that quick. We've had offsides in the league that looked onside be reviewed for 3-4 minutes so it was a strange one.

I'd rather the benefit is given to the attacker though.

ERG89

NITRO95 wrote: »

I'm surprised VAR didn't have a look at that Bergwijn challenge on Williams

If VAR was a person it would have to be under 24 hour care.

Agent Coulson

Jose copying Ranieri's play book the season he won the league with Leicester 9 defensive players and catching teams on the break with Mahrez/Son & Vardy/Kane.

It worked for Claudio and it may work for Mourinho

tom1ie

Spurs getting a hold in the match towards the end of the half.

niallo27

tom1ie wrote: »

Spurs getting a hold in the match towards the end of the half.

Were they, Liverpool had 96% of possession there for 5 minutes before halftime.

jayo26

tom1ie wrote: »

Spurs getting a hold in the match towards the end of the half.

Really came into their own.. You feel they have another gear, very enjoyable as a neutral.

8-10

Terrific game so far. You'd think if Thiago was fit he'd be creating a lot more chances with this amount of possession and Jota would have done better with both of Firmino's chances if available and you don't concede that goal with Virgil instead of Rhys but the team is the team and we're playing well considering.

Mourinho parked the bus very well, goal on counter. Textbook strategy and when you've got someone like Son it'll work out for you. Phenomenal player. He'd be incredible in Liverpool's team.

Fitz*

castletownman wrote: »

They'll be getting the rulers out in Liverpool measuring the VAR lines again.

Well considering the zoomed in rulers with multiple lines we have seen by VAR to rule out a few Liverpool goals this season like Henderson v Everton & Salah v Brighton, it's quite surprising to not see them again tonight.

y0ssar1an22

Liverpool seem to be huffing and puffing. Spurs more decisive. Should be winning I reckon. Klopp will be happy with the draw at half time

8-10

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

Liverpool seem to be huffing and puffing. Spurs more decisive. Should be winning I reckon. Klopp will be happy with the draw at half time

If you're talking about ratio of chances created to goals, Spurs are more decisive.

Not sure how you watch that and think anyone would be happy with the draw at half time unless on a wind up or not actually paying attention and pissing around online with it on in the background. Liverpool clearly on top. Draw would still be a good result and Spurs can still win against a makeshift defence, but Liverpool easily on top so far no matter how you measure it.

eigrod

8-10 wrote: »

If you're talking about ratio of chances created to goals, Spurs are more decisive.

Not sure how you watch that and think anyone would be happy with the draw at half time unless on a wind up or not actually paying attention and pissing around online with it on in the background. Liverpool clearly on top. Draw would still be a good result and Spurs can still win against a makeshift defence, but Liverpool easily on top so far no matter how you measure it.

Don’t take the bait - he already admitted what he’s up to earlier.

marklazarcovic

Jesus ye are pathetic

~Rebel~

Better in possession from Spurs now - to be expected after how woeful they were on the ball in the first half. Jose was bound to lay into them at halftime and make sure they started finding passes.

y0ssar1an22

eigrod wrote: »

Don’t take the bait - he already admitted what he’s up to earlier.

Its not a grand plan. I'm trying to recreate the fun in real life where you rip the piss and have a laugh. Surely everyone can appreciate that

PsychoPete

Clever stuff from Kane

Quazzie

Just noticed there are fans in Anfield. When did Liverpool come out of Tier 3?

Shanotheslayer

Quazzie wrote: »

Just noticed there are fans in Anfield. When did Liverpool come out of Tier 3?

Last week anyway. Everton had fans there

TitianGerm

Quazzie wrote: »

Just noticed there are fans in Anfield. When did Liverpool come out of Tier 3?

There was fans there for the last home game as well.

Quazzie

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Last week anyway. Everton had fans there

TitianGerm wrote: »

There was fans there for the last home game as well.

Ah. Didn't realize. Great to see it back again.

y0ssar1an22

TitianGerm wrote: »

There was fans there for the last home game as well.

Of course. Only home games 😬

y0ssar1an22

It's finely balanced at this stage. As it goes on it'll become more cagey.

All 3 results equally as likey from here

~Rebel~

Interesting, an attacking move from Jose. Wonder will they try to keep hold of the ball a bit better in the wider areas now, and get it away from the centre.

oof, very lucky for Aurier there after Mane turned him - really not much of a foul in there.

fyfe79

Amazing how it's never a "PUSH!! (with added shovey motion)" when Mane is the one being bundled over.

Quazzie

Wow. Liverpool barely hang in there.

~Rebel~

Christ, another counter down Williams channel - a proper CB there is such a huge loss.

And Kane somehow totally fluffs the resulting corner!

Bridge93

Berwijn bottles two huge chances

PsychoPete

Talk about unlucky

tom1ie

Pool hanging on.

Quazzie

And Kane misses a header from 6yards as he sees it late.

wanderer100

2 massive chances for Spurs !!

Hard to tell which way this game will go, great contest

eigrod

PsychoPete wrote: »

Talk about unlucky

More bad misses than bad luck