General Premier League Thread 2020-21 [Mod notes in OP - Updated 29.01.21]

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ShamoBuc

Should be a quiet day.....

davycc

Son with another assist aurier header

davycc

Kane with his 12 of the league. Spur two up Pierre hojbjerg with the sexy assist

1o059k7ewrqj3n

Think NowTV are doing a 10 euro deal for a 24 hour pass for all Sky sports channels today. Watching the Spurs - Sheff Utd game, crystal clear quality on the laptop.

davycc

Messi ncgoldrick diving header to easy two one

Unearthly

Wow what a goal

ctrl-alt-delete

Ndombele with a moment of magic there.

davycc

Ndombele baller magic

citytillidie

I would take Norwood off how shocking was that

Charlie19

He had no business taking that shot on with his right foot:)
Cracking finish.

Fitz*

Lee Hendrie & Stan Collymore share a voice!

Has taken me a long time to figure out that it's Lee Hendrie that has been commentating on Sky the last couple weeks.

SlickRic

Ndombele has the potential to be one of the top 3 CMs in the league.

ShamoBuc

Steyr 556 wrote: »

Think NowTV are doing a 10 euro deal for a 24 hour pass for all Sky sports channels today. Watching the Spurs - Sheff Utd game, crystal clear quality on the laptop.

I think it's always 10 for 2 hours. Worse ways to spend a tenner.

Tom Mann Centuria

Poor quality game so far, much like most games in the league this season.

thelad95

City basically may as well be top now.

As a United supporter, I'm somewhat disappointed, I don't think in Liverpool's unbeaten spell at home they've ever been more "there for the taking" than they were tonight.

In their current form, I think city will make light work of both Palace and Villa and once they go top they may never look back.

dfx-

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Poor quality game so far, much like most games in the league this season.

Certainly since the New Year it has dropped dramatically. Teams are very happy to go 1-0 up and "control the game".

Looking at the fixtures to come, some teams are down to play the 28th, 31st Jan and 3rd and 6th of February so it's not looking like picking up soon.

DM_7

City matching last seasons best league run of 5 games won in a row.

They play Villa, West Brom, Sheff Utd and Burnley before Liverpool in next 5 fixtures. Could be a very significant 5 fixtures for them.

~Rebel~

DM_7 wrote: »

City matching last seasons best league run of 5 games won in a row.

They play Villa, West Brom, Sheff Utd and Burnley before Liverpool in next 5 fixtures. Could be a very significant 5 fixtures for them.

Yup... they don't need to do what they did in 17/18 and 18/19, they can win this year while still playing within themselves. I'm also worried about Aguero returning to fitness for the second half of the season with fresh legs.

Ikozma

City have this wrapped now

Dr. Bre

Motd2 started with Sheffield spurs ahead of pool united

nullzero

Ikozma wrote: »

City have this wrapped now

Villa and West brom in their next 2 games, they'll be top after 2 easy wins.

Unearthly

nullzero wrote: »

Villa and West brom in their next 2 games, they'll be top after 2 easy wins.

Villa won't be an easy game. Very good side this season

giveitholly

Unearthly wrote: »

Villa won't be an easy game. Very good side this season

After covid ripping through their squad they might still be depleted wednesday night and no one knows how many of their players could be affected

Cookiemunster

nullzero wrote: »

Villa and West brom in their next 2 games, they'll be top after 2 easy wins.

Utd have Fulham and Sheff Utd. Two wins there and City are still second.

nullzero

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Utd have Fulham and Sheff Utd. Two wins there and City are still second.

If City win their games they go a point ahead of United.

If anyone can fvck things up in two easy ties it's United.

If anyone can win 2 easy ties by 3 or more goals it's City.

Girly Gal

City are pretty much matching what they did last season point wise and are on course to match their points total or similar from last season, which will probably be enough to win the league. The big difference this season is that Liverpool are looking like they'll end up 20- 25 points back from last season's total, plus United look like they'll gain around 10 points. The rest are fairly similar to last season plus or minus a few points.

Cookiemunster

nullzero wrote: »

If City win their games they go a point ahead of United.

If anyone can fvck things up in two easy ties it's United.

If anyone can win 2 easy ties by 3 or more goals it's City.

So what you actually mean is if city win their next two games and Utd don't then they'll be top.

Because you made that blanket statement that if they win their next two game then they'll definitely be top. That however is not correct.
They'll still have a game in hand against against Everton, which as yet has no date fixed to be played, and they won't be top if Utd also win their next two.

~Rebel~

Cookiemunster wrote: »

So what you actually mean is if city win their next two games and Utd don't then they'll be top.

Because you made that blanket statement that if they win their next two game then they'll definitely be top. That however is not correct.
They'll still have a game in hand against against Everton, which as yet has no date fixed to be played, and they won't be top if Utd also win their next two.

Man City play 2 games by the end of the 26th, while Man Utd play 1. If Man City win both games, they’ll be top by at least a point regardless what Utd do, with both teams on 19 games played.

Then Utd play the following day and can go ahead again, with an game extra played.

yourdeadwright

The more you look at it the more remarkable that Liverpool are only 3 points off the top ,
Not only are they missing there 3 best CBs but there two most effect CM's from the last 3 season's are also not playing in midfield,



One CB and Matip back fit and Liverpool will be a completely different prospect

Sam Hain

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Motd2 started with Sheffield spurs ahead of pool united

I fail to see your point.

DVDM93

yourdeadwright wrote: »

The more you look at it the more remarkable that Liverpool are only 3 points off the top ,
Not only are they missing there 3 best CBs but there two most effect CM's from the last 3 season's are also not playing in midfield,



One CB and Matip back fit and Liverpool will be a completely different prospect

It's incredible really.

Matip has been twice injured already too so even when Liverpool do get him back you'd have to wonder how long it's going to be for.

Gomez have been twice injured but the second one has put him out indefinitely.

Alisson has been injured twice & Keita twice also.

Thiago for 2 & a half months, Jota for what's looking like will be the same.

Milner, Hendo, Shaq, & Trent,have all been out injured also.

All of these injuries mentioned are significant injuries resulting in a lay-off of 10 days or more.

As well as that you have Salah, Mane & Thiago have all been missing at times due to COVID-related absences.

irelandrover

Personally i thought Batshuayi was the worst player on the pitch yesterday.

DVDM93

Sam Hain wrote: »

I fail to see your point.

I don't fail to see his point.

MOTD always start with the game of the day you see.

For all the build up & hype there was leading up to the game yesterday, it says a lot about how it actually played out when Sheffield V Spurs got shown ahead of it.

DM_7

Mod: use the Liverpool v Manchester United match thread to talk about that game.

Best premier league player talk is now also in its own thread here:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058151035#

Lucas Hood

The Premier League can today confirm that between Monday 11 January and Sunday 17 January, across two rounds of testing, 3,115 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. Of these, there were 16 new positive tests

So much for the suggestion the league would be "suspended soon" .

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9159227/amp/Premier-League-clubs-report-16-new-Covid-cases-reduction-half-weeks-results.html?__twitter_impression=true

jacool

DVDM93 wrote: »

It's incredible really.

Matip has been twice injured already too so even when Liverpool do get him back you'd have to wonder how long it's going to be for.

Gomez have been twice injured but the second one has put him out indefinitely.

Alisson has been injured twice & Keita twice also.

Thiago for 2 & a half months, Jota for what's looking like will be the same.

Milner, Hendo, Shaq, & Trent,have all been out injured also.

All of these injuries mentioned are significant injuries resulting in a lay-off of 10 days or more.

As well as that you have Salah, Mane & Thiago have all been missing at times due to COVID-related absences.

As well as that Firmino has been missing ..... sitters.

DVDM93

jacool wrote: »

As well as that Firmino has been missing ..... sitters.

We can have no excuses there. He doesn't look like he'll be scoring them anytime soon either & hasn't for a while now tbh.

Thankful for this of course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39ZUasiq7s

citytillidie

Game Week 18 Highlights
Wolves V WBA

Leeds V Brighton

West Ham V Burnley

Fulham V Chelsea

Leicester V Southampton

Sheff Utd V Spurs

Liverpool V Man Utd

Man City V Palace

Arsenal V Newcastle

citytillidie

(Games played and Max Points)

37 Man Utd (18 & 97)
36
35 Man City (17 & 98) Leicester (18 & 95)
34 Liverpool (18 & 94)
33 Spurs (18 & 93)
32 Everton (17 & 95)
31
30
29 Chelsea (18 & 89) Southampton (18 & 89) West Ham (18 & 89)
28
27 Arsenal (19 & 84)
26 Villa (15 & 95)
25
24
23 Leeds (18 & 83) Palace (19 & 80)
22 Wolves (19 & 79)
21
20
19 Newcastle (18 & 79)
18
17 Brighton (19 & 74)
16 Burnley (17 & 79)
15
14
13
12 Fulham (17 & 75)
11 WBA (18 & 71)
10
9
8
7
6
5 Sheff Utd (19 & 62)

Agent Coulson

10 points separating the top 10 with Villa in 11th with 3 games in hand with 1 game shy of the halfway mark in the season.

Agent Coulson

Moyes and West Ham win to move into 7th.

Big Sam and WBA lose to stay second bottom.

Agent Coulson

FA investigating the transfer of Sondgrass between West Ham and WBA.

Big Sam went public saying the only way WBA could sign Snodgrass was if the agreed not to play him in this game.

He would have been a WBA player outright and West Ham should have no control if he played or not.

Hammer Archer

Agent Coulson wrote: »

FA investigating the transfer of Sondgrass between West Ham and WBA.

Big Sam went public saying the only way WBA could sign Snodgrass was if the agreed not to play him in this game.

He would have been a WBA player outright and West Ham should have no control if he played or not.

I'd very much doubt it if that clause was in Snodgrass' contract, probably more of a gentleman's agreement before the transfer went through.
Nothing ever came from the investigation into this transfer in the same year that Sheffield Utd. screamed about third party contract interference with Tevez, so I don't think anything would come from this.

Agent Coulson

Chelsea 1 down.

Lampard on the slow road to being sacked.

DVDM93

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Chelsea 1 down.

Lampard on the slow road to being sacked.

Looked a cracking goal by Ndidi but having seen the replay perhaps a mid-hit.

A very slow road, anyone else managing Chelsea would have been sacked after the Arsenal hammering, sooner even.

Leicester are all over them here, Maddison unlucky not to make it 2-0.

Shanotheslayer

Leicesters title to lose from here I guess

El Gato De Negocios

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Leicesters title to lose from here I guess

Firm favourites.

y0ssar1an22

and maddison makes it 2

ongarite

Frank for the sack tomorrow

retalivity

WTF was Rudiger at for that goal?