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

olestoepoke

Away to spurs next. Thats a tough game to try and rebound. Further if they lose there and Everton win they'll drop to 6th.

brinty

Ordinary man wrote:

Tiago has really turned this team into an attacking force. What a baller

POTYSF

brinty

Deleted User wrote:

...Unbelievable Jeff!

Oh kammy.....

jacool

1/2 Man City
6/1 Man Utd
9/1 Liverpool

Dr. Bre

Goal shy pool

Quazzie

https://twitter.com/bewarmers/status/1352368780752662529?s=24

Liam O

jacool wrote: »

1/2 Man City
6/1 Man Utd
9/1 Liverpool

Very good odds on Liverpool

El Gato De Negocios

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Goal shy pool

Think souness said they have had 75 shots on goal with only 1 goal from that. People are blaming VVD being injured for the malaise but the problems currently are far beyond 1 player being out. Long may it continue.

brinty

Jesus that Twitter clip of Klopp going after Dyche don't look good at all.

Is the pressure getting to him. Certainly looks to be.

The_Kew_Tour

That record was always going to go once a ref actually had the balls to give the opposition a penalty for a change.

brinty

After tonight, Liverpool should be looking at bringing in Ben Mee, he'd certainly help them at the back. He'd fit right in.

brinty

The_Kew_Tour wrote:

That record was always going to go once a ref actually had the balls to give the opposition a penalty for a change.

Sounness : I blame Paul Pogba for giving away that penalty

SEPT 23 1989

Usually when a team is going for the three in a row the wheels come off

brinty

SEPT 23 1989 wrote:

Usually when a team is going for the three in a row that the wheels come off

Manchester united have won several 98/99 to 00/01 and 06/07 to 08/09 so it's four in a row for us

Kerry and Kilkenny had trouble with the five in a row...

StringerBell

Are they still mentality monsters then?

This is it

brinty wrote: »

Jesus that Twitter clip of Klopp going after Dyche don't look good at all.

Is the pressure getting to him. Certainly looks to be.

Depends what Dyche said to him in fairness but he's doing himself no favours. Poor from Liverpool tonight, really struggling up front. Even when they create they don't convert. Origi's miss was shocking.

This is it

StringerBell wrote: »

Are they still mentality monsters then?

You'll know by the end of the season if they are or not. Would be some turnaround

StringerBell

This is it wrote: »

You'll know by the end of the season if they are or not. Would be some turnaround

Ah I will enjoy this period for them as much as anyone but lets not kid ourselves, its only the half way mark of the season. Plenty of road left to run yet!

SEPT 23 1989

brinty wrote: »

Manchester united have won several 98/99 to 00/01 and 06/07 to 08/09 so it's four in a row for us

Very true that will always be the record to beat

But one

Dear o dear

The_Kew_Tour

Liverpool will get back winning ways in league against Spurs

Spurs always lie down for them and I expect a reaction for Liverpool. Dip won't last forever. Happens all teams

nullzero

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Liverpool will get back winning ways in league against Spurs

Spurs always lie down for them and I expect a reaction for Liverpool. Dip won't last forever. Happens all teams

Exactly.

Six weeks ago City looked down and out. Top sides like that can click back into place at the drop of a hat.

Still between City and Liverpool for the title come the end of the season.

nullzero

brinty wrote: »

Jesus that Twitter clip of Klopp going after Dyche don't look good at all.

Is the pressure getting to him. Certainly looks to be.

Last season is the only time we didn't get to see Klopp acting like a spoilt brat at some stage.

Liverpool's easy road to the title robbed us of that.

All the best managers tend to be narcissistic w@nkers anyway, Jose, Wenger and Fergie all were and constantly made eejits of themselves when the conditions were right for them to do so.

Glorious Result for Burnley
Buzzing!!!!

jayo26

What an impact over 50 games 45 goals/assists is phenomenal.

jayo26

jayo26 wrote: »

What an impact over 50 games 45 goals/assists is phenomenal.

Best player in the league

jayo26

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Best player in the league

Without a shadow of a doubt.

brinty

Deleted User wrote:

Glorious Result for Burnley Buzzing!!!!

#GreatNews

osarusan

Did not see the match, just saw youtube's 3-minute highlights, so why was Klopp going down the tunnel after Dyche?
Highlights showed Fabinho clashing with some Burnley player, commentator wondering if Fabinho had kicked out....then Dyche heading down the tunnel with Klopp behind him.

What was it about exactly?

davemckenna25

jayo26 wrote: »

What an impact over 50 games 45 goals/assists is phenomenal.

That's some impact. Hard to beat that record... And he's a midfielder... Not a striker... Crazy..

Box office Irony that game.
Klopp Moaning about Utds penalties recently and then Liverpool go and lose the Anfield record at home to Burnley via a penalty

jacool

Bruno will be playing Sunday too I'd say “It doesn’t matter now that we’re out of the Carabao Cup and Champions League, and going into the Europa League, the main thing for me is that every trophy I have in front of me I want to win.
So at this moment we have three trophies we can win – the Europa League, FA Cup and Premier League – and we will go for all of them."

jacool

jacool wrote: »

Bruno will be playing Sunday too I'd say “It doesn’t matter now that we’re out of the Carabao Cup and Champions League, and going into the Europa League, the main thing for me is that every trophy I have in front of me I want to win.
So at this moment we have three trophies we can win – the Europa League, FA Cup and Premier League – and we will go for all of them."

Prefer if we just ignore the Europa, only thing it brings right now is injuries and I'd argue an easier route to the CL is via league positions giving our current standing
Leave the Europa to the kids

Concentrate on the Cup and League

pjohnson

osarusan wrote: »

Did not see the match, just saw youtube's 3-minute highlights, so why was Klopp going down the tunnel after Dyche?
Highlights showed Fabinho clashing with some Burnley player, commentator wondering if Fabinho had kicked out....then Dyche heading down the tunnel with Klopp behind him.

What was it about exactly?

Burnley had the cheek not only refuse to concede but to actually score against them.

Klopp was outraged at that behaviour.

~Rebel~

osarusan wrote: »

Did not see the match, just saw youtube's 3-minute highlights, so why was Klopp going down the tunnel after Dyche?
Highlights showed Fabinho clashing with some Burnley player, commentator wondering if Fabinho had kicked out....then Dyche heading down the tunnel with Klopp behind him.

What was it about exactly?

Dyche said something to Klopp as he passed, Klopp said something back.

Both managers said it's no big deal, just two managers who are there to fight for their teams.

Liamalone

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Best player in the league

Thiago says hello.

Liamalone

Liamalone wrote: »

Thiago says hello.[/QUOTE

Who Thiago Silva

Liamalone

Liamalone wrote: »

Thiago says hello.

Silva left Man City

Liamalone

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Liamalone wrote: »

Thiago says hello.[/QUOTE

Who Thiago Silva

Yer man that broke the record for passes made after coming on as a substitute a while ago, best midfielder in da world I'm told. That one.

Liamalone

Liamalone wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yer man that broke the record for passes made after coming on as a substitute a while ago, best midfielder in da world I'm told. That one.

Is that yer man that hasnt won a league match since he came back from injury

DM_7

https://twitter.com/EPLStatman/status/1352380091343450113?s=19

I think that kind of stat is reflective of how teams are camping in the central areas so Liverpool can't play in behind them. I think he had 22 crosses (whoscored) tonight and I don't think any (or many) were balls in behind the defence since Burnley played so deep. Robertson was next with 6 crosses for comparison.

Edit: here is the crosses

https://twitter.com/EPLStatman/status/1352378616907239428?s=19

StringerBell

Why in the name of God would you be constantly crossing into the Burnley's box though? Playing right into their hands. Puzzling tactics, though the pool right back has been fairly ****e in general this season I hear so I suppose he could be putting in that type of game regularly I'm not sure.

Anyone else get a David Moyes flashback??

Dr. Bre

Pool form poor since jota got injured

DM_7

StringerBell wrote: »

Why in the name of God would you be constantly crossing into the Burnley's box though? Playing right into their hands. Puzzling tactics, though the pool right back has been fairly ****e in general this season I hear so I suppose he could be putting in that type of game regularly I'm not sure.

Anyone else get a David Moyes flashback??

I think it was a result of no space in thr middle, low block, so when the ball could not progress a pass out to the free man is the option. Once it goes there that player is generally going to play it into the box.

~Rebel~

StringerBell wrote: »

Why in the name of God would you be constantly crossing into the Burnley's box though? Playing right into their hands. Puzzling tactics, though the pool right back has been fairly ****e in general this season I hear so I suppose he could be putting in that type of game regularly I'm not sure.

Anyone else get a David Moyes flashback??

Yeah, was totally brainless stuff from Trent - Klopp was clearly raging that he kept doing it.

Shanotheslayer

Did TAA not break that record the other week or was that not in the league?

~Rebel~

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Did TAA not break that record the other week or was that not in the league?

Yeah, misplaced 38 passes the other week against Southampton.

Poor decision making with all those pointless lofted crosses into giant CB's, but also just poor passing in general, when his effortless accuracy is his biggest weapon. Think it would do him good to step back for a few games and just reset himself a bit. Just looks very out of sorts generally in his gameplay, his body language etc - whether its the covid recovery, or the pressure, his head looks a bit fried.

Oranage2

I've been saying it for years but I don't rate this liverpool side, they got extremely lucky with injuries and crazy VAR decisions, one or two injuries now and fair var calls and the pool fans are back hiding in their boxes.

redarmy

Oranage2 wrote: »

I've been saying it for years but I don't rate this liverpool side, they got extremely lucky with injuries and crazy VAR decisions, one or two injuries now and fair var calls and the pool fans are back hiding in their boxes.

2/10

Optimalprimerib

Oranage2 wrote: »

I've been saying it for years but I don't rate this liverpool side, they got extremely lucky with injuries and crazy VAR decisions, one or two injuries now and fair var calls and the pool fans are back hiding in their boxes.

Last year they were winning these games by hook or by crook. And even last year with their great winning record, alot of the games were 1 goal victories that they were lucky with (which is fine, luck plays a part). But their mentality was that there was no excuse for not winning.

This time around, the excuses started flooding in, 5 substitutes, VAR, injuries, refereeing decisions. In some cases these were legitimate, but ultimately that got into the teams mentality that there is now a reason to not win every game and eventually the slump happened.

It's not over though as I don't see utd keeping their run going, they are not incapable of dropping points, city always seem to have a banana skin up their sleeve as well.

kowloonkev

StringerBell wrote: »

Why in the name of God would you be constantly crossing into the Burnley's box though? Playing right into their hands. Puzzling tactics, though the pool right back has been fairly ****e in general this season I hear so I suppose he could be putting in that type of game regularly I'm not sure.

Anyone else get a David Moyes flashback??

You have to give Burnley a lot of credit. Good defending is like herding sheep. Liverpool went where Burnley allowed them to go.

Of course it only works if you match Liverpool's work rate and follow the runners.