General Premier League Thread 2021-22 Mod Reminder/Note in OP

It's not even a joke but Arsenal are fairly abysmal.

The Chelsea bench is ridiculously strong too.

Good to see Arsenal continue on from last weekends performance.

Arsenal TV fan base can't really say Kroenke hasn't backed Arteta in the transfer market anyway he has spent £200m in the last two seasons.

Until it's punished diving will continue to happen. They're was a blatant dive by Wilson in the Newcastle villa game yesterday and no yellow despite it being checked by VAR and obvious

It was Murphy not wilson. Can't find a clip now but here's an article mentioning it (sorry it's a bit clickbaity) you

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/08/22/makes-you-really-angry-martin-keown-blasts-newcastle-mans-actions-v-aston-villa/?amp

Some of the 'tackles' in the Burnley game were comical. Literally wrestling players to the ground in several instances, and Barnes deliberately tangling was it Matip by the legs off the ball in another instance. A 100%foul in any game, if they were playing rugby and did it to a player without the ball they would be censured.

There is a difference between this and the throwing yourself to the ground at a slight tip on the toe.

Has to be red.

Horrible tackle, could easily of broke the players ankle.

Was only thinking earlier that I wonder what Perez contributes anytime I see him. Not sure what his strengths are.

Sounds like West Ham had big crowd trouble with the NFC tickets tonight too, with lots of fans stuck outside for a long time.

Yep, did indeed. There will have to be improvements made, especially when supposedly it's the PL pushing the idea that they should be used.

Surely the more modern stadiums should be better equipped for them, but at the same time, it's hard to place too much blame on the clubs when a big change to ticketing is placed upon them before the season start.

Moyes has worked wonders at West Ham.

Arsenal fans were calling for Wengers head but willing to give Arteta more time. It boggles the mind.

Yes, if it looked like there was a cohesive plan in place, decent shape on the pitch and that the players looked to be improving by all means keep him but at the moment it looks the complete opposite.

Another mid table finish is on the cards for Arsenal by the looks of it (I'm basing this on the general play of the team where everything is so pedestrian in attack and loose in defense where space is opening out wide and players not picking up runners). Yes they have players to come back in but I don't know if it'll improve a whole lot.

I can't understand arsenals transfer business. They desperately need experience and leaders and are buying the exact opposite. As bad as Arteta is, they've put together a nothing team.

EPL teams will block players from red list countries travelling for September games.

The Premier League have made a statement that all PL clubs are blocking players from travelling to red list countries.

I assume if a player travels without their clubs consent they will be punished in line with the clubs internal policies by way of fines, stop on wages for the period missed, or moved to the reserves you'd imagine.

Bad news for City

“#Breaking Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy, 27, has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against three complainants aged over 16 between October 2020 and August 2021, Cheshire Constabulary said”

https://twitter.com/mancity/status/1430917142128508938?s=21

If you add city's spending,and psg's ,plus wages,over a decade,will be astronomical, and zero champions leagues between them,only one final.

I don't think we can go that far... his 100 point team might well be the best, most dominant ever PL performance. He's succeeded in making City the big dogs in England. It definitely won't have quite been the success they'd all have hoped for - especially when it's his own decisions that have hamstrung them in the CL when they had the teams to win it - but failure is going a bit overboard I think.. He'll have been a success, with reservations.

In the 5 seasons prior to Pep joining, City won 2 from 5 leagues. In the last 5 they’ve won 3. Ok, an improvement. But look at the fortunes they’ve spent. They’ve done better in the CL under Pep but still haven’t done what what Pep was brought to do. If he leaves in 2 years without a CL title then I can’t think of another way to describe his reign other than he failed to do what he brought to do. The same as at Bayern.