General Premier League Thread 2023-24 Mod Note in op 27/6/23 And 21/05/24

Trippier is having a terrible week

Tyndall really has the look of a man who hasn’t a clue but stands there talking to Howe as if he truly believes he will come up with all the answers any minute now.

Could be 5-0 easily

The worst thing to happen to West Ham was winning their first trophy in years? They'd take that any day over a slightly higher pl finish

Howe for the chop,literally....

Spurs have been very impressive here. One or two good additions in January and they should make top 4. Newcastle really struggling.

Bit harsh.

Moyes is in the top 20 elite managers in the premier league.

Only back from a three game ban as well. Was a great time to play Newcastle when they've CL to focus on midweek but Spurs gave done well here.

The big difference is that Ten Haag has had a lot longer in the job, with Poch only arriving during the summer.

I think there was always an expectation it would take a wee while for Poch to settle things down at that mad house (he’s definitely doing a fairly piss poor job so far though), while the Man U expectation was for ETH to kick on after having a year to settle in.

Poch def deserves more criticism than he’s getting though. Would expect Nkunku to make a big difference - the gulf from Jackson and Broja to him is gigantic.

I didn't say "money club" I said "new money club".

Teams will come and go around them but whether it's good times or bad United and Liverpool are always in the conversation as "elite clubs".

Chelsea were a story when they were the hated sugar daddy club but that narrative has moved to other clubs and they are not challenging for trophies so no one really cares about them.

If you are a United or Liverpool fan or hater you might as well just accept this fact.

Delighted for Jimenez to be getting back to his best.

Is Howe sacked yet?

How long before more teams try to emulate Villas extreme offside trap? PL average for teams catching opponents offside is 29, villas is 74 (stat showed up on sky midgame V Arsenal)

I mean, it's the way to go surely? No grey areas with offsides now, you either are or not with VAR, and Villa are reaping the rewards due to Villas transfers and Emery's style.

Interestingly they're also the 2nd best team for being caught offside, with 17. Liverpool & United being the worst with 40, Nunez the worst offender with 11 and Luis Diaz with 10. Big numbers for lads not always starting.

Just a counter argument.

15th in the world they may well be, but there are 6 English clubs ahead of them, so following that logic 7th is their ceiling and that equates with the Conference competition.

I do agree with your squad analysis and no one has even mentioned Alvares, who I think was one of the buys of the summer. I wonder who they could get in to get them playing to their strengths?

Liverpool defend exactly the same way, highline with the hope of catching people offside. Its an extremely risky way of playing, you need to have lightening quick defenders, along with a keeper who's comfortable dealing with 1 on 1 and sweeping off his line. Also you need a midfield who can dominate the ball, or press the opposition aggressively without it, otherwise you will get exposed.

I'm not so sure its easiest or even best idea for other teams to try and emulate. There's a many con's as there's pro's to the system!

Dyche is, and always was, perfect for where Everton are at.

Solid foundations, gets the team running, a likeable team attitude, aggressive.

It wouldn’t shock me in the slightest if they were in the Europa places by next season.

The list of names you could put here is lengthy too. All the names I’ve spent years on here ranting about have become superstars under Emery.

Question for you lot.

What if a goal had been scored or a player been sent off in the period between the penalty incident and the actual penalty being given in the Crystal Palace / Liverpool match.

Ya good question.

When it happened I also said, they can stop a game and go back a few mins to give a penalty but they can't stop a game and award a goal which was incorrectly ruled out, in the Spurs/Liverpool game.