EPL 2020/2021
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@Hooroo said in EPL 2020/2021:
Wow!
Burnley just beat the Mickey Mousers at Anfield.
First time in 46 years! Liverpools home unbeaten runs ends at 68 (You do me and I'll owe you one!)
Liverpool have just stopped scoring goals - and this a team that were scoring for fun at times in recent seasons. Klopp out!!! They should get Dyche instead.
On Chelsea, Lampard has so much talent in that squad but does appear incapable of putting a structure to them in order to get the best out of them. Can't decide if he wants tall and lumbering or fast and wayward up front, midfield changes constantly and they are mostly ponderous on the ball. Similar to United but United's stars are on the field and able to produce moments of brilliance (mostly without a team strategy it seems).
@dogmeat Fulham made the mistake of scoring too early against United I reckon. Still they had chance of getting to 2-2 near the end. Problem they have is getting enough wins to do it unless one of the teams above comes back to them. A team like Newcastle look capable of doing that. 2 wins in 18 means they will need something like 7 wins in 20 to get close to 38 points which could be where the cut falls.
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@KiwiPie We have played really well over the last couple of months without picking up many points. Parker has made us hard to beat and we are capable of creating chances but we simply don't have anyone capable of putting them away.
I don't know if Mitrovic is injured or out of favour but Cavaleiro and Kamara are not Premiership grade. We need a signing but a) haven't got the cash and b) cant sign another loan from the PL.
Meanwhile the teams around us have picked up unlikely victories.
I still think WBA and Sheffield should be doomed and then it's us, Brighton or Newcastle. We have played really well against the top 9 teams (pretty much back to back with only two other games) since mid Nov to pick up a win and 3 draws. Of the losses only City has been by than 1 goal (and if we could take penalties we'd have had two more draws).
My fear is we will now go and blow it against West Brom and Brighton over the next week in the 6 pointers that really matter!
Apparently we are 15thon form over the last two months despite the opposition we've faced but if we don't win those next two games it's going to be very hard to come back.
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@dogmeat I think Mitrovic isn't mobile enough to play the style they want - same as Andy Carroll for Newcastle. You want those guys there in the box when you get behind the opposition defence but in the game against Villa this morning, Carroll was still lolloping along outside the area when the cross came in.
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I think Newcastle could be doomed. Things aren't working with Bruce there and like Liverpool, they can't find the back of the net these days. They had enough possession early on in the game to trouble Villa this morning, but look out of ideas in the final third where as Villa were the complete opposite with a front line that will give most sides trouble this year. Villa are a darkhorse for a European spot imo.
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no one wants to win, so i think City will romp this, and all the chat about how Guardiola was a bit shit from the start of the season will be conveniently forgotten.
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@mariner4life Yeah City starting to peak now. I'd be surprised if they get caught.
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2020/2021:
And all of a sudden Liverpool are back to life and dealing to Spurs. Tough season for the wise pundits this one.
seems to be going in patches, where each of the big sides has a run of form, then it turns around a month later.
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Southampton were on the receiving end of some shocking calls this morning and this is coming from a Villa fan. How Matty Cash didn't concede a penalty from the most blatant handball I'll never know as he virtually made a save to a Danny Ings shot and then Danny Ings then gets pulled up for offside due to his sleeve being offside haha. Villa were barely worthy of a draw let alone a win but at the same time we dominated Burnley and lost on Thursday so you take them while ya can!
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@African-Monkey said in EPL 2020/2021:
Southampton were on the receiving end of some shocking calls this morning and this is coming from a Villa fan. How Matty Cash didn't concede a penalty from the most blatant handball I'll never know as he virtually made a save to a Danny Ings shot and then Danny Ings then gets pulled up for offside due to his sleeve being offside haha. Villa were barely worthy of a draw let alone a win but at the same time we dominated Burnley and lost on Thursday so you take them while ya can!
It was a very good header from Ross Barkley for the crucial goal. Jack Grealish was absolutely outstanding again. Gary Lineker and Ian Wright both picking him as Player of the Season:
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@African-Monkey said in EPL 2020/2021:
Southampton were on the receiving end of some shocking calls this morning and this is coming from a Villa fan. How Matty Cash didn't concede a penalty from the most blatant handball I'll never know as he virtually made a save to a Danny Ings shot and then Danny Ings then gets pulled up for offside due to his sleeve being offside haha. Villa were barely worthy of a draw let alone a win but at the same time we dominated Burnley and lost on Thursday so you take them while ya can!
Yet again the tweaks to interpretation show how each situation is different. The guideline is now that if it strikes another part of the body and then hits the hand/arm then it isn't a penalty - which is fine on the edge of a crowded penalty area but not when you're a couple of yards out blocking a shot. It means an outfield player diving to stop a shot on the line wouldn't give a penalty away if it hit his knee then his hand.
Anyway, so many teams are evenly matched and they are cramming in 2 games per week, so results are random and the better team doesn't always win. The crisis now seems to have landed at Spurs having been passed from Man U to Man C to Arsenal to Chelsea and then to Liverpool.
And Fulham are looking further and further adrift as they can't find a win (even against West Brom) while all the teams above them are getting them (even Newcastle). If their target is 38 points to be in with a chance, they need 24 points in 18 games - so at least 6 wins.
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