EPL 2024/2025
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:
@bayimports said in EPL 2024/2025:
0-6 at home for Man U covering last two years v Bournemouth lol. Love it
Only saw the highlights and from that it looked a bit of a freakish result as United had a lot of good chances/goalmouth scrambles - Bruno alone looked like he had 10 shots. However Bournemouth ruthless and United's defence is always shaky. The tackle for the penalty was awful and the 3rd goal was very nicely worked.
@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2024/2025:
Tottenham terrible against Liverpool. With the difference in quality they needed to play park the bus not rush forward and leave acres of space. Men vs boys. Reckon the Aussie is in trouble.
It was definitely men v boys, Liverpool are much too good to be that reckless against with only one first choice in your defensive unit. Whenever Spurs managed to move up the pitch they were only a misplaced pass away from conceding a goal. The 5th goal illustrated it best - Kulusevski has an easy pass to put Porro into a huge space all on his own, he dallies and the Liverpool left side that wasn't covering Porro score down the other end. Entertaining though. Gravenberch looks some player in the midfield.
Given normally I’m aiming g for getting past 30 points in a full year is my main aim, hitting 28 points by Christmas is awesome. Biggest thing right now is preventing players and Manager getting poached.
At some point I see Areola winning at a big club
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@bayimports said in EPL 2024/2025:
@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:
@bayimports said in EPL 2024/2025:
0-6 at home for Man U covering last two years v Bournemouth lol. Love it
Only saw the highlights and from that it looked a bit of a freakish result as United had a lot of good chances/goalmouth scrambles - Bruno alone looked like he had 10 shots. However Bournemouth ruthless and United's defence is always shaky. The tackle for the penalty was awful and the 3rd goal was very nicely worked.
@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2024/2025:
Tottenham terrible against Liverpool. With the difference in quality they needed to play park the bus not rush forward and leave acres of space. Men vs boys. Reckon the Aussie is in trouble.
It was definitely men v boys, Liverpool are much too good to be that reckless against with only one first choice in your defensive unit. Whenever Spurs managed to move up the pitch they were only a misplaced pass away from conceding a goal. The 5th goal illustrated it best - Kulusevski has an easy pass to put Porro into a huge space all on his own, he dallies and the Liverpool left side that wasn't covering Porro score down the other end. Entertaining though. Gravenberch looks some player in the midfield.
Given normally I’m aiming g for getting past 30 points in a full year is my main aim, hitting 28 points by Christmas is awesome. Biggest thing right now is preventing players and Manager getting poached.
At some point I see Areola winning at a big club
One of the best managers in the league. A genius appointment.
I see him succeeding at a powerhouse club in the future too.
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@bayimports said in EPL 2024/2025:
Biggest thing right now is preventing players and Manager getting poached.
Same same. Although Silva doesn't seem to have the same cachet as the likes of Franks and Iraola
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@dogmeat
No surprise just Fulham being Fulhamish but you so have to wonder. I would have taken 6 point from those last few games but to draw with Liverpool,Arsenal, Tottenham , beat Brighton and then lose to Southampton is not the way I saw us getting them.
Still need to find a more consistent striker for the rest of the season, but after the last 40 years I’ll be happy with a mid table finish. -
@bayimports Congratulations on a deserved late point
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@dogmeat said in EPL 2024/2025:
@bayimports Congratulations on a deserved late point
I thought we would lose as we are so short of midfielders, but one thing I have learnt is that we will try and score until the final minute! Happy with a point against a top team, not like beating United
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Man U are hopeless! Newcastle already 2-0 up at United without breaking a sweat. New coach won’t last long at this rate.
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I don't know how United could possibly have expected a different result. They have managed to orchestrate the worst possible scenario.
They needed to either get rid of Ten Hag in the summer appoint a new Manager and back him in the transfer window or reappoint Ten Hag and accept that this year might go pear shaped but they would stick with him for the full season.
Instead, they reappoint Ten Hag, let him but the players he wanted to suit his system (whatever that was) then harpoon him a third of the way through and appoint a relatively inexperienced Manager who wants to play a totally different system and saddle him with a squad that are not cut out for his style of play.
Amorim's results are no better than Ten Hag's, but surely United have to stick with him? Club's a complete mess. Ratcliffe's more dope than great hope. Seriously they are making the post Busby years look like a promised land.
Sir Alex left behind a side in serious need of rebuilding - a task beyond all his successors. they (almost) all start off quite brightly and then the politics and toxicity of the place grinds them down. Remember how positive everyone was after Ten Hag's first season, post Ragnick. Got rid of Ronaldo finished third, won the League Cup. Then it all turned and Ten Hag's the worst Manager since Solskjær/Mourinho/Van Gaal/Moyes...
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Chelsea have just hit a brick wall.
It's the weirdest thing. 2 goals in 4 games yet prior to that we were the highest scoring team in the league.
We are still marginally ahead of where I thought we would be this season but the worrying thing is this drastic decline. Inability to score the second today killed us. Game should have been finished by the 70 minute mark.
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I think Chelsea finds it hard to break down teams that don't give them space - actually most teams are like that. And they have a certain fragility at the back so are always vulnerable - felt like some sort of reset was coming in their season.
Enjoyed the Liverpool - Man U game this morning, United always look much better when they aren't required to make the running and just react to what the other team does. Impressed with Ugarte today, he looks to be the player they need to shield the back 4.
Liverpool's weaknesses (they don't have many) are down both flanks at the back. Robertson was fine today but has had problems against pace. Alexander-Arnold is just a terrible defender and I don't think he is going to change. Dalot made him look a chump today. In the first half, Man U just sat back and Liverpool had chances but not many. Second half the game seemed to flow from one end to the other and was very entertaining. A draw probably fair in the end and Maguire had a great chance at the death but applied a centre-half's finish.
Love how everyone complains about handballs all the time when the refs/VAR just try to apply the guidelines. Ange going off on one but strictly speaking that's not handball as arm was down by side. De Ligt's handball is usually given, don't try to block the ball with your arm in the air.
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Trent was a disgrace this morning. They may as well not have had a right back. One of the worst defensive displays I have seen individually.
Slot had the chance to take him off after 70 when they went up, even though he should have been dragged at halftime but for some reason left him out there.
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@KiwiPie The second half was one of the best 45 mins Ive football I've seen in years.
Unlike other big United victories of late (FA cup last year), they didn't get dominated and then score on the bounce, they fully played their part in the game. I didn't think they had a snowballs chance in hell in competing with Liverpool, but they did that and more. I suspect if Maguire's goal had gone in, Zirkzee would have been offside. Still, best United have played in a long time.
