Premiere League & World Soccer Thread

[05_never_again]

Excellent. Nice to have the Tyne-Wear Derby back in the PL.

I read that derby all time is 54-50-54. Pretty remarkable.

The derbies that go dormant for long periods of time then restart remind me some of conference realignment in college sports.

 

[The Dog]

This Man U/Bournemouth game is drunk, 4-4

 

[05_never_again]

This Man U/Bournemouth game is drunk, 4-4

Bournemouth fears MCL injury for USMNT's Adams

United States midfielder Tyler Adams has possible medial collateral ligament damage after limping out of Bournemouth's 4-4 draw with Manchester United in the Premier League on Monday.

www.espn.com

 

[NorCalVol67]

Damn

 

[bleedorange0037]

Wolves with the lowest point total at Christmas in PL history.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Wolves with the lowest point total at Christmas in PL history.

And they got half their points away at Spurs. Spurs scored in stoppage time to deny Wolves the full 3 points.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Am I the only Wrexham fan here? I'm a huge Always Sunny fan, so now I'm a Wrexham boy too. I'm also a big Pulisic fan, so I cheer for Milan. No Premier League team allegiance at this time.

 

[05_never_again]

Great podcast here.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Welp, queue up another managerial search for my Blues

Going to be same song and dance, PR spin, and rotating door of managers until ownership gets rid of the Brighton Brothers as co-sporting directors. I don’t particularly love Maresca but most managers will find it hard to operate within the system that they want.. aka, a “yes man”.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Welp, queue up another managerial search for my Blues

Going to be same song and dance, PR spin, and rotating door of managers until ownership gets rid of the Brighton Brothers as co-sporting directors. I don’t particularly love Maresca but most managers will find it hard to operate within the system that they want.. aka, a “yes man”.

Bring back Jose.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Bring back Jose.

I mean, I’d atleast absolutely love to see him in press conferences and hear about the battle royales he’s having with the sporting directors.behind the scenes.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Watching Spurs Brentford is like reading James Joyce. Not sure which is more brutal.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Both sides should have points deducted for this display.

 

[VolsLFC]

Thoughts on the Ekitike non pen?

It seems PGMOL really want players diving.

 

[NorCalVol67]

What a goal by Fulham.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

 

[NorCalVol67]

Thanks for giving the league title to Arsenal, *******.

 

[NorCalVol67]

I guess it is a bad idea to go scorched earth at a press conference if you are Man U’s Manager.

 

[05_never_again]

I guess it is a bad idea to go scorched earth at a press conference if you are Man U’s Manager.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Thanks for giving the league title to Arsenal, *******.

Still plentyyyy of time for Arteta to **** that up. I think this might be the year he doesn’t bottle it but who knows.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Only two points from those two games but Reece has been a boss when he’s moved into a full time midfield role. Not only should he be the starting RB for England this upcoming World Cup but can also be a Swiss Army knife for Tuchel if needed. Has loads of experience at RB/RWB, played a good bit at RCB under Tuchel and Potter some too, but also now can move into an #8 role if needed. Really hope he can stay healthy.

 

[YankeeVol]

That hire doesn't move the needle for me. I'm sure he'll be out in 15-18 months though.

 

[05_never_again]

That hire doesn't move the needle for me. I'm sure he'll be out in 15-18 months though.

Seems like the lazy, easy move for them to make

 

[Nash_Vol97]

That hire doesn't move the needle for me. I'm sure he'll be out in 15-18 months though.

From a footballing perspective, I have no idea just how good or not good he is. It just doesn’t move the needle for me much either.

I will just say that so many managers get chewed up and spit out by the press in Football, especially in England, but he seems like an intelligent guy who knows what to expect because he has been on both the press side and the manager side. He carries himself really well and I really like the way he treated the last week so honestly but also professionally. So if he fails and only makes it 1 or 2 years, I feel pretty confident it won’t be because he can’t handle the pressure or the media. It always comes back around to the tactics and whether he can handle the actual footballing side.

 

[VolsLFC]

Hard not to root against this Arsenal team