EPL 2024/2025
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Just watched highlights of Villa v Ipswich and the debut of the new Ipswich keeper Alex Palmer is absolutely outstanding. The save from Rogers that he tips over the bar and the last minute miracle .... amazing.
@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:
Just watched highlights of Villa v Ipswich and the debut of the new Ipswich keeper Alex Palmer is absolutely outstanding. The save from Rogers that he tips over the bar and the last minute miracle .... amazing.
Could have saved it for another week.
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@Bovidae said in EPL 2024/2025:
Merino, the super-sub striker. It's sad to see the player Sterling is now.
I think Sterling was just bought over because they weren't sure how good Nwaneri was or hiw ready he was.
But yeah, off to Saudi for Sterling next season.
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Another good win for Bournemouth, we have a run of winnable games now, which historically is more of a challenge than top teams. I have to thank Fulham and Ipswich and BHA as well for their results. It all helps.
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@Higgins I watched most of the game and it was pretty awful - the attack of both teams was so uninspired, United kept giving Spurs the ball but they didn't have many ideas and United had a big advantage in the air on attack but didn't really get enough service into the box.
Zirkzee is an old player, he reminds me of the oldest player in a social team who used to play at a higher level. He does the odd good thing but then he'll stand around admiring it as he needs to take a breather.
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Liverpool FC can book an open top bus voyage for the end of May in Strand Street. No one is catching them in the league this year.
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Liverpool FC can book an open top bus voyage for the end of May in Strand Street. No one is catching them in the league this year.
Yes this win feels very significant in the title race. Especially after West ham winning at Arsenal yesterday.
11 points ahead with 11 games to play. 7 of those games are at Anfield. One of them is against Arsenal.
Its looking very good for Liverpool to win No. 20
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@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Liverpool FC can book an open top bus voyage for the end of May in Strand Street. No one is catching them in the league this year.
Yes this win feels very significant in the title race. Especially after West ham winning at Arsenal yesterday.
11 points ahead with 11 games to play. 7 of those games are at Anfield. One of them is against Arsenal.
Its looking very good for Liverpool to win No. 20
@DaGrubster said in EPL 2024/2025:
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Liverpool FC can book an open top bus voyage for the end of May in Strand Street. No one is catching them in the league this year.
Yes this win feels very significant in the title race. Especially after West ham winning at Arsenal yesterday.
11 points ahead with 11 games to play. 7 of those games are at Anfield. One of them is against Arsenal.
Its looking very good for Liverpool to win No. 20
That really couldn't have been a better weekend for Liverpool. Pundits talking up Arsenal closing the lead at the start of the weekend and they win and the teams in positions 2-6 all lose. Given the way that the teams are looking, it will be a major surprise if Liverpool's final margin is less than 12 points.
Also looks like no excitement at the bottom either. When all 3 promoted teams from last season play at home to mid-table teams and all of them concede 4 goals - Wolves should pull clear a few more wins. Cannot really see any of next season's promoted clubs doing any better - the gap between the established teams and the promoted ones is getting bigger every season, you just have to look at the depth of squads that the likes of Brentford and Palace have built. The gap between the relegated and the rest in the championship is also growing - honourable mention to Luton for bucking the trend and being 24th
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Great come from behind victory by Aston Villla against Chelsea yesterday to win 2-1.
Marco Asensio with two goals and Marcus Rashford with two asssits. Both looking like £80m+ players. Thanks PSG and thank you Manure!
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Great come from behind victory by Aston Villla against Chelsea yesterday to win 2-1.
Marco Asensio with two goals and Marcus Rashford with two asssits. Both looking like £80m+ players. Thanks PSG and thank you Manure!
Don't want to speak too early, but I knew we could get a tune out of Rashford. Also, if he wants to go to a big club like Barca, then he has to do the business here between now and the end of season so I think a loan deal is perfect for us. Wouldn't get him permanently though as his wages are far too high for us to he able to afford in our fight against fair play.Asensio however, I could see him potentially coming permanently. He's a class act on the ball.
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City are like the ABs in 1991. A year past their best.
@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2024/2025:
City are like the ABs in 1991. A year past their best.
Maybe like United in Fergie's last season - everyone could see they had weaknesses and needed a rebuild but collective will and individual brilliance saw them get the title.
City's season looks like an extensive plot to prove that Rodri deserved the Ballon d'Or last season - it all fell apart after he got injured.
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@DaGrubster said in EPL 2024/2025:
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Liverpool FC can book an open top bus voyage for the end of May in Strand Street. No one is catching them in the league this year.
Yes this win feels very significant in the title race. Especially after West ham winning at Arsenal yesterday.
11 points ahead with 11 games to play. 7 of those games are at Anfield. One of them is against Arsenal.
Its looking very good for Liverpool to win No. 20
That really couldn't have been a better weekend for Liverpool. Pundits talking up Arsenal closing the lead at the start of the weekend and they win and the teams in positions 2-6 all lose. Given the way that the teams are looking, it will be a major surprise if Liverpool's final margin is less than 12 points.
Also looks like no excitement at the bottom either. When all 3 promoted teams from last season play at home to mid-table teams and all of them concede 4 goals - Wolves should pull clear a few more wins. Cannot really see any of next season's promoted clubs doing any better - the gap between the established teams and the promoted ones is getting bigger every season, you just have to look at the depth of squads that the likes of Brentford and Palace have built. The gap between the relegated and the rest in the championship is also growing - honourable mention to Luton for bucking the trend and being 24th
@KiwiPie The exception to your dire predictions for promoted clubs is two seasons ago. Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest all stayed up and now all three are in the Europe conversation. With Fulham the most likely to miss out
Fulham learned from their previous failed promotions and backed a talented Manager. Bournemouth are an incredibly well-run club with a vision of where they want to be and Forest rolled the dice and decided spending up large would bring more points than the likely deduction for ignoring the rules.
I agree none of the likely promotion candidates look equipped to adopt any of those survival strategies
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Great come from behind victory by Aston Villla against Chelsea yesterday to win 2-1.
Marco Asensio with two goals and Marcus Rashford with two asssits. Both looking like £80m+ players. Thanks PSG and thank you Manure!
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@KiwiPie The exception to your dire predictions for promoted clubs is two seasons ago. Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest all stayed up and now all three are in the Europe conversation. With Fulham the most likely to miss out
Fulham learned from their previous failed promotions and backed a talented Manager. Bournemouth are an incredibly well-run club with a vision of where they want to be and Forest rolled the dice and decided spending up large would bring more points than the likely deduction for ignoring the rules.
I agree none of the likely promotion candidates look equipped to adopt any of those survival strategies
@dogmeat Leeds could buck the trend and stay up next year that's my prediction anyway, even if this year all promoted clubs go back down this year
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it's quite interesting, and overall good for the league i think, just how much the overall league itself has changed. The middle of the table (basically 3rd to 16th) has flattened remarkably.
If you look 10 years ago, the top 2 still accumulated a shit ton of points, but back then 3rd and even 4th weren't that far behind. This year it looks like the top two will finish in excess of 80 points, but it looks like 3rd will probably not even break 70.
And then behind that now it gets really flat. West Ham in 16th already have nearly as many points after 26 games as the 16th finisher a decade ago. The gap from 4th to 16th was 42 points then, it's 14 now.
And the relegated teams suuuuck. A decade ago 30 points got you last place. The chance of any of the bottom 3 getting to 25 is remote at best.
So the middle are taking points off each other in a far more regular fashion, and everyone is taking points off the bottom sides. And that's good. Right now there are probably 8 teams all considering themselves a realistic chance to play Champions League football next season.
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it's quite interesting, and overall good for the league i think, just how much the overall league itself has changed. The middle of the table (basically 3rd to 16th) has flattened remarkably.
If you look 10 years ago, the top 2 still accumulated a shit ton of points, but back then 3rd and even 4th weren't that far behind. This year it looks like the top two will finish in excess of 80 points, but it looks like 3rd will probably not even break 70.
And then behind that now it gets really flat. West Ham in 16th already have nearly as many points after 26 games as the 16th finisher a decade ago. The gap from 4th to 16th was 42 points then, it's 14 now.
And the relegated teams suuuuck. A decade ago 30 points got you last place. The chance of any of the bottom 3 getting to 25 is remote at best.
So the middle are taking points off each other in a far more regular fashion, and everyone is taking points off the bottom sides. And that's good. Right now there are probably 8 teams all considering themselves a realistic chance to play Champions League football next season.
@mariner4life said in EPL 2024/2025:
it's quite interesting, and overall good for the league i think, just how much the overall league itself has changed. The middle of the table (basically 3rd to 16th) has flattened remarkably.
If you look 10 years ago, the top 2 still accumulated a shit ton of points, but back then 3rd and even 4th weren't that far behind. This year it looks like the top two will finish in excess of 80 points, but it looks like 3rd will probably not even break 70.
And then behind that now it gets really flat. West Ham in 16th already have nearly as many points after 26 games as the 16th finisher a decade ago. The gap from 4th to 16th was 42 points then, it's 14 now.
And the relegated teams suuuuck. A decade ago 30 points got you last place. The chance of any of the bottom 3 getting to 25 is remote at best.
So the middle are taking points off each other in a far more regular fashion, and everyone is taking points off the bottom sides. And that's good. Right now there are probably 8 teams all considering themselves a realistic chance to play Champions League football next season.
absolutely and that middle still has plenty of banana skins with teams trying to stay outside the bottom, makes for a thrilling finish, even if it is not the traditional relegation battle
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it's quite interesting, and overall good for the league i think, just how much the overall league itself has changed. The middle of the table (basically 3rd to 16th) has flattened remarkably.
If you look 10 years ago, the top 2 still accumulated a shit ton of points, but back then 3rd and even 4th weren't that far behind. This year it looks like the top two will finish in excess of 80 points, but it looks like 3rd will probably not even break 70.
And then behind that now it gets really flat. West Ham in 16th already have nearly as many points after 26 games as the 16th finisher a decade ago. The gap from 4th to 16th was 42 points then, it's 14 now.
And the relegated teams suuuuck. A decade ago 30 points got you last place. The chance of any of the bottom 3 getting to 25 is remote at best.
So the middle are taking points off each other in a far more regular fashion, and everyone is taking points off the bottom sides. And that's good. Right now there are probably 8 teams all considering themselves a realistic chance to play Champions League football next season.
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