Football 16-17

[ThomThomDrum]

Good aul Eric in some top form

 

[Hugh Jass]

40 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Weekend games:

Sat

Crystal Palace 12:30 Chelsea

Middlesbrough 15:00 Swansea

Stoke 15:00 Leicester

Sunderland 15:00 Watford

West Ham 15:00 Hull

West Brom 17:30 Man Utd

Sun

Bournemouth 13:30 Southampton

Man City 16:00 Arsenal

Spurs 16:00 Burnley

Mon

Everton 20:00 Liverpool

Thoughts? I expect Chelsea to march on, but all the other Saturday games look like they could be close. I think a Chelsea, Boro and West Ham treble might be on the cards for my Saturday gamble.

Good looking games on Sunday and Monday though, but again pretty tough to call.

Sat

Crystal Palace 12:30 Chelsea - CHELSEA

Middlesbrough 15:00 Swansea - BORO

Stoke 15:00 Leicester - STOKE

Sunderland 15:00 Watford - SUNDERLAND

West Ham 15:00 Hull - WEST HAM

West Brom 17:30 Man Utd - DRAW

Sun

Bournemouth 13:30 Southampton - DRAW

Man City 16:00 Arsenal - DRAW

Spurs 16:00 Burnley - SPURS

Mon

Everton 20:00 Liverpool - DRAW

[Wooderson]

Pulisbowl this weekend. Can't wait. 

[Gucci Piggy]

On 15/12/2016 at 7:03 PM, Celery said:

He has definitely not deserved to play more. Such a frustrating player. So much talent and only turns up for half a season (at most). His peak for us was the goal against Juve and that was his 3rd game or something. Huge mistake by Jose binning Mata for him. Delighted we'll have £60m to spend. Hopefully send it straight to PSV for Verratti

Don't see how Verratti fits into that team at all, except in easier games when they can afford to have a less defensive CM partnership than Kante/Matic. And they already have Fabregas for that role who's playing brilliantly.

Best marquee signing they could make is to bring in Griezmann to take Pedro's place, imo. At the moment they only really have Willian as back up to Hazard/Pedro so probably need a winger anyway. And if Atleti don't improve I can see him wanting away in the Summer anyway.

[Alan_C]

Sat

Crystal Palace 12:30 Chelsea - Chelsea

Middlesbrough 15:00 Swansea - Swansea

Stoke 15:00 Leicester - Draw

Sunderland 15:00 Watford - Draw

West Ham 15:00 Hull - West Ham

West Brom 17:30 Man Utd - Draw

Sun

Bournemouth 13:30 Southampton - Southampton

Man City 16:00 Arsenal - Draw

Spurs 16:00 Burnley - Spurs

Mon

Everton 20:00 Liverpool - Liverpool

[Alan_C]

Seen this tweet today from a Norwich fan. Still can't put into words how big of a moment that stoppage time win was for us against them. From then on, their season seemed to go tits up, and we've been top pretty much ever since. 

[Hugh Jass]

3 hours ago, Alan_C said:

Seen this tweet today from a Norwich fan. Still can't put into words how big of a moment that stoppage time win was for us against them. From then on, their season seemed to go tits up, and we've been top pretty much ever since. 

It's impressive how badly they've managed to collapse since then. The Championship is looking crazy this season, you and Brighton look like you're pulling clear but there are 10-12 teams who could make the play-offs at the moment.

[Comfy Bean]

On 12/16/2016 at 10:35 AM, big__phil said:

Weekend games:

Sat

Crystal Palace 12:30 Chelsea

Middlesbrough 15:00 Swansea

Stoke 15:00 Leicester

Sunderland 15:00 Watford

West Ham 15:00 Hull

West Brom 17:30 Man Utd

Sun

Bournemouth 13:30 Southampton

Man City 16:00 Arsenal

Spurs 16:00 Burnley

Mon

Everton 20:00 Liverpool

Thoughts? I expect Chelsea to march on, but all the other Saturday games look like they could be close. I think a Chelsea, Boro and West Ham treble might be on the cards for my Saturday gamble.

Good looking games on Sunday and Monday though, but again pretty tough to call.

Have taken Sunderland and West Ham from today`s games along with Newcastle, Celtic and Hearts.

Fancy 2-2 on Monday night.

[Wooderson]

Conte says there are no easy games after his team's 11th win in a fucking row.

Shite league. Appalling standard.

[thetime]

1 hour ago, Wooderson said:

Conte says there are no easy games after his team's 11th win in a fucking row.

Shite league. Appalling standard.

If it was so shit, how come no other team is going on great runs? Credit to Chelsea for turning it around.

[TheGayTent]

Very much a top 6 and the rest now. You'd think as well as some of the rest can be, there isn't a team that will find the consistency to trouble the top 6 positions. 

[Wooderson]

1 hour ago, thetime said:

If it was so shit, how come no other team is going on great runs? Credit to Chelsea for turning it around.

Yeah. All credit to them. 

[Celery]

On 16/12/2016 at 9:36 PM, Will-2609 said:

Don't see how Verratti fits into that team at all, except in easier games when they can afford to have a less defensive CM partnership than Kante/Matic. And they already have Fabregas for that role who's playing brilliantly.

Best marquee signing they could make is to bring in Griezmann to take Pedro's place, imo. At the moment they only really have Willian as back up to Hazard/Pedro so probably need a winger anyway. And if Atleti don't improve I can see him wanting away in the Summer anyway.

Verratti would slot in alongside Kante in his preferred position as a deep-lying midfielder. Would be a perfect fit. Just as good as Matic defensively and offers so much more with his range of passing. This year he's being played out of position as PSG and isn't happy. Fabregas has only played 2 games recently - bit soon to be saying he's playing brilliantly, he got dropped today!

Not fussed about Griezmann, would be far too costly. Sanchez on the other hand... 

Edited December 17, 2016 by Celery

[The Nal]

Same old Arsenal then. Its like Groundhog Day. Decent start and then a fall followed by Wenger giving out about refs. 

[DareToDibble]

I'm sure if it was the other way around he would have been moaning if either of those goals were disallowed for Arsenal.
They were both really close calls but were rightly allowed in my opinion.

[TheGayTent]

The first was technically offside I think, but so close that in real time almost impossible for the lino to call. 

The second isn't offside in a month of Sundays. 

[DareToDibble]

Yeah I think the replays showed it was very marginally offside. In real-time I agree with the rule that the benefit of the doubt should always be given to the attacker when it's that close, though.

[eFestivals]

2 hours ago, DareToDibble said:

They were both really close calls but were rightly allowed in my opinion.

and the third one?

You know, where Arsenal had a goal ruled out, that was no more or less offside than one of city's goals?

I'm sure Wenger wouldn't have complained if things had fallen in his favour, but he's got a valid gripe about what happened yesterday.

[The Nal]

37 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

and the third one?

He was offside. A full body width. The "goal" only happened because the ref blew the whistle so the keeper stopped. 

You know its nearly Christmas when Arsenals campaign starts going tits up. 

[Comfy Bean]

The Nal`s excellent pic of Best at Cork reminded me of this fella who trained down the road from me. Turned out to be a bit of a player !

 

Edited December 19, 2016 by comfortablynumb1910

[Comfy Bean]

Edited December 19, 2016 by comfortablynumb1910

[kaosmark2]

Fifa right, weird as it is to say.

[DareToDibble]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

and the third one?

You know, where Arsenal had a goal ruled out, that was no more or less offside than one of city's goals?

I'm sure Wenger wouldn't have complained if things had fallen in his favour, but he's got a valid gripe about what happened yesterday.

Difficult for me to comment as I didn't start watching until the second half. I'm assuming this was in the first half? I will be watching MOTD2 later so will get back to you!

[The Nal]

10 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

Difficult for me to comment as I didn't start watching until the second half. I'm assuming this was in the first half? I will be watching MOTD2 later so will get back to you!

Yeah at about 5 mins 25

 

[eFestivals]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

He was offside. A full body width. The "goal" only happened because the ref blew the whistle so the keeper stopped. 

He was offside as much as the similar City one.

I'm happy to agree that the game had stopped before the ball hit the net so it's stretching it a little to assume a goal - tho i'd also say it still played out pretty much as it would have if the whistle hadn't blown.

 

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

You know its nearly Christmas when Arsenals campaign starts going tits up. 

yep, thought it wasn't so likely this year, but it now looks like it is.