Fulham only get a draw against Brighton 
Still indicative of greater ambitions for the team. Reckon we are capable of taking points off anyone in the bottom half now which is hopefully enough to pull us to safety.
for all the talk of the Man U "crisis" they are 4 points off the top, with a game in hand. They have scored as many as anyone, and conceding about the same as well. A narrative built around Europe?
@mariner4life Media seem to blame Ole for everything Man U get wrong and put all their success down to luck. Exactly the opposite of how they treat Arteta (although that is changing now).
Fucking Woods. Fucking Burnley and fucking stupid refs [that was never a penalty in Fulham v Newcastle - should've been a Red for the tackle, a free kick outside the area and a yellow for the blatant dive]
@mariner4life said in EPL 2020/2021:
Arteta goooooorn
okay, maybe not yet. but it's coming. Reports of contingency planning for relegation. ouch. Hammered by City to be out of another Cup.
12 days later
Huge result tonight.
Southampton 1. Every middle aged glory hunting mans wet dream 0.
That leaves Man U equal with game in hand.
@Bovidae said in EPL 2020/2021:
Ings would have enjoyed that goal.
It was a peach. Shame nobody saw it live.
City into yet another Milk Cup final (4th in a row) and now up against another specialist in winning the inferior domestic cup Mourinho with Spurs who never win anything. Even 1st half between City and United but once City were ahead, United didn't have of an idea of what to do. I think Bruno Fernandes broke the record for most turnovers of possession.
@Bovidae said in EPL 2020/2021:
And no penalties either.
Martial's dive worth noting - not sure how you don't get booked for that.
Liverpool are like 2008 arsenal. All the ball, nothing to show for it.
Season is wide open because you aren't going to need a huge points haul to win
@mariner4life said in EPL 2020/2021:
Liverpool are like 2008 arsenal. All the ball, nothing to show for it.
Season is wide open because you aren't going to need a huge points haul to win
Doesn't really make any sense. There are no players in the EPL with more positive commentary written about that the Liverpool front 3. Well, at least the couple of years, Kane/Son holding the mantle this season.
One of the worst things about Covid is not being in the office sitting next to my completely Liverpool mad (SE London born/raised) colleague. Every lunchtime will sit there and look for positive commentaries on Liverpool to share & negative to get extremely upset about. And I mean extremely.
Easiest thing in the world to prod and set off. I miss it.
I wonder how Paddy Power feel about paying out on Fulham being relegated only 3 games into the season?
In the last 5 weeks they've played Liverpool, Spurs, Man City, Leicester, Everton and Southampton and picked up 6 points. Not the form of a team that should be written off.
Of course we now have Chelsea and ManU in four days and will probably fold in the two 6 point games that really matter after that against Brighton and West Brom.
We will have played all the top 8 in just over 6 weeks with Newcastle and Brighton plus QPR in the Cup as well. Plus had COVID run through the squad. Give us a fucking break.
What on earth has happened to Liverpool's front 3?
Liverpool hasn't scored 3 EPL games now. That's a huge turnaround. Not sure if it's a form slip or if they've been figured out.
The hugely hyped Liverpool Man U clash yesterday was a bit of a damp squib. Liverpool had most of the ball, but Man Yoo had the most chances. Ended up nil all stalemate.
On the plus side, I setup a Covid friendly watching station (outside, fire pit, SONOS sound & the TV on the other side of a sliding door). Was actually a pretty damn good way of watching sport!