EPL 2021 / 2022

@kiwipie said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

@dogmeat The manager Nathan Jones is following a similar path to Eddie Howe at Bournemouth - doing so well at a small club that he was poached by Stoke and when he was sacked there, he went back to Luton and they have been thriving since.

Howe was never sacked, started at Bournemouth, went to Burnley, he left Burnley under personal conditions (which may have been, you've been told), but he wasnt marched and went back to Bournemouth, where he wasnt sacked there either..

2-2 in the big one.

Super high quality game.

@majorrage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

2-2 in the big one.

Super high quality game.

Second half couldn't match the first half and the early equaliser for Liverpool meant neither team was desperate to get a winning goal. Liverpool had a few chances until the hour mark and then seemed to settle for the draw. Sterling narrowly offside when he scored and then Mahrez with a huge chance at the death.

Some of the skills on display are awesome to watch. Liverpool uncannily good at playing long and finding the striker's feet - in fact the long passing from both teams is so good, you're surprised when one goes astray.

What the hell happened in the Real v Chelsea game? Chelsea get ahead in the tie and then lose it in extra time. And the march of the yellow submarine continues, Villareal with a 1-1 draw against Bayern. Which means England can't get 3 teams in the semis - but Spain still can.

@kiwipie said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

What the hell happened in the Real v Chelsea game? Chelsea get ahead in the tie and then lose it in extra time. And the march of the yellow submarine continues, Villareal with a 1-1 draw against Bayern. Which means England can't get 3 teams in the semis - but Spain still can.

An all time classic Champions League tie.

Leg 1, RM destroyed Chelsea. Benzema was on fire & they were a clear class above. Chelsea looked shell shocked and really had no hope on the reverse at the Bernabeu.

Leg 2, Chelsea were all over RM right from the word go. RM looked utterly clueless for most of the match. However, as happens in sport, with RM taking their chances and getting almost all the calls, it just had the feeling of inevitability about it. Disallowed goals, missed chance after missed chance, it just never really worked.

Classic, twisting tie. Over the course of the tie, probably a fair result. Although arguably penalties would have been more just.

@majorrage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

@kiwipie said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

What the hell happened in the Real v Chelsea game? Chelsea get ahead in the tie and then lose it in extra time. And the march of the yellow submarine continues, Villareal with a 1-1 draw against Bayern. Which means England can't get 3 teams in the semis - but Spain still can.

An all time classic Champions League tie.

Leg 1, RM destroyed Chelsea. Benzema was on fire & they were a clear class above. Chelsea looked shell shocked and really had no hope on the reverse at the Bernabeu.

Leg 2, Chelsea were all over RM right from the word go. RM looked utterly clueless for most of the match. However, as happens in sport, with RM taking their chances and getting almost all the calls, it just had the feeling of inevitability about it. Disallowed goals, missed chance after missed chance, it just never really worked.

Classic, twisting tie. Over the course of the tie, probably a fair result. Although arguably penalties would have been more just.

Mad tie. Do feel a bit for Tuchel having put together a perfect team and plan to wrestle back control of the tie only for two moments to kill it off.

Awful game of football for the most part in Madrid today but somehow City sneak through. They looked out on their feet at the end and Athleti had a couple of good chances but probably too little too late from them. Game finished with handbags on the field and in the tunnel. Savic managed to only get a yellow for picking Foden up and dumping him over the touchline, headbutting Sterling and pulling Grealish's hair and apparently it all kicked off again in the tunnel.

Liverpool fairly comfortable with a 6-4 aggregate over Benfica although Benfica pulled back from 3-1 to 3-3 on the night. All set for them to reach the final having beaten Inter, Benfica and Villareal in the knock-outs, that's a dream run for any team given Real will have to beat PSG, Chelsea and City to make it.

remarkable season by Liverpool really

on target for 90 points in the league
League cup won
Semis of the FA Cup
Semis of the Camps league

City in the way of absolutely everything.

@mariner4life said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

remarkable season by Liverpool really

on target for 90 points in the league
League cup won
Semis of the FA Cup
Semis of the Camps league

City in the way of absolutely everything.

Yes quadruple still on. Have to fancy Chelsea for FA Cup given that is all they have left to play for. Both Liverpool and City will rotate a little this weekend for the FA Cup game, although with Diaz arriving and Torres leaving, Liverpool actually have superior depth to City now. 5 top line forwards plus Origi, Minamino while City's backups are mainly kids (very talented kids of course).

Sean Dyche has been sacked by Burnley. He did have the longest current tenure with a club.

Liverpool beat Man City 3-2 at Wembley in yesterday's FA Cup Semi Final. But that doesn't tell the whole story.

Before the game a group of Man City fans brought total shame on their club by booing during the minute's silence for the 97 people killed in the Hilsborough disaster. First time in 33 years that anyone can remember that happening.

The First half was one way traffic. Liverpool 3-0 up at break. The first goal was soft. City let Liverpool's big French cente back have a free header off a corner. The second was one of the softest I've even seen. The goalkeeper had a dreadful First touch after a Stones pass back and couldn't clear it before Mane slid in and put the ball in the net. The Liverpool third was a thing of beauty. A dominant First half.

City got two goals back one just after the break and another at the start of stopage time, but Liverpool remained in control.

A huge psychological advantage to Liverpool for the PL and CL.

Chelsea v Liverpool FA Cup final. Tasty.

Geez, does anyone want to come 4th? Clubs are falling over themselves to fuck it up. Tottenham were flying and then stumbled. Arsenal had it sorted and then promptly fell in a heap. Man U are just not very good (watch them trip Liverpool up midweek).

Also, surprised more isn't being made of the shit job Stevie G appears to be doing at Villa. They are now below Newcastle on the table, still haven't hit 40 points, and can only match last seasons points total if they win every game they have left (having just lost 4 on the bounce, currently the worst streak in the league)

@mariner4life Gerrard deserves a chance. Hes got too many players that don't suit his style of play, and once he clears them out and he brings in players he wants, he'll do better.

Hes also managed to attract Coutinho for us which is huge, along with Digne so it shows that he can attract players of quality.

Liverpool leading Man Utd at Anfield 2-0 after 25 minutes. One way traffic. How did Manure become this awful?

Fulham leading and could be heading to the EPL by the end of the evening.

@sparky 3-0 at half time.

Surely even we aren't Fulhamish enough to fuck this up.

@sparky said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Liverpool leading Man Utd at Anfield 2-0 after 25 minutes. One way traffic. How did Manure become this awful?

Rangnick has made Man Yoo worse

YAY!!!

Comgratations to Fulham. They won 3-0 and are heading back to the EPL for 2022-23.

Liverpool leading 4-0 with 5 minutes to go.