EPL 2021 / 2022

@MajorRage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Guardiola - I think he's hugely influential on pitch as well as on the management style. Thus, he gets the results, and the moments, that ultimately won the league. Yes, this is the same style which saw them bundled out, again, in the Champs League, but it just seems to work in the EPL

people are desperate to give this guy shit because his crime is to manage the top clubs

he has built city in to a relentless machine. Every player in the squad fits the system, and they just win, a lot. They are also incredibly good at unlocking "park the bus" defences.

City aren't unbeatable, but over 38 games they are a relentless point-scoring machine.

The Champs league is a little weirder, and maybe that system of relentless control that dominates leagues makes the pointy end of the Champs league harder for them? Great players and moments of inspiration tend to win finals. City aren't built like that.
Pure armchair speculation of course.

Football fans upset at the long non-football months ahead.

PREMIER LEAGUE ONLY.

Name the top scorers in the EPL by age 23. No cheating. Complete this list - just state one name and I'll add it to the list in the position.

1 93
2 91
3 71
4 60
5 54
6 49
6 49
8 46
8 46
10 42
10 42

@KiwiPie Alan Shearer when he was at Blackburn Rovers?

@antipodean said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

@KiwiPie Alan Shearer when he was at Blackburn Rovers?

He would have been close but he joined Blackburn at 22 and his goals for Southampton before that were pre EPL. My estimate is 39 top level goals by 23. Estimate 244 EPL goals after 23.

Rooney would be near the top.

jermain defoe would have scored a few young..old man when finally came to Bournemouth but wouldn't be surprised to see him there

Robbie Fowler
Michael Owen

@Bovidae said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Rooney would be near the top.

yep Rooney must be near the top I suspect Harry Kane somewhere on the list as well

1 Fowler 93
2 Owen 91
3 Rooney 71
4 60
5 54
6 Kane 49
6 49
8 46
8 46
10 42
10 42

Defoe was the next on the list with 41. It gets harder from here ....

Sterling?

@Bovidae said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Sterling?

13th with 40.

Ronaldo

Jamie Vardy must have smacked in a fair whack for Leicester City but were they before or after he turned 23?

1 Fowler 93
2 Owen 91
3 Rooney 71
4 60
5 Ronaldo 54
6 Kane 49
6 49
8 46
8 46
10 42
10 42

@Higgins said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Jamie Vardy must have smacked in a fair whack for Leicester City but were they before or after he turned 23?

Zero. He didn't even get out of non-league until he was 25 and was 27 when he first played in the EPL. Crazy number of goals since then.

@KiwiPie Ok, what about Gareth Bale then?

@Higgins said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

@KiwiPie Ok, what about Gareth Bale then?

Not all that many. Was already 23 before he started banging in goals for Spurs

@KiwiPie Steven Gerrrad and Frank Lampard?

Probably spent a but too long injured but what about Daniel Sturridge?

Mane?