EPL 2024/2025

@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:

I'm about to kick off my TSL competition which I have been running for nearly 30 years - some of the people here are either entering or have entered in the past. If you fancy joining, drop me a PM and I will email the details - you will have to pick a team of 11 players before the weekend and you score a point if one of your players scores a goal.

And to bridge the gap before the EPL returns, please list all of the teams that have finished in the top 6 of the EPL since the Premier League started - there are 21 clubs in all. 8 clubs have done only 1 season in the top 6, 7 clubs have 10 or more.

And to answer this question (@dogmeat got them all)

Man U Man City Arsenal Liverpool Leicester Leeds Chelsea Blackburn Villa Everton Spurs West Ham Brighton Bolton Newcastle Forest Ipswich Wimbledon QPR Norwich Southampton

Exciting game for Fulham tonight

@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:

Aston Villa smack Young Boys in the Wankdorf stadium to go top of the fucking Champions League.

I still can't believe Watkins had his goal disallowed

@KiwiPie blast from the past, who thought Ryan Nelson could still play

@KiwiPie the Athletic ranked every EPL's first and second team in order (plus CXhelseas third) Meaning 41 teams in total.

Man City were first and fourth!!

There wasn't much difference between the two Fulham squads 8 places I think - with both squads ahead of this season promoted sides first XI's.

• apart from Benda that's a fighting for 17th team

That's fine in theory but there's clearly quite a gulf between them although sadly both seem unable to score goals.

At least it wasn't Crawley as it was two years ago but this game told Silva nothing.

Another comeback win for Aston Villa. 3rd in the table at the minute. Unai Emery has got this team absolutely flying.

@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:

Another comeback win for Aston Villa. 3rd in the table at the minute. Unai Emery has got this team absolutely flying.

We were horrendous in the first half and were lucky to only be down by 1.

Barkley and Duran (of course) changed the game when they came on.

We need a right back. Konsa, despite his goal, isn't great there and isn't great going forward mainly due to being a centre back, and there's always mistakes in Carlos when he's out there when it would be better if Konsa was at centre back. Bogarde got given a go but doesn't look ready yet, and Cash, despite the fact that I feel we could upgrade on him, is still our best bet there.

What a fantastically eventful game between Man City and Arsenal. So many talking points!

@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:

What a fantastically eventful game between Man City and Arsenal. So many talking points!

Both teams feel hard done by - perfect! Arse will be kicking themselves as they almost made it but switched off with time almost up to allow a short corner and Kovacic a shot inside the area.

Again, no consistency from the ref over giving a YC for kicking the ball away. It seems only Arsenal players are booked for that!

@Bovidae said in EPL 2024/2025:

Again, no consistency from the ref over giving a YC for kicking the ball away. It seems only Arsenal players are booked for that!

Which incident are you referring to?

@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:

@Bovidae said in EPL 2024/2025:

Again, no consistency from the ref over giving a YC for kicking the ball away. It seems only Arsenal players are booked for that!

Which incident are you referring to?

Doku in this game, and Joao Pedro for Brighton.

@Bovidae said in EPL 2024/2025:

@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:

@Bovidae said in EPL 2024/2025:

Again, no consistency from the ref over giving a YC for kicking the ball away. It seems only Arsenal players are booked for that!

Which incident are you referring to?

Doku in this game, and Joao Pedro for Brighton.

Playing devil's advocate, Doku was kicking it back to where the free kick was given - very inaccurately - rather than kicking it away as they were ready to take it. For Trossard's 2nd booking, is it confirmed what it was given for?

@KiwiPie For kicking the ball, which happened while Oliver was still blowing his whistle.

It will be interesting to see if anything happens to Walker for his exchanges with Oliver at HT. I doubt it.

Looks like Ten Hag is set to stay despite seeing over the worst Man United team I can remember seeing.

Truly abysmal yesterday.

@MajorRage said in EPL 2024/2025:

Looks like Ten Hag is set to stay despite seeing over the worst Man United team I can remember seeing.

Truly abysmal yesterday.

Oh, I didn't think the game was that bad....

@MajorRage said in EPL 2024/2025:

Looks like Ten Hag is set to stay despite seeing over the worst Man United team I can remember seeing.

Truly abysmal yesterday.

He should have been gone last season. A genius move from Pep to fool people into believeing the Man U had achieved something great last year by winning the FA Cup.

Like, don't get me wrong, winning domestic cups are handy, but for big clubs, league position is more important. Solksjaer was right, all these managers that go to Man U are more focused on winning cups and improving their CVs instead of pushing to get up the ladder in the prem.

Have to give ten Hag credit for making Spurs look like world beaters without their best striker - with Son instead of Werner it could have been 6. Meanwhile Fulham sit in 6th and if Bournemouth beats Southampton tonight, they will be 11th and above Man U.

And Brentford have scored in the 1st minute of 3 EPL games in a row - good for them - except they haven't scored another goal in minutes 2-90!

@KiwiPie what do you mean if? Bournemouth result never in doubt. Saints punished and cherries 11th

@KiwiPie Tech support how do I upvote this post a gazillion times?

Of course Fulham will slide down the table pretty quickly over the next two rounds....

(City away - Villa home )