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Premier League 23/24

Looking ahead to euro 2024, is foden - and to an extent maddison - the only quality English central playmaker at their club?
 
Thanks, interesting about Bellingham. I'm not too familiar with his game, RM must think he's the Modric's heir.

That's the one thing England's missing. Kind of like the US but on a larger scale, they don't really have a guy who's THE guy pulling the strings at a top top club.

Pep is trying to turn Foden into an attacking central mid. We'll see
 
Matchweek 2

Why is Luton Town vs Burnley postponed this weekend?

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Gutsy win by Arsenal today. Two years ago, that was a game the team would have blown after going down to 10-men with Tomiyasu's phantom second yellow card (reply shows that there was no contact) on the road against a tough team to beat on their home pitch. Instead, they buckled-down, did the dirty work and got the 3 points. The lads are maturing.
 
EZPass said:
Matchweek 2

Why is Luton Town vs Burnley postponed this weekend?

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I've read Luton Town is fixing up their stadium. It's not up to EPL standards.

www.espn.com

Luton Town forced to postpone first Premier League home game over stadium concerns

Luton Town have been forced to postpone their first Premier League home fixture of the 2023-24 season after failing to guarantee that the £10 million upgrade of their Kenilworth Road stadium will be completed in time.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
 
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meyers7 said:
Agreed. Zinchenko should be back soon though.

However, we aren't the only one.

www.espn.com

Man City injury setback as De Bruyne set to miss four months

Pep Guardiola said Kevin De Bruyne could be out of action for up to four months after suffering an injury in Manchester City's Premier League opener.
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City mend their wounds by snagging Nunes from Wolves. Will send 50M€ and Tommy Doyle (loan) to Wolves. :(
www.skysports.com

Matheus Nunes: Man City agree £53m deal with Wolves for transfer of midfielder

Man City will pay £53m for the transfer of Matheus Nunes, more than originally agreed; City youngster Tommy Doyle will go to Wolves on an initial loan with a £4.3m (€5m) option and a significant sell-on clause; Chelsea have enquired over signing Cole Palmer from City
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com
 
LIuconn said:
Thanks, interesting about Bellingham. I'm not too familiar with his game, RM must think he's the Modric's heir.

That's the one thing England's missing. Kind of like the US but on a larger scale, they don't really have a guy who's THE guy pulling the strings at a top top club.

Pep is trying to turn Foden into an attacking central mid. We'll see
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Maddison to play that role innit?
 
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Crazy game between Arsenal and Man U today. Arsenal simply could not capitalize on it's better play to the end. Both teams are not happy with an Arsenal PK being waved off where there was not clear evidence that an error was made (ten Hag arguing for a card for diving is laughable) followed by a Man U breakaway goal that was waived off by VAR for offsides. The Gunners work through it to get the 3 points though.

Speaking of VAR and offsides, how on earth did the VAR official in the Man City v. Fulham overrule the on-field call of offsides on Akanji's goal. He was clearly offsides, in the 6 yard box, in front of the keeper and literally had to jump over the ball to avoid contact. That's the definition of 'interference.' Clearly, the Premiership has more to work on with VAR.

 
DarthGrumpy said:
Crazy game between Arsenal and Man U today. Arsenal simply could not capitalize on it's better play to the end. Both teams are not happy with an Arsenal PK being waved off where there was not clear evidence that an error was made (ten Hag arguing for a card for diving is laughable) followed by a Man U breakaway goal that was waived off by VAR for offsides. The Gunners work through it to get the 3 points though.

Speaking of VAR and offsides, how on earth did the VAR official in the Man City v. Fulham overrule the on-field call of offsides on Akanji's goal. He was clearly offsides, in the 6 yard box, in front of the keeper and literally had to jump over the ball to avoid contact. That's the definition of 'interference.' Clearly, the Premiership has more to work on with VAR.

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VAR is a consistent disgrace
 
DarthGrumpy said:
Crazy game between Arsenal and Man U today. Arsenal simply could not capitalize on it's better play to the end. Both teams are not happy with an Arsenal PK being waved off where there was not clear evidence that an error was made (ten Hag arguing for a card for diving is laughable) followed by a Man U breakaway goal that was waived off by VAR for offsides. The Gunners work through it to get the 3 points though.

Speaking of VAR and offsides, how on earth did the VAR official in the Man City v. Fulham overrule the on-field call of offsides on Akanji's goal. He was clearly offsides, in the 6 yard box, in front of the keeper and literally had to jump over the ball to avoid contact. That's the definition of 'interference.' Clearly, the Premiership has more to work on with VAR.

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I recorded and watched the Arsenal-MU and half of the liverpool match and parts of Saturday games. Arsenal-MU was a fun watch. Arsenal pressure and control vs MU counters, there was a pair of phenomenal saves by the Arsenal GK before the breakaway disallowed goal, but Arsenal really controlled play throughout. I’m so annoyed with college realignment that I can’t watch anything non-UConn. I plan on recording whatever EPL games are on and watching what I can if I have free time on weekends.
 
huskypantz said:
I recorded and watched the Arsenal-MU and half of the Liverpool match and parts of Saturday games. Arsenal-MU was a fun watch. Arsenal pressure and control vs MU counters, there was a pair of phenomenal saves by the Arsenal GK before the breakaway disallowed goal, but Arsenal really controlled play throughout. I’m so annoyed with college realignment that I can’t watch anything non-UConn. I plan on recording whatever EPL games are on and watching what I can if I have free time on weekends.
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jrazz12 said:
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Even ESPN agrees that the VAR in this cases was 100% wrong and also noted that Ten Hag is off his rocker.

Also, after reading the notes of the discussion between Taylor (Referee) and Gillett (VAR) regarding Havertz's overturned PK, while I don't agree, I do see their point and understand why it was overturned based on the lack of the lack of contact by Wan-Bissaka's initial contact/trip on Havertz.

Overall, Arsenal still needs more time to gel. Rice is a solid addition. But, I still have doubts about Havertz's signing along with Raya's. I think money could have been spent elsewhere, especially in back after Timber's injury plus Patey's continuous fitness concerns.
 
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My two favorites are 2nd place and Chelsea is an embarrassment of major proportions. Can't ask for much more from the start of a season!
 
It appears Liverpool is good again. Good, I need something until UConn BB season starts.
 
Waquoit said:
It appears Liverpool is good again. Good, I need something until UConn BB season starts.
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Turned over their midfield, which was getting old. They have plenty of attacking options. Yea, they should be good this year.
 
Newcastle puts up a TD and a 2 point conversion on Sheffield.

Wolves were screwed by a bad call and a mindboggling VAR decision again.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Don’t even know what to say about this Liverpool-Spurs game. I was shouting all match, as a Liverpool fan what a shame. So many poor decisions, but the offside is unforgivable, simply put, it is incompetence to the highest degree.
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I thought the first red card was awful, but the halftime guys seemed to agree with the call. I also thought Diaz was onside.
 
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Fairfield_1st said:
I thought the first red card was awful, but the halftime guys seemed to agree with the call. I also thought Diaz was onside.
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The halftime guys somewhat did, but even United fans and players said it was very harsh. No malicious intent and just unfortunate about slipping over the ball. And the ref only saw the still imagine which is a huge VAR mistake in itself. Just terrible.
 
Yea, not sure about the red card. Probably orange. A bad yellow or a light red. It looked bad in the still photo, not as bad in real time.

There seem to be about as many missed calls with VAR as without. (probably not true, but it seems like it) Not sure it's really helpful.
 
meyers7 said:
Yea, not sure about the red card. Probably orange. A bad yellow or a light red. It looked bad in the still photo, not as bad in real time.

There seem to be about as many missed calls with VAR as without. (probably not true, but it seems like it) Not sure it's really helpful.
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If you look at the still photo it looks horrible. When you watch on slo-mo you see he had the ball and his foot rolled over the ball. Not an over the top tackle and no malicious intent. It happens when you play with a round object.
 
Fairfield_1st said:
If you look at the still photo it looks horrible. When you watch on slo-mo you see he had the ball and his foot rolled over the ball. Not an over the top tackle and no malicious intent. It happens when you play with a round object.
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As a Spurs fan, the offside call was just blown. Absolute incompetence. Having said that, the way games are called nowadays the Curtis Jones foul was a red card. I understand the arguments why it shouldn't have been, and they are perfectly rational, but the way the game is called that was a red.
 
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