2023-24 English Premier League Discussion Thread

Post #61 » by **Cactus Jack** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:00 pm

Foden is so good

Post #62 » by **Baphomet** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:07 pm

Amazed at how unfit United looked today. Really devoid of energy and just walking around after the first 30 minutes. How Bruno missed that wide open header, I'll never know.

Good performance and win by Spurs, a little disappointed in how cheaply we gave the ball away at times, but that midfield 3 of Bissouma, Sarr and Maddison looks golden. Sonny was better today, Kulu and Richarlison still struggling with the new system. Should have scored more.

Baseline81 · Post #63 » by **Baseline81** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 2:20 pm

Curious to know how many folks think Mac Allister's red card was deserved?

wco81 · Post #64 » by **wco81** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:36 pm

Rough time to be a Chelsea fan.

HIF · Post #65 » by **HIF** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:43 pm

Embarrassing for Poch and Chelsea

Baseline81 · Post #66 » by **Baseline81** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:21 pm

Petty of me, as a Liverpool fan, but seeing Caicedo have a nightmare debut for Chelsea drew a smile.

Post #67 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:46 pm

HIF wrote:Embarrassing for Poch and Chelsea

Chalk it up in the "things you love to see" column

Post #68 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:55 pm

Chelsea under Boehly have completed more signings (26) than wins (16)

Tuchel died for this

MetalFingaz · Post #69 » by **MetalFingaz** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:21 pm

Baphomet wrote:
Chelsea under Boehly have completed more signings (26) than wins (16)

Tuchel died for this

This is the Stormi coefficient.

MaliBrah · Post #70 » by **MaliBrah** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:51 pm

Baphomet wrote:
HIF wrote:Embarrassing for Poch and Chelsea

Chalk it up in the "things you love to see" column

Lovely , so lovely man

after a weekend of laughing at my friends , I'm worried about monday night under the lights at selhurst now. :lol:

Post #71 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:08 pm

MaliBrah wrote:
Baphomet wrote:
HIF wrote:Embarrassing for Poch and Chelsea

Chalk it up in the "things you love to see" column

Lovely , so lovely man

after a weekend of laughing at my friends , I'm worried about monday night under the lights at selhurst now.

Bit of a bogey ground for Arsenal as well, if I recall, but you'll probably be fine.

Post #72 » by **kdawg32086** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:25 pm

MaliBrah wrote:
Baphomet wrote:
HIF wrote:Embarrassing for Poch and Chelsea

Chalk it up in the "things you love to see" column

Lovely , so lovely man

after a weekend of laughing at my friends , I'm worried about monday night under the lights at selhurst now.

Me too haha.

MetalFingaz · Post #73 » by **MetalFingaz** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:32 am

Chukwuemeka took his goal really well. Not good to see him go off injured. Mudryk, meanwhile, looks bad. Wild to spend that kind of money on a few group stage UCL counterattack goals. Hopefully he finds his level in the Championship after Chelsea get relegated.

HIF · Post #74 » by **HIF** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:57 am

Baseline81 wrote:Petty of me, as a Liverpool fan, but seeing Caicedo have a nightmare debut for Chelsea drew a smile.

You have to remember that he didn't have a pre-season.

However how everyone didn't go after JWP weeks ago and pay double the price amazes me. I rate him higher than Calcedo and Maddison (just).

HIF · Post #75 » by **HIF** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:58 am

Baphomet wrote:
Chelsea under Boehly have completed more signings (26) than wins (16)

Tuchel died for this

Well he got a massive payoff and another massive job.

wco81 · Post #76 » by **wco81** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:07 pm

6 points for Arsenal by the skin of their teeth.

The_Brecht · Post #77 » by **The_Brecht** » Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:34 am

Ref was influenced a lot by the crowd.
The second yellow card for Tomi was an absolute joke. He didn't even touch Ayew, let alone pull his shirt.

Palace dominated after the red card, as you would expect, but didn't have clear cut chances. Dives by Eze and Ayew showed the desperation.

Last season we had no depth whatsoever in midfield and defense. Now we do.
Rice is already playing like he's been with the club for years. What a player!

HIF · Post #78 » by **HIF** » Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:47 pm

The_Brecht wrote:Ref was influenced a lot by the crowd.
The second yellow card for Tomi was an absolute joke. He didn't even touch Ayew, let alone pull his shirt.

Palace dominated after the red card, as you would expect, but didn't have clear cut chances. Dives by Eze and Ayew showed the desperation.

Last season we had no depth whatsoever in midfield and defense. Now we do.
Rice is already playing like he's been with the club for years. What a player!

I only watched the first half but I wasn't impressed by Arsenal. If anything Palace were the better side.

MaliBrah · Post #79 » by **MaliBrah** » Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:02 pm

Nketiah not being able to finish and David Coote being a freak made that unnecessarily hard. Palace need to get a forward in and Olise back , there wasn't a moment I was scared before the red that they'll score. Then David Coote went David Coote and wanted to decide the match.

Feels like we're playing too cautious right now trying to control games. Havertz LCM thing is a still a little awkward right now and is throwing everyone off I feel. Need some more synergy. Regardless Eddie and Martinelli should have seen us having 2 or 3 goals by half.

That timber injury still hurts me man, he looked so so good in preseason and the community shield.

Baseline81 · Post #80 » by **Baseline81** » Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:47 pm

Baseline81 wrote:Curious to know how many folks think Mac Allister's red card was deserved?

And sense prevailed. Just unfortunate these refs and VAR are not able to get these calls correct...

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