Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20

this game sounds nuts

imago stop it

Lawrenson actually picked us, terrible sign

the last three games, they've literally just played relegation candidates, which were good warm-ups, but they definitely haven't completely returned to the pre-stoppage squad quality. fortunately, most other squads have the same problem.

I feel like the not having a mid-week match for once will finally give them the rest they need to light shit up. I hope Traore starts and scores 17 goals and that fake crowd noise isn't needed because you'll hear the wailing of Arse fans from hundreds of miles away in the stadium

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there are no easy games Arsingal are a good team we just play one match at a time

I live 5 minutes from Arsenal's stadium and it's a struggle hearing them from here.

i'm just happy to have a 90 minute distraction from my misery today.

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look on the bright side: you might have had your distraction already, on Friday, and might have been playing your local rivals you haven't beaten since 1996, and you might have lost to a late goal, again

Major League Soccer was supposed to resume this week in my city with a tournament but of course it got bumped back a week for obvious reasons.

LOL that a few months ago, it seemed like the obvious location when our infections are low, now we're becoming the new epicenter.

NBA about to run into that shit too. bubble or not.

ah bollocks Leicester

reduced to feeding off sakho howlers for comfort

good to see Fellaini's brother out there

god, I love watching Traore's composure with the ball, he just weaved through four people there to get a shot off.

Adama showboating 😁

near disaster there

somewhat tentative match, as I expected, each team keeping shape and not wanting to venture too far forward.

opportunities starting to show themselves.

Patricio!

let Neves take this free kick

fuuuuuck

Obligatory headstart ffs

alright, time for the usual Man City finish folks

meh half, but we are getting 3 goals next half

plenty of time. not crazy about Adama in a front two tbh, i assume that'll be the first tactical change at some point, i'd switch up at half time but i don't think Nuno will

if this was Orlando City rn I'd be turning the game off to watch Robocop, so yeah, plenty of time left

lol commentator agrees with you on Traore. he's gotta go wide, the one time he swung a ball in, the header was offline as Donk was out of position, but that's the type of thing that makes the defence sellout too much and forget to mark other people

already looking way more dangerous

oh man, this is eventually gonna pay off.

Jota time

ooh he shaved!

wtf they are subbing him for Traore!

oh oops wrong number. jesus that was scary lol

yeah going 3 or 2 and a half up front

Doherty is doing some...weird shit today

amazed Boly didn't get a yellow for that

OMG nooooooooooo....so close

aw fuck tried to be too clever there Adama

Jota looking good for missing a half

yeah, dynamite sequence there. there are so many matchup issues to exploit here

let Neves take it!

good call there too, definitely got the leg before ball

Neto time

Doherty off was a good spot, he's not been great

agreed. his decision making was slow

Lol if you shield the ball from Saiss for more than a couple of seconds you know he'll get bored and kick you

Shit, heart in my mouth for a moment there

come on, let's get one on Farcenal here

oof yeah

got his full forehead on it

enough surgical precision, time to start firing and hoping for opportunistic caroms and ricochets.

lots of mental errors happening in the last 5 minutes too.

Not enough creativity to just dink it about, need to get it forward quicker