Fuck Off Back To The Little Leagues: EPL 21/22

that said, i didn't see much preseason but was impressed by partey and felt nkeitah was very sharp and ready.....then both are injured and out for weeks, then BOTH laca and auba get injured days before the season starts?!? Brentford deserved the win against our cursed lot!!

Pogba has three assists inside an hour.

And Bruno completes his hat-trick

Brentford's plunge down the table begins

David Brentford

Fourth Pogba assist too.

I hope Lewis O'Brien is watching this

Leicester - Wolves an absolute cracker at the moment

Chelsea contenders imo

Given how shit everything else is in this country why not

O fuck beautiful pass from Mou, Adama tears through the centre halfs then slots it wide

Near sitter ffs

This is why he's always gonna be "limited"

Not sure having BITCH on our shirt sleeves is a good look

Fucks sake beautifully worked Leicester goal, Vardy being a clinical cunt as per

Shocking defending between Moutinho and Marcal tho

Controversial I know but for a late bloomer Vardy is stupidly talented

Villa have been horrible

Starting to suspect that losing Grealish might actually turn out to be a pretty significant setback

Oof just seen the half time scores

Fucks sake Villa, Watford delenda est

"a touch of fortune" about that second Watford goal tbf

they're probably not even scum any more, still carrying the stigma of the Pearson phase

in the absence of a new Little Leagues thread i just wanna briefly lol Derby btw

11 minutes of injury time well deployed by Ferguson jr.

I've been watching Chelsea v Palace as a proxy for My Mother, but I thought I was 1/4 of the way to £50,000 with Armstrong scoring for Soto. It's only at halftime I've realised that was ADAM Armstrong, not Stuart, so that's all fucked already. Oh well.

If Football Manager has taught me anything it's never back Stuart Armstrong

Yeah that should be my yearbook quote

Second Adama shot and it's straight at the keeper

I feel like we've been much better than the idiot spoilt brat section of our fans wanted to think we would be but there's very little edge at the moment, needs a signing or two before the end of the month

much better performance than my worst imaginings but obv it sucks when you can't score. cautiously thinking we've got the makings of something tho

Teemu Pukki has been a fucking wasteman since, what, 2 months into their last Prem season? I was trying to fashion a Niemi-based gag about "he's not Finnish! He's only..." but turns out he's 31, yeah he's finished

Second Adama shot and it's straight at the keeper

His muscles get in the way

pretty sure he's about as good as he's ever gonna be and i wouldn't cry if we took daft money for him but today was a classic example of why nobody will offer daft money for him

still love you boo

made up for Chalobah getting a goal on his debut, he was good for us but I thought he might not make it at Chelsea.

well tbh he was a bit dodgy for us, but we played him in midfield and in a very shit side, but he did show potential and was a 100%er.

It looks like Tuchel might actually rate Chalobah? I expect a Rudiger/Thiago/Chalobah back 3 going forward, Christiansen is useless, Zouma is a lump and possibly away, I actually watched whatever they called that wee London pre-season tournament and yeah Chalobah seems worth persevering with

yeah he played him in the Super Cup last week as well, looks like he's in there.

Kounde still a target from all you read but apparently its rudiger considered most vulnerable

didn't Chalobah start life as a DM? good learning curve if you can make the switch to being a centre half with more in your armory than hoofing it

yeah I think he did. A bit like yer man Coady

yeah. never want to play him in a 2 tho

Brighton continue to suffer bullshit reffing

God Tarkowski is a cunt

ASM masterclass for the goal.

This is great fun.

Kane not in the squad today.

well, yeah

Fernandinho bossing things thus far

I fear for Tanganga here but he’s just about holding his own at the moment.

Tanganga clearly Spurs best player

Theres not a man in the back five id fear for any less

Skipp and hojberg decent cover

Alli looks bettwr

Also, who is the alternative?

Dier is our next best right back, like

Not saying its mouras season but hes had a proper pre season and his skillset will benefit from some strikers heading away from him instead of towards him

Midfield is fucken wide open for whichever team wants to take it

Haaland is going to score boatloads. Don’t fancy having to look at his mug constantly, but he’s built for the PL.

He would score boatloads anywhere he played tbf

Haaland is going to score boatloads. Don’t fancy having to look at his mug constantly, but he’s built for the PL.

well sure but i'm not looking forward to watching it is what i'm saying

there is a reality in which Grealish wide on the left with Haaland up top is a joyfully destructive wrecking machine but i don't think this will go down like that. Haaland will score for fun and City will be unstoppable anyway but whatever else it may be it doesn't look like being an aesthetic triumph

which is not a judgement on 70 mins of a young player making his debut in a meaningless pre-season friendly so much as a condemnation of Guardiola's City in the round. boring cunts.

Are we starting a new thread

22/23 EPL (and Wolves) thread