'Even allowing for inflation, this thread is not worth 198 Terry Francises' - EPL 2017-18

How did Sanchez fare in his first start for youse?

He made a few big and well timed tackles and blocks, otherwise was good on the ball.

Not gonna lie to you, a game in which sissoko and Davies strike you as cl level options is not the game to judge anyone on

Good debut then, happy for the lad.

Lol Stoke giant killers

"Klopp out", LOL L'pool fans from from Surrey or wherever.

maybe not xp

Mhiki assist yet again. What a pass.

Phil Jones smdh

Klopp a cunt on that

Shearer a total cunt but no surprise

Like mane hadn't a head to go for it with and not his studs at eye height.

What's the record for offside goals in a day

If Mane had flicked it over the goalies head and scored, would the ref have allowed Mane to score or award a free out

He should have awarded free out

But wouldn't have

And we wouldn't be talking about it

But having landed full blooded contact

Nobody should be saying anything, anything other than red and imo a decent ban

Nobody itt, but certainly for klopp to come out after and say he didn't think there was contact?

Fuck him

I think he was saying that at first he didnt see any contact tbf

No, in the clip on MotD he said after watching the video he didn't think there was contact. He acknowledged there had been contact with something, on basis of the cut, but he had no idea where it had come from.

felt a bit bad for Renato Sanches. gettin pelters from all sides for what was admittedly a pretty crappy debut, but hasn't he only played something like 3 competitive games in the last 15 months? also he is 20 years old, morons need to stop expecting him to be the second coming of Joahn Cruyff in his first game in England

*first game in Wales, apologies to everyone that's unforgivable

in the diving/simulating wanker 2017 stakes, watch out for Merino, he's very promising

he will pull the wool over the ref's eyes

Best to rip that plaster I spose

so many brow-furrowing ex-pros not understanding why recklessness shd be punishable

In his mind Trevor he will of held a perfect image of the ball as he squeezed the trigger and I mean you can't ask for more from the lad trevor

Renato Sanchez is pretty good with the balls at his feet! pic.twitter.com/HgZvnhejMb

— ben harris (@blondy205) September 10, 2017

the problem with Sanches is that today's game wasn't an anomaly at all. Even when he was getting hyped at the Euros, his performances were all over the shop. He seems severely lacking in most of the fundamentals tbh

don't agree with that, "most of the fundamentals" seems a huge reach. he's got a good turn of pace and is noticeably strong for his size, he's skilful, he strikes the ball very well. obviously it's a problem if he continues to spank aesthetically pleasing passes into touch / the feet of opposition attackers, but i'd be amazed to learn that any of the pundits and fans slating him today actually watched a single minute of his time at Benfica (obviously not much for them to have seen at Bayern). give him a few months.

the flipside to that is that Swansea may not have a few months to give, what with Newcastle and Brighton picking up points, Huddersfield actually being a good team, West Ham and Palace imminently sacking their respective managers to ensure safe 14th / 15th place finishes etc.

a child could kick a face in the street

We need Chris morris to be a ref

Klopp = the German Brendan Rodgers

Nile Rodgers surely

"We're on a good run of form after we beat Liverpool 5-0 last week." pic.twitter.com/oXxJdBvXwe

— KJ ラ (@santasbaIlsack) September 9, 2017

Yaaa

i get it it is as if he is moving club each time they lose

Sacking a permanent manager after fewer than ten games is usually a good sign

Appointing Roy Hodgson usually a better one

See you next season Bananaman Begins

there should be a minimum 12 month lock-in rule for managers, it wd be hilarious

Hodgson, lol.

It was a hilarious mismatch from the start, but why appoint him in the first place and ask him to implement a new style just to sack him after four matches?*

* I'm aware logic does not apply to football.

Yeah Hodgson isnt going to do much better for them. Bilic could be next in line

This is fine

Oof. Huddersfield were really, really poor tonight. Unrecognizable really. No idea what Wagner's idea was - Hammers really aren't good at all - but all they did was walk and pass back and defend. A drubbing.

Yeah 1st time watching Huddersfield and they were poor

i actually think hodgson will do well (as in maybe avoid relegation) with that side.

same. i can't stand him but he has a proven track record in finishing 11th.

yeah, and the team is crying out for being well-drilled, defensively organized, and moving forward in fast transitions (hoof it up the park).

Which is why itisamystery.jpg why they chose for De Boer in the first place.

"Hey why instead of barely surviving each season we don't try some tiki taka shit this year?"
"Briliant. We'll get De Boer and go for endless passing and transform our whole playing style and identity it will take time but"
*lose four games*
"Forget about De Boer, we can get Hodgson! Hoofing the ball up front, just like the good old days! We'll finish 16th!"

otm

the de boer thing makes no sense. the folk running the club are total idiots

Second captains was excellent on this and more, delving from this starting point into the post-technical fate of the new EPL and the crisis of faith in the traditional Dutch school via a meandering paean to the impossible stupidity of chairmen

Ringing endorsement, that, will check it out.

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