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

My friends and I are deep into this super nerdy fantasy league with the scoring linked to Opta stats etc and at one point a week or two ago Ben Davies was the highest scoring player in the entire game. He just seems to have been unspectacularly hugely effective this season.

Then again Christopher Schindler was also in the top three last week and that's not going to last. Got to admit I expected today to be tougher.

The one time you want Kane to pass...

Kane is going to get 6 today. It is reminding of that 10-1 defeat to Man City that was on MOTD when I was a kid.

I have cleverly ensured that Spurs won't win by more than three by betting on them to win by four or more before the game.

Alli very unlucky there. Looks so much sharper than recent weeks.

what a dive by Alli! It is was even worse than VLP's last week. Oh good Lowe is coming off, his confidence must be shot.

Alli is a tart and tbh he could leave in the morning for the type of money it would take afaic

Lossl has been great for us so far, but today he has shown many flashes of how he ended up on the rejects pile!

Lol! Spurs will be quaking in their boots at the sight of Dean Whitehead coming off the bench.

If I was a Palace fan I'd be quite insulted by that United back four.

we have been like FC Vaporwave today, just dreadful.

They didn't deserve that Sissoko goal.

Imagine ShariVari thinks otherwise

God bless him.

Seven consecutive away wins, 28 goals, 17 from Kane. (I think)

I refuse to believe Evertonians aren’t all Europhile socialists. Maybe that poll was just 15 lads from Knowsley who’d just got refused service in a bar in Bergamo the other week.

As a Palace fan I'm just flattered Man U have picked a goalkeeper

if fellaini keeps playing like this, we'll never see ander again :(

Rashford's looked great today

...and now looks crocked

what was his problem? looked like he'd taken one in the nads

Don't know, my commentary is in Russian. Young looks very good too.

Imagine spending £130m on fullbacks and choosing to play Fabian Delph there instead. When there are children starving in Africa who would love an attacking left back.

Rooney benched, Niasse starts.

Nyasssss

Everton still wretched without him tbfttl.

Everton are still wretched without me I'm not nicking two grand a fucking hour out of it am i

that is one of the jammiest goals I've ever seen. Great stuff

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-41473443

Coutinho makes it...just

http://team-picker.files.bbci.co.uk/liverpool-manutdxi-ceb8600afc7f7362caf3aaaaa3c02c35.jpg

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41547303

that was meant to be

http://i66.tinypic.com/dxka5j.jpg

there's just no point in those things

unless you want to sink ilx football chat to the level of idk the fucking bbc livefeed

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carrick in the #10 role surely

just a bit of fun you irritant

Think I'd prob swap Blind in, he's been decent recently. Shame there's no place for Salah, he good.

Salah certainly has a case, but Martial has been absurdly effective on a goals/assists per minutes played this season

That's true.

What do you make of Blind? He's in/out of the squad a lot isn't he? How does Mou rate him?

I have a lot of time for Blind. But I don't think Mourinho does particularly

I've put Young in there because he's the only full-back we have who's a reliable crosser from open play. It's an indictment of both squads that the two best FBs are aging converted wingers tbh

Yeah that's def the case. The funny thing about Blind is that he never grew up playing one position. He's been used at so many places (last week at Holland he played DM iirc).

that one cross that blind put in for van persie v. spain! then he joined united and it's been 5 assists in 87 appearances

you accidentally put mane and coutinho in

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Valence Jones bailly blid
Matic
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Lallana coutinho
Salah firmino mane

^^^a bit more like it I'd say

Team is based on this season

Firmino's been shite, Lallana non-existent

H/t for no Lukaku or something A+ challop

He wouldn't see which way it went in our attack

true, tho he might do even better if his own fans weren't racially abusing him

Says a lot that Phil Jones is still getting in this combined team and I can't really argue.

I could have basically picked any 4 man u defenders at random

Easy there moyesey

can't beat a London derby