AdamTH17 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Top Six: Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Wolves. Relegated: Brighton, Newcastle, Norwich. Champions League: Juventus Top scorer: Mo Salah. Player of the season: Bernardo Silva. Young player of the season: Declan Rice. Best signing: Lo Celso. Biggest flop: David Luiz. First sacking: Roy Hodgson Surprise package: Wolves Which Brexit relic manager will be back in the PL by Easter?: It's got to be Allardyce, hasn't it? Will Mike Ashley sell Newcastle this season? Sure thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted August 10, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2019 Top Six: Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Leicester, Chelsea Relegated: Newcastle, Villa, Southampton Champions League: Barcelona Top scorer: Mo Salah. Player of the season: Sterling Young player of the season: Zinchenko Best signing: Ayoze Perez Biggest flop: Harry Maguire First sacking: Solskjaer Surprise package: Leicester Which Brexit relic manager will be back in the PL by Easter?: Moyes Will Mike Ashley sell Newcastle this season? No chance. It's his beloved baby. He's the saviour of the toon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted August 10, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2019 Bar the opening goal, Villa were woeful there, maybe 2 players looked like they could handle Premier League level. I'm not including Grealish there. It's gonna be a long season in Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Shy Dad said: Bar the opening goal, Villa were woeful there, maybe 2 players looked like they could handle Premier League level. I'm not including Grealish there. It's gonna be a long season in Birmingham. I don’t think Villa were awful. But for a bit of composure, they would’ve been 2 up at the break. I’m not being funny but what do you expect them to do when they go a goal up after 10 minutes? They’re clearly going to sit and defend deep. And they did that well against relentless Spurs pressure, right up until they clearly tired out. Grealish made a terrible mistake and then the third goal was inevitable against a team dead on their feet. They’ll probably be fine this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted August 10, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2019 I dunno, maybe it was adrenaline in the moment of being surrounded in a pub hy Villa fans, but for that final 30 minutes they looked so far off the pace it was scary. The defence really wasn't there and got shown up a lot. Maybe it was first day jitters and being at Villa Park will help, but bar that goal and a clear chance for a second, they seemed out of it throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Shy Dad said: I dunno, maybe it was adrenaline in the moment of being surrounded in a pub hy Villa fans, but for that final 30 minutes they looked so far off the pace it was scary. The defence really wasn't there and got shown up a lot. Maybe it was first day jitters and being at Villa Park will help, but bar that goal and a clear chance for a second, they seemed out of it throughout. I mean, they were playing the Audi Cup champions, what do you expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 10, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2019 Top Six: Man United, Blackburn, Notts Forest, Arsenal, Newcastle, Norwich Relegated: City, Barnsley, Swindon Champions League: Red Star Belgrade Top scorer: Alan Shearer Player of the season: David Ginola Young player of the season: Darren Huckerby Best signing: Karel Poborsky Biggest flop: Stuart Barlow First sacking: Alan Ball Surprise package: Joe Royles Dog's of War Which Brexit relic manager will be back in the PL by Easter?: Mike Walker Will Mike Ashley sell Newcastle this season? Freddie Sheppard's going to do what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted August 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2019 2 hours ago, IANdrewDiceClay said: Top Six: Man United, Blackburn, Notts Forest, Arsenal, Newcastle, Norwich Relegated: City, Barnsley, Swindon Champions League: Red Star Belgrade Top scorer: Alan Shearer Player of the season: David Ginola Young player of the season: Darren Huckerby Best signing: Karel Poborsky Biggest flop: Stuart Barlow First sacking: Alan Ball Surprise package: Joe Royles Dog's of War Which Brexit relic manager will be back in the PL by Easter?: Mike Walker Will Mike Ashley sell Newcastle this season? Freddie Sheppard's going to do what? 93-94? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted August 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2019 No, that's definitely a mish mash of various nineties seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted August 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2019 Mine was pure 93/94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted August 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2019 Well what a load of bollocks. A player goes for a header using his arms naturally to gain leverage in the lift, the ball passes him and he's now no longer looking at it. Another player heads the ball which hits the first players arm. Even by the new rules I am failing to see how that is handball. We were given assurances that ball to hand would not result in penalties this season in the Premier League, apparently that rule doesn't work the other way. I am all for VAR, but subjectivity needs to be knocked on the head once and for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted August 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Teedy Kay said: Even by the new rules I am failing to see how that is handball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted August 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2019 Wow, fair enough, it's still absolutely ridiculous and needs sorting out. Ball to hand should never be handball, as the FA themselves have admitted in the case of defenders, shouldn't work differently in different circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2019 All handballs should be handball without exception. This hand to ball / ball to hand bollocks has gone on way too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briefcase Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 It's a Fifa rule not VAR or Premier League. Anyway these things even themselves out over the course of the season 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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