Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[thatrapsfan]

Players and fixtures it seems. I think Brexit is slowly eroding the league along with too many matches.

Yup!

What do you mean re: Brexit?

 

[BlackBall]

The premier league is absolute trash this season

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

What do you mean re: Brexit?

Ever since it happened, more and more behaviour.

Also the uncertainty of everything, because Brexit. Players, transfers, visas, taxes. It's is very surprising that no one has done much business this winter window, considering how flawed everyone is not from red half of Liverpool.

 

[phillycavsfan]

I joke on Cheech all the time for being overrated, but he scored goals in real matches for Madrid and Man U. He's got nothing to be ashamed about.

 

[Montez]

One more thing I would add, they're buying players at such young ages, footballers are essentially factory created products now. They're not playing football outside of their clubs. They're drilled far too early. It's easier to buy players like DeBruyne and Salah over building a team around a Fabregas or Ozil.

We've lost great defenders and no. 10s. Old fashion forwards (Vieri, Shearer) are kinda extinct too.

Part of the reason I don't like Pep's teams. They look too drilled.

 

[JDH]

The premier league is absolute trash this season

Bigger difference between 1st place and 4th place than between 4th place and last place, and thats with liverpool having 2 games less played . Salute to liverpool maybe one of the best PL sides ever but a lot of the other top teams have been severely underperforming

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

I joke on Cheech all the time for being overrated, but he scored goals in real matches for Madrid and Man U. He's got nothing to be ashamed about.

His movement was exceptional, always a super sub at the top level tho. Definitely a casualty of how the game has evolved over the last 5-6 years.

 

[Dushane Hill]

John Barnes is the biggest bounty in the world of professional sport. He also defended Liam Neeson over those racist comments he made.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

One more thing I would add, they're buying players at such young ages, footballers are essentially factory created products now. They're not playing football outside of their clubs. They're drilled far too early. It's easier to buy players like DeBruyne and Salah over building a team around a Fabregas or Ozil.

We've lost great defenders and no. 10s. Old fashion forwards (Vieri, Shearer) are kinda extinct too.

Part of the reason I don't like Pep's teams. They look too drilled.

Sport as a whole has become too drilled and has become more about being spoon fed what the science and data tells you. Than the harnessing, development of the talent and what you see with your own eyes.

 

[mastermind]

What do you mean re: Brexit?

Transfer fees are higher because of the fall of the pound.

I doubt many players are going to want to come from Europe because of the potential visa difficulties.

It’s all uncertainty.

 

[Roberto Firmino]

That’s my captain

 

[YakSpiller]

HENDOOO!!!

 

[phcitywarrior]

Forgot to triple captain either Mane or Salah on this double week

Now I'm praying they both blank. At least it'll mitigate any possible advantages other people in my pool might get.

 

[dappadonna]

No Mane No watch

 

[YakSpiller]

What happened to Sadio?