The English Football Thread

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Leicester is top of the table now

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

Kane and Son were outstanding earlier by looks of the highlights. Add Bale into that and if Mourinho can get more from Ndombele or starts Lo Celso (their best midfielder by far), their going to get a good amount of goals against teams as long as they dont play with the handbreak on like they did v Everton.

That Matt Doherty penalty’s fucking hilarious though what the tuck is he doing just stand there and tackle him no need to out your arms up like that 🤣

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

5 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Kane and Son were outstanding earlier by looks of the highlights. Add Bale into that and if Mourinho can get more from Ndombele or starts Lo Celso (their best midfielder by far), their going to get a good amount of goals against teams as long as they dont play with the handbreak on like they did v Everton.

That Matt Doherty penalty’s fucking hilarious though what the tuck is he doing just stand there and tackle him no need to out your arms up like that 🤣

It’s Mourinho tho. They will just implode at some point for sure. No team will ever compete at the top with Mourinho at the helm ever again

Just watched the highlights of the game. Son's movement was impressive, one has to admit. Bertrand with an absolute horror show tho. just stopped defending.

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

Just now, Magic Lamps said:

It’s Mourinho tho. They will just implode at some point for sure. No team will ever compete at the top with Mourinho at the helm ever again

I think so. He has got the attacking players to really go and be a more progressive attacking team. Son, Lucas Moura, Bale, Bergjwin, Lo Celso, Harry Kane - you’d think he would. But as you’ve said it is Mourinho. If it goes tits up and they get rid of him, getting a manager in who could be more progressive and utilise a more attacking style theyd do well.

[Blue Armour 4,336]

Gundogan becomes the 3rd city player to test positive for covid. Will go into a 10 day quarantine immediately.

With rising infection rates, this season will be a real test of how disciplined players are. Carelessness would mean that they could potentially jeopardize a club.

It's an absolute disgrace that international matches are being allowed to go ahead though.

It just increases the risk factor.

 

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i am interested to see this new version of aston villa

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2020-21 English Premier League

Aston Villa
Sheffield United 

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2020/premier-league-aston-villa-vs-sheffield-united-s1/

https://www.totalsportek.com/aston-villa/

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3 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

Gundogan becomes the 3rd city player to test positive for covid. Will go into a 10 day quarantine immediately.

With rising infection rates, this season will be a real test of how disciplined players are. Carelessness would mean that they could potentially jeopardize a club.

It's an absolute disgrace that international matches are being allowed to go ahead though.

It just increases the risk factor.

 

Its BS, hate these national games, serves no purpose imo other than players getting injured, greedy cunts.

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It will be interesting to see how Martinez does for Villa and compare him to Mendy when he comes in.

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red card on Sheffield

denial of goalscoring chance

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Egan gone...work to do now for United.

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on Egan, their best CB

[prehuman 119]

rugby team with 10 men.

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English Premier League clubs rarely field young players

 

Issue number 305 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks 80 top divisions worldwide according to the percentage of minutes by 21-year-old or younger players since the 2015/16 (or 2015) season. The lowest percentage among the five major European leagues was recorded in the English Premier League (7.1% of minutes), while the highest was measured in the French Ligue 1 (15.4%).

Two Baltic countries are at the top of the overall rankings: Estonia (31.1%) and Latvia (27.2%). The Slovenian top division complete the podium: 26.4%. The Dutch Eredivisie is the most competitive championship in the top 10 (8th, 23.8%). The highest figures for leagues in non-UEFA associations were observed in Panama (7th, 23.9%), Venezuela (13th, 22.0%) and Uruguay (20th, 18.0%).

Since 2015, Chinese Super League clubs fielded 21-year-old or younger players for the fewest percentage of minutes among all of the competitions surveyed: 3.9%. This very low proportion indicates that China is not yet ready to become a football power as local talents struggle to gain experience. The second lowest figure was recorded in the Turkish Süper Lig (4.1%).

All data here

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Ampadu on.

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Penalty United here.

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Martinez what a penalty save that was.