The English Football Thread

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Jase 43,479]

Van Dijk, TAA and now Gomez...

 

[Strike 7,494]

Liverpool might still find a way to cope. Something like this at Chelsea would end our season hopes 

[Jase 43,479]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

Liverpool might still find a way to cope. Something like this at Chelsea would end our season hopes 

Will it? The quality varies but at least we have enough backup options in terms of numbers across the defence.

But Liverpool? At this rate, they are gonna have to play their youth team backline. If I'm not mistaken, a 34-year-old James Milner came on to replace TAA last weekend. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

Reports its pretty serious too. Gomez injury. 

It's Liverpool. So I particularly don't give a flying fuck. However, its madness isn't it. The fact we have internationals in this congested season, AND having only 3 subs whilst the rest of the world has 5. 

Completely unjust. 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

Well they did vote against the 5 subs and now are taking it back and want to have those 5 subs rule, its a whole mess.

[Jase 43,479]

11 minutes ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

Well they did vote against the 5 subs and now are taking it back and want to have those 5 subs rule, its a whole mess.

It was mostly the smaller clubs who voted against it. The rule needed 14 out of the 20 clubs to vote for it. 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Reports its pretty serious too. Gomez injury. 

It's Liverpool. So I particularly don't give a flying fuck. However, its madness isn't it. The fact we have internationals in this congested season, AND having only 3 subs whilst the rest of the world has 5. 

Completely unjust. 

Typical British suicide mission to give yourself a harder time than everyone else. Not sure if the sub rule has anything to do with Gomez injury tho. CBs very rarely get subbed out, esp not in a match on the edge like their last few league games were

Anyway. with gomez out, pool have lost their 2 best cbs for possibly the full season. We should really take advantage of that. if we get our shit together like we did for the past few games we can go far in the league.

[Azul 1,615]

Why do I have a feeling that Liverpool will somehow find a way to win games, even though their whole defence is injured?

Edited November 11, 2020 by Azul

[Jase 43,479]

13 minutes ago, Azul said:

Why do I have a feeling that Liverpool will somehow find a way to win games, even though their whole defence is injured?

They still have the firepower upfront, TBF.

[Vesper 30,226]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

Van Dijk, TAA and now Gomez...

 

I said their luck was up, and the only reason they won the big trophies was insanely good luck with injuries for 2 years

nice to be proven correct

zero chance they win the CL

and they may be in deep shit with the EPL

[Vesper 30,226]

Just now, Jason said:

They still have the firepower upfront, TBF.

one of their big 3 up front will get injured

I can feel it in me bones

they are lucky they bought Jota

[Hutcho 8,443]

Milner will be better defensively than Trent at RB.
Obviously they'll lose a lot going forward though. Sort of like a more extreme version of going from James to azpi.

The centre back pairing will be interesting though.

[Azul 1,615]

They still have the firepower upfront, TBF.

If they win the title after so many injuries then the PL is a joke to be honest.

Guardiola and Lampard have to be looking at this and seriously believe they can go for the title. Considering Liverpool will eventually use their average youth players.

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[Vesper 30,226]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

 

most are garbage now (Özil was WC, now is shut out and so dimished)

only ones I rate are Auba (and he is in a huge slump)

Partey (superb player, great signing)

and the youngster they are fucking about, Saliba

the rest are dogshit

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Azul said:

If they win the title after so many injuries then the PL is a joke to be honest.

Assuming they go on to win it, let's see how they get there before calling the league a joke. 

Not sure if this season's league will be won by the team that plays the best football. It might well come down to who is the fittest of them all, who will survive this stupid congested fixture by hook or by crook. 

[Azul 1,615]

Assuming they go on to win it, let's see how they get there before calling the league a joke. 
Not sure if this season's league will be won by the team that plays the best football. It might well come down to who is the fittest of them all, who will survive this stupid congested fixture by hook or by crook. 

Agreed. If however Liverpool don't have their main players for the majority of the season and they still win the league while other title challengers have most of their players fit then the league is a joke in my humble opinion.

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[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Azul said:

Agreed. If however Liverpool don't have their main players for the majority of the season and they still win the league while other title challengers have most of their players fit then the league is a joke in my humble opinion.

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Well, City have injuries and look inconsistent. United are shit and inconsistent. Arsenal are shit and inconsistent. Spurs look okay but can they keep Son and Kane fit for the whole season? We look to be okay now but still unsure over the course of the season. Don't think the others can keep up for the whole season.

There are still lots of unknowns and unpredictability based on what we've seen so far. If it's not us for the title, then it better not be fucking Spurs! 

[Azul 1,615]

Well, City have injuries and look inconsistent. United are shit and inconsistent. Arsenal are shit and inconsistent. Spurs look okay but can they keep Son and Kane fit for the whole season? We look to be okay now but still unsure over the course of the season. Don't think the others can keep up for the whole season. There are still lots of unknowns and unpredictability based on what we've seen so far. If it's not us for the title, then it better not be fucking Spurs!  

 

That's why I said "assuming the rest of the leagues primary players stay fit while Liverpool have an injury crisis". City's poor form is no excuse for them to not win the league tbf. With the defenders they've brought in, and the so-called best manager that they have at their disposal, they should breeze past everyone this season if their players stay fit. But they probably won't because they're looking awful so I agree on that.  

 

 

There is no reason for us to not challenge for the title, and I'm not being biased here. We got world class players, a very good defence, amazing attacking talent and momentum on our side. The only thing that could stop us is if Lampard truly fucks up, which I hope he won't. The most embarrassing thing would be Spurs finishing above us when they've finished 6th last season.

 

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[Tomo 21,751]

19 minutes ago, Azul said:

Agreed. If however Liverpool don't have their main players for the majority of the season and they still win the league while other title challengers have most of their players fit then the league is a joke in my humble opinion.

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I think it will say more for just how mentally strong that squad are as much as it hurts to admit it.

We had major injury problems in 06/07 and 07/08 but our sheer warrior like mentality and spirit meant we somehow kept up with and challenged Fergie's very best United sides. I see a similar spirit in these lot, unless Alisson gets injured (Adrian is tragically bad) i think they will still find a way to challenge at a minimum unfortunately.