The English Football Thread

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12 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Thankfully Spuds still have the derby coming up where they’ll likely go all Spursy and lose and they have to go to Anfield I believe. So whilst they are creeping up on us a bit I think we’re very safe.

I think they beat Arse

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1 minute ago, Vesper said:

fuck nil 4

Son with a hattie

Kulusevski is a beast in the EPL

what the fuck is it with all our big rivals striking gold with wingers???

It really is fucking stupid how everyone else in the league manages to sign these brilliant goal scoring wide players but every one we sign flops or fails to live up to their potential.

It’s a position we desperately need to address this summer. The wide forward position has become more dangerous than the striker position.

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Most EPL goals + assists since Kulusevski made his full EPL debut:
 

13 - Son Heung-min

12 - Harry Kane

10 - Dejan Kulusevski

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7 minutes ago, Pizy said:

It really is fucking stupid how everyone else in the league manages to sign these brilliant goal scoring wide players but every one we sign flops or fails to live up to their potential.

It’s a position we desperately need to address this summer. The wide forward position has become more dangerous than the striker position.

not that I matter a single bit, but we never buy wingers I recco

and buy some I say NO NO NO to

😢

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if Spuds had two other class CB's to aid Romero, we would be in deep shit

[Pizy 18,858]

Imagine how sick our attack would be with just one ruthless killer up there with Kai and Mase. If we had a Mané/Salah/Son/Sterling up there putting constant pressure on defenses and scoring about 15 PL goals per season.

Those attacking relationships at Liverpool, City, Spuds etc have been built up for like 5 years. We need a young, hungry wide forward to pair with Kai and Mason who can grow and build for the next few years playing match after match together.

Who’s out there that fits the profile?

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1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Imagine how sick our attack would be with just one ruthless killer up there with Kai and Mase. If we had a Mané/Salah/Son/Sterling up there putting constant pressure on defenses and scoring about 15 PL goals per season.

Those attacking relationships at Liverpool, City, Spuds etc have been built up for like 5 years. We need a young, hungry wide forward to pair with Kai and Mason who can grow and build for the next few years playing match after match together.

Who’s out there that fits the profile?

The main 16 (15 if you remove Raphinha) winger options (Chiesa is off the list due to his bad knee injury, he wont be ready to even try to buy until summer 2023, same for Florian Wirtz)

some are AMF/Winger or CF/SS/Winger hybrid types

Raphinha
Christopher Nkunku  (Insane production at AMF/winger, over 40 goals produced already)
Serge Gnabry (if he doesn't renew with Bayern)
Ousmane Dembélé
Jarrod Bowen
Mikel Oyarzabal 
Moussa Diaby 
Carlos Soler  (AMF/CMF/Winger combo) 
Karim Adeyemi (more of a CF/SS, but can play winger, he is very young, just tuned 20)
Arnaut Danjuma
Cody Gakpo
Allan Saint-Maximin
Pedro Neto
Ismaïla Sarr
Charles De Ketelaere (AMF/SS/winger type, similar to Havertz, 21yo, 1.92m)
Kamaldeen Sulemana (potentially a Mane type, just turned 20)

I left Dybala off, as he only wants Atletico Madrid (on a free)

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4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

The main 16 (15 if you remove Raphinha) winger options (Chiesa is off the list due to his bad knee injury, he wont be ready to even try to buy until summer 2023, same for Florian Wirtz)

some are AMF/Winger or CF/SS/Winger hybrid types

Raphinha
Christopher Nkunku  (Insane production at AMF/winger, over 40 goals produced already)
Serge Gnabry (if he doesn't renew with Bayern)
Ousmane Dembélé
Jarrod Bowen
Mikel Oyarzabal 
Moussa Diaby 
Carlos Soler  (AMF/CMF/Winger combo) 
Karim Adeyemi (more of a CF/SS, but can play winger, he is very young, just tuned 20)
Arnaut Danjuma
Cody Gakpo
Allan Saint-Maximin
Pedro Neto
Ismaïla Sarr
Charles De Ketelaere (AMF/SS/winger type, similar to Havertz, 21yo, 1.92m)
Kamaldeen Sulemana (potentially a Mane type, just turned 20)

I left Dybala off, as he only wants Atletico Madrid (on a free)

Dembele or Raphinha would be the most ideal, but both will likely be playing together at Barca next season.

Gnabry would be very interesting but from what I’ve seen on Twitter over the last few days he’s apparently asking for stratospheric wages. But he’d be amazing with the German connection here.

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20 minutes ago, Vesper said:

The main 16 (15 if you remove Raphinha) winger options (Chiesa is off the list due to his bad knee injury, he wont be ready to even try to buy until summer 2023, same for Florian Wirtz)

some are AMF/Winger or CF/SS/Winger hybrid types

Raphinha
Christopher Nkunku  (Insane production at AMF/winger, over 40 goals produced already)
Serge Gnabry (if he doesn't renew with Bayern)
Ousmane Dembélé
Jarrod Bowen
Mikel Oyarzabal 
Moussa Diaby 
Carlos Soler  (AMF/CMF/Winger combo) 
Karim Adeyemi (more of a CF/SS, but can play winger, he is very young, just tuned 20)
Arnaut Danjuma
Cody Gakpo
Allan Saint-Maximin
Pedro Neto
Ismaïla Sarr
Charles De Ketelaere (AMF/SS/winger type, similar to Havertz, 21yo, 1.92m)
Kamaldeen Sulemana (potentially a Mane type, just turned 20)

I left Dybala off, as he only wants Atletico Madrid (on a free)

I'm actually growing on Danjuma and could him being a wide option that will deliver goals on a regular basis. He'd probably be much cheaper than most of them too.

However, Dembele is the best deal out of the lot for a number of reasons. It feels like that boat might have sailed, though.

Edited April 9, 2022 by LAM09

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2021-22 English Premier League

Leicester City     
Crystal Palace    

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/premier-league-leicester-city-vs-crystal-palace-s2/

https://www.totalsportek.com/football/epl25/leicester-city-vs-crystal-palace-live-stream/

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2021-22 English Premier League

Brentford                     
West Ham United        

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2022/premier-league-brentford-vs-west-ham-united-s5/

https://www.totalsportek.com/football/epl25/brentford-vs-west-ham-live-stream/

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what a bloody brilliant goal by Kieran Dewsbury-Hall

Lampardesque

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Guehi made a huge cock-up that eventually led to it too

[Pizy 18,858]

Palace getting absolutely hammered here all match by Leicester. Bodes well for us next weekend if we are as aggressive in our pressing as Leicester have been. And this is with Gallagher playing.

[Milan 17,955]

Brentford at least have the decency to continue their good form. Others beat us and turn shite the very next game, but Brentford now 2-0 up against WHU 😀