GWT: EPL - Matchweek 10

[bluesfan94]

First two games, two London derbies, which is always fun. Spurs head south to play the Eagles, while Brentford battle their West London rivals, heading to Stamford Bridge. However, the gem of the weekend, at least in theory, is the Manchester derby at Old Trafford. United is reeling, but Old Trafford should be rocking. City also has been experiencing uncharacteristic bumps in form.

Home	Away	Time and Date (CT)	Venue
Crystal Palace	Tottenham Hotspur	Fri., Oct. 27, 2:00 PM	Selhurst Park
Chelsea	Brentford	Sat., Oct. 28, 6:30 AM	Stamford Bridge
Arsenal	Sheffield United	Sat., Oct. 28, 9:00 AM	The Emirates
Bournemouth	Burnley	Sat., Oct. 28, 9:00 AM	Vitality Stadium
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle United	Sat., Oct. 28, 11:30 AM	Molineux Stadium
West Ham United	Everton	Sun., Oct. 29, 8:00 AM	London Stadium
Brighton & Hove Albion	Fulham	Sun., Oct. 29, 9:00 AM	The AmEx
Aston Villa	Luton Town	Sun., Oct. 29, 9:00 AM	Villa Park
Liverpool	Nottingham Forest	Sun., Oct. 29, 9:00 AM	Anfield
Manchester United	Manchester City	Sun., Oct. 29, 10:30 AM	Old Trafford

Click to read more...

 

[HeHateMeFrisbee]

Not sure I am allowed to comment as I am based in Savannah, but I am looking forward to the Spurs game.

 

[Jack Straw]

Who invited all these foreigners anyway?

 

[HeHateMeFrisbee]

Who invited all these foreigners anyway?

I dunno, but Mr. Luigi says we don't know shit

 

[robertmac43]

Fulham always seems to play well against Brighton. Between the injuries and extra games these Thursday - Sunday weeks are only getting harder.

 

[HeHateMeFrisbee]

I know we don't have European matches, but playing Monday and then Friday seems to make no sense to me.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

3 points on Saturday couldn't be more important for Chelsea, with visits to Spurs and Newcastle and City at home as our subsequent three fixtures. Feel good about it.

Not looking forward to a 7:30am kickoff the morning after Night 1 of Halloweekend, however.

 

[JPBolts]

Should really be aiming to get the max 9 points from our next three games in time for the Spurs match

 

[maclean]

Sounds like Jesus's injury shouldn't be that serious. Of course, if there's any question at all, one would hope that home against the team with one point so far this season would be a game we could rest him for. Time was, this would be exactly the kind of game we'd go and blow. Though the current team does continue to test my faith now and then, surely my nerves will also be rested this weekend.... Right?

Hoping for a lively Manchester derby. I will spare myself too much hope at City dropping points -- I'd settle for a good show of it.

 

[hockey20000]

lol how do we play monday then friday makes 0 sense stupid pl officals.

 

[maclean]

lol how do we play monday then friday makes 0 sense stupid pl officals.

Hm? What's the problem, teams play midweek games all the time

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Hm? What's the problem, teams play midweek games all the time

When Spurs get the only Monday match and then the only Friday match 3 days later, that's ridiculous.

If you play last on Monday, there's zero reason to play first on Friday.

 

[maclean]

When Spurs get the only Monday match and then the only Friday match 3 days later, that's ridiculous.

If you play last on Monday, there's zero reason to play first on Friday.

If you want to go full Liverpool over it I guess I can't stop you, but it's hardly a rarity, your math is off and teams play with less rest all the time, whether for Europe, cup games, make-up games or just "English weeks" where all the teams do it...

 

[KJS14]

When did this become a board that just constantly complains about schedules every week?

The PL hates Arsenal - we have to play on Saturday 12/23, Tuesday 12/26, and Saturday 12/30. Wow! 3 games in 8 days! Surely no one else has ever experienced that!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Can't say I understand the complaints either.

 

[Savant]

If you aren’t playing midweeks, you can’t complain about a short turnaround

 

[HeHateMeFrisbee]

Really for me it's just annoying that they play during the day while I am working. Not that big of a deal and I am sure the players can cope.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I don't particularly care, but Monday and Friday is a strange scheduling choice.

It doesn't matter tho, other teams have midweek and also we don't bat an eye at the Festive Period fixtures, which are 10x as bonkers

Really for me it's just annoying that they play during the day while I am working. Not that big of a deal and I am sure the players can cope.

Specifically annoyed that Chelsea-Spurs is next Friday for this precise reason

 

[ItsFineImFine]

I think Odergaard being out of form is a problem for Arsenal because they usually need all three of him/Saka/MartinelliorTrossard clicking in order to be at their best. Not that it should matter against Sheffield. Especially if his bad form is due to physical fatigue from number of games, that's harder to fix than just being out of form.

Shame about no good matchups this weekend (unless you think Man City v Man Utd is still a big game) but I don't mind having games on Friday/Monday. Last week's schedule was bad, far too many games crammed on Saturday and only one on Sunday.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Shame about no good matchups this weekend (unless you think Man City v Man Utd is still a big game) but I don't mind having games on Friday/Monday. Last week's schedule was bad, far too many games crammed on Saturday and only one on Sunday.

Newcastle-Arsenal and Spurs-Chelsea next round and then another week of ho-hum matches

 

[KJS14]

Really for me it's just annoying that they play during the day while I am working. Not that big of a deal and I am sure the players can cope.

Specifically annoyed that Chelsea-Spurs is next Friday for this precise reason

Sounds more like a benefit - get to watch on company time!

I get annoyed whenever someone tries to schedule a work meeting during CL afternoons, but at least this one is a Friday.

 

[luiginb]

Here we go again... 3 matches inc.

Man Utd winger facing ban for using gorilla emoji on picture with black teammate

Living in Barcelona I was very surprised at the beginning how liberal Latinos are with terms like "el negro" or "el chino". Now I've gotten used to it, but it was quite the culture shock.

 

[JoVel]

Living in Barcelona I was very surprised at the beginning how liberal Latinos are with terms like "el negro" or "el chino". Now I've gotten used to it, but it was quite the culture shock.

I learned about this when former Spanish F1 driver Roberto Merhi put this on Twitter many years ago, clearly not understanding how it'd turn out in English...

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Sounds more like a benefit - get to watch on company time!

I get annoyed whenever someone tries to schedule a work meeting during CL afternoons, but at least this one is a Friday.

I generally try and leave work at 4 on Fridays! Can't do that if it's halfway through a fixture

 

[maclean]

I generally try and leave work at 4 on Fridays! Can't do that if it's halfway through a fixture

Halftime should be enough time to get from work to the closest pub no?