GWT: EPL - Matchweek 24 (ft. MW 12)

[spintheblackcircle]

What great passes to spring Emerson Royal for a slick finish

 

[hatterson]

Atrocious defending from West Ham there.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

What great passes to spring Emerson Royal for a slick finish

Was it lenglet that played the through ball of all people lol

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Hojbjerg to Davies to Royal.

The least likely trifecta of the outfield players.

Bad call gives Antonio a yellow

 

[hatterson]

Awful yellow card. That's not even a foul at all IMO.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Hojbjerg to Davies to Royal.

The least likely trifecta of the outfield players.

Bad call gives Antonio a yellow

This sport always gives you a reason to smile lol

 

[spintheblackcircle]

This sport always gives you a reason to smile lol

And the fact that Royal’s hard work is paying off for him does that for me. His desire and effort is always 100%

 

[hatterson]

Well at least Antonio earned a yellow card with that challenge. So now he can't really be upset he has one.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Royal is getting to every 2nd ball he goes for

 

[Power Man]

moyes tactics lol

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Son off the bench seems to be a good thing.

 

[Power Man]

Late subs
concede a 2nd goal


Moyes is finished

 

[spintheblackcircle]

1 goal in 20 starts for Son, 4 goals in 2 games he came off the bench.

 

[KJS14]

He's put the guy on an oxygen mask. Only in the Premier League that's not a red card. Worst refs in football.

The injury doesn't dictate whether it should be yellow or red though. Otherwise you could argue that a reckless two-footed tackle with studs to the shin that doesn't result in any injury should just be a yellow.

It's a borderline call, but it wasn't malicious or intentional from the player.

 

[hatterson]

It wasn’t malicious, but he still full on kicked a player in the face when the player was standing up straight.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Late subs
concede a 2nd goal


Moyes is finished

Who would even take the job at this point? They f***ed it completely by not replacing him at the WC. And then the like five weeks after, obviously.

Moyes is so reactive it’s mind-boggling. Just sits there, refuses to press, and then waits ten minutes to sub anyone on while chasing the game.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I hope Lucas can score 1 more at home before he goes back to Brazil next year

Other than crosses and an occassional corner, Perisic has been poor all year

 

[Jersey Fresh]

And Perisic doesn’t get a yellow for that lol

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Romero being peacekeeper.

 

[luiginb]

And the fact that Royal’s hard work is paying off for him does that for me. His desire and effort is always 100%

That one season he had at Betis made me think he's gonna be a top 5 right backs in the world. I was excited because Barca owned him but alas...

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Spurs aren’t sneaky dirty, they’re just dirty, eh?

 

[luiginb]

The injury doesn't dictate whether it should be yellow or red though. Otherwise you could argue that a reckless two-footed tackle with studs to the shin that doesn't result in any injury should just be a yellow.

It's a borderline call, but it wasn't malicious or intentional from the player.

Reckless challenges like that one always get a red in serious leagues.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Stellini now 6-0 as a manager.

 

[S E P H]

No, seriously, everyone stop. Mark my words, that Villa/Arsenal match decades from now will go down as an EPL classic. What an insane match and I am saying this more as a football fan inside of me instead of the Arse fan. As a Gooner, there was not to like about that including Saliba getting bullied for two of the last three matches. But as a fan of the sport, that was as epic as the el classicos in La Liga between 2008-2015 (which is pretty much peak football for me). Chances at both end, open counterattacking play, great saves, fights, drama, passion, heartbreak, and emotion. Wouldn't expect nothing less than from two Spaniards gaffers.

Zinchenko is a tank, they should ship him back to Ukraine instead of Abrams and he would win the war on his own. For the analytic blokes here, you lot should cheque out his heat map, it's legitimately insane for this match. I was screaming when that Jorginho goal went in, could be the biggest goal for modern day Arsenal. He's making me eat a huge crow, sure, he isn't replacing Partey, but he's been very good.

 

[maclean]

the issue is always the subjectivity of refereeing. what's a foul in one game isn't in another. almost every player goes down softly in hopes of getting a call.

you probably watch more arsenal than I do, but whenever I watch them it looks like Saka is always going down at the softest bit of contact. Which is exactly what I saw with Grealish at Villa.

I won't claim to be objective, but what I see is Saka actually staying up a heck of a lot despite being manhandled. Can't say he never goes down but it feels to me like he tries a lot more than a lot of attackers