GWT: PL Matchweek 31

[Savant]

Saturday 2 April

Liverpool x Watford
Brighton x Norwich
Burnley x Man City
Chelsea x Brentford
Leeds x Southampton
Wolverhampton x Aston Villa
Man Utd x Leicester

Sunday 3 April

West Ham x Everton
Tottenham x Newcastle

Monday 4 April

Crystal Palace x Arsenal

Wednesday 6 April

Burnley x Everton

UCL / Europa fixtures midweek

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[bluesfan94]

Tottenham-Newcastle is an interesting fixture

 

[robertmac43]

Alright. This is the week Brighton finally gets back to winning ways. If not now, I'm going to start getting seriously worried

 

[al secord]

Brentford and Chelsea are financial equals now. I think we may take this one.

 

[Savant]

First game back, early kick off after the international break is a really lousy game to be in, even if it’s against Watford. That being said, still should win, and if LFC does, they will be in 1st when City kicks off.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I hope Vieira has nothing against taking points off Arsenal...

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Tottenham-Newcastle is an interesting fixture

If Spurs are 90% of what they have been their last 5 PL matches they should easily take this.

Fully expect Palace to get at least 1 point Monday

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Bankin on Watford and Burnley to do a job for us. Let's make this a three way title race

 

[Brunkmeister]

Laca scored a hattrick against Brentford. This can’t go wrong now!

 

[Savant]

Liverpool up 1-0 going into halftime. Early game after international break always sucks.

 

[al secord]

Liverpool up 1-0 going into halftime. Early game after international break always sucks.

You really feel the let down.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

What I hate about those calls is there's literally a thousand of those they could give, and choose not to.

 

[hatterson]

Pretty mediocre tackle TBH. He wrapped up well, but didn't get the legs. Never gonna make an open field stop against a top running back like that.

 

[al secord]

Can't complain about that. But ya, be more consistent.

 

[Burner Account]

What a silly tackle when your side has worked that hard to stay in it

 

[Savant]

What a slog this was. I’m going back to bed. Not expecting a favor for Burnley. More likely that City close down the goal difference a bit.

 

[Chimaera]

There are scrums, sure, but there aren’t as many where the player isn’t even looking for the ball and just out and out tackles the player

 

[Savant]

Pretty mediocre tackle TBH. He wrapped up well, but didn't get the legs. Never gonna make an open field stop against a top running back like that.

I mean everyone else is hosting their pro days before the nfl draft This week

 

[Jersey Fresh]

There are scrums, sure, but there aren’t as many where the player isn’t even looking for the ball and just out and out tackles the player

Players usually make it look slightly more accidental. Functionally it's exactly the same.

 

[Chimaera]

I’m not quite sure what your point is driving at. Sure, it happens a bit, and more in the past, but is it not a foul? Should it be allowed to go on?

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I’m not quite sure what your point is driving at. Sure, it happens a bit, and more in the past, but is it not a foul? Should it be allowed to go on?

Really weird conclusion to conjure when what I wrote was literally the opposite of that.

 

[Chimaera]

That’s why I was asking for clarity. To me, it seems like you were trying to say they let most of this go, so what’s the point of doing that one.

I think this one was more cynical. But I also think you stop some of the others if you give them more often

 

[Jersey Fresh]

That’s why I was asking for clarity. To me, it seems like you were trying to say they let most of this go, so what’s the point of doing that one.

I think this one was more cynical. But I also think you stop some of the others if you give them more often

They should be giving them way more often. Players get away with murder on corners, it's crazy. No one wants to see a thousand pens a game, but it's weird that we've been sensitized to rugby on one specific set of dead ball plays. It's just corners, FKs are never given that leeway.

 

[Chimaera]

I think for corners, because it’s compacted in the area, they let more go. Honestly with today, had the player looked for the ball at any point and then collided, I don’t think it’s given. But he went right for Jota and didn’t even look for anything. It was just stupid.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Yeah, that's what I meant by most players making it look accidental. He probably assumed they'd just refuse to call it because they often do.

Mendy got lucky there, that really should have been finished.