GWT: PL Matchweek (mostly) 31

[hatterson]

I don’t think it was malicious. Just a professional tackle. It was hard tho

Yea under current rules it's just a standard hard professional foul. I'd still love to see those be red though when there's absolutely zero attempt at the ball.

 

[Evilo]

Great defending. City really didn't have much of a big chance except the goal from the moment the red card happenned. Extremely disciplined, but ugly to watch. They have lost so many points unfairly that it's fine to see them win while parking the bus once in a while.

 

[Evilo]

BTW, not a red card.

 

[These Are The Days]

Leeds are anti-Corsi

 

[Evilo]

7 games to go, Leeds is safe from relegation and has a very good chance of finishing exactly where I said they would : barely top half (they should be anywhere from 8th to 11th). All the while playing nice offensive football. They would be bottom 5 if they had parked the bus all season.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Yea under current rules it's just a standard hard professional foul. I'd still love to see those be red though when there's absolutely zero attempt at the ball.

I can see what your going for but i think its fine. You'd run into problems given the refs more responsibility having to give their opinion on what is and what isn't playing the ball. Today's clear cut but its not always the case.

 

[Evilo]

It is more of a red than the red in the first half.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

With Leeds end of season run-in, they'll likely lose ~3/4 out of their last seven. It's like 90% they finish out of the top half. And that's with four or five clubs this season that are just absolute trash and a few out-of-sync, injured, or both, "big 6" clubs. They picked the right season to get promoted.

 

[These Are The Days]

7 games to go, Leeds is safe from relegation and has a very good chance of finishing exactly where I said they would : barely top half (they should be anywhere from 8th to 11th). All the while playing nice offensive football. They would be bottom 5 if they had parked the bus all season.

Bielsa might be the best manager they've had in 30 years or so. It's amazing what he's done because I was skeptical they'd do a whole lot better than bottom 1/3 of the league along with their other promoted counterparts. I was less worried about their ability to defend because I knew Bielsa would have them coached well in that regard. But I was left wondering how the hell they were going to come up with any kind of offense because I wasn't so sure how the likes of Dallas and Bamford would translate on their own while not really knowing if Citeh was gonna keep loaning Harrison. It's a good thing they got Raphinha too.

 

[These Are The Days]

With Leeds end of season run-in, they'll likely lose ~3/4 out of their last seven. It's like 90% they finish out of the top half. And that's with four or five clubs this season that are just absolute trash and a few out-of-sync, injured, or both, "big 6" clubs. They picked the right season to get promoted.

Dude you're not even kidding. I figured Leeds would be lucky to finish 16th because I wasn't imagining things to get that bad for some of those teams. Norwich and Watford's promotion back to the EPL is gonna make for a much stronger season at the bottom of the league and it's gonna make for better competition than Leeds faced this year.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Watching lfc trying to attack is hilarious right now. Not sure what they heck happened to that trio.


And now they get punished on the other end

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Allison again at fault at least in part.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Terrible play by like four different Liverpool players, ending in Alisson whiffing.

 

[Savant]

Terrible play by like four different Liverpool players, ending in Alisson whiffing.

Completely switched off at the end of the half. Just like the Fulham game.

don’t even need to watch the second half they are going to turtle now.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Completely switched off at the end of the half. Just like the Fulham game.

don’t even need to watch the second half they are going to turtle now.

Or...

 

[Savant]

Or...

Waiting for VAR to take it away

 

[hatterson]

Do we have another millimeter offside call?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Those stupid lines. It’s a goal

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Lol Klopp is going to lose it.

That's terrible.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

What a stupid call

 

[hatterson]

I think he's on. Who the heck knows though.

 

[Prntscrn]

Never a doubt

 

[hatterson]

Or not. Just completely absurd.

 

[Chimaera]

You have to be f ing kidding me

 

[Savant]

Do we have another millimeter offside call?

Yup. Obviously. LFC haven’t got any of those in their favor this season.