PL Round 18 (really)

[Cassano]

I still don't think he's the best Belgian (and by extension, he's not the best player in the EPL), but he's without a doubt been the player of the season so far.

It is too bad Vermaelen left the EPL too soon. Definitely would've been in the running for that claim.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I didn't believe Moyes & this team would be able to turn it around, at the moment it looks like I'll be proven wrong. Don't mind it, todays 3-0 AWAY win against the Potters was just beautiful to watch.

I didn't think they'd turn it around the way they have either. Love the solidity they're playing with and love Adrian being first choice. He's so much better than Joe Hart, even though he didn't have much to do today. And Arnautovic is a totally different player under Moyes. He was unplayable at points today.

Hopefully, Lanzini escapes a retroactive ban for his dive, but I don't know.

 

[ecemleafs]

KdB is the best Belgian.

 

[hatterson]

I'd say he's in the best form right now, but I'd still rate Hazard above him overall.

I'd also say that KdB is a better fit for Pep's system and the players around him at City than Hazard would be.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

KdB is the best Belgian.

Agreed with this. Just a better player overall IMO

 

[ecemleafs]

i actually think that KdB is a significantly better player than Hazard. KdB just controls matches and almost always makes the correct play. He plays soccer like someone playing fifa and being able to see the whole pitch would play soccer.

 

[Savant]

Belgians, beets, battlestar galactica

 

[Jussi]

Lukaku! Perfect cross from Rashford.

 

[Jussi]

Lingard with the help of a deflection makes it 2-0. For once it's not the opponent scoring with those.

 

[YNWA14]

Yeah for me it's KdB over Hazard all day. They're different players but Kevin just brings more to the team.

 

[YNWA14]

Mane dropped for Ox. Can dropped for Henderson. Would have preferred the 4-4-2 with Mane instead of Coutinho but otherwise really like the selection.

 

[Jussi]

United making the game more difficult for themselves again...

 

[Savant]

Mane dropped for Ox. Can dropped for Henderson. Would have preferred the 4-4-2 with Mane instead of Coutinho but otherwise really like the selection.

Might still be 442

 

[Theon]

United making the game more difficult for themselves again...

Bringing in Rojo over Shaw at LB is never a good idea.

 

[Jussi]

United with a rather impressive streak: almost 3900 consecutive games with at least one "own product" or academy player in the line up. Last game without one was in 1937.

 

[Jussi]

Bringing in Rojo over Shaw at LB is never a good idea.

Shaw played the full 90 on Wednesday and isn't fit enough yet to play two 90 minutes in a week after his long injury streak. United also have the League Cup quarterfinal on next Wednesday aso he might start then.

 

[Cassano]

Pretty ridiculous goals by Coutinho and Salah

 

[Cassano]

Can't wait to see Wenger deploy the high-line and get destroyed on the counter next week.

 

[Theokritos]

Just imagine Belgium with Hazard and De Bruyne in midfield and a good manager at the sideline.

 

[Savant]

Maybe I still don’t know what Liverpool’s best 11 is, but Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is in it.

 

[Live in the Now]

Yeah, he's pretty good. Better than Wijnaldum.

 

[YNWA14]

They're completely different players. Very odd comparison. They're both in our best XI.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Considering City's domination, I am not particularly optimistic for the future of the PL.

 

[KJS14]

Considering City's domination, I am not particularly optimistic for the future of the PL.

City was pretty dominant to start the year last year, then fell off and finished 15 pts behind Chelsea. I certainly don't expect something like that to happen this year, but lets not get carried away and pretend they'll win the next 5 titles a la PSG or Bayern. There's enough teams to compete with them financially (Man United, Chelsea) and then the others that could provide a title challenge any given year (Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs).

 

[Evilo]

PSG didn't win 5 straight titles. They have 4 of the last 19.
Bayern on the other hand has 5 straight and 13 out of the last 19 titles.