2020-2021 English Football Thread

[~LiverpoolRed~]

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Super sub Lacazette!

[Krebstar]

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Super sub Lacazette!

A product of the entire team moving forward, moving and creating space for him to have a chance within.

The key is that he finished it.

Auba or Laca, it doesn’t matter who is in that spot, what matters is what happens around them and in the last two games that has changed.

[ImTellinTim]

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Big Sam gets embarrassed, but he doesn't care. That 1-1 draw against Liverpool is enough for him to believe he should have been contacted for the PSG job.

[~LiverpoolRed~]

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An Adama Traore goal is long overdue. The commentator just said his last PL goal was 11 and a half months ago.

[JHedges2]

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I’ve watched far, far more boring Arsenal football this year than this. I’m seeing forward runs which is an absolute delight compared to the norm this year.

In context (this season and 10/11 playing on Saturday), this is lovely stuff!

Surely you’re just referring to the 2nd half? Cause I’ll give you that for sure.

But the first half—yikes. Sideways, side, back, back, side, side.

A much needed 3 points, to say the least.


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[ImTellinTim]

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An Adama Traore goal is long overdue. The commentator just said his last PL goal was 11 and a half months ago.

He has 119 EPL appearances. 5 goals, 12 assists.

[JHedges2]

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Am I wrong to think that the most elite level athletes should be expected to be able to complete 90 minutes within 3 days of each other?

I mean these are athletes mostly in their young/mid 20s, playing at the absolute highest level in a (mostly) non contact sport.

To think they can’t complete two games in a week seems a bit weak to me.

This is likely an unpopular opinion LOL—but whatevs.


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[~LiverpoolRed~]

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He has 119 EPL appearances. 5 goals, 12 assists.

How those stats warrant the 80 million plus price tag is beyond me. We were linked with him several times. Jota was the much more ideal choice.

[JHedges2]

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He has 119 EPL appearances. 5 goals, 12 assists.

At least he’s jacked. Lol.


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[Keirik]

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Am I wrong to think that the most elite level athletes should be expected to be able to complete 90 minutes within 3 days of each other?

I mean these are athletes mostly in their young/mid 20s, playing at the absolute highest level in a (mostly) non contact sport.

To think they can’t complete two games in a week seems a bit weak to me.

This is likely an unpopular opinion LOL—but whatevs.


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I mean it’s not unrealistic, but they do run about 10 miles or so per game depending on the player. Cramps, dehydration, pulls, strains ,etc all end up coming into play when games start getting stacked closely.

[Keirik]

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Did Adam Traore oil his arms up at halftime? He was glistening coming out of the tunnel lol

[Keirik]

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How does Pogba plan on taking Madrid by storm when he can’t even appear visible against the mighty Wolverhampton?

[Krebstar]

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How those stats warrant the 80 million plus price tag is beyond me. We were linked with him several times. Jota was the much more ideal choice.

Yeah but him creating chaos out side while Liverpool’s forwards do their thing is a terrifying thought.

Still too much, though.

[Krebstar]

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How does Pogba plan on taking Madrid by storm when he can’t even appear visible against the mighty Wolverhampton?

I think with him it’s very much a matter of if he wants to, not if he can.

[Suntan Superman]

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Am I wrong to think that the most elite level athletes should be expected to be able to complete 90 minutes within 3 days of each other?

I mean these are athletes mostly in their young/mid 20s, playing at the absolute highest level in a (mostly) non contact sport.

To think they can’t complete two games in a week seems a bit weak to me.

This is likely an unpopular opinion LOL—but whatevs.


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I mean, physically it's just not really possible, efficiency wise. In an absolute vacuum, I'd say you're correct, but pracitcally, and in reality, it's just not very smart. Medical science has advanced to the point that we know how players recover, and how to maximize their peak fitness as well as do what we can to minimize injuries. If we know(which we basically do) that playing these matches this close together can increase the injury risk of people we've invested millions of dollars in, you have to determine if that risk is worth taking.


Basically it's not as simple as "they should be able to do this" as much as I think we'd all love it to be.