Premier League 2022/23

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40 minutes ago, Baddar said:

No chance of salvaging anything from this game then?

We’re shit, but Douglas Luiz knows how to score direct from a corner. Third time this season. Absurd.

[Adam]

49 minutes ago, Baddar said:

There's talk about Kane being 73 away from the all time PL record but if Haaland stays at City for his entire career (which I doubt he will) I honestly believe he could smash it, which is bold under 10 goals in but still.

I can't see him staying more than five years before moving to Real Madrid to be honest, and he would have to score more than 50 each of those years to beat Shearer's mark. If he stays fit and is here for 6+ years then maybe, but who knows where Kane will get to. He's probably staying at Spurs now and has 7-8 years left himself you would think.

Anyway, I'm so glad I chose Haaland at the start of FPL and have captained him every week.

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Normal service resumes, less than a minute later. Broken team, shit manager.

[Benjamin]

8 minutes ago, Adam said:

I can't see him staying more than five years before moving to Real Madrid to be honest, and he would have to score more than 50 each of those years to beat Shearer's mark. If he stays fit and is here for 6+ years then maybe, but who knows where Kane will get to. He's probably staying at Spurs now and has 7-8 years left himself you would think.

Anyway, I'm so glad I chose Haaland at the start of FPL and have captained him every week.

The 50/50 decision of Haaland or Kane in GW1 basically decided one's FPL season.

At the very least I captained Cancelo, somehow he's really, really softened another Haaland hat trick blow this week.

Also, are we really bad this game or are Newcastle just excellent? Because my god. 

[FLiam]

Granted, Aston Villa are a bit shit but the character this Arsenal team shows now when conceding is much improved from last season. Makes a huge difference. 

[Colly]

I count four awful handball shouts from the Liverpool fans so far.

Get that checked!

[Colly]

We'll just keep playing til Liverpool score then ref. Klopp would be fuming.

[DavidMarrio]

Fuck me!!!!!!! Get the fuck in there Carvalho

Nice honeymoon present there. Nice one you keep playing till we score!

Shove your time wasting up your fucking arse

[Benjamin]

LOL Newcastle

[Hobo]

Well, that was nice

[Szumi]

6 minutes ago, Colly said:

We'll just keep playing til Liverpool score then ref. Klopp would be fuming.

I mean, there was extra stoppage added because of the treatment needed for a Newcastle player.

5 minutes of added time was also not enough to begin with given all the excessive time wasting 🤷

[Colly]

Pope was down for just over a minute and only because Van Dijk bizarrely challenged him with an arm. Refs had a stinker there.

[Adam]

Any subs or stoppages in the last 5 minutes prior to the 90? Usually the added on time is communicated to the fourth official prior to the 90. It is also crucially a *minimum* time added on.

I didn't watch and have no skin in the game, I should say.

[Baddar]

I didn't watch any of it but I'd like to say that the 14 mins or whatever it was that Liverpool got to score a winner was absolute bollocks. 😑

[Benjamin]

All the cramps Joelinton and the rest of the Newcastle team had all mysteriously disappeared in the 95th minute, so maybe the ref thought Newcastle wanted to go for the win 

[Twist]

Joelinton was getting silly with his cramps.

[The Lusophone]

Given that Newcastle lost, I'd say that was just enough additional time.

[Szumi]

this is not taking into account the other player or two who went down with cramp during injury time as well, fwiw

 

[Colly]

Faked is doing some lifting there given Van Dijk's weird challenge mind. I think I'd mind it less if it was consistent, I've seen tonnes of games at St James' with more time wasting, less injury time and nowhere near the time in play in that injury time. The 4 minutes in the first half is practically unheard of simply because refs tend to barely add any on without a significant injury. Fergie time redux.

I've said it too often, the sooner we move to a stop/start 30 minute half the better.

[Szumi]

FULLY agree that we need to just go to the 30 minutes start/stop clock but I feel like it'll never happen because it's too much change for the people in power. I think they also enjoy that all the time wasting antics and the like create more drama for the game, which often just creates more money.