The Barclays Premier League Thread 2014/2015

[Jimmy]

Wow.

[stokeriño]

Liverpool guaranteed to finish the weekend in the bottom half of the table now.

[The Lusophone]

Do we get to talk about Liverpool playing relegation 6 pointers now?

[Dan]

Normal service resumed this season, Liverpool will be around 7th and Man Utd will be top 4.

[DavidMarrio]

If we are going off the positions of teams after 4/5 games and declaring what the seasons gonna end up like then I can't wait for Southampton and Villa to tear it up in the Champions League next season...

[Nerf]

I'm genuinely worried though.

[Rafael]

I want someone to explain to me how it is scientifically possible for Papiss Cissé to score.

Twice.

In less than 45 minutes.

[DavidMarrio]

On one hand I think there's a few new players on the squad so it's gonna take a bit time for them to gel. But on the other the fact that Suarez and Sturridge scored so many and our attack was great last season papered over a lot of the cracks our defence has.

Mignolet needs to learn to be assertive and communicate with the defence and the defence needs to learn to communicate with each other. I imagine there'll be a lot of frustrating games this season but I can't see why we can't challenge for top 4 again.

[Gazz]

I want someone to explain to me how it is scientifically possible for Papiss Cissé to score.

Twice.

In less than 45 minutes.

He + scores * when

he √ wants

[peteypirahna]

This is what happens when you go a few seasons without intense midweek European games and suddenly have them whilst trying to compete in the league.

Liverpool are going to be SLAUGHTERED the weekend after facing Real Madrid away.

[stokeriño]

Liverpool are going to be SLAUGHTERED the weekend after facing Real Madrid away.

I certainly hope so.

[Baddar]

1-0 Liverpool, then.

[Colly]

I'm not sure how obvious it was on tv coverage, but our 'protest' was rubbish thankfully. Decent atmosphere strangely enough.

[peteypirahna]

Proving once again that football fans are too thick to actually organise a good protest because it'll disrupt the match experience and they paid good money for those tickets.

[stokeriño]

I don't understand why Martin Keown, or anyone else, is mentioning Liverpool's return to Champions League football as though it's relevant to these losses. It's September. They've played *one* CL game. At home. Four days ago. Against one of the shittest teams in the competition. Do we get teams crying about being unable to cope with Capital One Cup matches ffs?

[Colly]

Proving once again that football fans are too thick to actually organise a good protest because it'll disrupt the match experience and they paid good money for those tickets.

I'd say moreso that away from shit forums and Twitter no one actually gave a shit.

[Dang117]

Liverpool's defence is pretty bad two of the goals could and probably should have been easy to defend apart from sakho's goal which was pretty special in all honesty

[Colly]

That Adrian thing is winding me up now. He doesn't even see the player, catches the ball, then slowly slides into whoever it is, lowering his leg as soon as he sees him. If that's a foul I don't even understand football anymore. Had the contact been the other way round the pundits would be saying 'he had every right to go for it' as the keeper gets kicked in the head...

Edited September 20, 2014 by Ultra Rare Colly

[stokeriño]

So I'm doing that usual thing where my more cautious self is trying to stop being all eager/optimistic/excited about this afternoon's match...and failing.

Leaked tactics from the Chelsea camp:

[Baddar]

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Rafael, Evans, Blackett, Rojo, Blind, Herrera, Di Maria, Falcao, Rooney, van Persie

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, De Laet, Morgan, Moore, Konchesky, Hammond, Cambiasso, Nugent, Drinkwater, Vardy, Ulloa