Premier League 2017/18

[Baddar]

Holy shit

[Hobo]

Should've taken all those chances, Liverpool

[Liam]

Indeed it continues to do just that.

[therockbox]

Miles better than Arsenal but Klopp's complete failure to even slightly improve our defence bites us again.

Mignolet should be done, but he should have been done with us so many times before. An absolute chancer.

[FLiam]

My word. What a game of football this is.

That Özil goal.  He’s made that chip technique his own, unbelievable technique.

[Baddar]

Having a clown for a keeper gives opponents so much confidence. They were on a high after the first obviously, but they were handed the equaliser. 

[FLiam]

Speaking of clown goalkeepers. 

[Liam]

I think the commentary was a bit harsh on Liverpool's third. It was a much fiercer strike than the one at Mignolet, from much closer. He probably should have done better, but you have to credit the goalscorer I feel.

[Baddar]

Cech should be saving that all day, whether there was power on it or not.

[Gazz]

Having now seen all six goals, just abysmal defending and goalkeeping all around.

[Hobo]

tbf, Liverpool were playing one first choice defender  

[Gazz]

tbf, Liverpool don't have any first choice defenders, they're all Boumsongs.

[The Lusophone]

Liverpool would kill for a Boumsong.

[stokeriño]

Because apparently the Chelsea Academy like nothing better than double-barreled surnames, Callum Hudson-Odoi is on the bench for us today. A debut seems unlikely, of course.

[The Lusophone]

Story that went sort of under the radar somewhat. Speaking to beIN Sports, the Al-Jazeera owned sports network, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson revealed some of the ways Sean Dyche ensures team discipline and cohesion. It's interesting and led to this piece in the Independent. I don't think Dyche would be able to build this kind of team or atmosphere at a big club - both Moyes and Van Gaal's disciplinary styles were criticised at Man Utd - the infamous story of Moyes banning chips springs to mind - and I definitely think Dyche is more likely to be a new Big Sam rather than get the chance at any of the top 6.

[stokeriño]

Short of a final ball, we've been having some lovely play over these first 20 minutes. Encouraging.

[Gazz]

58 minutes ago, MadJack said:

Story that went sort of under the radar somewhat. Speaking to beIN Sports, the Al-Jazeera owned sports network, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson revealed some of the ways Sean Dyche ensures team discipline and cohesion. It's interesting and led to this piece in the Independent. I don't think Dyche would be able to build this kind of team or atmosphere at a big club - both Moyes and Van Gaal's disciplinary styles were criticised at Man Utd - the infamous story of Moyes banning chips springs to mind - and I definitely think Dyche is more likely to be a new Big Sam rather than get the chance at any of the top 6.

Why not? It's pretty common now at the professional level that as a way to introduce themselves to the squad, new signings have to get up and sing a song of their choosing, usually on the bus to an away game.

[stokeriño]

47 minutes ago, stokeristmas said:

Short of a final ball, we've been having some lovely play over these first 20 minutes. Encouraging.

...Okay I'm good for encouragement now, thanks. An actual goal would be nice.  

[stokeriño]

Final score, 0-0.

[The Lusophone]

1 hour ago, GaChristmaszz said:

Why not? It's pretty common now at the professional level that as a way to introduce themselves to the squad, new signings have to get up and sing a song of their choosing, usually on the bus to an away game.

Because Mo Salah and Mesut Ozil aren't going to be jumping into the Mersey or Thames? Dyche's style of management requires a specific kind of player who will buy into the style of man management and discipline and you could make the point that nationality or culture comes into that. Burnley have four non-British Isles players. Out of those, only Gudmondsson and Defour you could argue aren't of a similar cultural background to the rest of the squad. Chris Woods is a New Zealander and Ashley Barnes is so Austrian he was born in Bath and has never even lived in that country.

Arsenal have 10 players of that background and that's being generous enough to include the likes of Joe Willock and Calum Chambers, who have only played in the Cups. With the premium on British players and the time it would need to build the kind of side Dyche has at Burnley, any foray into top 6 management would be over sooner rather than later, because none of those clubs are going to buy into that kind of vision without instant results.