All purpose football thread 20-21 season

[tqineil]

I'd check the whole squad for the virus the way they've performed today... second best all over the pitch

 

[bernardhepworth]

Our result against Leeds looks like a quite a good one, at least we got tanked by a team who you think are going to be in the top 6.......

 

[Bob McC]

I'd check the whole squad for the virus the way they've performed today... second best all over the pitch

Must have left their inhalers at home.

 

[tqineil]

Villa are unbeaten so far, stranger things have happened and I read somewhere that whoever is top after >50% games played this season will be awarded it if it's curtailed through this pandemic

 

[christray]

He will probably gob on some kids on the way home. Carragher class act.

 

[Weekender]

The BBC have done that thing:
Aston Villa 7 (SEVEN)-2 Liverpool

 

[bernardhepworth]

Anything that shakes up the division even at this early stage is a good thing dont you think?

 

[tqineil]

To make things worse, I had Watkins on the bench in my fantasy footie team

 

[awkwardbydesign]

When people say Liverpool are the team to beat, is this what they mean? Losing 5-2 doesn't seem quite so bad now.

 

[Spiderous]

Liverpool were utterly abysmal. No fight and picked apart with ease. Only Salah escapes criticism. Garbage from front to back.

 

[Hook]

The break arrives at a good time. Too bad LFC decided to start a day early.

Congrats to Aston Villa - by far the better team on the day!

 

[ks.234]

Can you imagine the stick he would have got if he had... Taylor should be ashamed of himself when he watches that on the telly tonight. Lamela won't be ashamed though, it's in his blood to do that. He'll sleep well tonight. The worst thing for me is the state of the Premiership and how cheating in this league has gone to another level. It just makes me want to switch off. VAR was supposed to fix this kind of thing. Personally, if Lamela hadn't gone down I would have had a word with them both but not even given a card.

They should’ve both been shown a red.

 

[ks.234]

Carragher has turned into a rambling mess.

Was he spitting mad?

 

[doctorf]

Was he spitting mad?

No. Just incoherent rambling. Great TV!

 

[Rack Kit]

Liverpool looked lethargic - maybe it's not only Mane & Thiago who've been affected by the virus? Just saying...

 

[tqineil]

there were rumours of others tbh but let's not take away from Villa, they did a great job

 

[tqineil]

Adrian will be fined £100 after tonight's game for failing to follow the new government guidelines and letting more than six in

 

[tqineil]

Klopp thinks Alisson will be out for 6 weeks, sheesh - bit worrying

 

[Rack Kit]

Klopp thinks Alisson will be out for 6 weeks, sheesh - bit worrying

Give the rest of us a chance. This is turning into the strangest of seasons though.

 

[webster]

I know Liverpool had a few players out but I can't help but think that this result was down to a bit of complacency setting in.
Last to play and safe in the knowledge that their only realistic challenger had dropped another two points so lets just turn up at Villa grab the points and go into the international break back at the top of the league.
Unfortunately Villa didn't read the script and played some excellent stuff coupled with a bit of good fortune at the right time.
It just shows that in the PL if you're slghtly off it anything can happen.
I expect Liverpool to bounce back on Saturday week with a win at Everton.