The Far North
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Pretty clear third according to the bookies. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/winnerDelusional
Utd will struggle to finish fourth.
Pretty clear third according to the bookies. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/winnerDelusional
Utd will struggle to finish fourth.
Based on last nights performance that would only be to queue for half time refreshmentsthis team might actually get more bums off seats
Delusional
Utd will struggle to finish fourth.
Based on last nights performance that would only be to queue for half time refreshments
Seriously though you must have been watching a different match to me.
United got an early break with the pen (has Pogba finished his run up yet?) and then in true Mourinho style rather than go for the jugular and actually entertain paying customers United just sat deep and handed the initiative to Leicester.
De Gea, as always, made a couple of excellent saves and Luke Shaw finished nicely having fluked his opportunity with a mis control.
Fred looked decent but will need to calm down or he'll be picking up yellows for fun.
Yes, agree with all that.Chelsea beat Huddersfield 0 - 3 pretty easily, although the northerners were on the attack quite often in the first half.
Goals by Kante and a Jorginho penalty got us over the initial hump. After that it was pretty straightforward. Hazard came on with 20 minutes to go and immediately made a difference. Until then many upfield passes targeted Morata, who didn't play badly but still didn't score.
It's amazing how Hazard can get the ball in the Chelsea half, sprint forward and cut through and dribble around players. He did this in the last 10 minutes and laid on Pedro, who chipped the ball past the keeper.
I still think we need a world class striker. I've read that Sarri wants to play Hazard as a false number 9, although it didn't really happen today because Morata was already on.
Sarri did the same thing with Dries Mertens at Napoli with a lot of success. Mertens is slightly shorter than Hazard and wasn't a natural striker. The combination worked though because of the way Napoli supported Mertens.
It will be interesting to see if Sarri tries this. It definitely didn't work for Conte, in fact it undermined Hazard's style.
Arrizabalaga was cool after a slightly jittery start. He might be the world's most expensive goalkeeper, but he has already earned his place as far as I am concerned. He easily passed balls out of the penalty area to his Chelsea teammates. Courtois was so inept at this. I'm glad he has gone.
Jack
Interesting to see Hazard running straight at the central defenders position as soon as he came on. An instruction from Sarri? Within a few minutes, Hazards runs through the centre resulted in a goal and a dangerous free kick on the edge of the area. Morata could still be the one to capitalise on the space created as defenders go to Hazard. I do hope so.
Arsenal will be a tougher test, if we come out of that with a decent performance all round, I'll be happy.
Yeah can't argue with the performance or result, I don't think there will be many points dropped for you lot at home this season. Still fancy Man City for the title myself though.It appears that LFC is even more dynamic than last year! Their high press suffocated WHU, and even when the Hammers managed a bit of possession, or an occassional set piece, LFC defended well and counterattacked with incredible pace. Was a lot of fun to watch.
I have respect for both Milner and Henderson, but have to think that Keita, Wijnaldum and Fabinho are LFC’s top three midfielders. It will be interesting to see who starts from week to week. I love how Keita moves the ball so quickly, and almost always forward. At CB, I thought Gomez filled in quite well, but am expecting to see Lovren start next week. Jury is out on Allison as he wasn’t really tested today.
That's what I call a resultBakayoko has had a medical at AC Milan. He is going on loan for 5 Million euros, with an option to buy of 35 Million.
Goodbye old bean. Don't bother coming back.
Jack