They met on Wednesday in a League Cup tie that went down to the wire, but it's no stretch to assert that tomorrow's rematch between the Reds and Blues will involve much higher stakes, as early in the season as this may be. Liverpool are flying high off 6 straight wins to open the season, while Chelsea had their first stumble at Cardiff last weekend.
The Madrid derby on Saturday, right on the heels of Real losing badly against Sevilla, could put Atleti right back into the thick of things
EPL
29.09.18 07:00a West Ham - Manchester United 29.09.18 10:00a Arsenal - Watford 29.09.18 10:00a Everton - Fulham 29.09.18 10:00a Huddersfield - Tottenham 29.09.18 10:00a Manchester City - Brighton 29.09.18 10:00a Newcastle - Leicester 29.09.18 10:00a Wolverhampton - Southampton 29.09.18 12:00p Chelsea - Liverpool 30.09.18 11:00a Cardiff - Burnley 01.10.18 3:00p Bournemouth - Crystal Palace
------------------------------ For the record, my teams: MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Fri Sep-28-18 03:58 PM
2. "6 on the bounce across all comps. #datunai" In response to Reply # 0
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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Fri Sep-28-18 05:54 PM
4. "yeah it's a promising start. " In response to Reply # 3
this year isn't really about wins for me anyway, moreso implementing the system and weeding out the roster.
at least 2 or 3 more windows until they're challenging for PL/CL hardware.
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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
BrooklynWHAT Member since Jun 15th 2007 85056 posts
Sat Sep-29-18 07:45 AM
5. "I can't wait to see who our new manager is" In response to Reply # 0
Not because they'll be better than mourinho. But because we get to start the cycle all over again and watch the players mail it in for yet another manager and get off relatively blameless.
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Sat Sep-29-18 04:47 PM
20. "mou a joke. pure trash. #freepogba" In response to Reply # 5
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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
Gomez was kind of stuck either way. If he starts moving towards Hazard, it leaves Giroud with a lot of space to receive the ball directly up the middle.
31. "The risk of Hazard on full pace vs Giroud is a different level" In response to Reply # 27
Plus Gomes had VVD there for cover with Giroud. Case can be made TAA shouldn't have gone in aggressively into the midfield but Klopp wants them breaking up midfield rhythm quickly.
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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS
"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left." -Kobe speaking to investigators
34. "Ball side doesn't matter there, he'd be on his back shoulder" In response to Reply # 32
Giroud isn't beating VVD for pace (not even close) if he decides to make a run and on that play, Giroud decided to move toward the midfield to play his pivot role rather than making a run anyways. On that kind of midfield break, VVD's role isn't to intercept a ball into Giroud, it's to hold up Giroud so his defense can recover.
Gomes and VVD are in good position there until Gomes doesn't anticipate Hazard's danger level quick enough.
--------------------------------- <--The drought is over
"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS
"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left." -Kobe speaking to investigators
38. "THANK FUCK BRUCE IS GONE" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Oct-03-18 12:29 PM by magilla vanilla
Yesterday's game was a microcosm of his management style. He starts with three wing players on the bench despite setting the team up 4-3-3. Jack Grealish and Jonathan Kodjia are on the wing despite being a midfielder and striker, respectively. Villa go into the half 2-0 up against the bottom team in the league. So we go out to sit back and absorb pressure for the entirety of the second half. Chester gets sent off for DOGSO, giving PNE a penalty. Bruce subs off Tammy Abraham, who was the lead cause of any sort of trouble, to put on James Bree, a right back, at center half because BRUCE HAS SOLD OR LOANED ANY DEFENSIVE COVER. They later equalize, and take the lead. By the end of the match, Villa have in four players who have played right back across the back four, four central midfielders playing across the center, and winger Yanick Bolasie as a central forward.
OH YEAH, and Villa got an injury-time penno, but GLENN FUCKING WHELAN took it and obviously missed.
BrooklynWHAT Member since Jun 15th 2007 85056 posts
Thu Oct-04-18 09:59 AM
52. "in previous years, just luck mostly. in 19 they added timed finishing" In response to Reply # 46
so it's like you press/hold the first time to charge it up. then you press right when you connect with the ball again to activate the timed finished. they need to nerf it a bit because you can score some impossible goals a little too often with it.
49. "Deserved result for Napoli-LFC. Could have been much worse" In response to Reply # 0
LFC couldn't get anything going in their attacking 1/3 and Napoli was bombing everything down the left towards TAA and Salah...the last 30 mins was all Napoli and they finally nicked one for the deserved three points.
--------------------------------- <--The drought is over
"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS
"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left." -Kobe speaking to investigators
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