uh not sure where to begin with this extended break lol. Is it still worth setting up fantasy premier league?

Oh and congrats to Arsenal for the Pepe signing, great move

Even though it won a damn CL trophy, on days when there's two or more of: Hendo, Milner and Gini in the midfield if means there's going to be almost no midfield creativity.

But then again, LFC's current system gets a lot of its creativity from its full backs, so the midfield's job is more just to be sound positionally and defensively, which is what Hendo excels at.

If Keita can bust out, or Ox regains his form (not holding my breath), that goes a long way towards justifying starting Hendo and Fabinho at the same time.

>Oh and congrats to Arsenal for the Pepe signing, great move

I just don’t watch that league, but obviously you do, so...?

ofc it remains to be seen how Emery plays him but he's got a dynamite combination of pace, creativity and game smarts that is tough to mis-use IMO

We byke. We kept the core of the squad that got us up. We practically stole Tom Heaton off Burnley. We have a big fucking Brazilian up front. Who likes to drop deep and play in wingers. Tyrone Mings cost a quarter what Harry Maguire did and he’s about to have a much better season. We’ve got people who grew up with the team as Manager and Captain. Speaking of, Jack Grealish about to make Levy real real sad that he didn’t say “fuck it, 50 mill” last Summer.

LET’S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSfD3fawyWc

right now I have two

Likely set piece takers are Conor Hourihane and Matt Targett

Tom Heaton is the best keeper under 5 you'll find.

I wouldn't necessarily go for Wesley, as he's a) new to the league from the Belgian league and b) unlikely to fully replace the 25 goals Tammy Abraham scored last year. He likes to come get the ball and play his wingers and midfielders in-- John McGinn, Anwar El Ghazi, Jota and Trezeguet are the most likely to benefit from that approach.

But the starkest thing about the Smith turnaround is despite the odd 5-5 to Forest and 3-3 to Blades, Villa's defense tightened up a LOT under Smith, especially during the 10 win run. Tyrone Mings was essential to that, and he'll likely play every game so long as he's fit. He proved excellent in the air, stopping dribblers, and reading for interceptions. He should pop in a handful of goals too.

I didn't mention Jack Grealish-- I think McGinn will outscore him, but Grealish will likely benefit from key passes being included in the points tally. His job in this system is to operate the space between, and you'll likely see him and Wesley operating as a double pivot in the attack, weirdly. He's a special player, but I don't think he'll end up being that great for fantasy purposes (I still have him because I can't not).

so I'd enter it into an OKP league if we have one

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/869300/

League code: t8rn7d

is Harry Maguire.

Just want to make sure that gets mentioned.

thought he was clever.

but it's sure as shit hilarious

Enjoy your second muppet-faced overpriced center-half.

Not thrilled with the timing but addition by subtraction. Just useless unless you serve it up on a plate to him like KDB and Hazard do for him

30m net spend this summer is a fucking joke. ah well it'll be fun to watch games w/ no emotional investment or standards of any sort.

hope they give out orange slices and fruit snacks after the game since we're just playing for fun now.

Koscielny forcing his way out leaves us no choice I suppose.


I'm just dreading the eventual pairing of Luiz and Mustafi at some point this season , due to injuries/suspensions...

like, some 19 yr old whiz-kid from Benfica or sthg

move after move.

Sessegnon
£25m

No guarantees it actually translates on the field, but I've really likes or approach.

Will miss Alex, but I get it. Can't offload Mikki, so had to take the cash

>Will miss Alex, but I get it. Can't offload Mikki, so had to
>take the cash

Incredible work this summer

not sure the weekly posts will be required, at least at first. Maybe a monthly general futbol post to start?

let's do it

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/09/arsenals-ozil-and-kolasinac-withdrawn-from-arsenal-squad-due-to-further-security-incidents

Stiepermann, Pukki, Cantwell, and of course Costa Rican nemesis Tim Krul

NOT GOOD

Getting ready to watch Maguire join the list of post-Fergie trash United have been wheeling out at center half.

imo he was still MOTM even with the L

youre not gonna call my guy overpriced when the only reason why Mings was cheap is because he can't stay on the field.

We put 9 on his Derby in three meetings last year. It’s pretty fun.

worst 45 i've seen him play

rode our luck a bit in the first half but the desire and quality is showing today

pogba hasnt done any of his dumb shit allhalf either. simple play = success

and we get three points while having a clean sheet. I'll take it

All game replays are now only available through the paid Gold package.

Which means tv subscribers can stream matches that are on tv live, but can't watch replays without paying $65 extra for NBC Gold.

Also the replays aren't even available until 9pm.

So even if you're not a TV subscriber, you can pay one fee to stream games live, then pay a SECOND fee to watch games on demand, but not until 9pm (so not really on demand)

Quite a consumer-friendly platform you're building there NBC.

No one wants to pay for NBC Gold so their solution is to double down on it.

I ended up watching Friday's replay on the app, but in Spanish. The feed was available not long after the Liverpool game finished. Obviously only an option when games are aired on telumundo. Or maybe it was a glitch.

But yeah that really sux. That said I paid for gold, but that 9pm is bananas. That throws off my whole routine

an assist and a goal called back just a hair offside.

ive never understood why they just dont make Giroud the full time striker

he dragged their asses into CL almost singlehandedly

and dude is too old to be running around like that all game

>ive never understood why they just dont make Giroud the full
>time striker

but I agree, he deserves to be the first option considering the other question marks they have at the position.