Today’s Football 2020/21 Season

[TheBigIguana]

I don't see why you'd think that.

League winning pace right now is 80. I see nothing that tells me that one of these teams will eventually separate. Spurs draw too much for a team with that goal differential, probably because Mourinho. Liverpool, like much of the top half, concedes too often. City doesn't score enough.

If City's problem is Guardiola, he's likely to blunder into an answer eventually. If it's their talent, which I tend to think, then they'll probably continue to struggle.

As for concessions, Leicester and Southampton are probably as likely to figure it out as "they" are. The title race is wide open, and it will be interesting to see how much money gets tossed around in January in search of a difference-maker.

Any of the teams from 9th up could win the title I think. Yes that conveniently leaves Man United in but my intention is more to leave Wolves out as they don't have the horses with Jimenez out. Obviously some are way more likely than others, Moyes isn't actually going to win the league, but I can't say any of those teams are totally dead.

What is going to make it more clear is when a team or two go on a run. Only unlike prior years where City and the RS went on 20 game runs this year it might be 6 or 8 games. But a team will go on that run like Leicester did in 15/16 and that'll be the team that gets it done I think. I just couldn't begin to tell you who it is.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Any of the teams from 9th up could win the title I think. Yes that conveniently leaves Man United in but my intention is more to leave Wolves out as they don't have the horses with Jimenez out.

I agree that Wolves' goal differential exposes them as lucky frauds.

I also agree that whoever manages to go on a decent tear lifts it; had we not followed up ours with an abysmal run, we might not need another tear to do it.

 

[NathDogg]

Oh it’s absolutely disgraceful, but so is the majority of football at the moment, we’ve been spoilt with fantastic players for 15-20 years in world football and in the Premier League.

The premier leagues big problem is that it has so much money, so that the prices for dross increase. Brewster for £24m is the absolutely statement signing of the season to suggest that the value for money in the league is absolutely destroyed.

Sheff utd & Wilder deserve relegation for that alone - never mind being an alehouse shower of grocks.

 

[bigjonny]

Local news, Marine 0 v 1 Southport in The FA Trophy.

 

[barneygumble]

Local news, Marine 0 v 1 Southport in The FA Trophy.

Sold out in 23 minutes that did.
Everyone on the bandwagon it seems!

eztra money for the club though!

 

[visitingholte]

Really don’t get why

A) Pep signed a new extension
B) He was offered one to begin with

Was going to mention this. It felt wrong to begin with and just feels stale right now

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Local news, Marine 0 v 1 Southport in The FA Trophy.

Saving themselves for the biggie

 

[N.S.N.O.]

It's a two horse race, but for me this is a different Spurs then we have ever seen before and Liverpool dont have the away form they once did

Hilarious at the time, but Spurs throwing away a 3-0 lead to West ham, is something I look at as far as Spurs seeing out a game when some pressure comes on them...
That 97th minute peno against Newcastle could prove very costly too....all teams can claim it, but they really should be 4 points better off right now, where a win tonight would really set them up for a title challenge...

It's still early in the title race, but tonight will say alot about spurs

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[davek]

Fergie’s final team with RVP and Rooney upfront would be waltzing this league. It’s a shambles and a bit of kick and rush footie and some favourable penalties will see a rancid Liverpool over the line.

The only team in the elite of the PL I see trying to re-energise and refresh itself (and this partly down to the transfer ban they endured) is Chelsea. They are obviously a work in progress as they demonstrated this last week. However, with the next few years in mind, I'd rather be in Lampard's shoes than Klopp, Mourinho, Guardiola, Arteta's - manager's who rely heavily on well established players who will be heading towards (or are now in) the latter period of their careers.

Chelsea are raw but talented. If Lampard makes some astute signings (and despite his poor return so far, I count Werrner in that category) then they'll be the coming force.

 

[davek]

Stanislas was in a poor position to get the cut back and get his shot off. Surridge could see him about to be covered. He had every right to go for that shot.

 

[bigjonny]

Sold out in 23 minutes that did.
Everyone on the bandwagon it seems!

eztra money for the club though!

Including me !, but I’m not getting anywhere with Everton and I’m bored stiff . I’ll be giving Cammell Laird a few quid on Saturday and if I don’t get a West Ham ticket I’ll be back at Marine hopefully when they play Prescot Cables.

 

[jonesey10]

Stanislas was in a poor position to get the cut back and get his shot off. Surridge could see him about to be covered. He had every right to go for that shot.

I disagree, stanislas is wide open for long enough for surridge to get the pass away. stanislas gets marked becuase of the delay. terrible selfish play IMO.

 

[davek]

I disagree, stanislas is wide open for long enough for surridge to get the pass away. stanislas gets marked becuase of the delay. terrible selfish play IMO.

Surridge sees the defender closing down Stanislas who would have had to take at least a touch to get his shot of - covering player all over him by that point. The angle was just about there for Surridge, so he got a shot off...he'd done well to get into the box by that stage, and any player will be looking to score under those circumstances.

Stansilas was completely in the wrong.

 

[Nymzee]

They were winning why would you be this arsed.