AncalagonTheBlack Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Anyway, Bundesliga is back with Bayern vs. Schalke as opener. And both teams were able to take over their form from season. 70 minutes played. 7-0 Bayern. Boring.Give Bayern the title already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: Boring.Give Bayern the title already. You said more? You got your wish. 8-0 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: You said more? You got your wish. 8-0 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Meh, final whistle. Boring indeed, not even double digits. Bloody quitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 hours ago, polishgenius said: Jota's great and a good depth signing but as far as a Sarr alternative goes, he does prefer to play on the other side so I'm not sure it's an either or for Liverpool. I don't think it really matters as far as Liverpool are concerned since Mane's pretty comfortable on both sides. Either you rest Mane and play Jota on the left or rest Salah and play Mane on the right with Jota on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Are there any teams in the Bundesliga that even have a chance against Bayern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 51 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: Are there any teams in the Bundesliga that even have a chance against Bayern? Of winning a match- it happens occasionally, when they have bad day. Zero chance of winning the title, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 53 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: Are there any teams in the Bundesliga that even have a chance against Bayern? There are a couple of teams that can push them in individual matches and beat them - Gladbach, Dortmund, Leipzig, maybe Hoffenheim or Frankfurt on a good day (Last season I'd have included Leverkusen, but no idea how good they'll be this season after the rather big turnover in their squad). Over the course of a season very unlikely. That would take a total stinker of a season for them. FWIW, former Bayern and Liverpool player turned pundit Hamann thinks Bayern will suffer a dip in form come November [no season break whatsoever for them, and that will take its toll on them]. Schalke on the other hand, who look like relegation battlers this year, when they try to take the game to Bayern, and then put in such a half arsed performance, well, then stuff like today happens. There'll be a couple of other teams, who will suffer the same fate. Almost reminded me of the Guardiola era, where most teams seemed quite happy, if they didn't get mauled by three or more goals. Or as former Bremen defender Prödl put it: Playing at Bayern is like an appointment at the dentist. It can hurt a lot, but on other days it can be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Everton’s equalizer was a good use of VAR. Brilliant goal from James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Well that's the game over as a contest anyway - Gibbs does something stupid and gets himself sent off, and then Bilic decides to one-up him and get himself a red card too. ETA. Or maybe not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Assist king Richarlison doing my draft fantasy team a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Assist king Richarlison doing my draft fantasy team a favour. How does fantasy even work for soccer? Goals, assists and goal keeping on paper could make sense, but after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 30 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Assist king Richarlison doing my draft fantasy team a favour. My friends and I run a small Fantasy League too, and unfortunately the guy whose team I'm playing this week has Richarlison. Fortunately though, I have DCL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: How does fantasy even work for soccer? Goals, assists and goal keeping on paper could make sense, but after that? Goals (whcih defenders and midfielders get more points for than forwards) yeah, assists, clean sheets (four per CS for defenders and goalies, one for midfielders), and appearance points (1 point for appearing at all, another for lasting 60 minutes). There's also a slightly obtuse bonus points system where players collect BPS over a match via the main metrics but also tackles, successful passes, key passes, blocks etc and the top 3 performers in any given match get 3, 2 and 1 bonus points respectively. Yahoo used to run an opta-fed league ages ago which straight up awarded points for all the metrics in detail and that was class, but it folded aaaaaaaaaaages ago and all the current ones are much simpler. Some do allow, though you have to pay in the one I play so we don't, tackle-and-block based extra points (the Kante rule). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 We've always used the Telegraph's points for our league, which is- 2 points for a start, 1 for a sub appearance. Goals are worth 5 points, and assists 3. Clean sheets (defenders and keepers only) get you 5 points for >60min players, and 2 points for <60min. Keepers also get 5 points for saving a penalty. Then there are the deductions: the first goal conceded leaves the defenders on 2, with each following goal removing a point. Negative points for cards (yellow -1, red -3), own goals (-3) and penalty misses (-2) too. I remember one poor bugger lost a game from a winning position one year when, his team in a leading position against his opponent, one of his strikers took a penalty against his keeper. The striker hit the post (missed penalty deduction), which then hit the keeper and went in (own goal, no clean sheet). Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, polishgenius said: but also tackles, successful passes, key passes, blocks etc and the top 3 performers in any given match get 3, 2 and 1 bonus points respectively. This is where I figured it would get trickier. As a noob I don't even know how you'd consistently score those aspects of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 So is every Leeds game this season going to have seven goals or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I knew Leeds were going to be an entertaining watch but this is exceeding expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 41m fee for Jota (up to 45m with add-ons) seems really steep. Before I start bleating about Werner again, it seems like we conceded here on total fee because Wolves accepted a long spread of payments over time. It’s basically like a financing charge on top of the regular fee. Of all our purchases in recent years, only Ox felt like we didn’t get good value. His injury history and contract situation should have meant a lower price. And perhaps Keita’s injury record since joining meant he hasn’t been good value yet (yet!), but his fee looked appropriate when we paid it. I’m hoping that Jota proves to be like Mane and Salah: looked a bit inconsistent at their prior club but with bags of potential for Klopp to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 ~£40m for a good player seems to be about the going rate these days, I don't think there are that many bargains out there if you take away contract situations and whathaveyou. Jota's numbers at Wolves are apparently very similar to Mane's at Southampton, so hopefully he can make similar progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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