polishgenius Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 16 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: Neto is pants. I know I keep contradicting you over players based on the game happening now but Neto is one of the best young players in the league, he's been brilliant this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Just now, polishgenius said: I know I keep contradicting you over players based on the game happening now but Neto is one of the best young players in the league, he's been brilliant this season. I know he's having a good season, but it would be nice if he could stop fucking things up tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Soylent Brown said: I know he's having a good season, but it would be nice if he could stop fucking things up tonight! No it wouldn't. It's his best game to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I think someone's been messing with Traore's speed dial too, and has turned it down to 50%. Matic overtook him a little while ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Question for the United fans: has de Gea decided to be a good goalkeeper again this season, or is this game an outlier. For the last two years or so, he seemed determined to get paid big money for Joe Hart level of performances (ok, that's a bit harsh on de Gea), but he's really looked good in this game thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Question for the United fans: has de Gea decided to be a good goalkeeper again this season, or is this game an outlier. For the last two years or so, he seemed determined to get paid big money for Joe Hart level of performances (ok, that's a bit harsh on de Gea), but he's really looked good in this game thus far. He was nowhere near as bad last season as the chatter made him out to be, but it does seem like Henderson's presence has given him a kick up the jacksie. Anyway, useful win, four points from those two games is a good return even if it wasn't a great performance. So far as I could tell from my janky-as-shit stream we were starting to control and threaten more so it wasn't out of nowhere even if the goal itself was a fluke. But yeah, I'll take it. Now we have to beat Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, polishgenius said: So far as I could tell from my janky-as-shit stream we were starting to control and threaten more so it wasn't out of nowhere even if the goal itself was a fluke. We definitely were. I think Wolves's only shot on target in 2nd half was an offside header. They parked the bus almost as hard as Portugal during Euro 2016, fortunately for us they didn't get the success their compatriots got. Bailly & Matic were immense in winning the ball back. Glad Rashford got a goal despite one of his poorest performances lately. The only black points really are how badly we struggled to create big chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Wolves barely threatened at all. They're really missing Jimenez, the young chap they have isn't quite up to speed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: They're really missing Jimenez, the young chap they have isn't quite up to speed yet. From what I've seen of him so far he's a good player even now and will quite likely be really good, but even at his best potential he wouldn't be a direct replacement for Jimenez. Since he came in what he's been adept at is dropping off and laying the wider forwards in behind (in some ways he plays like the player I think Liverpool wanted when you got Minamino) but he isn't a no9. And none of them are consistent finishers and he himself is pretty ropey at it for now as the misses the other day showed. So it is costing them even when Podence and Neto have good games. They were toothless as shit today though. Like you said earlier both Traore and Neto looked well off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I'll take any kind of win against Wolves. Our games against them tend to be a chore to watch. Both teams have a knack of cancelling each other out and the games turn into a snoozefest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Both teams have a knack of cancelling each other out and the games turn into a snoozefest. Yeah we are very much tactically built to nullify each other. That's why I'm happy with four points out of the last two games- Leicester are a better team than Wolves but Wolves are tougher tactically, a win in either one was a good one. Also worth noting that if it was tactical and not injury-related Ole bringing Shaw on for Telles was a very good move- on the face of it all our attacks first half came from him but it was all from very deep, low-percentage stuff with no chance for the forwards to really attack it. Shaw coming on opened up the passing and that contributed to their tiredeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Barca confirm that Coutinho has suffered an injury to the lateral meniscus in his left knee which will require surgery. Expected to be out for around 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Crazy to think that Arsenal could be top Spoiler half ...of the table as early as Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rorshach Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 22 hours ago, Soylent Brown said: I think Everton are annoyed at being left out of the discussion entirely, rather than questioning the validity of the decision. Yes, sorry, was what I meant. Bad wording on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Yeah, Fulham have more players showing symptoms apparently, so they'll need to shut things down for a couple of days while more testing happens. It looks like there have been no additional positives at Man City though, so that's good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 And Henderson is still continuously playing that fucking idiotic ball high into the back post where Mane's going to lose out the the much taller defender every time, ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 And Mane has fucked up every single pass he's had to make. His form is atrocious. Hopefully Jota returns fairly quickly and we can send Mane off to train with the u12s so he can re-learn the basics he's apparently forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Looks like after 30 minutes Liverpool have found a handle on this game after a slow start. Great save from Darlow, but that really should've been the lead for Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Curtis Jones is technically very good, he's confident, and he's useful at the sharp end of movements, but he doesn't seem to see the bigger picture at all. Just dithers in possession not really knowing what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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