2021/2022 English Premier League

[Slava]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

City Football Group to buy Palermo FC?
Report: Majority stake in historic but troubled team to be sold for €6 million

https://www.hudsonriverblue.com/plat...buy-palermo-fc

that'd be really cool.

Well I just completely disagree. There's basically nothing cool with these groups and them setting up multiple clubs in multiple leagues.

[SuperMatt18]

Liverpool throwing a party and a parade yesterday on the anniversary of the Heysel Stadium disaster was a stupid decision on their part.

Just no sense and classless from that organization.

[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Liverpool throwing a party and a parade yesterday on the anniversary of the Heysel Stadium disaster was a stupid decision on their part.

Just no sense and classless from that organization.

gross and crass. a loser parade on the anniversary of the disaster. unreal.

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Liverpool throwing a party and a parade yesterday on the anniversary of the Heysel Stadium disaster was a stupid decision on their part.

Just no sense and classless from that organization.

Louis Suarez and their fans disagree.

[Bagor]

But!

Credit where credit is due. They're not going to sit back and let UEFA and the French authorities whitewash and blame them for the events of Saturday night.

UEFA picked on the wrong club here. This is a battle hardened club with respect to ensuring the truth comes out when fans are wrongly blamed.

In regard to the comments, we were in complete disbelief when we were made aware of them earlier today. I think it’s important that folks know that our chairman, Tom Werner, sent a letter to the French minister to articulate our views and is calling for an apology to our fans for those comments.

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/bil...ents-ucl-final

Have requested an official investigation. Good.

[devo22]

gotta feel for Derby County and their fans. The takeover by Chris Kirchners group has collapsed, so they are back at square one ... they have to find a new buyer quickly, as the new season starts on July 30 and, as things stand, Rooney has a total of 5 (FIVE!!!) players under contract to work with. They can't sign players as long as the club is under administration, so ... not ideal.

[Locke]

Welcome to Liverpool Darwin!

Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign Benfica forward Darwin Nunez in a transfer worth up to €100 million, sources have told ESPN.

https://global.espn.com/football/soc...o-100m-sources

[devo22]

that's an insane price tag for a striker who's had all but one good season in Portugal. But the striker market is desperate, and, knowing my luck, he'll be killing it for the Scouse.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by devo22

that's an insane price tag for a striker who's had all but one good season in Portugal. But the striker market is desperate, and, knowing my luck, he'll be killing it for the Scouse.

Yeah, its reportedly €75M plus €25M in add-ons, the market is insane and hopefully Sadio Mane will cover a chunk of it.

That being said, look at Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota and Diaz...every attacking player that comes through Liverpool elevates their game and I really have no reason to doubt the Liverpool scouting staff at this point.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Locke

Yeah, its reportedly €75M plus €25M in add-ons, the market is insane and hopefully Sadio Mane will cover a chunk of it.

That being said, look at Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota and Diaz...every attacking player that comes through Liverpool elevates their game and I really have no reason to doubt the Liverpool scouting staff at this point.

Eventually they'll get one wrong, and here's hoping its Nunez!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Slava

Eventually they'll get one wrong, and here's hoping its Nunez!

Silence you! You're just bitter that nobody wants your scratched and dented Kane!

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Locke

Silence you! You're just bitter that nobody wants your scratched and dented Kane!

If you guys are paying $100m for him, selling Kane wouldn't be tough!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Slava

If you guys are paying $100m for him, selling Kane wouldn't be tough!

Younger, faster, better haircut, less English and scored more goals in fewer games.

If Darwin is worth €100m then Kane is worth maybe €20.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Locke

Younger, faster, better haircut, less English and scored more goals in fewer games.

If Darwin is worth €100m then Kane is worth maybe €20.

Kane isn't getting any younger, no question on that. But the thing is, we pretty much know he'll score his goals and get his assists this season. The jury isn't in on young Mr. Nunez at this point. And better haircut? He and Dominic Calvert-Lewin might have the same barber...I'd think that's a minus for you?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Slava

Kane isn't getting any younger, no question on that. But the thing is, we pretty much know he'll score his goals and get his assists this season. The jury isn't in on young Mr. Nunez at this point. And better haircut? He and Dominic Calvert-Lewin might have the same barber...I'd think that's a minus for you?

Kane looks like his mom cuts his hair.

Which, on his paltry wages, she might well have to!

[GirlySports]

Another terrible idea from Arsène Wenger

https://www.theguardian.com/football...bstitutes-ifab

[Locke]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Another terrible idea from Arsène Wenger

https://www.theguardian.com/football...bstitutes-ifab

Yeah, that would be stupid.

He thinks it would 'speed up the game' presumably because children have the attention span of gnats. We should be working to fix that rather than pander to it, but thats a whole other argument.

It would essentially turn every ball into touch into a free-kick, and thats not going to speed the game up, its going to slow it way, way down because now if the ball goes into touch near the corner flag, its essentially a corner.

Dumb, dumb idea. And I'm really not sold on the 5 subs change either. I know why some clubs want it, and I know exactly why Klopp wants it.

It would be a huge advantage for teams like City and Liverpool to be able to completely change/rest their entire attack when a game is won and still have a couple subs left, or completely re-do a midfield and still have subs.

But that would kill the smaller teams and just make the gap wider.

I further understand the appeal of the 5 subs, I get that you have to rest/rotate/protect players, but the answer to that isnt more subs, its fewer matches. How many matches did Elite players play last season?

How many matches did Mo Salah play between going to the end of every domestic and European competition and AFCON?

Scrap this bogus Nation's League buffoonery and all of these side-tournaments, they are over-saturating international matches.

[Slava]

Well, the real change they should be making is mentioned in that article. It's making the clock stop-time when the ball is out of play. If a guy wants to roll around for a minute or two, or goalies are taking forever for goal kicks, that's fine, but it won't give an advantage to do that.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well, the real change they should be making is mentioned in that article. It's making the clock stop-time when the ball is out of play. If a guy wants to roll around for a minute or two, or goalies are taking forever for goal kicks, that's fine, but it won't give an advantage to do that.

Only thing is that in today's age, we're trying to shorten games not lengthen them. Soccer is in a sweet spot at 2 hours, not too much of a time commitment. Soccer isn't so action packed that we need to make it over 3 hours. However, refs need to just add more time for time wasting.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Only thing is that in today's age, we're trying to shorten games not lengthen them. Soccer is in a sweet spot at 2 hours, not too much of a time commitment. Soccer isn't so action packed that we need to make it over 3 hours. However, refs need to just add more time for time wasting.

Yeah, but if there was no advantage to be gained I think we'd see a lot less time wasting. Take goal kicks. What's the point of kicking your boots off and waving your players forward and all that if the clock is stopped anyway?