Premiere League & World Soccer Thread

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Couple of late arrivals courtesy of DHL. Not a club I follow but I do recall saying I thought the design was cool from their kit a year or two ago.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Completely forgot about AFCON this year and PL players leaving in the next week. Curious to see how the table shakes out before and after AFCON. Who makes a jump and who maybe dips a bit during that period of time?

For instance, Salah is massively important to Liverpool.. 19 G/A so far this year. He will be gone, and last AFCON he struggled when he came back. United will lose Onana. West Ham and Brentford will lose 3 with a couple being important pieces. Forest loses 5 .. but their team of 37 players can probably absorb that.

Anyway, we will see shortly.

 

[NorCalVol67]

That was a clever free kick.

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

Might as well call Old Trafford Villa Park 2.0

 

[MAD]

Completely forgot about AFCON this year and PL players leaving in the next week. Curious to see how the table shakes out before and after AFCON. Who makes a jump and who maybe dips a bit during that period of time?

For instance, Salah is massively important to Liverpool.. 19 G/A so far this year. He will be gone, and last AFCON he struggled when he came back. United will lose Onana. West Ham and Brentford will lose 3 with a couple being important pieces. Forest loses 5 .. but their team of 37 players can probably absorb that.

Anyway, we will see shortly.

I don’t think United will mind when Onana goes on leave for AFCON.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Man U has a longer scoring drought than me.

 

[Charlie Kelly]

This is a terrible scoreline for Tottenham but I don’t care. Watching United get dismantled at home is very satisfying.

 

[DocVOLiday]

ManU coming alive with three straight goals to take the lead

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

Might as well call Old Trafford Villa Park 2.0

This didn’t age well

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

This didn’t age well

Being a Villa fan isn’t too different than being a Tennessee fan. Never get your hopes up

 

[Nash_Vol97]

I don’t think United will mind when Onana goes on leave for AFCON.

 

[VolsLFC]

This is pretty wild if accurate

 

[DocVOLiday]

Let’s go Everton (today)

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

This is pretty wild if accurate

Lost me at most successful 4 and including United. Is the claim here that Tierney hates Liverpool?

 

[YankeeVol]

Wasn’t pretty, but it’s 3 points

 

[Nash_Vol97]

This is pretty wild if accurate

Can Chelsea get Paul Tierney every game then please? We could use the help

 

[VolsLFC]

Not sure how the same ref gives handball against Everton and not Arsenal

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Not sure how the same ref gives handball against Everton and not Arsenal

it's obvious, Arsenal does not need to cheat to win and therefore their players would not put their hands in unnatural positions. Everton is the opposite.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

I have never seen overreaction to single games than what you see in soccer media. If your team loses, they're trash and after a win, your problems are all fixed. It's not even week to week, it's game to game.

 

[05_never_again]

Millwall definitely has a bit of a reputation, and some of it is probably deserved. Everton played in the FA Cup there a few years ago, and someone got stabbed leaving the train station on the way to the ground. I wouldn’t want any part of that area if/when they ever play West Ham again.

Is their reputation kind of like Eagles or Raiders fans, or something worse than that?

 

[05_never_again]

I have never seen overreaction to single games than what you see in soccer media. If your team loses, they're trash and after a win, your problems are all fixed. It's not even week to week, it's game to game.

Sounds a lot like CFB, especially early in the season.

 

[C/O]

Is their reputation kind of like Eagles or Raiders fans, or something worse than that?

NFL fans have nothing on hardcore soccer supporters. I know the question wasn’t directed at me, but I would say Millwall is worse than both of those.

 

[05_never_again]

NFL fans have nothing on hardcore soccer supporters. I know the question wasn’t directed at me, but I would say Millwall is worse than both of those.

Even still today?

I know it was out of control over there in the 70s/80s, but has it not been dialed back to where "hardcore supporters" are more of just a rough and tumble, very uncouth crowd rather than a group of guys trying to beat the s**t out of people?

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

Is their reputation kind of like Eagles or Raiders fans, or something worse than that?

Watch the movie Green Street Houligans

 

[MAD]

I saw the best response to people who bitch about soccer.