It's the sixth version of The Swamp. What could possibly go wrong?
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Big difference is Garnacho’s inability to match Trossard’s Weird Little Guy energy.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 12:41 pm The Trossard-Garnacho match-up has been the only interesting thing in this match.
They remind me of each other in the energy they bring to their sides. And in how annoying both can be when calls don't go their way.
Agreed.mister d wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 1:27 pmBig difference is Garnacho’s inability to match Trossard’s Weird Little Guy energy.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 12:41 pm The Trossard-Garnacho match-up has been the only interesting thing in this match.
They remind me of each other in the energy they bring to their sides. And in how annoying both can be when calls don't go their way.
I went in 2023 to see Newcastle - Aston Villa in Philadelphia the last time the Summer Series was here. Fantastic experience. Great atmosphere. Highly recommend.EnochRoot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:44 pm Man U, Everton, West Ham & Bournemouth are coming stateside this summer to Atlanta, Chicago and somewheres in New Jersey.
Thanks. I imagine my wife will be amenable to the NJ leg (has an old college friend in Brick).garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:29 pmI went in 2023 to see Newcastle - Aston Villa in Philadelphia the last time the Summer Series was here. Fantastic experience. Great atmosphere. Highly recommend.EnochRoot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:44 pm Man U, Everton, West Ham & Bournemouth are coming stateside this summer to Atlanta, Chicago and somewheres in New Jersey.
We really enjoyed Chelsea v. Wrexham last summer.EnochRoot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:51 pmThanks. I imagine my wife will be amenable to the NJ leg (has an old college friend in Brick).garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:29 pmI went in 2023 to see Newcastle - Aston Villa in Philadelphia the last time the Summer Series was here. Fantastic experience. Great atmosphere. Highly recommend.EnochRoot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:44 pm Man U, Everton, West Ham & Bournemouth are coming stateside this summer to Atlanta, Chicago and somewheres in New Jersey.
FYI, if they set it up the same way as last time, you buy a ticket for two matches on one day. So it isn't cheap.EnochRoot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:51 pmThanks. I imagine my wife will be amenable to the NJ leg (has an old college friend in Brick).garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:29 pmI went in 2023 to see Newcastle - Aston Villa in Philadelphia the last time the Summer Series was here. Fantastic experience. Great atmosphere. Highly recommend.EnochRoot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:44 pm Man U, Everton, West Ham & Bournemouth are coming stateside this summer to Atlanta, Chicago and somewheres in New Jersey.
Defector had a good breakdown of the teams in the running for the European spots: The Premier League’s Tightest Race Is For Fifth Placegaryclark wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 6:40 pm Massive three points for Newcastle at West Ham on Monday to launch them back up the table to 6th.
The battle for Europe is going to be insane down the stretch.
This doesn't mean the Premier League is devoid of drama, though, and in fact there is one fight in the standings that looks certain to go to the very last round. I'm referring here to the race for the third, fourth, and fifth spots on the table, all of which should give Champions League qualification for next season. A quick explanation for why there will likely be five rather than the usual four continental places for the Prem: the Champions League's new format grants an additional entry spot to the league with the highest coefficient on an annual basis, and this year the top dogs are practically a lock to be the English.
Almost everyone currently in the top 10 of the EPL table is still in the hunt for one of these extremely valuable UCL spots. The margins are razor thin. A mere five points separate fifth-place Manchester City from 10th-place Fulham. With that in mind, let's break down each team's best case for why it will finish in the top five, as well as why it won't.
Concur.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:48 am Cucurella gets away with a clear handball. To make it even more infuriating, he made a big scene asking for a foul that wasn't there.
Easily my least favorite player, on the pitch, in world football.
Fofana also probably should have had a straight red on that step on Declan Rice's back thigh. Mayyybe the ref takes a look and gives him the benefit of the doubt. But what was utterly shocking was that the VAR ref didn't even ask the on-field ref to take a look. How?cerranoredux wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:15 amConcur.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:48 am Cucurella gets away with a clear handball. To make it even more infuriating, he made a big scene asking for a foul that wasn't there.
Easily my least favorite player, on the pitch, in world football.
I do think he was going for the ball as Rice fell on it, but I was at least half expecting him to get a red for that.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:44 amFofana also probably should have had a straight red on that step on Declan Rice's back thigh. Mayyybe the ref takes a look and gives him the benefit of the doubt. But what was utterly shocking was that the VAR ref didn't even ask the on-field ref to take a look. How?cerranoredux wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:15 amConcur.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:48 am Cucurella gets away with a clear handball. To make it even more infuriating, he made a big scene asking for a foul that wasn't there.
Easily my least favorite player, on the pitch, in world football.
Whoever was running VAR had two of the worst decisions I've seen this year.
Clearly a judgment call on Fofana. He took two pokes. The second one was more questionable. Fofana did himself no favors on a call that could have gone either way with the way he reacted afterwards. My issue isn't that he didn't get a red there. It's that the ref wasn't even called over to take a look.Shirley wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:18 pmI do think he was going for the ball as Rice fell on it, but I was at least half expecting him to get a red for that.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:44 amFofana also probably should have had a straight red on that step on Declan Rice's back thigh. Mayyybe the ref takes a look and gives him the benefit of the doubt. But what was utterly shocking was that the VAR ref didn't even ask the on-field ref to take a look. How?cerranoredux wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:15 amConcur.garyclark wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:48 am Cucurella gets away with a clear handball. To make it even more infuriating, he made a big scene asking for a foul that wasn't there.
Easily my least favorite player, on the pitch, in world football.
Whoever was running VAR had two of the worst decisions I've seen this year.
I think the Cucurella one is being way overblown. I thought he got pushed. He was already leaning and got a little shove that made him go down. I'm not sure why anyone thinks he'd otherwise dive and hit the ball with his arm when he was between his man and the ball in the box.
You should absolutely take steps to try and go. I don't want to say there's nothing like it, but it is a singular sports spectating experience (EPL matches). That area of London is really nice as well.Shirley wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:24 pm I'm gonna be in London for work next week. I'm really thinking hard about going to the Chelsea-Tottenham game at Stamford Bridge Thursday night. Never been to an EPL game before.
100% agree. So glad we took the train down to Brighton to catch a match. The atmosphere at the smaller stadium was so great, hoping we can get to one of the big stadiums sometime in the future.govmentchedda wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 2:06 pmYou should absolutely take steps to try and go. I don't want to say there's nothing like it, but it is a singular sports spectating experience (EPL matches). That area of London is really nice as well.Shirley wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:24 pm I'm gonna be in London for work next week. I'm really thinking hard about going to the Chelsea-Tottenham game at Stamford Bridge Thursday night. Never been to an EPL game before.
Nice! It'll be excellent.
How did that even go in? The angle didn't make sense to me.
I feel like he meant it. Based on putting his laces through it at that angle and distance, he wasn’t thinking cross. There was nobody anywhere near the other end. It was a rocket.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:11 pmGeez...what a strike.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/soccer/ ... -brentford
Oh. He meant it. I just didn't understand the angle. Like, the math didn't compute. Or, given the E in EPL, the maths.cerranoredux wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:18 pmI feel like he meant it. Based on putting his laces through it at that angle and distance, he wasn’t thinking cross. There was nobody anywhere near the other end. It was a rocket.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:11 pmGeez...what a strike.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/soccer/ ... -brentford
Absolutely he meant it...just it was just kind of screwy how the angle was. I've watched it a few times and still not sure how he did it.cerranoredux wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:18 pmI feel like he meant it. Based on putting his laces through it at that angle and distance, he wasn’t thinking cross. There was nobody anywhere near the other end. It was a rocket.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:11 pmGeez...what a strike.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/soccer/ ... -brentford
Apparently, Dave and I are the same person.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:39 pmAbsolutely he meant it...just it was just kind of screwy how the angle was. I've watched it a few times and still not sure how he did it.cerranoredux wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:18 pmI feel like he meant it. Based on putting his laces through it at that angle and distance, he wasn’t thinking cross. There was nobody anywhere near the other end. It was a rocket.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:11 pmGeez...what a strike.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/soccer/ ... -brentford
Could be worse.garyclark wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:40 pmApparently, Dave and I are the same person.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:39 pmAbsolutely he meant it...just it was just kind of screwy how the angle was. I've watched it a few times and still not sure how he did it.cerranoredux wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:18 pmI feel like he meant it. Based on putting his laces through it at that angle and distance, he wasn’t thinking cross. There was nobody anywhere near the other end. It was a rocket.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:11 pmGeez...what a strike.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/soccer/ ... -brentford
One under-rated thing about the match that I forgot to mention: Curtis Jones did a great job filling in at Right Back for TAA.DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:16 pm Liverpool back to winning ways with a nervy win over Everton. Nice strike by Jota.
And Everton should have been playing with 10 men. Tarkowski should have been sent off for that tackle on MacAllistair.
My son is super jealous. He's become a Spurs superfan in the middle of this horrible season. We're going to the UK next Spring (wife is running the London marathon) hopefully they're in town, or at least in the vicinity so we can catch a match.
So now Tonali is saying that is that it was "70% cross, 30% shot"..DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:11 pmGeez...what a strike.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/soccer/ ... -brentford
And heard on this morning's Guardian Football Weekly that pundit Joe Hart (the former keeper), called it a "throbby wobbler".On whether he meant his goal: "Honestly, it was 70% cross and 30% shot. It was difficult for the goalkeeper and difficult also for me. Also a little bit of luck."
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