EPL 2024-25

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:50 am

mister d wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:33 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:30 am One of my direct reports will ...e...at Old ...d this weekend.

Only way to get a promotion from WLU.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:52 am

Happy St. Totteringham Day to those that celebrate!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 9:05 am

I got up early to watch this?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 9:44 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Apr 06, 2025 9:05 am I got up early to watch this?

DVR is your friend.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 10:49 am

That checkerboard/plaid pitch in the sun at Old Trafford looks glorious.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 12:23 pm

The dampest of squibs.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 12:47 pm

Can’t remember a less entertaining, bigger waste of two hours.

Post by **Shirley** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 1:36 pm

garyclark wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 9:00 am
Shirley wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:52 am Just purchased. I'm pretty stoked.
Nice! It'll be excellent.

I'm curious. Which Swamp t-shirt are you wearing when you storm the field bottomless? I assume Blackpool, but you could also go with the original or the one with all the caricatures.

Sorry to disappoint but I just couldn't figure out how to get down to field level.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Apr 11, 2025 8:57 am

Salah signs new Liverpool deal and is challenged by Slot to ‘reach perfection’

Salah agreed to extend his illustrious Anfield career to a decade after months of negotiations between his agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, and Liverpool’s sporting director, Richard Hughes. Financial details of the deal, which was confirmed by the player and club on Friday, have not been disclosed but the 32-year-old has not taken a pay cut. His previous three-year contract was worth a basic £350,000 a week, although his overall earnings were about £1m a week.

Now sign Big Virg...

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:39 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Apr 11, 2025 8:57 am Salah signs new Liverpool deal and is challenged by Slot to ‘reach perfection’

Salah agreed to extend his illustrious Anfield career to a decade after months of negotiations between his agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, and Liverpool’s sporting director, Richard Hughes. Financial details of the deal, which was confirmed by the player and club on Friday, have not been disclosed but the 32-year-old has not taken a pay cut. His previous three-year contract was worth a basic £350,000 a week, although his overall earnings were about £1m a week.
Now sign Big Virg...

All signs point to that being next, and TAA moving on. Seems odd to let the youngest of the three go, but whatever.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:56 am

Kinda wanted him to leave.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:00 am

govmentchedda wrote: Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:39 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Apr 11, 2025 8:57 am Salah signs new Liverpool deal and is challenged by Slot to ‘reach perfection’

Salah agreed to extend his illustrious Anfield career to a decade after months of negotiations between his agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, and Liverpool’s sporting director, Richard Hughes. Financial details of the deal, which was confirmed by the player and club on Friday, have not been disclosed but the 32-year-old has not taken a pay cut. His previous three-year contract was worth a basic £350,000 a week, although his overall earnings were about £1m a week.
Now sign Big Virg...
All signs point to that being next, and TAA moving on. Seems odd to let the youngest of the three go, but whatever.

I can see why Trent wants to leave....he's been there his whole life, he's won everything at the club, and its freakin' Real Madrid.

Some pundit on one of the football pods I listen to said that he's also probably going to be happy not to have to hear people saying that he can't defend anymore.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:55 am

Citeh back, eh?

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:22 am

mister d wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:33 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:30 am One of my direct reports will ...e...at Old ...d this weekend.

that's on the shelves next to 'spotted'

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 11:06 am

Okay, Everton!!!

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 11:43 am

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:42 pm

garyclark wrote: Sat Apr 12, 2025 11:06 am Okay, Everton!!!

Huge result! I might have yelped louder than my Toffee-loving wife. (I did.)

Now I hope Eddie is ok. Kinda scary that he’s gonna stay in the hospital for a few days.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 2:56 pm

Given what was on the line, I had to go for a walk during the 2nd half. And what a result!

A midweek win over Palace - no guarantee, given their form - could see Newcastle top 3 within 4 points of Arsenal.

And a loss puts them within striking distance of 7th. Champions League positions are going to be crazy.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:40 pm

Now THAT'S how you put a game in hand to good use!

Pure class. What a performance.

Howay the lads!

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:56 pm

That's a hell of a week.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 9:06 am

Some more good news...

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:26 am

I’m just hoping Virg and Salah both hit the wall and Liverpool are stuck with their wages. It’s a dangerous game signing guys that old to big contracts.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:33 am

The Sybian wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:26 am I’m just hoping Virg and Salah both hit the wall and Liverpool are stuck with their wages. It’s a dangerous game signing guys that old to big contracts.

Agreed...but they couldn't let three out of three walk out the door. Haven't seen the details of Virg's deal, but Mo's is just for 2 more years, so its likely he'll leave after that.

And besides...have you seen Mo? If he hits a wall, he'll likely knock it over.

[+] spoiler

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:36 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:33 am
The Sybian wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:26 am I’m just hoping Virg and Salah both hit the wall and Liverpool are stuck with their wages. It’s a dangerous game signing guys that old to big contracts.
Agreed...but they couldn't let three out of three walk out the door. Haven't seen the details of Virg's deal, but Mo's is just for 2 more years, so its likely he'll leave after that.

And besides...have you seen Mo? If he hits a wall, he'll likely knock it over.

[+] spoiler

Desperate wishful thinking. We’ve seen guys go from world beaters to washed up quickly. I don’t disagree with the signings, just hope it doesn’t pan out.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:48 am

The Sybian wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:36 amDesperate wishful thinking. We’ve seen guys go from world beaters to washed up quickly. I don’t disagree with the signings, just hope it doesn’t pan out.

I've never seen this happen before.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:25 pm

The Sybian wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:36 am We’ve seen guys go from world beaters to washed up quickly.

See just about the entire ManCity team this year....

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:20 pm

Hey I beat you to that you can't say it if I already did that's cheating.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:14 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:33 am
The Sybian wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:26 am I’m just hoping Virg and Salah both hit the wall and Liverpool are stuck with their wages. It’s a dangerous game signing guys that old to big contracts.
Agreed...but they couldn't let three out of three walk out the door. Haven't seen the details of Virg's deal, but Mo's is just for 2 more years, so its likely he'll leave after that.

And besides...have you seen Mo? If he hits a wall, he'll likely knock it over.

[+] spoiler

400K a week. Two years.

I think both are good business for Liverpool.

They'll win the league this year, and enter next year as favorites.

The lack of a transfer fee for TAA is the only knock against their future.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 18, 2025 1:52 pm

I've been reading about Morgan Gibbs-White a little now that he's linked to City and ... do I have this right? A big part of the reason Wolves sold him is because he was unhappy with playing time under Nuno and now he's thriving playing under Nuno at Forest? Teams picking managers/coaches over talented young players seems to backfire more often than not, but this one is pretty wild if I'm understanding it correctly.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 10:48 am

Geez Everton...giving up a goal when Bernardo Silva is standing over the ball, pointing to where he wants his teammate to run to for a pass? That's awful...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 11:24 am

Maybe Keane should have considered completing that pass wasn’t where the play would finish off.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 11:27 am

Also, if O’Reilly is real at LB I’m going to be insufferable (to championship fans) about having homegrown kids Nico & Rico at fullback.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 11:35 am

Well, that was a crap start for the Magpies.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:15 pm

The Villains living up to their names today. They threw a strong dose of cold water on our Champions League hopes today.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:05 pm

garyclark wrote: Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:15 pm The Villains living up to their names today. They threw a strong dose of cold water on our Champions League hopes today.

Horror result, but I’d rather be in 3rd playing Ipswich next week than being 6th and playing City.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:52 am

wow..that was a banger of a goal by Neto to put Chelsea ahead...

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:59 am

United are officially safe!

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:20 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:52 am wow..that was a banger of a goal by Neto to put Chelsea ahead...

Incredible.

Pretty much the worst weekend possible for the Toon.

Post by **Shirley** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:46 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:52 am wow..that was a banger of a goal by Neto to put Chelsea ahead...

Clutch ending for Chelsea to keep their CL hopes alive. They're still way too sloppy and Palmer still hasn't recovered his magic, but they're alive.

I would love it if Spurs could find some form tomorrow and knock off Forest.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:45 pm

Why do I have the feeling that Arsenal is going to lose on Wednesday to Crystal Palace to hand the title to Liverpool?