2019-2020 EPL Discussion Thread

[Jezza]

Weekend Results:

Friday February 14 2020:
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester City

Saturday February 15 2020:
Southampton 1-2 Burnley
Norwich City 0-1 Liverpool

Sunday February 16 2020:
Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal 4-0 Newcastle United

Monday February 17 2020:
Chelsea 0-2 Manchester United

The Ladder:
1. Liverpool 76 - Played 26
2. Man City 51 - Played 25
3. Leicester 50 - Played 26
4. Chelsea 41 - Played 26
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5. Tottenham 40 - Played 26
6. Sheffield Utd 39 - Played 26
7. Man Utd 38 - Played 26
8. Wolves 36 - Played 26
9. Everton 36 - Played 26
10. Arsenal 34 - Played 26
11. Burnley 34 - Played 26
12. Southampton 31 - Played 26
13. Newcastle 31 - Played 26
14. Crystal Palace 30 - Played 26
15. Brighton 27 - Played 26
16. Bournemouth 26 - Played 26
17. Aston Villa 25 - Played 26
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18. West Ham 24 - Played 25
19. Watford 24 - Played 26
20. Norwich 18 - Played 26

[Jezza]

Mid-Week Match:

Wednesday February 19 2020:
Manchester City v West Ham United - 19:30

All local times.

[K]

...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAmfI4NMaQ ,
...

That showcased bouncing balls, multi-touch volleys, and single-touch volleys, including a bicycle kick, but no half-volleys.

This shows half-volleys:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cMecvoYLh8

Many of these are "multi-touch half-volleys", mainly basic trap and half-volley, but also dribble and half-volley.

Of the single-touch half-volleys, most are off the second or third bounce, with single-touch single-bounce half-volley goals quite rare.

[Jezza]

Mid-Week Result:
Manchester City 2-0 West Ham United

The Ladder:
1. Liverpool 76 - Played 26
2. Man City 54 - Played 26
3. Leicester 50 - Played 26
4. Chelsea 41 - Played 26
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5. Tottenham 40 - Played 26
6. Sheffield Utd 39 - Played 26
7. Man Utd 38 - Played 26
8. Wolves 36 - Played 26
9. Everton 36 - Played 26
10. Arsenal 34 - Played 26
11. Burnley 34 - Played 26
12. Southampton 31 - Played 26
13. Newcastle 31 - Played 26
14. Crystal Palace 30 - Played 26
15. Brighton 27 - Played 26
16. Bournemouth 26 - Played 26
17. Aston Villa 25 - Played 26
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18. West Ham 24 - Played 26
19. Watford 24 - Played 26
20. Norwich 18 - Played 26

[K]

Tabloids are in a lather about the non-penalty decision here (Ogbonna against Aguero):

[Jezza]

Weekend Matches:

Saturday February 22 2020:
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur - 12:30
Burnley v AFC Bournemouth - 15:00
Crystal Palace v Newcastle United - 15:00
Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion - 15:00
Southampton v Aston Villa - 15:00
Leicester City v Manchester City - 17:30

Sunday February 23 2020:
Manchester United v Watford - 14:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City - 14:00
Arsenal v Everton - 16:30

Monday February 24 2020:
Liverpool v West Ham United - 20:00

All local times.

[K]

Media report Chris Smalling's dog has died in Rome, where Smalling is on loan, in suspicious circumstances (possible deliberate poisoning).

[K]

Liverpool 3-2 West Ham

A shaky performance, and Henderson has a hamstring injury.

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"Liverpool earned a record-equalling 18th consecutive Premier League win as the runaway leaders came from behind to beat West Ham 3-2 thanks to Sadio Mane’s late strike on Monday.
...

The Reds’ dramatic escape ensured they equalled Manchester City’s English top-flight record of 18 consecutive league wins set between August and December 2017.

Their 21st successive league victory at Anfield also equalled their own English top-flight record for consecutive home wins, set by Bill Shankly’s team between January and December 1972.
...

They are unbeaten in their last 44 league matches, just five short of Arsenal’s all-time English record of 49."

(Sky Sports)


https://twitter.com/premierleague/statu ... 6494304261

"Liverpool set another new #PL record

21 PL home wins in a row"

[Jezza]

Longest Unbeaten Records (England):
- Arsenal (2003-2004) = 49
- Liverpool (2019-Present) = 44
- Nottingham Forest (1977-1978) = 42
- Chelsea (2004-2005) = 40
- Leeds United (1968-1969) = 34

Longest Home Unbeaten Records (England):
- Chelsea (2004-2008) = 86
- Liverpool (1978-1981) = 63
- Liverpool (2017-Present) = 54
- Nottingham Forest (1977-1979) = 51
- Sunderland (1890-1893) = 44
- Manchester City (1919-1921) = 41
- Everton (1961-1963) = 39
- Leeds United (1968-1970) = 39
- Manchester United (1966-1968) = 38
- Sunderland (1893-1896) = 37
- Aston Villa (1909-1911) = 37
- Manchester City (2010-2012) = 37

[Jezza]

Weekend Results:

Saturday February 22 2020:
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Burnley 3-0 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa
Leicester City 0-1 Manchester City

Sunday February 23 2020:
Manchester United 3-0 Watford
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Norwich City
Arsenal 3-2 Everton

Monday February 24 2020:
Liverpool 3-2 West Ham United

The Ladder:
1. Liverpool 79 - Played 27
2. Man City 57 - Played 27
3. Leicester 50 - Played 27
4. Chelsea 44 - Played 27
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5. Man Utd 41 - Played 27
6. Tottenham 40 - Played 27
7. Sheffield Utd 40 - Played 27
8. Wolves 39 - Played 27
9. Arsenal 37 - Played 27
10. Burnley 37 - Played 27
11. Everton 36 - Played 27
12. Southampton 34 - Played 27
13. Crystal Palace 33 - Played 27
14. Newcastle 31 - Played 27
15. Brighton 28 - Played 27
16. Bournemouth 26 - Played 27
17. Aston Villa 25 - Played 27
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18. West Ham 24 - Played 27
19. Watford 24 - Played 27
20. Norwich 18 - Played 27

[Jezza]

Weekend Matches:

Friday February 28 2020
Norwich City v Leicester City - 20:00

Saturday February 29 2020:
Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace - 12:30
AFC Bournemouth v Chelsea - 15:00
Newcastle United v Burnley - 15:00
West Ham United v Southampton - 15:00
Watford v Liverpool - 17:30

Sunday March 1 2020:
Everton v Manchester United - 14:00
Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers - 14:00

All local times.

[K]

Liverpool thrashed 0-3 by Watford!

Well, that puts an end to a lot of record targets! It's a bit disappointing in many ways; with the title already decided in practice, if not mathematically, those targets were something suspenseful remaining in the season.

There's also media talk about what'll happen if coronavirus halts the season.

[Jezza]

Liverpool thrashed 0-3 by Watford!

Well, that puts an end to a lot of record targets! It's a bit disappointing in many ways; with the title already decided in practice, if not mathematically, those targets were something suspenseful remaining in the season.

There's also media talk about what'll happen if coronavirus halts the season.

Liverpool fall five games short of equalling Arsenal's record.

Good to see them finally lose in the PL, and then during the week in the FA Cup against us

Longest Unbeaten Records (England):
- Arsenal (2003-2004) = 49
- Liverpool (2019-2020) = 44
- Nottingham Forest (1977-1978) = 42
- Chelsea (2004-2005) = 40
- Leeds United (1968-1969) = 34

[K]

They were hanging on, in poor form, seemingly for months, and finally the dam wall broke.

[K]

Ahem... James Hird.

"... he now works as a broker for the sale of big European soccer clubs...

... acting as a consultant for consortiums looking to buy clubs in Spain, England and Italy."

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/it- ... 52nii.html

Listened to the podcast. Was interesting listening.

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/totalfootball/

But wait, there's more...

Tom Hird has quit football and has been cat-B rookie-listed by his father's club:

"The 19-year-old Tom was until only months ago trialling with Ajax in the Netherlands having previously trialled with Stoke City, as he pursued his soccer career.
...

He was a very good soccer player and lived in Europe pursuing that as a career...

He is smaller than his dad and having played soccer he has good speed and aerobic fitness but lacks upper-body strength development.
...

Tom, the eldest of the three, had a trial at Stoke City three years ago and Hird said in September last year on an ABC podcast with Santo, Sam and Ed that his sons were "definitely going down the football route rather than the AFL route"."

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hir ... 5478a.html