re: It&#39;s Derby Day!!! EPL Matchday Thread

Posted by crazy4lsu

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:35 am to acgeaux129

Pretty poor game in terms of chances created. Man U look clueless in terms of creativity.

Posted by hendersonshands

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:36 am to TN Bhoy

The 4-2-3-1 hasn't really hurt the scoring in the Bundesliga. You don't have to make it uber defensive. Dortmund probably plays the most direct brand of soccer in Europe and they play from a 4-2-3-1. To me, it seems that in the Premier League, players who are creative but don't necessarily fit into a prototypical position are cast aside, except for a couple of the Spaniards who end up looking like the best players in the league.

Posted by LSUSOBEAST1

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:36 am to hendersonshands

It'll pick up. There has never been as much attacking talent in the league as right now.

A combination of new players, and a bunch of new managers at the top is clearly having an effect.

First time in Liverpool's HISTORY they have started with 9 points and 3 clean sheets.

Posted by Wait For It...

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:37 am to LSUSOBEAST1

quote:
3 shutouts for Mignolet

FIFMF ( fixed it for my fantasy team)

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Posted by acgeaux129

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:40 am to Wait For It...

ARSENAL FC

GK - Szczesny
DF - Jenkinson
DF - Mertesacker
DF - Koscielny
DF - Gibbs
MF - Ramsey
MF - Wilshere
MF - Rosicky
LW - Cazorla
RW - Walcott
ST - Giroud

BENCH Arsenal : Fabianski, Sagna, Monreal, Flamini, Zelalem, Gnabry, Sanogo.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
GK - Lloris
DF - Walker
DF - Dawson
DF - Vertonghen
DF - Rose
MF - Capoue
MF - Paulinho
MF - Dembele
LW - Townsend
RW - Chadli
ST - Soldado

BENCH Spuds: Friedel, Naughton, Holtby, Sandro,Lamela, Sigurdsson, Defoe

Posted by hendersonshands

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:42 am to LSUSOBEAST1

Hopefully so. A lot of these games have been brutal for neutrals.

I'm excited to watch Dortmund coming up soon, I haven't seen much of Mkhitaryan but he's looked pretty damn good from what I've seen.

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Posted by Crede15

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:42 am to Wait For It...

I'm just kind of starting to think the Premier League is kind of shite. You've got title contenders with horribly average players playing regular roles.

Look at this Arsenal bench: Fabianski, Sagna, Monreal, Flamini, Zelalem, Gnabry, Sanogo.

frick. I know they've had a bunch of injuries but that is kind of disturbing.

Posted by acgeaux129

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:43 am to Crede15

Arsenal's bench is in no way reflective of an EPL title contender.

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:44 am to hendersonshands

quote:
A lot of these games have been brutal for neutrals.

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Posted by Crede15

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:45 am to acgeaux129

Yeah that was just a random point, could have been in another post. I was thinking more about some players that are regular starters for teams like United, City, etc.

Posted by hendersonshands

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:48 am to Dandy Lion

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Posted by hendersonshands

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:48 am to Dandy Lion

I would say that United should buy Ozil but Moyes would probably just bench him so he can play Ashley Young and Ryan Giggs' corpse.

Posted by LSUSOBEAST1

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:50 am to hendersonshands

Yea that's easy to see. The league is in an interesting place right now.

Still, last season broke the goal record in the league. No reason to suggest that trend won't continue once a few squads settle in a bit.

Posted by LSUSOBEAST1

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:51 am to hendersonshands

Giggs was atrocious. United were playing with 10 while Young was on the field.

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Posted by BleedPurpleGold

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:55 am to LSUSOBEAST1

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Giggs was atrocious.

I don't watch a lot of United, but that may have been the worst performance I've ever seen from him.

Posted by Crede15

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Posted on 9/1/13 at 9:59 am to LSUSOBEAST1

Felt at the time and still do that United should have bought Dembele. 15 million isn't that bad and I think he would have fit right in alongside Carrick. Dembele's biggest weakness is probably his passing, but with Carrick sitting deep and spraying the ball around I don't think it would have been a huge problem. It's not like he's a bad passer, it's just not his strength.

Spurs' midfield is really interesting, but I do wonder if they're slightly lacking a great passer/deep lying playmaker type. Then again I still have probably only seen Paulinho play around 10 times or so, and even less of Capoue.