GWT: EPL - Matchweek 1

[bluesfan94]

Well, we're back! Chelsea plays Man City in the moneyed derby. North plays south when Newcastle takes on Southampton. And Leicester and Fulham get to knock off top 6 sides. It's great!

Home	Away	Time and Date (CT)	Venue
Manchester United	Fulham	Fri., Aug. 16, 2:00 PM	Old Trafford
Ipswich Town	Liverpool	Sat., Aug. 17, 6:30 AM	Portman Road
Arsenal	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat., Aug. 17, 9:00 AM	The Emirates
Everton	Brighton & Hove Albion	Sat., Aug. 17, 9:00 AM	Goodison Park
Newcastle United	Southampton	Sat., Aug. 17, 9:00 AM	St. James's Park
Nottingham Forest	Bournemouth	Sat., Aug. 17, 9:00 AM	City Ground
West Ham United	Aston Villa	Sat., Aug. 17, 11:30 AM	London Stadium
Brentford	Crystal Palace	Sun., Aug. 18, 8:00 AM	Gtech Community Stadium
Chelsea	Manchester City	Sun., Aug. 18, 10:30 AM	Stamford Bridge
Leicester City	Tottenham Hotspur	Mon., Aug. 19, 2:00 PM	King Power Stadium

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[PanniniClaus]

Will Barco be the Brighton left back in gameweek 1?

 

[Live in the Now]

Horrible for the season to start with a 4:30 AM game I can't watch. Absolutely horrible

 

[spintheblackcircle]

How the league doesn't have the season open at the home of the previous league champion is beyond me.

 

[bleedblue1223]

We are going to get crushed.

 

[maclean]

How the league doesn't have the season open at the home of the previous league champion is beyond me.

Neat idea I guess but why would that be a thing? Are there leagues where that's a thing?

 

[Jussi]

Horrible for the season to start with a 4:30 AM game I can't watch. Absolutely horrible

Welcome to the life of the European NHL fan.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Neat idea I guess but why would that be a thing? Are there leagues where that's a thing?

NFL and NBA do.

 

[hatterson]

The PL season already kinda starts with the champions playing in the community shield.

Sure it's a glorified friendly but conceptually it's a meeting of the two most successful teams from the previous year in the first competitive game of the year even if it's not a league game. Obviously the FA cup being diminished in stature over the years and the higher influence on continental success has also undermined that.

 

[S E P H]

Really excited, this season is full of question marks for almost every single team. Predicting the top 6 was virtually impossible because I found flaws with every single one of them. I think this is one season where many midtable clubs will have loads of upsets on the top half like two years ago.

Horrible for the season to start with a 4:30 AM game I can't watch. Absolutely horrible

Invest in a DVR, but Peacock will have all the matches later on if you have self-control and don't check the score on your phone or here.

 

[KJS14]

Do we think ESR and Iwobi will both score hat tricks today vs United today? Or just one of them?

 

[hatterson]

Classic Traore

 

[KJS14]

Classic Traore

More classic Traore just now

 

[hatterson]

First 20 minutes of the season down and United is basically everything I expected.

Basically zero offensive gameplan, very static off the ball, and waiting for a moment of individual brilliance. The ETH special.

 

[KJS14]

First 20 minutes of the season down and United is basically everything I expected.

Basically zero offensive gameplan, very static off the ball, and waiting for a moment of individual brilliance. The ETH special.

Also their home kit looks worse than I thought with those stupid neon red swoops/stripes down the side (hate it on Arsenal's too). I didn't realize United had those when I saw just the shirt in the kits thread.

 

[Jussi]

First 20 minutes of the season down and United is basically everything I expected.

Basically zero offensive gameplan, very static off the ball, and waiting for a moment of individual brilliance. The ETH special.

Höjlund also very invisible.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

First 20 minutes of the season down and United is basically everything I expected.

Basically zero offensive gameplan, very static off the ball, and waiting for a moment of individual brilliance. The ETH special.

He doesn't have his full lineup!

 

[Sad People]

Also their home kit looks worse than I thought with those stupid neon red swoops/stripes down the side (hate it on Arsenal's too). I didn't realize United had those when I saw just the shirt in the kits thread.

Thinking the same thing honestly.

 

[hatterson]

Also their home kit looks worse than I thought with those stupid neon red swoops/stripes down the side (hate it on Arsenal's too). I didn't realize United had those when I saw just the shirt in the kits thread.

It makes it look like the players midsection and back is drenched in sweat and causing that part of the jersey to look darker.

 

[Sad People]

The 2 different color reds on their top half of their jersey aint it.

 

[KJS14]

It makes it look like the players midsection and back is drenched in sweat and causing that part of the jersey to look darker.

Yeah it's like they came up with two different ideas (gradients, neon swoops) and someone just decided why not both. The swoops look bad on Arsenal's kit too, but I actually don't mind them as much on Fulham's.

 

[Jussi]

United beginning to settle in.

 

[hatterson]

United beginning to settle in.

Which usually means they'll give up a hilarious goal against soon.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

First look at Smith-Rowe and he is horrible.

 

[KJS14]

First look at Smith-Rowe and he is horrible.

He looked pretty good for the first ~10mins before United took more control of the middle of the pitch. Iwobi has been invisible and Traore is Traore.