GWT: EPL - Matchweek 16

[Wee Baby Seamus]

West Ham get a penalty because the ball maybe maybe *grazes* the hand of Tyler Adams in a way which has no impact on anything to do with the cross at all

How many times can you stop in the run up before it gets called, because seemed like Paqueta stopped twice?

EDIT: On replay, only one stop! Point rests LOL

 

[Jack Straw]

Wow, what a strike to tie it for Bournemouth

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Beauty free kick brings Bournemouth back level, which seems fair

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Counting not your forte bro, 4 midfielders over 30. And “two players over 30 on defense” masks the fact that their other two are both 29, LOL. And if recent history in this sport is anything to go by, 28 is late prime.

City’s squad is old. It’s an empirical fact. It’s the third oldest in a league of twenty teams. And it’s not outliers pulling it up - it’s outliers (Foden and Haaland) making it seem less bad.

Watch City and you can see how old of a squad it is. They’re slow. There’s a reason why they’re getting carved on counters.

If people wanna keep pretending that this is just because Rodri is out, I welcome it. Because Pep clearly thinks so, and it’s why they keep losing. And that makes me happy.

2 Midfielders are over 30 the other 2 are 30. The rest have or should have a few good years left. Its pretty crazy to bring up Rodri given he jsut won the balon dor. Its not just Rodri that is making city lose. His loss triggered it along with an injured KDB. The wheels fell off fast as their confidence is shot but they had a good start to the season. Also Foden forgetting how to play football is a real issue right now.

Anyway the obituary for City seems premature.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

2 Midfielders are over 30 the other 2 are 30. The rest have or should have a few good years left. Its pretty crazy to bring up Rodri given he jsut won the balon dor. Its not just Rodri that is making city lose. His loss triggered it along with an injured KDB. The wheels fell off fast as their confidence is shot but they had a good start to the season. Also Foden forgetting how to play football is a real issue right now.

Anyway the obituary for City seems premature.

Obituary is premature. But there are deeper structural causes than Rodri here. Loss of Rodri was catalyst, it wasn’t cause.