GWT: EPL - Matchweek 24 (ft. MW 12)

[Rob]

Not a lot of talk about West Ham possibly be relegated. Imagine EFL football being played at London Stadium

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Not a lot of talk about West Ham possibly be relegated. Imagine EFL football being played at London Stadium

Imagine them and Everton going down the same season?

 

[hatterson]

Imagine them and Everton going down the same season?

We can only hope to be so lucky

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I think it happens...

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I hope Aguerd hands in a transfer request if it does happen. I wish the best to West Ham as it would suck to them relegated but Aguerd is too good to be playing second division football at 26 years old.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I hope Aguerd hands in a transfer request if it does happen. I wish the best to West Ham as it would suck to them relegated but Aguerd is too good to be playing second division football at 26 years old.

I’d imagine a huge portion of that roster gets sold. Maybe a few players that follow them down - Johnson, Downes, Ogbonna maybe. But most of these guys won’t be playing second division football.

I guess in a way having a bunch of value players to move is a better position than they were in the last time. Rice, Paqueta, Bowen, Scamacca, etc. could all be sold.

 

[bluesfan94]

I won't claim to be objective, but what I see is Saka actually staying up a heck of a lot despite being manhandled. Can't say he never goes down but it feels to me like he tries a lot more than a lot of attackers

I remember a match or two ago he was clearly fouled in the box and there was no penalty because instead of going down, he stayed on his feet and got off an off balance shot.

Imagine them and Everton going down the same season?

Everton, West Ham, and Leeds would be quite the historic group to go down.

 

[Savant]

I won't claim to be objective, but what I see is Saka actually staying up a heck of a lot despite being manhandled. Can't say he never goes down but it feels to me like he tries a lot more than a lot of attackers

We call that the Mo Salah treatment. That’s how Salah has been getting reffed for years

 

[maclean]

We call that the Mo Salah treatment. That’s how Salah has been getting reffed for years

That's fair. I think that's technically how most players get reffed, it's just that some of them put in much more effort to stay up, and then they end up getting doubly punished because when they do go down it somehow looks less natural. I would personally obviously love to see fouls get called even when the player stays up.

 

[Brunkmeister]

That's fair. I think that's technically how most players get reffed, it's just that some of them put in much more effort to stay up, and then they end up getting doubly punished because when they do go down it somehow looks less natural. I would personally obviously love to see fouls get called even when the player stays up.

Saka will never become the same refdarling as Harry Kane cause he plays for the wrong team.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Saka will never become the same refdarling as Harry Kane cause he plays for the wrong team.

Saka has drawn more calls than Kane this year and he did last year. Kane gets ZERO protection, that's why his ankles are destroyed.

Want to know who draws more fouls than they should, the top 4 in fouls drawn last year?

Zaha
Toney
McGinn
Ayew

Top 4 this year?
Zaha
Grealish
Ayew
Toney

.....you may want to ask why Zaha, Toney and Ayew gets calls.

 

[Jussi]

Let's f***ing go.

 

[luiginb]

.....you may want to ask why Zaha, Toney and Ayew gets calls.

Usually the best dribblers get calls, Zaha and Ayew qualify. Haven't seen enough of Toney to have an opinion. Same with Grealish, and Adama and Saint-Maximin if they played more minutes.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Erik Ten Hag is the best manager in the PL.



I’m only half kidding.

 

[Jussi]

Erik Ten Hag is the best manager in the PL.



I’m only half kidding.

Bald is best.

 

[maclean]

I want to say this about United, they're real buds and I appreciate it. When we were rolling in the gutters, they managed to put on a bigger clownshow that always brought a smile to my face. And now they've waited to get good again until we got good again too. I look forward to many years of rivalry likely to be overshadowed by whatever City is doing with no regard for anyone else.

 

[Prntscrn]

 

[Savant]

This guy is great. He doesn’t miss

 

[JPBolts]

Everton, West Ham, and Leeds would be quite the historic group to go down.

that would engineer quite the championship next year especially since at least two of Sheffield U, Middlesborough, Norwich, & West Brom will also be down there. (Unless Burnley magically collapse).

Saka has drawn more calls than Kane this year and he did last year. Kane gets ZERO protection, that's why his ankles are destroyed.

Want to know who draws more fouls than they should, the top 4 in fouls drawn last year?

Zaha
Toney
McGinn
Ayew

Top 4 this year?
Zaha
Grealish
Ayew
Toney

.....you may want to ask why Zaha, Toney and Ayew gets calls.

McGinn's not on there this year because he has been in and out of the side, but I hate the way he "wins" fouls by backing his backside up and waiting for contact to fall to the ground. Drives me mad.

That's fair. I think that's technically how most players get reffed, it's just that some of them put in much more effort to stay up, and then they end up getting doubly punished because when they do go down it somehow looks less natural. I would personally obviously love to see fouls get called even when the player stays up.

could not agree more. And with the subjectivity from game to game, you will always have inconsistencies with how the game is reffed in terms of fouls.

 

[IceColdOx]

Let's f***ing go.

This is glorious.

 

[Jussi]

 

[phisherman]

 

[S E P H]

Wow, Azpilicueta got T.K.O.'d. I hope he's okay.

That score line was very flattering for United, they got played off the pitch by LC for the first 30 minutes of that match.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Wow, Azpilicueta got T.K.O.'d. I hope he's okay.

That score line was very flattering for United, they got played off the pitch by LC for the first 30 minutes of that match.

I mean maybe LC could've score 1 or 2 in the first 30. But the last 60 or so they got steamrolled.

 

[S E P H]

I mean maybe LC could've score 1 or 2 in the first 30. But the last 60 or so they got steamrolled.

The problem is that if LC had better finishing, it could've been 0-2 for them in the first half of the game, which could've killed the rest of the match off. United has the talent to come back in any game, but I find it hard that they would've scored three goals being down by two.