GWT: EPL - Matchweek 6

[bluesfan94]

The week kicks off with a stiff test for Man City, fresh off stealing a draw against a 10 man side, who heads up to Newcastle missing talismanic midfielder, Rodri. We also get a London derby when the Bees host the Irons of West Ham, while we get an alleged big 6 clash when United face Tottenham to see which club stays in the top half of the table, if either.

Home	Away	Time and Date (CT)	Venue
Newcastle United	Manchester City	Sat., Sep. 28, 6:30 AM	St. James's Park
Chelsea	Brighton & Hove Albion	Sat., Sep. 28, 9:00 AM	Stamford Bridge
Brentford	West Ham United	Sat., Sep. 28, 9:00 AM	Gtech Community Stadium
Everton	Crystal Palace	Sat., Sep. 28, 9:00 AM	Goodison Park
Arsenal	Leicester City	Sat., Sep. 28, 9:00 AM	The Emirates
Nottingham Forest	Fulham	Sat., Sep. 28, 9:00 AM	City Ground
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool	Sat., Sep. 28, 11:30 AM	Molineux Stadium
Ipswich Town	Aston Villa	Sun., Sep. 29, 8:00 AM	Portman Road
Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur	Sun., Sep. 29, 10:30 AM	Old Trafford
Bournemouth	Southampton	Mon., Sep. 30, 2:00 PM	Vitality Stadium

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[Wee Baby Seamus]

City are gonna lose at Newcastle, Arsenal are gonna lose at Leicester, Liverpool are gonna lose at Wolves, and Villa are gonna lose at Ipswich.

Chelsea are finishing this weekend top of the table. You heard it here first.

 

[maclean]

City are gonna lose at Newcastle, Arsenal are gonna lose at Leicester, Liverpool are gonna lose at Wolves, and Villa are gonna lose at Ipswich.

Chelsea are finishing this weekend top of the table. You heard it here first.

And Savant will lose his shit

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

And Savant will lose his shit

fail upwards babyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[LOGiK]

City are gonna lose at Newcastle, Arsenal are gonna lose at Leicester, Liverpool are gonna lose at Wolves, and Villa are gonna lose at Ipswich.

Chelsea are finishing this weekend top of the table. You heard it here first.

Wouldn't be surprised to see one of them lose with this heavy fixture schedule.

Villa were inches from Wycombe having 3-4 (or at least a tie) That one was wide open.
Actually City too were very close to their match getting tied up.

Chelsea the only ones that coasted.
(yes they all rested most starters)

Still. City w/o Rodri can be messy... and Arsenal w/o Odegaard can be messy.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I really hope Chelsea isn't on the way to getting it figured out. I didn't think they would because if they are, that's a problem because their ceiling is very high if they roll a Yahtzee.

 

[bluesfan94]

Wouldn't be surprised to see one of them lose with this heavy fixture schedule.

Villa were inches from Wycombe having 3-4 (or at least a tie) That one was wide open.
Actually City too were very close to their match getting tied up.

Chelsea the only ones that coasted.
(yes they all rested most starters)

Still. City w/o Rodri can be messy... and Arsenal w/o Odegaard can be messy.

City was a terrible ref decision away from drawing (shocking, I know).

Arsenal coasted, too, it should be said.

 

[robertmac43]

Chelsea are finishing this weekend top of the table. You heard it here first.

Brighton love to get one over on you lot. It's not going to be an easy game.

 

[Power Man]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838548580694376717

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Brighton love to get one over on you lot. It's not going to be an easy game.

two straight draws? you're washed bro

 

[robertmac43]

two straight draws? you're washed bro

No better time to get back in the win column then playing the club that wants to be you.

Thankfully all those poachings over the years have only made Brighton a better team.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

No better time to get back in the win column then playing the club that wants to be you.

Thankfully all those poachings over the years have only made Brighton a better team.

Might wanna do a year over year compare of 22-23 to 23-24, my pal

 

[robertmac43]

Might wanna do a year over year compare of 22-23 to 23-24, my pal

Injuries and Europa league. No one's fault.

We lived the European dream for a couple months.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Son may have picked up a knock on the 3rd Spurs goal last night, he sat down on the pitch during the celebration and was subbed off, he status for ManU is up in the air.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Savant]

And Savant will lose his shit

I'll be okay. Thank you for caring.

 

[Peen]

Assuming health isn’t horrid - I don’t understand why people aren’t instantly placing Arsenal as favorites. Surely with City losing one of their best players and Arsenal being seen as “right there” - this would be a massive failure to not win, no?

I feel like this is some sort of pre-cope

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Assuming health isn’t horrid - I don’t understand why people aren’t instantly placing Arsenal as favorites. Surely with City losing one of their best players and Arsenal being seen as “right there” - this would be a massive failure to not win, no?

I feel like this is some sort of pre-cope

I’m having a hard time with Arsenal this year. The results speak for themselves so far. But I don’t think they’ve looked good whatsoever.

Is this a team that is cruising and can win even when they’re shit? The marker of a strong team?

Or are results gonna regress to the mean

 

[Brunkmeister]

I’m having a hard time with Arsenal this year. The results speak for themselves so far. But I don’t think they’ve looked good whatsoever.

Is this a team that is cruising and can win even when they’re shit? The marker of a strong team?

Or are results gonna regress to the mean

I think it’s pretty dull to just assume Arsenal are the only team who will feast on Rodris injury. It’s like people want’s to point at them if they ”fail” this opportunity. Other teams in the top should also see their chance.

With that said having already checked off a couple of tough away matches and still in the mix makes things kinda promising.

 

[Peen]

I think it’s pretty dull to just assume Arsenal are the only team who will feast on Rodris injury. It’s like people want’s to point at them if they ”fail” this opportunity. Other teams in the top should also see their chance.

With that said having already checked off a couple of tough away matches and still in the mix makes things kinda promising.

Who are the other teams that will feast on Rodri's injury?

Arsenal were projected to be neck and neck with City pre-Rodri injury. Why should we be bringing other teams into the equation now that the pressure is on Arsenal?

How does this not make them the favorite for a majority when most people saw it as pretty 50/50 going into the season? I absolutely will point at them if they fail (again, barring significant injury because I don't think people take into account how much injuries impact things).

I think it's totally fine to set markers of success as long as the context is factored. Example: Chelsea not making top four would be horrific and an utter failure. They actually have depth at every position that isn't CB where the Monaco brothers are the big standout blackholes.

 

[Brunkmeister]

Who are the other teams that will feast on Rodri's injury?

Arsenal were projected to be neck and neck with City pre-Rodri injury. Why should we be bringing other teams into the equation now that the pressure is on Arsenal?

How does this not make them the favorite for a majority when most people saw it as pretty 50/50 going into the season? I absolutely will point at them if they fail (again, barring significant injury because I don't think people take into account how much injuries impact things).

I think it's totally fine to set markers of success as long as the context is factored. Example: Chelsea not making top four would be horrific and an utter failure. They actually have depth at every position that isn't CB where the Monaco brothers are the big standout blackholes.

Since it’s only five matches in and there are still other teams in the mix i think it’s hard to say Arsenal should just do it. If it was half the season and City and Arsenal were way ahead of everyone i would agree, but not at this point. There is yet to be seen if it’s gonna be neck and neck.

I would agree they are favorites among the rest but not as big as counting it as an utter failure. At least not if they make it to like 90+ and another team just doing an incredible season.

Yeah but despite all money Chelsea has spent people still expect them to be shit so if they make it even close to top 4 that would be considered an achievement.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I wouldn’t count city out. If they can’t make up rodris absences internally the market opens in January.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I wouldn’t count city out. If they can’t make up rodris absences internally the market opens in January.

Zubimendi wouldn't leave the beautiful Basque Country for Merseyside, but maybe he'd leave it to live an hour away from Merseyside?

 

[Brunkmeister]

It would also be a complete joke if City could spend even a dime in january with the 115 charges hanging over them.