GWT: EPL - Matchweek 7

[bluesfan94]

Matchweek 7 is nigh! The matchweek kicks off with Liverpool in the early match, I'm sure to much consternation, when they head to South London to take on the Eagles. Other notable matches include Manchester City looking to rebound from a draw against Fulham at the Etihad, a once-interesting match between Aston Villa and Man United that now feels like a run-of-the-mill good team hosts mid table side match (although it must be said that Villa has a tough match midweek hosting Bayern), and Brighton will look for better luck against a London side when it hosts a Spurs team that coasted through matchweek 6 but will be playing Thursday in Hungary.

Home	Away	Time and Date (CT)	Venue
Crystal Palace	Liverpool	Sat., Oct. 5, 6:30 AM	Selhurst Park
Arsenal	Southampton	Sat., Oct. 5, 9:00 AM	The Emirates
Brentford	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat., Oct. 5, 9:00 AM	Gtech Community Stadium
Manchester City	Fulham	Sat., Oct. 5, 9:00 AM	The Etihad
West Ham United	Ipswich Town	Sat., Oct. 5, 9:00 AM	London Stadium
Leicester City	Bournemouth	Sat., Oct. 5, 9:00 AM	King Power Stadium
Everton	Newcastle United	Sat., Oct. 5, 11:30 AM	Goodison Park
Aston Villa	Manchester United	Sun., Oct. 6, 8:00 AM	Villa Park
Chelsea	Nottingham Forest	Sun., Oct. 6, 8:00 AM	Stamford Bridge
Brighton & Hove Albion	Tottenham Hotspur	Sun., Oct. 6, 10:30 AM	The AmEx

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[Paulie Gualtieri]

Sounds like Son will be out against Brighton too. Another chance for Werner.

 

[Savant]

Matchweek 7 is nigh! The matchweek kicks off with Liverpool in the early match, I'm sure to much consternation, when they head to South London to take on the Eagles.

Here’s a fun stat of why there is much consternation



Yes someone has to play in that time slot, but (for this week for example) common sense would probably have been to pick two teams that didn’t play midweek. But as we know, the powers that be don’t care about things like that.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

After the international break, Chelsea have a run of:

Liverpool (A)
Newcastle (H)
Man U (A)
Arsenal (H)

Points are gonna get dropped! We took 4 points from those 4 fixtures last year. So a win this weekend is crucial.

 

[Savant]

After the international break, Chelsea have a run of:

Liverpool (A)
Newcastle (H)
Man U (A)
Arsenal (H)

Points are gonna get dropped! We took 4 points from those 4 fixtures last year. So a win this weekend is crucial.

That first back game is going to tell A LOT about both teams. Arne Slot keeps saying LFC haven’t played anyone good (in PL) yet and he’s right.

 

[bluesfan94]

That first back game is going to tell A LOT about both teams. Arne Slot keeps saying LFC haven’t played anyone good yet and he’s right.

Agreed, AC Milan being the exception to that rule. The highest team in the table they’ve played is forest, who they obviously lost to.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

That first back game is going to tell A LOT about both teams. Arne Slot keeps saying LFC haven’t played anyone good (in PL) yet and he’s right.

I'm honestly not sure it will, because matches between Chelsea and Liverpool have told us basically jack shit in recent years.

 

[Savant]

I'm honestly not sure it will, because matches between Chelsea and Liverpool have told us basically jack shit in recent years.

I feel like (am probably wrong) we always play each other right after international break or in an early game so more variables for sure. Played MW1 last season and MW1 is always kind of a throw away too when it comes to fortune telling. Kind of a clean slate with both managers too. These are probably both teams that will finish in the top four at end of the year, but there is still a long way to go

 

[Savant]

Agreed, AC Milan being the exception to that rule. The highest team in the table they’ve played is forest, who they obviously lost to.

For sure - one of the things I like about Slot is that he is telling it like it is. Doesn’t blow a lot of smoke. Getting a win at Old Trafford isn’t exactly getting a scalp any more. They certainly haven’t played anyone. Forest game was a wake up call (Klopp had “that f-in Crystal Palace game” he first season; so maybe that’s the Slot version. The good news is the fancy stats are strong. I’m pretty sure this is still a Top 4 team but Slot is definitely still learning on the job. Going to have to fix the transition defense at some point. Set piece D isn’t great either; still a lot of positives

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Here’s a fun stat of why there is much consternation



Yes someone has to play in that time slot, but (for this week for example) common sense would probably have been to pick two teams that didn’t play midweek. But as we know, the powers that be don’t care about things like that.

Slot was asked about it and he didn't care about it at all and just laughed it off.

 

[Savant]

Slot was asked about it and he didn't care about it at all and just laughed it off.

Correct - its not Slot's MO to make excuses. He has been saying the same thing about this consistently since preseason; he wants to take this out of the narrative. But again, there is no other team who's ratio of early kickoffs to normal kickoffs looks like LFC's - that is an indisputable fact



He did say he didn't like the short turnaround time though, and that is (arguably) the bigger issue. If you play midweek you shouldn't be in an early game. Which to me is just common sense