Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[buwaytress]

Ahhhh man, epic times. Had to sling you another Merit for this post.
Remember Gary McAllistar’s late free kick against Everton when we were fighting to get top 4 in that 2000/01 season.

Good times, man.

Missed your mention of McAllister, OF COURSE I remember that goal another derby thriller. 2001 was a brilliant year I don't care how else people remember it but to have all my childhood heroes in that season, the super solid defence of Houllier (and we still played exciting esp with Gerrard in his youth), the crazy Riise, didn't we always have good leftbacks? All that would pave the way for the Rafalution.

Good times always, and I'm sure good times ahead no matter what.

Damned City is back on top of course, but it will be so sweet to take it back with a win over old rivals. The true Manchester team to beat. Super Sunday. Glorious!

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Ahhhh man, epic times. Had to sling you another Merit for this post.
Remember Gary McAllistar’s late free kick against Everton when we were fighting to get top 4 in that 2000/01 season.

Good times, man.

Missed your mention of McAllister, OF COURSE I remember that goal another derby thriller. 2001 was a brilliant year I don't care how else people remember it but to have all my childhood heroes in that season, the super solid defence of Houllier (and we still played exciting esp with Gerrard in his youth), the crazy Riise, didn't we always have good leftbacks? All that would pave the way for the Rafalution.

Good times always, and I'm sure good times ahead no matter what.

Damned City is back on top of course, but it will be so sweet to take it back with a win over old rivals. The true Manchester team to beat. Super Sunday. Glorious!

Yeah man, Hyypia & Henchoz were rock solid that season, special mention to Markus Babbel who was an absolute unit that season, what a player. Sadly he developed some kind of virus that ruined his career, a myscle wasting disease -

Guillain-Barré syndrome is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune system, the body's natural defence against illness and infection. Normally the immune system attacks any germs that get into the body. ... an infection, such as food poisoning, flu or cytomegalovirus.

I just watched City, they won 3-1 but Everton had several great chances which could have made the score very different but hey we’ll just have to win against United now.

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It seems that Wolverhampton Wanderers are too strong for Bournemouth to take, I was expecting Bournemouth to focus more on their defense and try to force a draw in full time since they are playing away from their home stadium. I guess an early goal scored by Wolverhampton Wanderers did forced Bournemouth to try and search for an equalizer goal, it was an easy 2nd goal scored by Wolverhampton Wanderers as most of the players from Bournemouth are pushing forward at the 94th minutes mark.

[o_e_l_e_o]

My god, the Burnley game was boring. I stopped watching at half time. Burnley pretty much started time wasting and trying to run out the clock before the 30 minute mark. Some of the most boring football I've ever seen.  They only actually started playing in the 91st minute after conceding. Here are some words that I don't think I've ever said before in my life: I'm so happy Spurs won. Burnley deserve to be punished for the way they played today.

Fulham were awful. I really can't see them avoiding relegation, which is pretty ridiculous considering just how much money they spent over summer.

[slaman29]

Amazing games today. I definitely did not see Southampton coming away with any points, but to take all 3 away from Arsenal shows that they still got some life in them, especially at home the fans must have loved that.

It's quite crazy to think Arsenal hammered Spurs and then could only pull level twice before falling again to a late goal. Usually the big teams are the ones with late goals but here we are.

One last game starting, everybody is looking forward to it.

[tokeweed]

^  Southampton - Arsenal looked like it was a good game.    And it's nice to see Ings do well.  I hope he does for the rest of the season...  Klopp saw something in him and signed him at LFC but got injured for a long time and was eventually sold to the Saints.

[Juggy777]

^  Southampton - Arsenal looked like it was a good game.    And it's nice to see Ings do well.  I hope he does for the rest of the season...  Klopp saw something in him and signed him at LFC but got injured for a long time and was eventually sold to the Saints.

I'm really glad I decided to spend my sunday watching Saints vs Gunners, it was a brilliant match right till the end. I'll be honest I doubted saints till the very end, if they'll be able to hold it for a win but in the end they won. Manchester United performance doesn't surprise me at all, they left their most expensive midfielder on the bench gave Liverpool all the space to play, then decided to sit back and defend that one lucky goal. I'm so glad Manchester United were beaten, and I'm die hard Manchester United fan but only looses like this can make the board sack Jose Mourinho he needs to go right away.

[tomahawk9]

Manchester United performance doesn't surprise me at all, they left their most expensive midfielder on the bench

It's not like Pogba would've made a big difference on the pitch, the entire team was just awful.

About the game, it was quite underwhelming, mainly because it was too one-sided, just look at the statistics, Liverpool had 36 shots and 11 on target, that describes just how terrible Manchester United were tonight, even by their standards, that was a shocking performance.

Fun fact: Manchester United have conceded 29 goals in 17 league games this season, throughout the last season they conceded only 28 goals.

[El duderino_]

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Had an amazing first time LIVE@ anfield LFC experience
Come on you reds

Loved the 3-1 victory and sphere before and during the game

Also hazard goal assist very good weekend of football, only my hometown antwerp team didn’t won

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Arsenal would need to stop throwing points away to teams that are struggling in the relegation zone, Arsenal suffered a loss to Southampton today and this might decrease their chance to get into the top 4 spots on the table at the end of this season. Even though Manchester United have lost their match against Liverpool too, but I guess it is a much more acceptable result as compared to Arsenal today since Liverpool are pretty strong when they are playing at the stadium of Anfield.

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Had an amazing first time LIVE@ anfield LFC experience
Come on you reds

Loved the 3-1 victory and sphere before and during the game

Also hazard goal assist very good weekend of football, only my hometown antwerp team didn’t won

Glad you enjoyed it mic, what a win.

Man Utd really are shit now aren’t they! Enjoy your night my brother

[o_e_l_e_o]

Man Utd really are shit now aren’t they! Enjoy your night my brother

As someone with a good friend who is a huge United fan, having put up with his gloating all throughout the Ferguson years, it does feel good to be able to rub this season in his face. United's goal difference is 0. They are closer in points to last place than first place. That game was much more one-sided than the scoreline suggests:



36 shots to 6. Unbelievable. United will be very lucky to finish top 6.

[El duderino_]

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Had an amazing first time LIVE@ anfield LFC experience
Come on you reds

Loved the 3-1 victory and sphere before and during the game

Also hazard goal assist very good weekend of football, only my hometown antwerp team didn’t won

Glad you enjoyed it mic, what a win.

Man Utd really are shit now aren’t they! Enjoy your night my brother

Gonna do that, Liverpool really dominate the whole game.... very good for watching
#nextpremierleaguechampions

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Had an amazing first time LIVE@ anfield LFC experience
Come on you reds

Loved the 3-1 victory and sphere before and during the game

Also hazard goal assist very good weekend of football, only my hometown antwerp team didn’t won

Glad you enjoyed it mic, what a win.

Man Utd really are shit now aren’t they! Enjoy your night my brother

Gonna do that, Liverpool really dominate the whole game.... very good for watching
#nextpremierleaguechampions

Long way to go but we are coming into top form at the right time.

Champions League last 16 draw tomorrow, let’s see what happens with that too

[vella85]

Its now looking more likely that Liverpool and Man City are the ones to fight it out for the title this season. I'm really looking forward to seeing them face each other as the match should be very entertaining as both teams are similar styles of play. Liverpool look unstoppable right now with their brand of football which has come at the right time for them.

[emberbekas]

Man Utd really are shit now aren’t they! Enjoy your night my brother

As someone with a good friend who is a huge United fan, having put up with his gloating all throughout the Ferguson years, it does feel good to be able to rub this season in his face. United's goal difference is 0. They are closer in points to last place than first place. That game was much more one-sided than the scoreline suggests:



36 shots to 6. Unbelievable. United will be very lucky to finish top 6.

As predicted, Manchester United is not a tough opponent for Liverpool based on their previous performances. It is very difficult for MU to compete at the top of the standings. MU's toughness is not seen in this season. The stats above shown that MU looks more like a debutant team. What a pity!

[buwaytress]

Well still feeling a great big high from last night. I know the result was expected, the post-match commentary scathing for United, but you can never dismiss Mourinho and his wiles... even if this fox really looks too slow for the EPL now.

@tokeweed Really glad Ings is getting his due, he was loved but his bad luck with injury meant he could never hold a place and I'm glad Southampton are getting some joy from him, after VVD giving us joy... Clynie was always solid too, Lovren I'll never really be convinced but yeah I hope we never need to get another Saints guy for a while.

@micgoosens: Glad you liked your experience. There's no better match to watch for an initiation, even I have not had that chance - spheres though? I only watched telly and didn't see something of the sort.

@LFC I think you're right about the handbrakes after all! I was for the longest time wondering how it is we're stuck for so long but maybe Klopp was deliberately preparing for a long season! Maybe the front 3 form is a bit crappy because we're conserving? If that's really so and we've yet to see the best, then we're on good footing. 2 more games til mid-way season. Still a long, long way ahead but we're somewhat good in health. I just wonder when we can give VD a rest, but he still looks fit and I guess his ribs no longer hurt. Still a Wolves doubler header, Arsenal and City left to see out, before we end this 2018 gauntlet. I don't dare dream yet...

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Well still feeling a great big high from last night. I know the result was expected, the post-match commentary scathing for United, but you can never dismiss Mourinho and his wiles... even if this fox really looks too slow for the EPL now.

@tokeweed Really glad Ings is getting his due, he was loved but his bad luck with injury meant he could never hold a place and I'm glad Southampton are getting some joy from him, after VVD giving us joy... Clynie was always solid too, Lovren I'll never really be convinced but yeah I hope we never need to get another Saints guy for a while.

@micgoosens: Glad you liked your experience. There's no better match to watch for an initiation, even I have not had that chance - spheres though? I only watched telly and didn't see something of the sort.

@LFC I think you're right about the handbrakes after all! I was for the longest time wondering how it is we're stuck for so long but maybe Klopp was deliberately preparing for a long season! Maybe the front 3 form is a bit crappy because we're conserving? If that's really so and we've yet to see the best, then we're on good footing. 2 more games til mid-way season. Still a long, long way ahead but we're somewhat good in health. I just wonder when we can give VD a rest, but he still looks fit and I guess his ribs no longer hurt. Still a Wolves doubler header, Arsenal and City left to see out, before we end this 2018 gauntlet. I don't dare dream yet...

@buwaytress - I owe you a Merit. I’m out atm unfortunately. I’m going to Wolves away (the league game, not the cup game) on Friday night. It’ll be my first away game this season.

On VVD - The guy is an absolute colossus.

Remember I can put you in touch with people if you want to go to a game.

[tomahawk9]

Mourinho has been sacked!!!

Official announcement: https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/official-manchester-united-statement-on-jose-mourinho

WOOOW!!! I definitely didn't expect Mou to get sacked before January, but i guess losing against Liverpool they way they did was more than enough for the Man Utd board. For now, it seems like they're going to get an interim (probably Carrick) until the end of the season. What are the chances of them doing any better with an interim??

Btw, Mou will get a €25m payout after getting sacked....best christmas present ever? LOL

[tokeweed]

HHUUUWWAAATTT!!!???!!

*Checks bbc.com/sport/football*

Wups.  It's there.  Wow.  I never thought they'd really pull the trigger on Mou...  So I guess they already have a replacement in line then?  (Please let it be Zidane for the lulz!  )