Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread

[un_rank]

Being at the top does not make you a champion or the best team in the league; you did not begin the season at the top; others have been there; it is now your turn. The true champions will emerge when the timing is right.

Being at the top at any point makes you the best in the league at that point, that's exactly what it means. Being at the top at the end of the season makes you the champion. We have been the best team in the league up to this point and by some margin.

And your attackers aren't doing their jobs; your "Thank you Chelsea" Maduake's single league goal this season was a clear own goal given as a goal by some drunk FA, and the majority of your goals are obvious fouls on goalkeepers permitted to happen by the incompetent VAR.

Without those 5 generous own goals, your team would be somewhere between 5th or 6th this season.

Again with the mental gymnastics. It's ridiculous how all opponent teams lose their heads when it comes to Arsenal.
Why did your team pull up with & defenders and 2 defensive midfielders when you needed to win?

I bet you can't watch your team for 90' without sleeping.

More metal gymnastics

- Jay -

[buwaytress]

Grumble, grumble, Newcastle. Grumble, grumble why does City allow only 1 shot from Toons. Grumble, grumble, 4-0 aggregate, they're going to another EFL final.

Good thing I decided to watch futsal instead. Only the first half but just pure minutes of pure attacking football (okay it's futsal) and far less grandstanding and rolling around in theatrical pain. Makes me miss it so much, even if it reminds me I sucked at it as badly as I sucked as football.

[igebotz]

Again with the mental gymnastics. It's ridiculous how all opponent teams lose their heads when it comes to Arsenal.
Why did your team pull up with & defenders and 2 defensive midfielders when you needed to win?

Nobody care about Arsenal, they have no European badge and nothing to brag about except games H2H yet their fans are the loudest online trolls and most hated ones too.

BTW I have no idea what the idiotic schoolhoy manager was up to last night; we needed one goal to level up and instead of going all attack in the first half, he came to play deep. That was very stupid tactics, he's a fraud. Now you have City to deal with.

[cryptofrka]

This criticism, if I can call it that, is so ridiculous that no one mentions City having scores just one less own goals than us, there should be a general outrage for that too, but in that case everyone understands that you put the team under pressure and they can score in their own net.

It doesn't really matter what you want or what I want or anyone's personal bias, only that we are currently the best team in the league and in a very good position.

- Jay -

I disagree. Everybody's making fun of City, and the general conclusion is that they are not good enough.
On the other hand, Arsenal are these undisputed champions, the team to watch this season.

Yeah, you guys might win it, I'd even be ok with that because there were years in which I felt you should have - but this year you're just terrible. I hate the style of football, I hate the tempo, I hate the packing of the 5yard box and inswinging corners on the 2nd post.
It is terrible to watch, you can't create a decent chance that is not a cross in most of the games you play - and your team is fantastic on paper.

Still, if it gets you across the line, you can say it was worth it. I just can't bear to watch it.