Weekend Matches - 9/16 - 9/18

[PedroSpecialK]

WHOOOOOOA FRIDAY NIII-HIIIIGHT [/underwood]

Liverpool squad to face Chelsea:

Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Lallana, Mané, Coutinho, Sturridge
Bench: Karius, Lucas, Stewart, Origi, Moreno, Ejaria, Grujić

 

[Pesky Pole]

Lovely intentional stomp by Ivanovic. Stay classy Chelsea!

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Wow, Lovren!

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

I'm in my car, so PLEASE tell me Luiz had something to do with that.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

I'm in my car, so PLEASE tell me Luiz had something to do with that.

They tapped it back to Coutinho from a free kick, then he crossed to the back post and Lovren was one of the FOUR unmarked Liverpool players waiting there. The whole defense just fell asleep.

 

[Pesky Pole]

I'm in my car, so PLEASE tell me Luiz had something to do with that.

Luiz broke his face if that works for you. Bleeding profusely.

 

[CodPiece XL]

What a strike by Henderson

 

[CodPiece XL]

Wow

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Holy crap, Henderson with a Coutinho-style Special!

 

[Seven Costanza]

That first goal was abject defending.

Can't do a damn thing about the second. Whoa.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

I'm going to need a GIF of that shot of Terry in the crowd, please.

 

[slamminsammya]

That Henderson goal was something else. He got it over Courtois who is huge.

 

[CodPiece XL]

Jeez, just saw the first goal. Holy cow, they were lining up for that cross. Piss poor defending.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

I'm going to need a GIF of that shot of Terry in the crowd, please.

Well, it's not a GIF, but it's a start.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Lallana fell asleep there - nobody tacking Matić down to the goal line

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Both these teams really have some talent going forward.

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

Well, it's not a GIF, but it's a start.

That's the look of a man who can't decide which WAG to shag.

 

[Seven Costanza]

Welp, that goal was certainly worthy of 3 points.

 

[soxfan121]

That's the look of a man who can't decide which WAG to shag.

That's the look of man who's had the full kit pried from his cold, dead hands.

 

[Schnerres]

Alonso with another hammer from about 24-25m to make it 2-1 vs.Ingolstadt. First goal against for Bayern and another goal for Lewandowski, so far. Dortmund leads 2-0, with another start for Pulisic and Passlack - they are Dortmund´s right side at a combined age of 35yo.

And Pulisic makes it 3-0 in the 54th minute, left-footed finish, all-alone in the box.

 

[DJnVa]

Pulisic nips one for Dortmund. Lucky bounce right to him, but it's karma as he did good work to set up the 2nd Dortmund goal a few minutes prior.

 

[blueguitar322]

Extremely harsh (imho) red card on Hull in the Arsenal game. It was a red for a hand ball that deflected a shot away from goal, but there was absolutely no way for the defender (who did not extend his hand to block the shot, but seemed to have it up for balance) could have pulled it away in time.

 

[soxfan121]

Alonso with another hammer from about 24-25m to make it 2-1 vs.Ingolstadt. First goal against for Bayern and another goal for Lewandowski, so far. Dortmund leads 2-0, with another start for Pulisic and Passlack - they are Dortmund´s right side at a combined age of 35yo.

And Pulisic makes it 3-0 in the 54th minute, left-footed finish, all-alone in the box.

I haven't had the chance to watch a full Bayern match in a long time: they are a really, really, really fun team to watch play this game.

Carlo's Eyebrow has them set up perfectly, too. Though I think anyone could "manage" this team – just go out there and run around a bit, eh?

 

[DJnVa]

Pulisic switches sides, now roaming down the left, and gets an assist (he megged the defender) on a nice backheel goal.

 

[Schnerres]

Pulisic with the assist to Dortmund´s 4-0, goal Gonzalo Castro.

And Bayern can be happy, that they still lead this game 2-1. A huge chance for Ingolstadt wasted and a foul in the box for a penalty not given for Ingolstadt...Although it´s of course a huge domination in possession and shots on goal for Bayern.

 

[DJnVa]

Pulisic just broke someone's ankles. lol

 

[Schnerres]

Another beautiful backheel for Dortmund and it´s 5-0 vs Darmstadt (they are with 10men since 20+mins).
Dortmund has no Aubameyang, no Schürrle, no Götze, no Reus today...Crazy

 

[blueguitar322]

What a lovely assist by Iwobi and solid finish by Theo

 

[Schnerres]

6-0 Dortmund, Emre Mor (just turned 19yo over the summer).

 

[Cellar-Door]

West ham defense has simply collapsed. 4 goals in consecutive weeks to Watford and West Brom

 

[blueguitar322]

Xhaka with the Coutinho impression.

 

[OCST]

Who told West Brom they knew how to score goals? 4 is their monthly quota, right?

 

[fletcherpost]

That's the look of man who's had the full kit pried from his cold, dead hands.

That was pretty fuckin funny.

 

[fletcherpost]

Who told West Brom they knew how to score goals? 4 is their monthly quota, right?

Some players will be getting their wages docked for being too adventurous. Pullis prefers a scrappy 1-0.

 

[soxfan121]

That was pretty fuckin funny.

I'm blushing.

Pulisic just broke someone's ankles. lol

You were not exaggerating. Wow.

 

[Titans Bastard]

Official theme song of Werder Bremen's 2016-17 season:

 

[OCST]

Boro just got the cheapest goal imaginable.

 

[fletcherpost]

Barry gets a rare goal on his 600th Premiership Match. 1-1 now. BT Sport just had one of their Howard Webb soundbytes and he just said that Goodison is the toughest ground to referee and whilst there was an infringement from Ashley Williams in the build up to Everton's equaliser, there was no way, in his opinion the ref would ever disalow the goal.

 

[Luis Taint]

Watford had two amazing chances, only to piss it away.

 

[Luis Taint]

1-0 Watford, and Martial died.

 

[Luis Taint]

Manchester United loses to Watcord for the first time in 30 years. Another first for Mourinho.

 

[Zomp]

First United loss to Watford in 30 years.

First time Mourinhos lost 3 in a row in 14 years.

 

[DJnVa]

3-1 final to Watford.

 

[OCST]

At the 80' mark, I was coming here to post that there was no way that Watford was going to hold on to the point. United were bossing them around and a second goal seemed inevitable.

Then it all went to shit.

Tough loss.

 

[Zomp]

It's weird. I just can't see what Mourinho is trying to do with the team. He's playing his 4231 with no holding midfielders. There is just too much space in there. I thought Schneiderlin would flourish under Mourinho but he hasn't played a Premier league game yet. To get the best of Pogba, who you should be trying to build around, you need to push him up a bit more. Having a Schneiderlin or Carrick behind him solves the issue.

I dunno, I'd like to see Rooney and Fellaini replaced by Herrera and Schneiderlin or Carrick and I think it would bring more balance to the team. Because right now there is none.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

Mourinho has apparently now lost 14 of his last 32 matches.

United's biggest problem is that their midfield is totally dysfunctional. Pogba right now essentially falls into the Yaya Toure and Aaron Ramsey class of midfielders, whatever he brings to the table offensively in a two man midfield seems outweighed by his lack of tactical nous and interest in defending. He was significantly responsible for the decisive second goal. The problem is that he isn't going to be an ideal 10 either, at least at this stage in his career. He has never been a player that plays between the lines and serves that higher playmaker role. He is young and super talented so he may get better. But, right now, United paid 90m pounds for a player who looks to be a liability unless played in the very specific role of an advanced midfielder in a three man midfield. But I don't think United even have the right personnel to fit around Pogba in that setup. Their midfield options are shit, which is why Fellaini keeps starting games under different managers.

 

[candylandriots]

Stoke is really bad at defense. Palace are all over them and had two goals in the first 12 minutes.

 

[OCST]

Stoke suck.

I'm embarrassed that I took a flyer on them for top-four in the predictions thread. They are a mess.

 

[coremiller]

Stoke are really really poor. They are so much less than the sum of their parts.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Geoff Cameron has been appalling today