Premier League Gameweek 22-23

christinaa

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There's only one United!
Surprising opinion from such a balanced poster.
Why?
Should i try to treat Liverpool supporters here with cotton gloves?!
Aah i forgot that you're the one with a balanced opinion. :lol:
 

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The more things go, the more I feel Sky Sports did a major mistake in signing Peter Drury. They should have offered a huge contract for Clive Tyldesley, who already works for the Champions League coverage on CBS with some of the pundits who are also regulars on Sky.
Agreed. Tyldesley was the one. Easily the best out there.
 

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Should i try to treat Liverpool supporters here with cotton gloves?!
Aah i forgot that you're the one with a balanced opinion. :lol:
Maybe try and engage in a conversation at least but you do you.
 

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That was pure bottle from Liverpool.

Obviously at the start of the season you wouldn’t have ever had them in any kind of title race, but with the form they’ve had to date you wouldn’t expect those goals, the mistakes and fecking Jorginho as motm.

City have got the mathematical opening they need to go top and stay top for the last 15 games now. Irritating, but inevitable.
These are the kind of games and result that will hurt them now, klopp has to find a different kind of speech and pick them up with them knowing he’s fecking off anyway
 

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Credit to Arsenal for making it a three horse race. I think they will finish third though. Liverpool have an unbelievable knack of getting results, their equaliser today was a goal only they score. They were very poor though.
 

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Do people still make those “why are they celebrating so hard - cringe” posts? :lol:
 

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Ouch, seems like I ruffled some feathers with my comment


Best era according to who? People who aren’t old enough to remember the tussles we had with Arsenal during the 90s. The 08 Man Utd team that beats this Arsenal and city team. Recency bias clouds a lot of football fans memories these days, especially fans of clubs who haven’t had much to shout about over the last decade or so.
This year's PL is the weakest it's been in years :lol:
Strongest era? Your having a laugh. The mid 2000s was a much stronger era.
This is nowhere near the strongest Premier League Era ever
Football has evolved tactically. Significantly. Teams from 10+ years ago weren't this good, let alone 20-30 years ago. In 10-15 years' time the best teams around will be also stronger than current City, for example. Not a hard concept to grasp. If you watch matches from the Premier League in the 1990s and 2000s and say that the overall level is anywhere near to today's standards, then you are blinded by nostalgia.

Good one. Not even top 5.
That level also lasted at best around two seasons. He doesn't compare to Vidic or Rio because he hasn't sustained that level for long enough.
Not in the top ten PL CHs. (Well top 5/6 def)
Peak level is probably from 2017 to 2020, but these last 1 or 2 years he's been solid as well. People act like Terry, Vidic, Rio, etc. never made any mistakes because social media wasn't around and casual football fans never overanalyzed everything either, like today. The goal today is also on Alisson, not van Dijk.
 

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Ouch, seems like I ruffled some feathers with my comment












Football has evolved tactically. Significantly. Teams from 10+ years ago weren't this good, let alone 20-30 years ago. In 10-15 years' time the best teams around will be also stronger than current City, for example. Not a hard concept to grasp. If you watch matches from the Premier League in the 1990s and 2000s and say that the overall level is anywhere near to today's standards, then you are blinded by nostalgia.







Peak level is probably from 2017 to 2020, but these last 1 or 2 years he's been solid as well. People act like Terry, Vidic, Rio, etc. never made any mistakes because social media wasn't around and casual football fans never overanalyzed everything either, like today. The goal today is also on Alisson, not van Dijk.
Or just made an outlandish comment
 

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You're absolutely not but feel free to keep thinking that bud :lol:
I feel like a lot of you just can't accept reality because United suck currently, and you don't want to be "left out" of the strongest Premier League era ever.

But I don't see the reason to worry, we will be back on top, just a matter of time.
 

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Ouch, seems like I ruffled some feathers with my comment

Football has evolved tactically. Significantly. Teams from 10+ years ago weren't this good, let alone 20-30 years ago. In 10-15 years' time the best teams around will be also stronger than current City, for example. Not a hard concept to grasp. If you watch matches from the Premier League in the 1990s and 2000s and say that the overall level is anywhere near to today's standards, then you are blinded by nostalgia.

Peak level is probably from 2017 to 2020, but these last 1 or 2 years he's been solid as well. People act like Terry, Vidic, Rio, etc. never made any mistakes because social media wasn't around and casual football fans never overanalyzed everything either, like today. The goal today is also on Alisson, not van Dijk.
Teams from 90' would have beaten teams from today so easy. Maybe even 80's. Despite all technology. There were no fragile players and there were so many brilliant players. Both in quality and toughness.
 

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I feel like a lot of you just can't accept reality because United suck currently, and you don't want to be "left out" of the strongest Premier League era ever.

But I don't see the reason to worry, we will be back on top, just a matter of time.
It's not that, I just don't understand how anyone can possibly think this season is one of the strongest ever :lol:
 

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I feel like a lot of you just can't accept reality because United suck currently, and you don't want to be "left out" of the strongest Premier League era ever.

But I don't see the reason to worry, we will be back on top, just a matter of time.
Man United of 2008 would wipe the floor with these premier league teams of 2024 so not sure how you’re so sure of yourself
 

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Teams from 90' would have beaten teams from today so easy. Maybe even 80's. Despite all technology. There were no fragile players and there were so many brilliant players. Both in quality and toughness.
Yes, I'm sure those 80s and 90s teams would've figured out and outplayed today's tactics so easily because they were TUFF.

You also dismiss the "technology" side, as if training, medicine, and basically every single aspect of the game isn't light years ahead today. As it should be.
 

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City likely handed the title again. Oh well, at least they'll almost certainly be relegated thus summer so won't be able to celebrate much.
 

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Why does the chopper doing the sky interviews always sugar coat things with Liverpool players and Klopp? Like he doesn’t want to piss them off
 

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Man United of 2008 would wipe the floor with these premier league teams of 2024 so not sure how you’re so sure of yourself
That would require weeks, if not months of preparation. But that team would probably be able to compete, eventually.
 

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That would require weeks, if not months of preparation. But that team would probably be able to compete, eventually.
Yes because they’re all in their forties and fifties now so fair comment.
But Time Machine that 2008 team into this years premier league and they’d walk it
 

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Yes, I'm sure those 80s and 90s teams would've figured out and outplayed today's tactics so easily because they were TUFF.

You also dismiss the "technology" side, as if training, medicine, and basically every single aspect of the game isn't light years ahead today. As it should be.
I don't dismiss anything. Techonlogy is there to help. However football is still football. It is defending. It is attacking. Looking at tactical side of it is just matter of decade but still players are players. I guess you are not that old to have seen players back then. That is ok. I my opinion we hade better players back then generally speaking.
 

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Okay, if you say so.
I'm not underrating the players and managers, I'm just saying there's been a natural progression and present-day will likely always be the highest level ever.

Rio and Vidic would no doubt be able to reach all-timer Premier League centre half levels, based just on their talent, had they been born 20 years later.
 

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Yes because they’re all in their forties and fifties now so fair comment.
But Time Machine that 2008 team into this years premier league and they’d walk it
They'd walk it against current City? Even if you dismiss the general level of the league (which is nonsense), current City are still sadly one of the best club sides ever.