Premier League Gameweek 9

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Friday 25 October 2024

20:00 Leicester v Nott'm Forest (Sky Sports)

Saturday 26 October 2024

Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth
Brentford v Ipswich Town
Brighton v Wolves
Man City v Southampton
17:30 Everton v Fulham (Sky Sports)

Sunday 27 October 2024

14:00 Chelsea v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
14:00 Crystal Palace v Spurs****
14:00 West Ham v Man Utd****
16:30 Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

**** Moved due to a club playing in UEFA Europa League on Thurs 24 Oct
 
Arsenal v Liverpool is gonna be tasty. Fortunately for Liverpool Arsenal have a fair amount of key injuries, though I guess Liverpool won't have Alisson and Jota either.
 
Hate evening games and playing against Silva, always seems to do us. We are still struggling with midfield and defensive injuries too. Our next 4 games could define our season though as they're good games to have considering our December run in.
 
Vardy is remarkable. To be performing at this level, at his age, and at the very club where he famously helped secure the Premier League title just a few years ago, is nothing short of incredible. While I sometimes find his personality unbearable at times, there's no denying he's been an outstanding player season after season.
 
Whoever signs Hermansen from us at the end of the season, is going to have one of the best goalkeepers in the world for years to come.

He’s phenomenal.
 
Sleigh said:
Whoever signs Hermansen from us at the end of the season, is going to have one of the best goalkeepers in the world for years to come.

He’s phenomenal.
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He’s undoubtedly a great shot-stopper, but how is he with the ball at his feet? As we know, strong distribution skills are almost essential for most teams these days.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
He’s undoubtedly a great shot-stopper, but how is he with the ball at his feet? As we know, strong distribution skills are almost essential for most teams these days.
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For what it's worth stats seem ok. Sometimes it can be a function of what you're asked to do.

69.9% completion rate isn't the best when to name a few Flekken is on 77.3, Onana on 78.8 and Verbruggen 0n 82.0.

His short passing is fine at 97.8% (quite a few have 100%), medium as well at 94.5 - all goalies are in the 90s, some at 100% there too. His long passing completion rate is mid, but then he's attempted the 4th most long passes of any 'keeper. Only Pickford, Raya and Flekken have attempted more and he's completed a higher percentage than the first 2 of those.

Surprising how many times Raya has launched it so far but that can be down to the 3 red cards Arsenal have had.

Anyway, in a team that doesn't launch it quite so much he'd have a better overall percentage by the looks of it, likely similar to Onana. Don't know about the eye-test on passing, that's where you're better off asking the Leicester fan like you already did!
 
Chris Wood now has as many league goals as Manchester United this season.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
He’s undoubtedly a great shot-stopper, but how is he with the ball at his feet? As we know, strong distribution skills are almost essential for most teams these days.
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Exceptional. You just won’t see it this season as we are terrible. It’s his best asset if anything.

Go back and watch his highlights from last season and you’ll see what a great ball playing goalkeeper he is.
 
Sleigh said:
Exceptional. You just won’t see it this season as we are terrible. It’s his best asset if anything.

Go back and watch his highlights from last season and you’ll see what a great ball playing goalkeeper he is.
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Should be picked ahead of Schmeichel for Denmark,but the old boys club still reigns supreme there.
 
Top save from Travers there.

Floodgates will probably open if Villa get one soon.
 
Too easy for McGinn.

Let's see if VAR has an angle to see if it was out.
 
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