Premier League thread (31 Viewers)

[Frostie]

What a waste of money Adam Armstrong has been so far, doesn’t even get on in a game like this

Not surprised at all. Said it last season, the stuff he was doing for Blackburn was never going to be replicable in the PL.

It's easy to pick fault in Armstrong's game though too, which I know seems crazy...

If you look at his goal tally vs his xG they are almost identical i.e. he scores about the same amount of goals as you'd expect from the chances he's had. Elite strikers typically slightly exceed their xG by converting some of the tougher opportunities.
Armstrong's goal tally is massively swayed by the sheer amount of shots he takes. He averaged an incredible record 4.7 shots per game in the Championship this season, smashing the previous record high of 3.9 but he takes a lot of long range, low quality shots. Is that him being selfish or because the team doesn't create enough? Either way, Blackburn rely on him too much - he scored 43% of all their goals & his chances alone made up 39% of their total xG!
He also missed 23 'Big Chances' which was the most in the league.

No doubt he's an exceptional player at this level, but these are the kind of things Premier League teams will be looking at to decide if he can make the transition.

 

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[SmithyCCFC]

Saka is some player

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Saka is some player

I still haven't forgiven him for bottling that penalty against Italy.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Pundits creaming over Ronaldo scoring from point blank

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I still haven't forgiven him for bottling that penalty against Italy.

You would imagine that now he actually takes a few penalties for his club he might be better at it.

 

[chiefdave]

love it when someone dicks around at a pen and misses

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Big job to repair Man Utd

 

[chiefdave]

Big job to repair Man Utd

they need to stick with a manager and let them build. they're past the sign one or two big names and everything will be fine point.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

they need to stick with a manager and let them build. they're past the sign one or two big names and everything will be fine point.

They need to sign players for the style of play not sign players and try to find one.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Wow the United manager said Ronaldo second goal was onside although var clearly shows it wasn’t he is clutching at straws this guy

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

They need to sign players for the style of play not sign players and try to find one.

Looks like they’ve been signing who their shirt sellers want rather than the manager

 

[Tommo1993]

A point for Burnleh enough to add interest to things.

Edit: Now Everton are in trouble!

 

[Evo1883]

Everton knackered now for me , didn't expect Burnley to get the points they have.. Everton run in too hard

 

[Tommo1993]

Everton knackered now for me , didn't expect Burnley to get the points they have.. Everton run in too hard

Was just looking. They both have to play Watford, but Burnley have two games against wobbly Villa. Never particularly “wanted” it , per se, to be Everton, and there’s no doubt that they’d absolutely walk all over the championship. We’ve seen more surprising escapes though

You don’t really want to be heading to Anfield after slipping into the bottom 3.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Everton knackered now for me , didn't expect Burnley to get the points they have.. Everton run in too hard

Think it’ll go to the last game, Burnley’s run in not easy either

 

[Tommo1993]

Not a quality team, watching this game, but you can see the Burnley players are proper scrapping for it.

 

[SmithyCCFC]

Hopefully Liverpool can get it done today

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Even worse penalty today than the Fernandes one

 

[TwistAndShoutCCFC1987]

Really hope everton go down. A trip to goodison park next season wouldn’t be too bad! My mate is a liverpool season ticket holder and i’m going with him today - will be an interesting game as both teams are in desperate need of a win

 

[SmithyCCFC]

Really hope everton go down. A trip to goodison park next season wouldn’t be too bad! My mate is a liverpool season ticket holder and i’m going with him today - will be an interesting game as both teams are in desperate need of a win

Have a good one mate. Been to Anfield a few times, great fans and a great atmosphere

 

[Tommo1993]

Definite 6 pointer. Would Everton dare attack? Soon as they go forward it’ll be a Liverpool goal.

 

[TwistAndShoutCCFC1987]

Have a good one mate. Been to Anfield a few times, great fans and a great atmosphere

Cheers mate - I am looking forward to it. I took this same mate to the sheffield united game so if it’s anything like that i’ll be happy!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Definite 6 pointer. Would Everton dare attack? Soon as they go forward it’ll be a Liverpool goal.

Their game in hand is Palace at home, so would probably pack everyone behind the ball and hope for the best

 

[The CableGuy]

LOL, Burnley just pouring on the fire right now.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Leeds right back into it now too, terrible goal difference on top.

 

[The CableGuy]

Leeds right back into it now too, terrible goal difference on top.

Hmmm, but they have a game in hand, until tomorrow anyway vs Palace. Good thing Villa had a new-manager bump otherwise they'll be in trouble as well.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Hmmm, but they have a game in hand, until tomorrow anyway vs Palace. Good thing Villa had a new-manager bump otherwise they'll be in trouble as well.

Leeds also still have Chelsea, Man C and Arsenal to play and their GD is far worse than the others. Could be a very entertaining final day.

 

[SBT]

All of the hysteria about sacking Dyche is starting to look very silly.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

They said on the radio that this bloke at Burnley has taken the handbrake off and somebody said the players were fed up of fightball.

 

[Ian1779]

I’d like to see Everton go down, if only so we have a chance to go and watch us beat them at Goodison.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Liverpool not created much at all so far

 

[Nick]

How is jota not sent off? Compare that to hamer against Bournemouth

 

[The CableGuy]

14% possession for Everton.

 

[SmithyCCFC]

Anti football from Everton. I’m sure the crowd will get Liverpool over the line however

 

[Ccfcisparks]

why would Liverpool not to kick the ball out for Richarlison. Carragher showing ridiculous bias too.