2020/21 Premier League Discussion

The schedule for next season:



Spurs have it rough as they have a qualifier and the League Cup 3rd round in just two days of each other.

No winter break this year so December through to March is batshit insane for anyone still in the League Cup.

FA Cup replays have been scrapped, so there's that at least.

This doesn't factor in games being moved due to TV as well.

Gonna be fun seeing how the top teams throw the cup competitions. Might see a few u16 squads out there.

All that grease used to slip away further from the fact that he remains a total scrub, Adama.

Premier League match officials are due to receive performance-related bonuses based on their place in a 'merit table'.

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 13, 2020

Arquitecto wrote:All that grease used to slip away further from the fact that he remains a total scrub, Adama.

Couldn't agree more.

One good thing about the situtation now is we will get next seasons league football much faster than the usual 2-3 months wait

Odsonne Édouard looks some player for Celtic

RealGunner wrote:Odsonne Édouard looks some player for Celtic

Pls stop watching the Celtic, even in twitter clips. Asking as a friend.

El Gunner wrote:

Premier League match officials are due to receive performance-related bonuses based on their place in a 'merit table'.

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 13, 2020

I heard that some special bonus clauses exist for ManPenUtd as usual

Fixtures are out.

Opening weekend:

Crystal Palace vs Southampton
Fulham vs Arsenal
Liverpool vs Leeds
Spurs vs Everton
WBA vs Leicester
West Ham vs Newcastle
Brighton vs Chelsea
Sheffield United vs Wolves
Burnley vs Manchester United*
Manchester City vs Aston Villa*

*Will be played at a later date due CL/EL participation.

First six for the "top six":

Liverpool: Leeds (H), Chelsea (A), Arsenal (H), Villa (A), Everton (A), Sheffield United (H)
City: Villa (H), Wolves (A), Leicester (H), Leeds (A), Arsenal (H), West Ham (A)
Chelsea: Brighton (A), Liverpool (H), WBA (A), Palace (H), Southampton (H), Manchester United (A)
United: Burnley (A), Crystal Palace (H), Brighton (A), Spurs (H), Newcastle (A), Chelsea (H)
Spurs: Everton (H), Southampton (A), Newcastle (H), Manchester United (A), West Ham (H), Burnley (A)
Arsenal: Fulham (A), West Ham (H), Liverpool (A), Sheffield United (H), Manchester City (A), Leicester (H)

Liverpool with a run of interesting games early on, good, entertainment starts immediately

Even after watched football so for long, it just doesnt get boring, and I cant wait for the new season already

Germany. France. Italy. Spain. All represented in the European cup finals this weekend. Only 1 English team even made the semis. League 'race' last season was a joke. Terrible blow to the GOAT league argument.

Hoping this season is more competitive on all fronts.

BREAKING: Sky Sports have sacked Matt Le Tissier, Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson from their iconic Soccer Saturday show.

end of an era

presumably Merson was kept because he appears for a bottle of strongbow

reason for sack?

none stated

I imagine they just want some fresh blood or singing people to cheaper contracts?

I honestly expected them to have been picked up on a hot mic bantering about something but doesnt seem to be the case

fun fact: I once absolutely RUINED Matt Le Tissier in a kickabout

he was in his mid 30s at the time too

The Saturday 3pm TV blackout will be lifted when the new season starts, making it almost certain that all Premier League games will be available to be broadcast to British viewers until the return of fans.

The confirmation by the FA will allow the Premier League to change its position and make matches available to British viewers when the new season begins on September 12.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/all-premier-league-games-may-be-televised-after-3pm-blackout-lifted-fzcs8pdlw

Get in ffs

Hopefully all games are on TV forever.

They sacked Scott Minto who was a good reporter/pundit.


Why the F did they do that?

Mou doing a fantastic job this transfer season. Already secured Doherty (fpl legend), Hjojberg (the new Busquets) and is going after Reguillon.

Feels like I've been saying Spurs need a DM and 2 new FBs for the past 3 years and it took Mou to see it. Get a backup for Kane (Messi perhaps?) and this will be a GOAT summer for Spurs.

Reminds me of his 2nd summer at Inter when he brought in Sneijder, Lucio and Eto'o

I think we've already established Mou is a secret reader of GL

BarcaLearning wrote:Liverpool with a run of interesting games early on, good, entertainment starts immediately

Even after watched football so for long, it just doesnt get boring, and I cant wait for the new season already

Liverpool and Arsenal both have pretty difficult start to the season compared to other teams. I guess this is 5th or 6th consecutives times that Liverpool face Arsenal in the initial 5 fixtures

I am curious how this season would go for almost all teams because of a strange situation of the last season and short pre season. Squad depth will be the most important factor this season, specially for top 4 teams.

COMMUNITY SHIELD

Arsenal: Martinez, Bellerin, Luiz, Holding, Tierney, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Xhaka, Saka, Nketiah, Aubameyang.
Subs: Leno, Cedric, Saliba, Kolasinac, Olayinka, Willock, Nelson, Smith Rowe, John-Jules.

Liverpool: Alisson, Williams, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Milner, Wijnaldum, Mane, Salah, Firmino.
Subs: Adrian, Keita, Grujic, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Brewster, Elliott, Koumetio.

Referee: Andre Marriner (Birmingham).

So far, borefest, Van Dijk with an offside goal ruled out, rightly.

AND AUBAMEYANG SCORES A GOLAZO

GOL GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

That was an unreal team goal. Saka is so good

Arsenal showing the way to the rest of PL

Looks like it's gonna take longer than usual for teams to get into game shape. Thus, the results in EPL in the first couple of weeks are probably going to be a bit chaotic