compo 7,055 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Scott7 said: Five matches. Five aways. What’s the odds? Well done 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,018 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 hours ago, compo said: Well done Not really. I only got two of them this time though earlier in the season I got 4/4,I think it was. Tend to confirm @Rousseau’s observation that the absence of a crowd diminishes home advantage. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 851 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Jose under the pressure now, 3 defeats in a row and he is getting it wrong. Im not surprised - he brought in a feel good factor to start with but its went very stale. But they couldnt have a picked a better pick me up fixture this weekend. Tough set of fixtures this weekend to predict. Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal Burnley 0-0 Brighton Newcastle 1-1 Southampton Fulham 1-2 West Ham Man Utd 2-2 Everton Tottenham 2-0 West Brom Wolves 2-3 Leicester Liverpool 1-2 Man City Sheff Utd 0-2 Chelsea Leeds 2-1 Crystal Palace 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,644 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Chelsea are looking good, to me, but they're just lacking some quality on the final ball. They get dominate the ball, and create good openings, but quite creating good chances, or they're not taking them. It'll improve through more coaching, but I think they need a centre-forward; Werner's not a goalscorer, Giroud not mobile enough and Abraham doesn't have the technical ability - that doesn't mean they cannot be used, though. I'm a big fan of Tuchel's positional game. I was impressed with Thiago Silva last night, too, until he went off injured: he read and intercepted everything, and he was so calm and composed on the ball. Proper defender. Last night, Glenn Hoddle on commentary, finally brought up the fact that Tottenham (and Mourinho, more specifically) are drilled into defending that they don;t know how to attack; there's no plan to move the ball though the thirds; it's all off the cuff. They only counter. It's not enough to be successful in today's game. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,055 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 After careful consideration and consultation with the cat this weeks selections are as follows, Villa 1 Arsenal 2 Burnley 1 Brighton 1 Newcastle 1 Southampton 2 Fulham 1 Hammers 2 United 2 Toffees 1 Spurs 2 WBA 1 Wolves 2 Leicester 2 Liverpool 1 City 3 Sheffield 1 Chelsea 3 Leeds 3 Palace 0 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,018 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 I left the cat out of it. He’s red and that colours his selections. Villa 1-2 Arsenal Burnley 1-1 BHA Newcastle 2-1 So’ton Fulham 0-2 West Ham United 3-1 Everton Hotspur 3-0 West Brom Wolves 1-3 Leicester Liverpool 2-2 City Blades 1-2 Chelsea Leeds 2-0 Palace 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,644 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Palace thrashed Leeds last time by defending deep and countering. Leeds' Achilles heal. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 851 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Off to a good start again this weekend with predictions with the Villa winning. Im still not convinced with Arsenal and Arteta. They were poor first half and continuously played it backwards. They came out in the second half with more drive and were pressing but Arteta got his subs wrong and they never looked like scoring. They have zero final product in the final third and Aubameyang is a fraction of the player from last season. Saka is their bright spark going forward, Pepe is never a 72m player. Gabriel was very good at the back but the rest were average. Fair play to Villa. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 851 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 VAR - I really need to understand the rules on the Soucek one. Nobody in football is saying it was a red but I have to wonder even if there was no intent are the rules still there that he made contact with elbow and had to go? However its a shocker from Mike Dean and VAR, no wonder Southampton dont want to see them again - if its a red then why do they need 4 minutes to review it. 0-0 was fair in the game, both sides created a lot of half chances but nothing really looked like going in. Good result for Newcastle to hold on with 9 men. Man Utd out of the title race should Man City win today. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,055 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 The toffees just confirmed the old saying, it's not over until the fat lady sings. Aubameyang got the long term big money contract signed and developed a chronic case of Ozil syndrome 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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