Premier League 20/21

[sid waddell]

Arsenal beaten at home by Burnley

Jaysus, the Arsenal disease has returned with a vengeance like Covid and Kieran Tierney falling over the ball a few weeks back has become a metaphor not just for their season but what the club as a whole has turned into

There was a very funny quote on the Second Captains podcast this week about Arsenal, they sign and contract players in the way that African countries buy weapons from their traditional colonial oppressor - Aubameyang has turned into the football equivalent of Mobutu's rocket

I thought Arteta had them humming at the end of last season but defeats like that are difficult to come back from

Leicester had another good win this evening, they're right up there again now, could lightning be about to strike twice

[Hound]

Interesting that the bookies still have Man City favourites to win the league.

Taken from Boyles as being about the average:

Man City 13/8
Liverpool 2/1
Spurs  6/1
Chelsea 13/2
Man Utd 18/1
Leicester 28/1

[NAG1]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

[thebigfella]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

Do they have the best squad? They are a big reliant on aguero and by no means solid at the back.

[GetOverTheBar]

They do have a decent run of fixtures in the new weeks ahead anyway. Possibility to get lots of points on the board.

[Maroon Manc]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

Do they have the best squad? They are a big reliant on aguero and by no means solid at the back.

You could easily make a case for Chelsea having the best squad from an attacking point of view whilst City have the most strength in depth in defensive areas after spending £370m on 7 defenders in recent years.

Lampard continues to get a free ride in the media.

[Jeepers Creepers]

City wont win it without Aguero.

[GetOverTheBar]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

Do they have the best squad? They are a big reliant on aguero and by no means solid at the back.

You could easily make a case for Chelsea having the best squad from an attacking point of view whilst City have the most strength in depth in defensive areas after spending £370m on 7 defenders in recent years.

Lampard continues to get a free ride in the media.

The media had him sacked there sure around September time. I read Chelsea only lost one in eighteen on Sat past. That's not bad going.

[screenexile]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

Do they have the best squad? They are a big reliant on aguero and by no means solid at the back.

They've only conceded 3 goals in their last 11 games seems like Pep's putting more of a focus on defending this season!

Looks like it'll be a lot more interesting this year with nobody running away with it for a change.

[Maroon Manc]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

Do they have the best squad? They are a big reliant on aguero and by no means solid at the back.

You could easily make a case for Chelsea having the best squad from an attacking point of view whilst City have the most strength in depth in defensive areas after spending £370m on 7 defenders in recent years.

Lampard continues to get a free ride in the media.

The media had him sacked there sure around September time. I read Chelsea only lost one in eighteen on Sat past. That's not bad going.

I've never seen anyone other then Roy Keane question him?

There 2 points ahead of a United who've a game in hand and with a manager who's been slaughtered in the media. Chelsea have a lot stronger squad too.

[GetOverTheBar]

I think that's because everyone knows Solskjær is clearly going to get sacked at some point. He's been a manager much longer than Lampard who is only in his 3rd season in management and still very much learning the trade. Lampard time for that will come.

Solskjær is just a better story at the moment, he keeps going to the edge of the cliff and somehow clings on.

[Maroon Manc]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

Do they have the best squad? They are a big reliant on aguero and by no means solid at the back.

They've only conceded 3 goals in their last 11 games seems like Pep's putting more of a focus on defending this season!

Looks like it'll be a lot more interesting this year with nobody running away with it for a change.

Its very odd from Pep, goes against his principles too. They stopped the aggressive pressing like all Peps teams have done in the past, by City's standards in recent years that was a poor front 6 they out there on Saturday.

[Cunny Funt]

City would still be favourites as they have easily the best squad.

Has to be said now that they have been under performing under Pep for a while now.

Do they have the best squad? They are a big reliant on aguero and by no means solid at the back.

They've only conceded 3 goals in their last 11 games seems like Pep's putting more of a focus on defending this season!

Looks like it'll be a lot more interesting this year with nobody running away with it for a change.

Pep has gone into a defensive shell since conceding 5 goals at home to Leicester. I don't see them mounting a title challenge playing like that as they will draw as many matches as they will win. It's a style of play that may suit the knock out stages of the Champions league.

[J70]

No one else is pulling away though. Liverpool are fucked with injuries, and are thus likely going to continue their patchy form due to the lower quality of the back-ups and the lack of rest for first choice players (and what a difference someone like Thiago might have made yesterday!). Spurs are going to find it hard to maintain their position, especially if either Son or Kane get injured. Leicester are not exactly overflowing with quality back-ups for the main men. If City win their extra game, they're only a couple of points back, without hitting anything close to their best form on a consistent basis.

[shark]

No one else is pulling away though. Liverpool are fucked with injuries, and are thus likely going to continue their patchy form due to the lower quality of the back-ups and the lack of rest for first choice players (and what a difference someone like Thiago might have made yesterday!). Spurs are going to find it hard to maintain their position, especially if either Son or Kane get injured. Leicester are not exactly overflowing with quality back-ups for the main men. If City win their extra game, they're only a couple of points back, without hitting anything close to their best form on a consistent basis.

They've actually had a pretty hard time of it with injuries. Ndidi, Pereira, Soyuncu, Castagne, Maddison are all first choice players who have started probably less than 20 games combined, out of 60.
But yeah, up front, if they lost Vardy, they would be toothless.