Premier League 20/21

[sid waddell]

Zidane wasn't that much of a chilled out character when he head butted thon Italian dude!

He's Zen-edine Zidane now

[Captain Obvious]

Leeds deserved that draw and could have won. Manchester City going on this form won't be mounting a title challenge.

[RedHand88]

All Merseyside title race the year so.

[Tony Baloney]

All Merseyside title race the year so.

Pickford will prove to be their Karius. The natural order of things will be returned by Christmas.

[RedHand88]

All Merseyside title race the year so.

Pickford will prove to be their Karius. The natural order of things will be returned by Christmas.

Fair point. The man must have naked photos of Southgate.

[Minus15]

Frank Lampard's signings are Football Manager esque transfer business. Gossip column purchases under a manager who has so far not portrayed any capability as a manager in the Prem League. Media like him because he is English and his achievements as a player but that will soon fade. He has severe limitations and already his interviews are littered with excuses and 'appeal for time' style statements. He and Solksjaer are poor managers at this level and their teams do not play with any noticeable identity.

Compare this with what Arteta has done at Arsenal already in his short time there. There is a bit more going on in his brain with a vision and a plan of how to improve his players and his team.

Top 4 this season for me:
Liverpool
City
Arsenal
Leicester

[Bronco]

Arteta has done very little at Arsenal. Alienated their only decent creative player, repeatedly played Aubameyang out of position, and persisted with Luiz and Xhaka despite awful performances.

He shouldn't have got the job in the first place and has done nothing to justify his appointment.

[Captain Obvious]

Leicester 5-2 away winners against Manchester City last week and today lose 3-0 at home to West Ham.

[dublin7]

Arteta has done very little at Arsenal. Alienated their only decent creative player, repeatedly played Aubameyang out of position, and persisted with Luiz and Xhaka despite awful performances.

He shouldn't have got the job in the first place and has done nothing to justify his appointment.

Arteta has got them to some sort of defenseive competence with the players available to him and has put a bit of solidity in the team. They may have lost 3-1 to Liverpool last Monday, but they would have collapsed and lost by 5 or 6 if that was an Arsenal side in the last years of Wenger or Emery. Arteta's problem is he hasn't got the players to bring them on. Top 4 is a something to aim for this season.

[Bronco]

Defensive competence - are you joking? They've conceded in something like 8 out of their last 9 League games.

[Milltown Row2]

Pretty dominant display from Arsenal, should improve on last year's position

[laoislad]

Some top notch defending from Man United so far. Even their customary penalty not helping them today...

[dublin7]

Defensive competence - are you joking? They've conceded in something like 8 out of their last 9 League games.

It's a new season  and even though it's only 4 games in they are clearly going in the right direction. They have a clear system of play that may be limited, but that's more to do with the quality of players he has available to pick from.

Compare that to the shambles at Man Utd right now, who are trying to sign a right winger even though they haven't got a decent centre half at the club and no clear game plan going forward against defensive teams.  Arsenal will probably finish above Utd this season based on the current situation

[GetOverTheBar]

Frank Lampard's signings are Football Manager esque transfer business. Gossip column purchases under a manager who has so far not portrayed any capability as a manager in the Prem League. Media like him because he is English and his achievements as a player but that will soon fade. He has severe limitations and already his interviews are littered with excuses and 'appeal for time' style statements. He and Solksjaer are poor managers at this level and their teams do not play with any noticeable identity.

Compare this with what Arteta has done at Arsenal already in his short time there. There is a bit more going on in his brain with a vision and a plan of how to improve his players and his team.

Top 4 this season for me:
Liverpool
City
Arsenal
Leicester

What Lampard did at Chelsea last year deserves great credit, a 4th place finish when some had speculated as low as 10th. He's only in his 3rd full season of management. Unfair to compare him to Ole, who has been a manager for many years at this stage.

If Lampard doesn't improve on 4th this year, he'll be sacked, he knows that. That's how Chelsea operate.

[mrdeeds]

Frank Lampard's signings are Football Manager esque transfer business. Gossip column purchases under a manager who has so far not portrayed any capability as a manager in the Prem League. Media like him because he is English and his achievements as a player but that will soon fade. He has severe limitations and already his interviews are littered with excuses and 'appeal for time' style statements. He and Solksjaer are poor managers at this level and their teams do not play with any noticeable identity.

Compare this with what Arteta has done at Arsenal already in his short time there. There is a bit more going on in his brain with a vision and a plan of how to improve his players and his team.

Top 4 this season for me:
Liverpool
City
Arsenal
Leicester

What Lampard did at Chelsea last year deserves great credit, a 4th place finish when some had speculated as low as 10th. He's only in his 3rd full season of management. Unfair to compare him to Ole, who has been a manager for many years at this stage.

If Lampard doesn't improve on 4th this year, he'll be sacked, he knows that. That's how Chelsea operate.

He brought Chelsea from 3rd to 4th and won nothing unlike his predecessor. And yet he's lauded.