Locked Prem League Thread 2023/24 v20 - Pray for the Abu Dhabi c**ksuckers to drop points Edition

[BroRogan]

@Kowboy On Sherdog Nas fan here. New tune he released with DJ Premier was dope too - pwopa old school vibe

 

[UVee]

Twitch stream when?

 

[UVee]

He's no Eminem

His beard is weird

 

[UVee]

@Carl Drogo @helax @EOW @UVee

Spoiler: 🐐 wrapper freestyle

Let’s talk about it, barsss

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

His beard is weird

Is Normal. He's a Lions fan

 

[UVee]

Ref bribing ped doping 115 charges cunt

 

[EOW]

@Carl Drogo @helax @EOW @UVee

Spoiler: 🐐 wrapper freestyle

Let’s talk about it, barsss

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sighed

closed spoiler without listening

 

[Dr J]

*joke stolen

 

[Rawex]

*joke stolen

 

[Chules]

FIRE

 

[Chules]

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sighed

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Your loss

My ears were blessed, so were @UVee‘s

 

[Chules]

Banger for when we win the league next year

Me when Arsenal finally win it again next year

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@UVee lol

 

[BroRogan]

UEFA Champions League 2024/2025 (26/36)

Leverkusen ~ Stuttgart ~ Bayern ~ Leipzig ~ Dortmund
Inter ~ Milan ~ Bologna ~ Juventus ~ Atalanta
Man City ~ Arsenal ~ Liverpool ~ Aston Villa
Real ~ Barca ~ Girona ~ Atletico
PSG ~ Monaco ~ Brest
Sporting
Eindhoven ~ Feyenoord
Celtic
Sturm Graz

Sturm Graz managed to win the austrian league ahead of Salzburg - remarkable!

 

[LEWIS540]

Fact Check

(These are the final Top Six, not necessarily who was in the Top Six when they played.)

Arsenal 1 - 0 Man City
Man City 0 - 0 Arsenal

Man City 1 - 1 Liverpool
Liverpool 1 - 1 Man City

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City
Man City 4 - 1 Aston Villa

Man City 3 - 3 Spurs
Spurs 0 - 1 Man City (FA Cup)
Spurs 0 - 2 Man City

Chelsea 4 - 4 Man City
Man City 1 - 1 Chelsea
Man City 1 - 0 Chelsea (FA Cup)

Won: 4
Drew: 6
Lost: 2

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PL Winners by points:

91 points = eighth equal out of 32. Man City '23 - '24 are also sixth equal by PPG.

The gap between the big clubs and the bottom clubs has never been bigger, yet the ex-pro pundits brigade will continue with the "unlike other leagues anyone can beat anyone in the league", bollocks narrative.

Used to be going away from home and getting a point was seen as a decent result 80% of the time, nowadays every single point title chasers drop is a crisis or borderline disaster.

Pretty sure one of Mourinho's shitty United teams got more points than the 99 treble winners.

Allowing such big benches and 5 subs just makes it worse. Remember the days you could only name 1 sub!

 

[Chules]

these phone thieves need to get castrated
@UVee @650lb Sumo

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[650lb Sumo]

@Arqueto @650lb Sumo @newcastleman @NewcastleTom





Adidas also have Aston Villa now and Liverpool after next year.

Hopefully that's not real, but if it is...

 

[650lb Sumo]

these phone thieves need to get castrated
@UVee @650lb Sumo

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London = walk-around safari park

 

[Chules]

@Deffid @helax @UVee

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[Deffid]

@Deffid @helax @UVee

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RIP lol

 

[650lb Sumo]

They going just after stats on each position. I don't know, it's always funny to check their teams but I don't agree with everything.

And of course my PL team of the season was more legit

3-5-2 Manager Emery

Pickford
van Dijk - Saliba - Udogie
Rice - Rodri
Saka - Foden - Gordon
Palmer - Watkins

@Arqueto

No KDB or Haaland. Fair enough. I looked up best PL goalies '23 - '24:

Spoiler: Method

Courtesy of the wonderful FBREF we’ve used the PSxG minus goals allowed metric to rank the top-flight stoppers. ‘What the f*** is that?’ you might reasonably ask…

Post-shot expected goals is expected goals based on how likely the goalkeeper is to save the shot. When the number of goals they have conceded is subtracted, we are left with the figures below. FBREF explains that positive numbers suggest better luck or an above-average ability to stop shots.

1) Jose Sa (Wolves): +8.9

2) Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa): +7.2

3) Arijanet Muric (Burnley): +6.6
Absolutely should have been in the Burnley net sooner. He has made a brilliant 62 saves in 10 Premier League games. Made eight saves from eight shots on target v Brighton, which sounds good until you realise he made the worst goalkeeper error of the season. But then another 10 saves v Sheffield United and nine v Manchester United. Would the Clarets have survived with Muric in goal all season?

4) Jordan Pickford (Everton): +4.4
Conceded just one goal in five Premier League games from a PSxG of 4.4 before the 2-1 defeat to title-chasing Arsenal. You can mock his short arms all you want, but they are damned effective.

5) Andre Onana (Manchester United): +2.2
Made more saves than any other Premier League goalkeeper this season. For Manchester United. That is mental. He has the best save percentage in the Premier League.

6) Alphonse Areola (West Ham): +2.1
The only Premier League goalkeeper to have saved two penalties this season.

7) Stefan Ortega (Manchester City): +2.0
Man City are unbeaten in the Premier League with the German in goal and he can take some credit for the clean sheet v Nottingham Forest after coming off the bench. And he can take a whole load of credit for the clean sheet at Tottenham.

8) Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham): +2.0

9) Caoimhín Kelleher (Liverpool): +1.3

10) Ederson (Manchester City): +1.2

The gap between the big clubs and the bottom clubs has never been bigger, yet the ex-pro pundits brigade will continue with the "unlike other leagues anyone can beat anyone in the league", bollocks narrative.

Used to be going away from home and getting a point was seen as a decent result 80% of the time, nowadays every single point title chasers drop is a crisis or borderline disaster.

Pretty sure one of Mourinho's shitty United teams got more points than the 99 treble winners.

Allowing such big benches and 5 subs just makes it worse. Remember the days you could only name 1 sub!

Excessive stratification is a problem in many fields. City are 10/11 to win the '24 - '25 PL as well lol.

@Deffid @helax @UVee

Spoiler: 🇮🇳 👩

You don't need to fly to India for that experience these days.

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If everyone's posting hip hop here are some real MCs from the streets. Battle Rap's heyday seems to have been 10-15 years ago but it's still going (although Skeez TV isn't ). I picked from most popular, not most recent.

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