2019-2020 EPL Discussion Thread

[K]

Man. City really have problems with Tottenham, don't they?

This has now gone on long enough to say that confidently.

[K]

"Liverpool have maintained the English Premier League's only perfect start while adding a new chapter to the club's record book.

The Reds made it four wins from four by beating Burnley 3-0 on Saturday for their 13th straight win, eclipsing the club mark set between April and October 1990."

(DPA/Reuters)

[Jezza]

Latest Results:

Saturday August 31 2019:
Southampton 1-1 Manchester United
Chelsea 2-2 Sheffield United
Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa
Leicester City 3-1 AFC Bournemouth
Manchester City 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Newcastle United 1-1 Watford
West Ham United 2-0 Norwich City
Burnley 0-3 Liverpool

Sunday September 1 2019:
Everton 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur

The Ladder:
1. Liverpool 12 - Played 4
2. Man City 10 - Played 4
3. Leicester 8 - Played 4
4. Crystal Palace 7 - Played 4
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5. Arsenal 7 - Played 4
6. Everton 7 - Played 4
7. West Ham 7 - Played 4
8. Man Utd 5 - Played 4
9. Tottenham 5 - Played 4
10. Sheffield Utd 5 - Played 4
11. Chelsea 5 - Played 4
12. Burnley 4 - Played 4
13. Southampton 4 - Played 4
14. Newcastle 4 - Played 4
15. Bournemouth 4 - Played 4
16. Brighton 4 - Played 4
17. Wolves 3 - Played 4
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18. Aston Villa 3 - Played 4
19. Norwich 3 - Played 4
20. Watford 1 - Played 4

[K]

FiveThirtyEight's predictions (Sep 1) -- win EPL:

Man. City 59%
Liverpool 36%
Tottenham 2%
Chelsea 1%
Arsenal 1%
Man. United <1%

The rest <1%

[K]

Ahem... James Hird.

'... he now works as a broker for the sale of big European soccer clubs...

... acting as a consultant for consortiums looking to buy clubs in Spain, England and Italy.

"One group worked with Suning, a Chinese company and they bought Inter Milan," Hird said. "That was a very small piece of work around that, there were some bigger pieces of work with some English clubs - some of them didn't go through, one of them did go through.

"It's interesting when you get approached to do something like that. It's very much, you get wowed by the name of the club. But when you look at the economics, they're in dire straits. These clubs are on the edge, there's millions and millions of debt, and someone's going to take that debt out.

"Newcastle, there's always speculation [owner Mike Ashley] is trying to sell, but he wants a price. The lady who was trying to buy it won't [meet it]. He won't even sit down with her in a meeting – it's like watching Neighbours, it's an absolute soap opera in front of your eyes."'

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/it-s-an-absolute-soap-opera-hird-s-new-life-buying-and-selling-european-soccer-clubs-20190903-p52nii.html

[Jezza]

Listened to the podcast. Was interesting listening.

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/totalfootball/

[K]

It's early days, but already Man U., Tottenham & Chelsea have mediocre 1-2-1 records.

Meanwhile, The Sun claims that "Paul Pogba stayed at Manchester United after ‘Adidas intervened and vetoed Real Madrid transfer’ ". (They report that Adidas have a decade-long £31m endorsement deal with him.)

[Jezza]

Weekend Matches:

Saturday September 14 2019:
Liverpool v Newcastle United - 12:30
Brighton & Hove Albion v Burnley - 15:00
Manchester United v Leicester City - 15:00
Sheffield United v Southampton - 15:00
Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace - 15:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea - 15:00
Norwich City v Manchester City - 17:30

Sunday September 15 2019:
AFC Bournemouth v Everton - 14:00
Watford v Arsenal - 16:30

Monday September 16 2019:
Aston Villa v West Ham United - 20:00

All local times.

[K]

"Manchester City slumped to a first defeat in 19 English Premier League games as injury-hit Norwich deservedly beat them 3-2 on Saturday.

The champions had last lost in the league in January – a 2-1 reversal at Newcastle – but the Canaries were in inspired form at their Carrow Road home...

Earlier, title rivals Liverpool rebounded from an early setback to beat Newcastle United 3-1 and maintain their perfect league start."

(DPA)

[K]

FiveThirtyEight's predictions (Sep 15) -- win EPL:

Man. City 47%
Liverpool 46%
Tottenham 2%
Chelsea 2%
Man. United 1%
Arsenal <1%

The rest <1%

[K]

Strange they cut off this vid before the goal (it was converted, right?), but...

https://twitter.com/Watch_LFC/status/1173328127969386496

[Jezza]

Latest Results:

Saturday September 14 2019:
Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Burnley
Manchester United 1-0 Leicester City
Sheffield United 0-1 Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-5 Chelsea
Norwich City 3-2 Manchester City

Sunday September 15 2019:
AFC Bournemouth 3-1 Everton
Watford 2-2 Arsenal

Monday September 16 2019:
Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United

The Ladder:
1. Liverpool 15 - Played 5
2. Man City 10 - Played 5
3. Tottenham 8 - Played 5
4. Man Utd 8 - Played 5
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5. Leicester 8 - Played 5
6. Chelsea 8 - Played 5
7. Arsenal 8 - Played 5
8. West Ham 8 - Played 5
9. Bournemouth 7 - Played 5
10. Southampton 7 - Played 5
11. Everton 7 - Played 5
12. Crystal Palace 7 - Played 5
13. Norwich 6 - Played 5
14. Burnley 5 - Played 5
15. Sheffield Utd 5 - Played 5
16. Brighton 5 - Played 5
17. Aston Villa 4 - Played 5
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18. Newcastle 4 - Played 5
19. Wolves 3 - Played 5
20. Watford 2 - Played 5

[Jezza]

Weekend Matches:

Friday September 20 2019:
Southampton v AFC Bournemouth - 20:00

Saturday September 21 2019:
Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur - 12:30
Burnley v Norwich City - 15:00
Everton v Sheffield United - 15:00
Manchester City v Watford - 15:00
Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion - 17:30

Sunday September 22 2019:
Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton Wanderers - 14:00
West Ham United v Manchester United - 14:00
Arsenal v Aston Villa - 16:30
Chelsea v Liverpool - 16:30

All local times.

[K]

Man. City 8-0 Watford

BBC:

"Five goals in the first 18 minutes set Manchester City on their way as they ripped apart a woeful Watford team...

Bernardo Silva scored a hat-trick as Pep Guardiola's side ran riot to clinch their biggest league win since he took charge in 2016. They also hit the woodwork twice and continued to chase further goals until the end, but a record victory eluded them.

Manchester United's 9-0 win over Ipswich in 1995 remains the biggest victory in the Premier League era but City become only the seventh team to win a top-flight game by an eight-goal margin in the modern era."


FiveThirtyEight now predicts Man. City 60%, but it's mid-round and they have played a game more than Liverpool.

[Jezza]

Biggest wins in the PL era:

Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town (1994/1995) = March 4 1995
Newcastle United 8-0 Sheffield Wednesday (1999/2000) = September 19 1999
Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic (2009/2010) = November 22 2009
Chelsea 8-0 Wigan Athletic (2009/2010) = May 8 2010
Chelsea 8-0 Aston Villa (2012/2013) = December 23 2012
Southampton 8-0 Sunderland (2014/2015) = October 18 2014
Manchester City 8-0 Watford (2019/2020) = September 21 2019