August Football: We back bois?

Chelsea Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Emerson, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pulisic, Barkley, Mount, Abraham

Sheff Utd Henderson, Stevens, O'Connell, Egan, Basham, Baldock, Norwood, Lundstram, Freeman, Robinson, McBurnie


Crystal Palace Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Cahill, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Kouyate, McCarthur, Schlupp, Zaha, Ayew

Aston Villa Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Taylor, Luiz, McGinn, Grealish, Jota, Trezeguet, Wesley


Leicester Schmeichel, Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell, Ndidi, Albrighton, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

Bournemouth Ramsdale, Mepham, Cook, Ake, Smith, Wilson, Billing, Lerma, Fraser, King, Wilson


Man City Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Mahrez, Aguero

Brighton Ryan, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Montoya, Stephens, Pröpper, March, Bernardo, Maupay, Trossard


Newcastle Dubravka, Krafth, Dummett, Schar, Lascelles, Willems, Almiron, Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu, Joelinton.

Watford Foster, Femenia, Janmaat, Dawson, Cathcart, Kabasele, Doucoure, Hughes, Pereyra, Cleverley, Gray.


West Ham Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Rice, Noble, Anderson, Lanzini, Yarmolenko, Haller.

Norwich Krul, Aarons, Zimmermann, Godfrey, Lewis, Stierpermann, Trybull, Cantwell, Leitner, Buendia, Pukki

Ward Prowse being easily outpaced by Ashley Young then easily outmuscled by Jesse Lingard doesn't say much for him as an athlete.

That's another penalty.

Thought that was in from Young for a second.

Greenwood should play more.

Promote him as the academy poster boy and throw Rashford in the fucking BIN.

Phil Foden not getting a start at home to Brighton is surely a sign that he has to leave City pronto. I know he is still young, but 19 and has only started 3 premier League game.

Won't he be replacing David Silva next season?

About time the tallest player in the league got his head on something. Vestegaard and Bednarek both brilliant and the two in front played well. Having a strong core is going to be so important this season.

Just a shame we are so lacking at full back. The 4222 Hassenhuttl wants to play involves the width coming from the full backs with the 2 attacking midfielders tucking inside, as it is we end up almost playing a 442 with Ings dropping back to help the midfield.

Ahhhhhhh

Zouma over Christensen is a mystery. He’s a pub player.

Is cheering not allowed at Etihad? It's so silent.

How has the referee chopped that Villa goal off. He’s not even claimed the foul and stretches to pass anyway

Outside of the bottom three. Awesome.

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Won't he be replacing David Silva next season?

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Bernardo, shirley. I know he plays right wing as well but pretty sure he'd be seen as future partner to De Bruyne.

I thought we played well first half today. And losing by 4 away at City is probably the equivalent of drawing away at Arsenal or United, so on we march!

Anyone watch the Chelsea game, by the way? Can Lampard not coach defending?

I forgot about him. Yes, he should join United.

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Bernardo, shirley. I know he plays right wing as well but pretty sure he'd be seen as future partner to De Bruyne.

I thought we played well first half today. And losing by 4 away at City is probably the equivalent of drawing away at Arsenal or United, so on we march!

Anyone watch the Chelsea game, by the way? Can Lampard not coach defending?

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He’s not exactly been blessed with decent players. Zouma and Azpilicueta should be playing for Everton and Burnley or something. The younger players aren’t much better. Reece James will walk into the side.

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Outside of the bottom three. Awesome.

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Can't believe it. City must be buzzing.

What on Earth is Pope playing at leaving that?

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Liverpool are winning the league by about 12 points.

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Liverpool are winning the league by about 12 points.

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Liverpool are winning the league by about 12 points.

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:lol:

Much better. Burnley not given a sniff.

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Liverpool are winning the league by about 12 points.

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I think we might go unbeaten and come second. It’ll break my heart. :(
Then we’ll get number 7 ;)

This is Liverpools year and I can accept it with only the slightest taste of bile.

City aren't going to drop 12 points, never mind lose the league by 12 points.

The league was never won 4 games in. Unless there is statistical evidence saying otherwise.

Juventus blows a 3-0 lead vs Napoli.

I thought that was as good as we've looked yet. The only slight negative being Salah not passing when he should have, twice.

A bit of fortune with the opener, but we'd already smashed the post at that point. I don't remember a Burnley shot after the first 2 minutes.

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City aren't going to drop 12 points, never mind lose the league by 12 points.

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So City are going to get more than 102 points?

But yeah, take the point. Season seems to be shaping up to be much like the last. Can Liverpool match/better whatever City do, as no one else is going to be close by the looks of it.

Koulibaly own goal on stoppage time

I see Osasuna came back. Barcelona are so wank. The post-Messi years are going to be beyond glorious. Spaffing the next couple of transfer windows' budgets on Neymar is only going to hasten the lols.

That Neymar deal appears to have fallen through. Either way though unless LA MASIA, mate, is hiding a gem, they're in some trouble.

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That Neymar deal appears to have fallen through. Either way though unless LA MASIA, mate, is hiding a gem, they're in some trouble.

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That 16 year old they're putting out looks a bit special.

Can someone talk me through the disallowed Villa goal. Joke.

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Can someone talk me through the disallowed Villa goal. Joke.

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Villa are cretins. That's how.

So are incestuous Paddys, but there we are.

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So City are going to get more than 102 points?

But yeah, take the point. Season seems to be shaping up to be much like the last. Can Liverpool match/better whatever City do, as no one else is going to be close by the looks of it.

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They're more than capable of 102+ just depends if theres another team pushing them all the way like last season.

Actually crazy how far away the top two are from the rest. Not even close.

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So are incestuous Paddys, but there we are.

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Oi Oi Oi Oi Oi.

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They're more than capable of 102+ just depends if theres another team pushing them all the way like last season.

Actually crazy how far away the top two are from the rest. Not even close.

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And kinda crazy how close the rest are to each other.

Come on you boys in green :cool:

No idea how Ryan Jack didn’t concede a free kick for that nevermind a yellow or red. Madden refusing to card folk isn’t very fun

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No idea how Ryan Jack didn’t concede a free kick for that nevermind a yellow or red. Madden refusing to card folk isn’t very fun

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He got the ball for starters. Letting the game run has made for a much better game to watch.

AIK - Djurgården about to start. Djurgården in 1st postion, AIK 2nd. Gonna be an epic derby. 45k tickets sold.

What a weekend. 10 in a row.

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AIK - Djurgården about to start. Djurgården in 1st postion, AIK 2nd. Gonna be an epic derby. 45k tickets sold.

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I'm living in Stockholm now, when's the next match in town worth going to?

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I'm living in Stockholm now, when's the next match in town worth going to?

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Next derby is between Hammarby - AIK in three weeks. Djurgården play Hammarby in October.

Boly daydreaming with the third Everton goal.

The full back should be telling him. Boly can't see behind him.

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Can someone talk me through the disallowed Villa goal. Joke.

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The whistle is blown so the ball is dead before the goal goes in. The dive/tackle isn't a clear error so VAR can't really do anything.

Definitely a bullshit thing to have happen, but you can't really legislate for it.