Mancgull
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Palace only getting a draw and no goals yet for them. I’ll take that.
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[Albion] Premier League 21-23/08/21
- Thread starter Bozza
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Last weekend we saw a lot of home wins, with just three exceptions. Liverpool beating Norwich was perhaps something you would expect, the quality gap was too big for home advantage to overcome. Us v Burnley and West Ham v Newcastle were the others.
This weekend, all the away teams were at home for the first time in a long time. So there was an expectation that they would benefit from the home advantage. Of the 6 games yesterday, 4 were home wins the other two were draws.
Should there be concern* for those that didn't make use of their home advantage?
Newcastle - two losses
Home against west ham - a team they beat well last season. But also one that finished significantly higher than them in the table last year
Away against villa - a team that struggled last week, and has lost it's star man
Other: Not sure what other mitigation can be offered
Burnley - two losses
Home v Us - a team they would see as at a similar level, so one that home advantage should give them the boost to win
Away v Liverpool - they beat them last year, so would have the confidence, but that victory was in an empty anfield against an out of sorts liverpool who had a comparatively poor season without VVD
Other: Not a great amount of investment in the team, a squad that has given their all for six years, are they just tiring?
Palace - one loss, one draw
Away v Chelsea - a team that last season won every game following a european midweek fixture (I think I read that), a massive gulf in quality, probably an expected loss
Home v Brentford - home advatage against a newly promoted side
Other: New manager, largely changed squad, trying to play a new style - that would take time to come good (if it even is going to).
Leeds - one loss, one draw
Away v Man U - Man u with momentum, and a higher quality, confidence of large victory last season
Home v Everton - Would see Everton as around the level they view themselves, so would expect home advantage to give them a win
Other: Is the squad that good, or is it Bielsa's magic, possibly "second season syndrome"
Norwich - two losses
Home v Liverpool - gulf in quality just too much
Away v Man City - gulf in quality just too much
Other: A really tough opening pair of fixtures for a newly promoted team that has sold one of their best players
*I say "concern" thinking from their own fans' perspectives or perhaps that of sympathetic neutrals. "Hope" for us, I suppose - that these results could be indicative of the teams that will struggle this season. When they have the supposed boost of a more special than usual home advantage, they were unable to make it count - how will it help when it starts to feel 'normal'?
Or is the home advantage thing something that is overplayed, and these teams will pick up points and start to soar.
This weekend, all the away teams were at home for the first time in a long time. So there was an expectation that they would benefit from the home advantage. Of the 6 games yesterday, 4 were home wins the other two were draws.
Should there be concern* for those that didn't make use of their home advantage?
Newcastle - two losses
Home against west ham - a team they beat well last season. But also one that finished significantly higher than them in the table last year
Away against villa - a team that struggled last week, and has lost it's star man
Other: Not sure what other mitigation can be offered
Burnley - two losses
Home v Us - a team they would see as at a similar level, so one that home advantage should give them the boost to win
Away v Liverpool - they beat them last year, so would have the confidence, but that victory was in an empty anfield against an out of sorts liverpool who had a comparatively poor season without VVD
Other: Not a great amount of investment in the team, a squad that has given their all for six years, are they just tiring?
Palace - one loss, one draw
Away v Chelsea - a team that last season won every game following a european midweek fixture (I think I read that), a massive gulf in quality, probably an expected loss
Home v Brentford - home advatage against a newly promoted side
Other: New manager, largely changed squad, trying to play a new style - that would take time to come good (if it even is going to).
Leeds - one loss, one draw
Away v Man U - Man u with momentum, and a higher quality, confidence of large victory last season
Home v Everton - Would see Everton as around the level they view themselves, so would expect home advantage to give them a win
Other: Is the squad that good, or is it Bielsa's magic, possibly "second season syndrome"
Norwich - two losses
Home v Liverpool - gulf in quality just too much
Away v Man City - gulf in quality just too much
Other: A really tough opening pair of fixtures for a newly promoted team that has sold one of their best players
*I say "concern" thinking from their own fans' perspectives or perhaps that of sympathetic neutrals. "Hope" for us, I suppose - that these results could be indicative of the teams that will struggle this season. When they have the supposed boost of a more special than usual home advantage, they were unable to make it count - how will it help when it starts to feel 'normal'?
Or is the home advantage thing something that is overplayed, and these teams will pick up points and start to soar.
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Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Wolves - Jota keeps banging them in for Liverpool, Nuno largely hitting the ground running at Spurs. That has got to sting.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
How is that not a foul in the build up on Fernandes?
We'd be f**king fuming if that happened to us!
We'd be f**king fuming if that happened to us!
Think it was a fair challenge. Bruno Fernandes can only blame himself.
It wasn't violent, dangerous, or out of control. If that happened to us, I'd criticise our player for being too weak and trying to play for a free kick rather than play football (as I did several times yesterday when Connolly threw himself to the ground).
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London Irish
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I guess we shouldn’t want a similar team to us to win but lord there is nothing funnier in football than United blowing it
Leeds. Seven goals conceded in 2 games. Just think how bad it could be if their manager wasn’t the greatest tactician and developer of players to have ever walked the earth.
London Irish
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Wonder if bookies will take a bet on Bielsa getting White back on loan within next 18 months
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HellBilly
White Fan man
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 75
LLorente our best centre half by miles has missed both games and Phillips missed the Manu game as well.
Come back when you have been to OT and played Everton, who look a decent side this year.
London Irish
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Oi
Palace blowing it…..
Christ, what’s wrong with people….
But that's just a regular day at the office
Superphil
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Loads of Southampton fans locked out of at Mary’s, ticketing system wouldn’t let them in. General admission tickets and some season ticket holders too. Club has said it’ll refund them.
Insel affe
HellBilly
In fairness Mary’s doesn’t really look set up for a new fangled ticketing system….
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Superphil
Dismember
Indeed, and autocorrect wouldn’t put it right for them either. [emoji1]
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Well played Southampton. Still second 
Well played Southampton. Still second
I thought our stay in 2nd place would not last this long. Very happy. Another hour or two just below the summit for us!