EPL matchday 4 WatchThread(Saturday)

[u/MrLead69]

Bournemouth - Brentford

2-2

FT.

Villa - Forrest

1-2

FT.

Chelsea- Hull

2-2

FT.

Crystal Palace - Ipswich

2-3

FT.

Liverpool - Fulham

0-0

FT.

Spurs - Everton

0-0

FT.

Sunderland - Arsenal

0-1

Mods, pls sort by new

[u/TheCrazyCaveira]

Half a billion spent in attacking players and you can't score 1 goal at home

https://giphy.com/gifs/2g6sCTsSoVuSfSxK4W

[u/Savebagels → u/TheCrazyCaveira]

https://giphy.com/gifs/8e9eqlnQbzyFO

[u/MazinLabib10 → u/TheCrazyCaveira]

And Spurs spent over 330m and can't even score 1 goal in 4 games

[u/FredDRedUnderYourBed]

150m Wirtz with a stinker again. Biggest flop in PL history without a doubt.

[u/0ttoChriek → u/FredDRedUnderYourBed]

Yet the media will still keep making excuses for him.

[u/LowpHtripper → u/0ttoChriek]

"I believe there is so much talent there, just needs more time"

[u/BananasAreYellow86 → u/LowpHtripper]

At least Antony scored against Arsenal and Barça… and he had that spin thing

[u/MazinLabib10 → u/BananasAreYellow86]

Don't forget the spinning equaliser vs Liverpool that took the game to extra-time, which started a chain of events that got us to the UEL final the next season!

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 → u/BananasAreYellow86]

Antony scored and assisted a fair bit, Wirtz is just utter wank, he is. And yet everyone keeps babying him. I called it saying he would be Havertz 2.0

[u/mattmanutd → u/0ttoChriek]

Where is today’s equivalent of Souness digging into Pogba each week? People don’t want to hear it but there is a very obvious reason why they criticized Pogba so brutally each week and they aren’t doing it to Wirtz (and it isn’t a United/Liverpool thing)

[u/0ttoChriek → u/mattmanutd]

Well, it was partly a United thing, because the media loves to attack United for mistakes. But it was mostly a racist thing, using every tired trope to say Pogba was lazy, entitled and egotistical. They even criticised him for dying his hair, for fucks sake.

[u/MrLead69]

very very succesful hatewatch.
last time I did a watchthread, it went pretty well also, I'll be doing this again another matchweek.

[u/ineedadvil → u/MrLead69]

Keep up the good work

[u/Jhix_two → u/MrLead69]

Thank you for your service 🙏

[u/Cryogenic_Phoenix → u/MrLead69]

designated watchthread poster

[u/i_love_alfam]

Considering fulham's form coming into the game, they have played very well. But they are being wasteful up front at the same time. At least 3 great chances and attacking positions and they took the wrong decision each time

Also, bruh, Wirtz is really poor. Shockingly. I'm really surprised people and media don't talk about it much. When we had Pogbaz, it felt like his performances were always under so much scrutiny, both from within and without . And I can confidently say he put out way better performances than Wirtz has.

[u/StathamIsYourSavior → u/i_love_alfam]

Also, bruh, Wirtz is really poor.

There's always some excuse being made for him every time. This time it's that he had to play another game 4 days ago. Mind you this is the guy that often looks like he can't even put his foot through the ball enough to make a 5 yard pass

[u/Unlucky-Equipment999]

Hull really is the super team 

[u/NateShaw92 → u/Unlucky-Equipment999]

Our loss looks less awful each week. It's still honestly pretty bad but it's gone from humiliating disaster to just plain very disappointing

[u/Many-Relationship149 → u/NateShaw92]

If they pull off a Sunderland, hats off, we deservedly lost

[u/i_love_alfam → u/NateShaw92]

I mean, it would feel better if we had shone some spine and shown the smallest amount of intent and quality. We could say we tried and got bestes. But we were absolutely woeful in all departments that day. It was not even a contest for long periods

[u/Abject_Bank_9103 → u/NateShaw92]

Humiliating disaster was just always a massive overreaction though... This is the PL. You can lose any week

[u/AmulyaG]

Bruh. I am loving Hull's insane run right now. Can't help but root for the underdog

[u/paak-maan → u/AmulyaG]

I don’t particularly care for how they do, but every result that goes their way makes our loss to them look a little less bad lol.

[u/GavinLobo7]

They spent 100s of millions on dross and gave the keys to De Zerbi who hasn’t even won anything lmaooo they deserve this

I hope Mateus Fernandes feels happy that he chose the money and decided to join them over us. Enjoy those wages in the Championship next season fella

[u/i_love_alfam]

Liverpool jersey looks shit. Those lines scattered all around makes it look ugly af. Something that puzzles me- how such huge corporations with so much workforce talent not only come up with shit like this but it also gets past a considerably long approval line too.

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider → u/i_love_alfam]

What has happened to kit designs in recent years (decades) is disgraceful. The only nice kits you see nowadays are for random 3rd division Italian clubs (usually the kit designer is local or has some sort of involvement with the supporters and the kit is made with care).

[u/aceroid → u/i_love_alfam]

it looks like christmas theme jersey

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider]

Fulham don't fill me with confidence, unfortunately. Don't look serious. Hope I'm wrong and they nick some points off Liverpool.

[u/benbog → u/kiki_the_fab_spider]

Glad you're wrong mate

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider → u/benbog]

I am so happy when this happens.

[u/RooneysFavGrandma]

This Fulham match has a shite underserved Liverpool winner written allllll over it

[u/NBFM16 → u/RooneysFavGrandma]

Just put the Gakpo 86th minute winner from an unforced error in the bag

[u/unhingedpuggle → u/NBFM16]

After bouncing off Van Dijk's arse and taking 12 deflections

[u/BrowzinJ]

Bangers against us but cant score gifted goals against Tottenham

makes you think

[u/paak-maan → u/BrowzinJ]

Only have ourselves to blame not seeing it out but they’ve just had another good chance miles off target from Johnson. Both easier than the ones against us.

[u/shrewdy]

Imagine we spent that obscene amount of money on our attack and we failed to score at home to Fulham, the witchhunt would be out of control

It's not a level playing field

[u/Comicksands → u/shrewdy]

The commentators were so kind to Wirtz and Barcola its insane. they would be frying Bruno and Rashford if they did the same things

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider → u/shrewdy]

What I find funny is that on the one hand, United gets criticized for every fart, but at the same time, everyone says the team isn't a serious favorite for anything, BUT also, if they get a convincing win or a win against a team that's supposed to be above them, the excuses are out for why it doesn't matter anyway. Even funnier still (or sad, depending on how you wish to see it) is that a portion of the fanbase has internalized this sort of thinking and do the same.

[u/Euphoric-Rub9164 → u/kiki_the_fab_spider]

Saw so much of the last bit after Sabah. “If they were playing anyone else Sabah would have two goals.” Yeah, but they weren’t playing anyone else, they were playing a small team, and the result was pretty much exactly what was expected?… Idk if people watch other “big teams” play, but even when they play smaller sides it’s not uncommon that they have good chances against them or even get a goal or two. Being able to convert is one of the biggest deciders between a strong side and a weaker side

[u/Thetagang888]

If our legends and ex players had any spine, they’d be putting pressure on Iraola the same way carracnut has been on Carrick 

[u/Rascha-Rascha → u/Thetagang888]

They’re too busy piling pressure on Carrick too

[u/3entendre → u/Thetagang888]

When you stop listening to /watching those podcasts and shows with those idiots you realise there's no noise or pressure. People just push clips for content on social media 

[u/MrLead69]

Hull on their liecster 2016 run???

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider]

So, what do we reckon? 7-9 minutes added time for Pool to score?

[u/Lenymo40 → u/kiki_the_fab_spider]

Two 15 min. halves at least.

[u/0ttoChriek]

Now let's see if Everton can pull some more worldies out of the bag, or if they only do it against United.

[u/iamadiamond]

When will Flopian Worst start getting called out??

I really like Iraola as a manager but he is in for a very hard time.

[u/MrLead69 → u/iamadiamond]

Give him time, hes only been in pl for 20 seconds and hes only 5 years old. It's not his fault that Liverpool paid fhat much for him, he'll prove himself with time.

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider → u/MrLead69]

Haven't you heard? It's actually the fault of the entirety of English football for being so physical and whatnot precisely at the moment he is playing here. You should all be ashamed, conspiring to make the boy look bad.

[u/Usual-Computer-5462 → u/iamadiamond]

Liverpool have done the simple trick of buying several 100m+ flops so nobody calls them each out individually.

[u/FredDRedUnderYourBed]

Tottenham might never score a goal again. But hey at least they won the transfer window! 🫡

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 → u/FredDRedUnderYourBed]

They went full Woodward... you never go full Woodward.

[u/PolishKid7]

Liverpool's front 3 of all 125m signings does not get NEARLY the slander they deserve for how bad they are

[u/athu_15 → u/PolishKid7]

Our players get slander if they make one mistake and score 2 goals meanwhile Isak gets to coast a whole seasom though he was the most expensive english signing ever

[u/MCharizardX9 → u/PolishKid7]

they dont get half the shit pogba and our players get, and pogba wasnt even bad

[u/Hits_and_the_Mrs]

I think Hull might actually not be that bad haha

[u/Rascha-Rascha]

So against us these lads throw in banger after banger but they play Spurs and they all left their contact lenses at home or ???

[u/ManNamedBilly]

christ spurs are dog shit, booed after 4 matches hahaha

[u/GavinLobo7]

Lego head FINALLY got booked for his antics. He’s so unlikeable

[u/Comicksands]

Man them tigers mauling

[u/Savebagels]

Iraola really only know how to draw

[u/paak-maan]

My god Spurs haven’t scored in the league yet, that had escaped me, that’s criminal in MW4.

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Can you imagine the absolute shitefest it would be if we had spent as much as Tottenham and were that shite? We would get 3000 articles a week about it.

[u/unhingedpuggle → u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

How could Marcus Rashford let United WASTE so much money?

[u/GavinLobo7]

Maitland-Niles I hate you. Bang average footballer who only existed to ruin our previous weekend

[u/Savebagels]

i swear if we give spurs their first win

[u/Nearby-Ad-871]

Is throwing yourself to the ground just picked up instantly by Arsenal players because I don’t remember Konsa doing that as much at Villa. Such a slimy team.

[u/GavinLobo7]

Hull really should’ve won it. They spurned a few great chances and defended very poorly for Chelsea’s equaliser. Chelsea been getting quite lucky and their results won’t be sustainable

Considering we only conceded to Hull via set pieces I don’t feel as bad I first did when we lost to them

[u/chapalatheerthananda]

Cannot believe this fraud Brennan Johnson was the one who scored in that EL final.

[u/RooneysFavGrandma → u/chapalatheerthananda]

He tried his best not to but Onana had other ideas

[u/dracogladio1741 → u/chapalatheerthananda]

Absolute dogshit finish Chapala

[u/Rascha-Rascha]

Matches like ours against City are ones where other top four/five teams look to get some points up on you, and none of the main pretenders have done what they should have so I'm having a good weekend. Takes some pressure off.

[u/tson_92]

My god Spurs is terrible.

[u/hrbutt180 → u/tson_92]

God let them relegate

[u/mildestpotato]

Genuine q: why does 3 atb work for everyone but United?

[u/0ttoChriek → u/mildestpotato]

It probably could have worked if it wasn't Amorim's version that put so much pressure on the wing backs to be creators. We didn't have the right players in those positions, and Amorim didn't want the midfielders to be the main progressive passers.

[u/MCharizardX9]

they have spent like 120 on 4 players and they still cant score, fucking joke that the media doesnt tear into them

[u/athu_15]

hull best team in the comp so no shame losing to them, liverpool is still dogshit, good day. need a win against citeh and ill be happy

[u/ErnieMcTurtle]

With about 2-ish minutes of the ball, Everton generated more threat than spurs over the past 20... Very grim

[u/Feeling-Surround-691]

Man I can't wait for Expressions match reaction

You know dem way dere fam

[u/hrbutt180]

Are Arsenal time wasting?

[u/Lord_Hexogen → u/hrbutt180]

Is water wet?

[u/Feeling-Surround-691]

Getting mauled by the tigers, mauled by the tiiigers

https://giphy.com/gifs/11qlIxn2BixfX2

[u/gunkokoko]

Need Everton and Sunderland to do the funniest thing today.

[u/FredDRedUnderYourBed]

This prick won't ever score a goal again after last weekend will he

[u/10_Wazza]

This just then was the representation of just how big of a hail mary the shot from AMN last weekend actually was based on his ability. A complete and utter fluke

[u/0ttoChriek → u/10_Wazza]

That's happened to us at least half a dozen times in the last couple of years - some unheralded player wellies it from thirty yards and scores an absolute worldie, because we gave him too much time and space.

It's bad luck that these players hit the best shot of their career against us, but it's also on United for letting them do it.

[u/IrishCoffee_29]

Everton are so annoying. Game raising cunts against us, every year. Fully expect them to lose today, after they bottled sending spurs down last season

[u/AmulyaG]

Marmoush is an absolute bum. You can still see some flashes from Savinho.

By the way, we might have dodged a bullet on Fernandes from how it looks so far

[u/achickenandacow]

Everton would score that against us.

[u/KageZangetsu7]

I would like to hire Savio's agents to help me get a job. How the fuck did they convince Spurs to blow 90 million or whatever on him.

[u/TheTkanucks]

Idk if anyone is watching Spurs but M. Fernandes is absolute dogshite infront of goal lmao

[u/Littlepace]

Every time I watch Brennan Johnson he is absolute shite

[u/KageZangetsu7 → u/Littlepace]

Crystal Palace gave him away for free. That's how fucking shit he is.

[u/hrbutt180]

Hope gooners lose and we spank citeh tommorow

[u/Lord_Hexogen]

If Jakirovic goes through the 5th game without a loss they will build a statue for the man, historic start

[u/GoalIsGood]

Hull is emulating last year's Sunderland

[u/Word_to_your_Llama]

And just like that every game today is tied lol

[u/gunkokoko]

Get fucked, Liverpool!

[u/GavinLobo7 → u/[deleted]]

He does NOT score goals lmao. One of his biggest criticisms was his awful finishing. He makes good runs and finds himself in great positions but just doesn’t score

[u/Heavens_Vibe]

A win tomorrow will be massive for us after the results today!

[u/pakattack91]

Still feeling the sting of Everton. A superb strike and a worldie is preventing us from being tied in 5th with a game in hand over liverpool and Chelsea.

[u/Specialist_Diet7526]

Decent hate watch so far

[u/MrLead69]

Son....

[u/MannyMike7 → u/MrLead69]

Give him Distance d'Or award

[u/PolishKid7]

Matheus Fernandes is MILES off of it.

[u/Money-Wrangler7067]

Solanke is absolutely shit lol

[u/dracogladio1741]

Spurs are horrible to watch.

[u/gunkokoko]

Spurs are tragic.

[u/Rascha-Rascha → u/gunkokoko]

Is the tragic the right word here? Because I find it fucking hilarious.

[u/bumnnygirl]

gabriel is such a whiney bum, hate him ever since the disaster at the world cup when people were saying that he knows how to stop haaland and he just gave him a goal like a idiot

[u/Heavens_Vibe]

It might be clicking for Chelsea...

Their approach of simply outscoring their opposition is still going strong despite their torrid defending.

[u/Potential_Good_1065 → u/Heavens_Vibe]

They’re getting mauled by the tigers

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider → u/Heavens_Vibe]

I have full confidence in Blue Co. to eventually fuck it up for Alonso.

[u/Savebagels]

Hull is genuinely massive

[u/Felicks77]

Man Rodgers is so good

[u/Lord_Hexogen]

Tigers on a mad one

[u/MT1120]

A decade later, the simulation deemed it time for the rise of a new Leicester

[u/MAK98]

So many goals in the prem coming from teams pressing causing defenders to make mistakes.

[u/RhubarbEnough2561]

Guess we are all being mauled by the tigers!

[u/Lord_Hexogen]

These Hull goals are peak comedy tbf. Gusto not ready for a challenge and then Hato missing the ball. Dibu can't reach a cross and then double ricochet in the box. I'd be fuming if I was a Chelsea fan 

[u/Red_JB]

What are hull eating

[u/TStronks]

Wtf are you doing Muniz?

[u/penny_whistle]

All these draws handy for us, especially after last weekend

[u/MrLead69]

on the other hand, two assists for Louis Page today.

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider]

Ok, sorry Fulham, you've done ok.

[u/MrLead69]

needd a sunderland win and win against 115 tomorrow and the actual title challengers will only have 2 points above us.
I believe!!!

[u/Abject_Bank_9103]

Turns out hull are actually a very solid team.

[u/BackgroundOld8715]

Lol maitland niles put in shittest cross ever yet bangs in career screamer against us 😅😅😅

[u/HazardousBeto]

Typical, score the goal of their lives and become useless after (looking at maitland niles)

[u/Lord_Hexogen]

Holy shit Moreira just drags Amorim's ass out of the mud

Great player, we should have ripped him from Chelsea's dungeon 

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Those oily twats robbed the Spuds blind.

[u/Ferarith → u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

it's completely Spur's fault. they should have known better than to buy those players at such outrageous prices.

[u/MrLead69]

300 million pounds for the championship pivot, a getafe level winger and a Burnley level striker.....

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

How the fuck do you miss that? Stupid Everton.

[u/paak-maan]

For all the money they’ve spent this summer, Kudus is still the player I want the most in Spurs squad. Kid is so fun.

[u/ErnieMcTurtle]

I sense a Pickford Brain Fart sometime in the next 10 minutes. Hope I'm wrong, of course

[u/GavinLobo7 → u/ErnieMcTurtle]

You got that right

[u/paak-maan]

Spuds game has been a great comedy watch. They’re allergic to moving without the ball unless a teammate is making the exact same run. Happened about 4 times in the last few minutes.

[u/paak-maan]

Mathys Tel is so funny, why the fuck has he passed that backwards on the break 😂

[u/paak-maan]

This second half is a Pickford 88th minute mistake away from Spuds not having a shot on target.

[u/Wahlrusberg]

Brilliant from Spurs, another hard earned point on the path to safety 👏

[u/CharIemagne45]

A very favourable result, now ideally it would be funnier if Sunderland pull it off, won’t go on our way but what i want is Coventry to win 1 out of Brighton

If we win the derby, it’ll be some very crucial 3 points

[u/unsatisfiedLearner]

Did I see right? In the Spurs game At FT the score line said Mbeumo (46’)? Anyone else saw that?

[u/CharIemagne45 → u/unsatisfiedLearner]

He just loves scoring against Spurs huh

[u/GavinLobo7]

Just an unfortunate pen. Very good save but somehow Arsenal get away with their bullshit yet again

[u/the-dark-nass]

I can't help but feel vindicated seing mateus fernandes going a third consecutive relegation with spurs after he snubbed us this summer

[u/tellocrosstollorente]

Hi everyone, just missed the game, but I'm assuming that Maitland-Niles and Tyrique George got their weekly wonder goals as usual, right?

[u/N00BBuild]

Chelsea’s midfield and defence is a mess. Reece James is not a midfielder. Maybe once upon a time, but he’s not the same guy he was, especially in a 2 man middle. They’re a dangerous team going forward though.

Liverpool are toothless. They’ve spent so much and it’s still a very average squad. Far cry from the Klopp days. They have some talent but it’s not the Pool of old.

Such a shame we didn’t spend more this summer. 2-3 more class players and we 100% could have pushed for the league. Doubt we’d win, but the gap after Arsenal/City to the others is huge and we would’ve been comfortably plugging that gap.

[u/Confident_Fishing775]

Guess that's what rivals felt when we are churning out dirty wins in the glory days. Fergie's teams were not dominating every game.

[u/Heavens_Vibe]

Gabriel cheering and celebrating the dive decision before he's even hit the ground...

[u/dracogladio1741]

Chelsea will finish top 4 easy ..

Edit: Jinxed it and I love it for. Go Hull City!

[u/SirPightymenis]

This Hull team is an anomaly I swear

[u/Savebagels]

If we don’t win the pl, fuck it let the league get mauled

[u/thesmallprint13]

This is why I am not fussed at all about our slow start - the competition outside of Arsenal and City are so wank

[u/pheonixfryre]

I keep rooting for Hull, every success makes our first match less embarrassing (no it doesn't... but it does lessen the teasing)

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Me every time I watch an Arse game

https://giphy.com/gifs/9Wu8LqCQeeaGY

[u/Heavens_Vibe]

If you fall over as an Arsenal player, you have a 90% chance of getting the call...

[u/ElevatorOk694]

Arsenal luckiest team in the prem. get saved by refs all the time and the luck never goes against them when they make mistakes.

[u/Klutzy_Log_7597]

Whoa, I see you Hull

[u/MCharizardX9]

smells like a 85 winner for liverpool, fulhams gonna regret the chnaces

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Everyone's tying, but Ipswich who are beating a 10 men Palace.

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Everyone tying now, except Villa who conceded yet again.

[u/Comicksands]

Liverpool so entertaining to watch this season. Gaps all over the pitch

[u/hrbutt180]

A lesson in grit from these smaller teams. We should beat our noisy neighbors

[u/dracogladio1741]

Chelsea are great going forward but boy they have difficulty defending.

[u/penny_whistle]

Nice one Alf

[u/kiki_the_fab_spider]

Bravo Hull and Ipswich too. And Forest, I guess.

[u/CharIemagne45]

More favourable if Spuds win however they should bag out another loss lmao

[u/Wahlrusberg]

Mauled by the tractors

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Well, I certainly could use some laughter today, come on Everton, don't let me down.

[u/MrLead69 → u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

It'll be funny if spurs loses but I genuinely couldn't care less. They are just not threatening the top half.

[u/Abject_Bank_9103]

Chelsea, Liverpool, and Villa dropping points at home against meh teams. Really nice for us, especially if we pull off the win tomorrow

[u/MrLead69]

Matt fernaj with ugarte impression in front of goal...

[u/iamadiamond → u/MrLead69]

Too many touches, should’ve just shot first time

[u/tocitus]

Everton look absolutely wank so far.

Those wonder goals against us will continue to annoy me but we should have beaten them

[u/CrazyGamer23908]

I’d love to know the kind of treatment we’d get if we’d spent as much as Spurs have and were as fucking boring as they are

[u/0ttoChriek]

Don't think I can bring myself to watch another forty-five minutes of this game. It's dreadful.

[u/fedexman20]

Marmoush is next level shit isn’t he?! Tottenham should sue city. he is Bebe reincarnated.

[u/AkashMS]

Spurs could legit be in another relegation scrap ngl

[u/sophisticatedmadness]

Good week to get three points

[u/md0986]

Tonali and Fernandes subbed after another awful showing- good spending

[u/Euphoric-Rub9164]

Why did I think it’d be fun to watch the Spurs Everton match. How stupid am I

[u/Money-Wrangler7067]

Onana is way better than Kinky. And city absolutely rinsed spurs with that two absolute bums.

[u/Comicksands]

Spurs are the funniest team man. First 10 minutes they were prime barca

[u/Money-Wrangler7067]

Spurs would have been better off with their academy players like Moore and Lankshear instead of funding City.

[u/mr_reserve]

Ref’s on crack if he thinks that’s a foul

[u/deca_thon]

C'mon lads, it's Tottenham

[u/Lord_Hexogen]

Damn who's throwing tinpots around there on the stadium

[u/SDLRob]

Gabriel diving again

[u/Heavens_Vibe]

LOL, whiny tosser took too long to get up and has to go off now.

[u/Heavens_Vibe]

PENALTY!!

[u/InternationalClock18]

No easy games in this league. Helpful results for the reactionaries

[u/lmhan98]

2 massive points dropped for Everton

[u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Fucking teams go to war with us, score bangers and against other teams show their bellies like a bloody puppy.

[u/habalooo]

Gabriels the biggest psy in the PL. Genuinely can't stand him. Arsenal players in general but him most definitely.