Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [14th - 18th April 2017]

well deserved Utd, everyone played their hearts out in Red today, Chelsea a little lucky not to concede 3 or 4 (at least one very good chance for Rashford and Young that went begging, and a half chance for Lingard)
 
Great performance, mainly by Herrera and Rashford, the former was everywhere, shut down Hazard and scored and provided a goal. Our best game under Mourinho I think, and without big players too.
 
BaZ87 said:
If there's a side in the league set up best to play West Brom it's Chelsea though. West Brom play for set pieces and Chelsea have a huge side. Pulis also confirmed after todays game that he's going to use their remaining fixtures to give a few youngsters a chance.

It's difficult to see Chelsea dropping points in another 2 games and Spurs winning their remaining games.
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Regardless West Brom are always solid, always hard to break down. It's not out of the question to see them getting something out of that game.

I doubt Spurs can go the rest of the season winning every game, that's their problem.
 
McBain said:
Regardless West Brom are always solid, always hard to break down. It's not out of the question to see them getting something out of that game.

I doubt Spurs can go the rest of the season winning every game, that's their problem.
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West Brom were invisible today until about the 80th minute
 
FrankJH said:
West Brom were invisible today until about the 80th minute
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That's exactly what they do, they play to kill the game.

lol @ Herrera saying his arm was in a natural position next to his body. Just no. I know what my arms are doing when I run, they aren't stretched out that's for sure.
 
Chelsea never looked like scoring, those who backed them to win the league will suddenly be getting nervous Spurs look to be the in form team at the moment.
 
McBain said:
That's exactly what they do, they play to kill the game..
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actually they need to turn up to start with, something they didn't do today until it was far too late

Shamikebab said:
I really think Herrera should be captain next season. He's at the heart of everything this season and seems like obvious captain material.
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I would totally agree with that


McBain said:
lol @ Herrera saying his arm was in a natural position next to his body. Just no. I know what my arms are doing when I run, they aren't stretched out that's for sure.
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Look at how he runs and turns (as he was for the "handball") in other clips, he actually runs with his arms considerably further out than other players

As Souness said after the match - because of the distance between the ball leaving the Chelsea players boot and hitting Herrera it shouldn't be considered handball
 
Shamikebab said:
Interesting, Pogba has now completed more passes than any other midfielder in the Premier League this season.
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I thought he was distinctly average today. He overplays too often and loses the ball. I think he will develop into a great player but today wasn't his best. What was good today was the fact that we won the ball so well all over the pitch. Can't fault them for effort.
 
Shamikebab said:
Yeah but as the prime anti United man on this forum you would say that :p I didn't say it was a sign that he was the best midfielder in the world but it's certainly a stat I wouldn't have expected.
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Why wouldn't have you expected it? Which other ball playing CM has played pretty much every game as Pogba has?
 
Ok I looked it up, Dier, Alli and Eriksen have all played more. Milner, Kante, Hazard are the other ones amongst the top teams (Wijnaldum as well but tbh I have no idea where he's been playing)
 
Moses said:
He's basically always played, and then often you have a load of possession and do nothing with it. Regardless, it's not an important stat unless it's twinned with what he does with it... eg. what proportion are backwards or sideways vs forwards? How many opportunities does he create? How many assists has he got? (Three in the league I think I heard in the build up). How often does he give the ball away and is it in dangerous areas, etc? Just like the headline possession stat is borderline meaningless, the number of passes is borderline meaningless unless it's examined to some extent.
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Ok, he's also created more chances (53) than any other central midfielder in the league. Is that one ok?
 
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