We Go Again! The Premier League thread

[Hero]

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[westisbest]

Thing is Fernando, Rooney seems to always score against us.

[Fernando]

Man Utd: Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Mata, Depay, Januzaj, Rooney
Subs: Hernandez, Young, Herrera, Valencia, Schweinsteiger, McNair, Johnstone

Villa: Guzan, Bacuna, Richards, Clark, Amavi, Veretout, Gueye, Westwood, Ayew, Agbonlahor, Sinclair
Subs: Baker, Richardson, Hutton, Sanchez, Kozak, Bunn, Gestede

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Januzaj is interesting. Id have thought Gestede peeling onto Blind would cause a lot of problems too

[Fernando]

Villa started well gone downhill since 15th min

Villa 0-1 United - Januzaj

[Hammersmith harrier]

Early days but Darmian does look like a full back who can actually defend.

[NickisBHAFC]

Januzaj is playing beautifully in the middle, causing a lot of problems. Big game for him tonight and he is making the most of it.

Villa not playing badly at all. Been a good game so far.

[Fernando]

Epic headlock by Darmian on Richards at a corner lucky to escape a pen.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Micah Richards trusted to organise a defence. Worries me.

[Fernando]

HT 1-0 United.

Gueye looks knackered after 35 mins

[westisbest]

Richards has played well.

Disappointing with the goal, no deflection and Guzan saves it.

Early days, but Ayew needs to do more.
Can see Utd scoring again, so we need to score 2, at the moment that wont happen.

Gueye looking a bit iffy in first half.

Hopefully when Gestede comes on can cause utd some problems.
Amavi looking to bomb forward.

Will see how second half goes.

[Duty281]

Rooney is playing atrociously, and is giving Roy Hodgson all the evidence he needs that you should never, ever play Rooney in a number nine position.

United look completely insipid in a creative-sense, and can be thankful that Villa's work-rate declined more than a train driver on the London Underground for the last twenty or so minutes of that half.

Crossing from both teams has been woeful. Villa aren't a team equipped to chase a game, so this last forty-five minutes could be a torturous, uphill struggle.

Smalling and Darmian look tidy in defence, though. And the referee is having a good game.

[Hammersmith harrier]

We could well be screwed this season if we don't buy another forward.

[Fernando]

Rudy Gestede on for Scott Sinclair.

[Fernando]

Herrera & Schweinstiger on for Januzaj & Carrick

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Micah Richards trusted to organise a defence. Worries me.

Not great when he's your best defensive option

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Rudy Gestede on for Scott Sinclair.

Should've started - miles better than Agbonlahor

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Injury in pre-season means i'll cut Sherwood some slack this time.

[Fernando]

Young on for Depay

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

This game is bloody awful

[Duty281]

Well grinding out wins when you're not playing well is probably a good habit to get into. Certainly not something that happened when Moyes was manager.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Top of the table baby, oh yeah.

[westisbest]

And so the frustration begins.

To early to be critical, but fk it.

Ayew and Gueye look poor.
Veretout needs time to adjust.
Amavi looked good.

Least we didn't cave and concede 3-4.

Only 2 games gone.
Grealish and Gil to come back.

Tough trip to Palace next saturday.

[westisbest]

Rudy Gestede on for Scott Sinclair.

Should've started - miles better than Agbonlahor

He's not match fit yet.

As much as I like Gabby he is poor.
Another player who came through the ranks with so much promise, but failed to deliver.
Sadly that list is long at Villa.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I think that was a decent if not great performance by United. Comfortable, a few chances and much more assurance. Their slow start last season was hugely different to this. The full backs look so much better, Darmian is a great buy by the looks of things, and the midfield has depth and strength.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Darmian looks our best signing so far and Shaw has started better than last year; Blind may not be the answer in central defence but he can read the play well and help organise defensively with Smalling. In attack we need to move the ball forward quicker, wide men need to take on their full backs and we do need another striker.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Agree with that synopsis on United HH

As for us today - think we'll nab a point at Sunderland

[Ent]

We need another striker as Rooney is woeful, can't even control the ball.

[compelling and rich]

we aint going to win the title with rooney as our main striker, played like a pub player again last night but of course thats just united fans being harsh on him. will score a couple of taps in against newcastle and everyone will tell us how he's our best player again.

nani used to get some stick for it but he's become a 1/5 player these days

[Guest]

Southampton 0-3 Everton - Lukaku twice & Ross Barkley

[Guest]

WHU 0-1 Leicester - Okazaki
Sunderland 0-1 Norwich - Martin
Swansea 1-0 Newcastle - Gomis
Tottenham 1-0 Stoke - Dier

[Guest]

Sunderland 0-2 Norwich - Whittaker (Advocaat now wishing he retired)
WHU 0-2 Leicester - Mahrez

[Duty281]

Logic-defying football taking place today, as ever.

Everton hammering Southampton 3-0 away, a week after scrapping for a draw at home to Watford. And West Ham, 2-0 winners at the Emirates, going 0-2 down within a half at home to Leicester.

[Fernando]

Toon down to 10 as Janmaat goes after being dicked on by Montero.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

YELLAS YELLAS YELLAS

[Guest]

Swansea 2-0 Newcastle - Ayew

Long 40 minutes ahead

[Guest]

Dick is shaking his head up at Sunderland, it's now 0-3 - Redmond

[Duty281]

Crowd trouble at Stoke-Tottenham, apparently.

Odd game for a dust up.

[Guest]

Spurs

[Fernando]

Spurs have thrown a 2-0 lead away back to 2-2

Easy answer to that duty their both Kumquat sides

[Fernando]

Mitrovic booked inside 1 minute after coming on.

[Fernando]

Sunderland 1-3 - Watmore on his debut

[Fernando]

Adrian S/O off for West Ham for raising his foot, 4th Red for the season for West Ham.

Guessing league clamping down on it.

[Fernando]

After viewing it on twitter, the ref was correct

[Liam]

Sunderland look in big trouble already.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Joke ref. Deserved a draw, but defending like that in the first half deserves punishment. Payet finish was cracking. Feel sorry for Adrian, it's not malicious he's just trying to control a ball not knowing Vardy is there.

[Duty281]

Clear red for Adrian, having seen it on the twitter, and well done to the referee.

I actually read on twitter someone saying he shouldn't have been sent off because he was "watching the ball the whole time." Ah that makes it alright then?

[Hero]

It looks like he's reinacting the This is Sparta scene from 300 (presume this will be redone on Vine soon enough)

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Redderz and Wessi on absolute flames today

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I feel for Adrian. He's watching the ball go over his head so he turns to control it. I don't think he has any idea the player is there. It doesn't look great but worse tackles than that will escape reds. Ref was a joke all game anyway, farcical all over the pitch.

[CFCNick]

Well if you're in doubt that far away from goal don't stick your bloody leg out.

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