"Short-term" is over. 7 of the next 8 Premier League matches for Liverpool are completely winnable.

If you substituted Matthijs de Ligt, Luke Shaw, and Diogo Dalot for Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidić, and Patrice Evra in the Manchester United sides of old they'd have the same issues in defense.

Embarrassing to be beat at this angle, through the legs, in the Premier League. Shoot and pray from Semenyo.

Phil Foden will be extremely motivated to play well to break into that England squad. He doesn't seem to be in Tuchel's plans. He has to make him select him and it will take a lot.

When Manchester United use this formation people call it a 5-2-3. When Chelsea use this formation people call it a 3-4-3. Neither fully represent what actually happens during the match.

I hate corners. They're boring. And hate is a strong word.

"We beat them on xG" when you lost is the saddest sentence in football.

Woltemade's hold-up play is top top class. No other competition in the league in that department.

Aston Villa need the opposition to try to go at them because they're going to wait with the offside trap. Then when they regain possession the opposition is stretched, big distance between the front and back line, and they take advantage of that space. Lesser teams won't give them that space.

Aston Villa desperately need Pau Torres fit and in the starting lineup.

Divine Mukasa looks so sure of himself when he has the ball. He can make the leap to the first team. youtu.be/uBu-dj_CZzY?...

"United are also keeping tabs on Maignan, with Ruben Amorim pushing for a more experienced number one than new signing Senne Lammens." talksport.com/football/pre...

If the players voted for the Ballon D'Or I would take it seriously.

Manchester City vs Arsenal: Lowest quality big game on the calendar?

Imagine the quality play Andoni Iraola could extract from this Arsenal team. The team is built for him.

Fulham in the past two seasons has gifted the opposition cheap goals from simple errors too frequently.

Never make a sub during a corner.

More words does not mean better. It's more impressive to me when someone can get their point across in a short condensed post. Why waste the reader's time?

Allegri: "Watching the match from the stands? I’ll try it tomorrow, I don’t know if I’ll manage it as well as Luis Enrique, let’s hope it goes well."

Nicolas Jackson leaves and Nick Woltemade takes his place as the best hold-up striker in the league.

Quicker passing and minimal touches across the team suits Phil Foden so well.

Easier to beat eleven man Napoli than ten man Napoli.

They scored. Let the floodgates open.

Someone let the Manchester United fans know they played Arsenal and Manchester City away in the first four games. They weren't expected to win these games. Getting 4 points from Fulham and Burnley is fine?

The quotes from Pep, along with his expression when he talks about Donnarumma, are hilarious. It’s obvious that Donnarumma isn’t the type of goalkeeper he prefers, but it’s what’s best for the next manager.

Finally we have a proper goalkeeper in Giogo Donnarumma. Tall trees. 🌳🌳

Luke Shaw marking Haaland and Doku 1v1 = 2 goals

Bernardo Silva on Man United at half-time: "They've improved a lot since last season."

Man United aren't as bad as people make them out to be.

ChatGPT 5.0 is really good at finding random quotes from players and managers about specific topics. It found an obscure quote from Luis Enrique that I was searching and searching for.

Every time I watch a Chelsea match under Maresca, I wonder why I’m watching yet another Chelsea match under Maresca.

Ruben Amorim confirms Altay Bayindir starts ahead of Senne Lammens this weekend. He's not ready and likely won't be ready for at least a couple months.

Puma's new ball for the Premier League keeps getting brought up. David Raya mentioned it at Anfield and now Ruben Amorim mentioned it today when talking about Senne Lammens.

Bournemouth could score 4 goals a game minimum if their forwards could finish.

Bizarre the negative takes I've read about Ray Hudson.

When I think of a Lionel Messi goal I hear Ray Hudson's voice.

You had to be there for the Alexander Isak left-wing shifts at Newcastle.

Declan Rice and Marc Guehi as a center-back pair would be so fire.

Rather have Elliot Anderson and Adam Wharton in midfield than Declan Rice.

Some similarities between Paul Scholes and Elliot Anderson. Always rated Anderson, happy he's getting attention.

John Stones is one big walking muscle injury. Unfortunate. Vitor Reis recall from loan in January will hit big.

Wowowowowow

I prefer Isak LW and Ekitike CF rather than Ekitike LW and Isak CF. Watch Isak LW with Callum Wilson CF. From what I've seen of Ekitike isolated on the LW in the first three matches, Isak clears him.

Every writer should be on this platform.

It can only get better guys, right? Right??

My critique of Arsenal is not about how they played against Liverpool, I thought they played well, it's the fact they went full strength against Leeds United before the most important Premier League game of their season. You never know when freak injuries will happen but why not avoid it completely?

People aren't going to feel the dread of Liverpool's attacking power until they see that first lineup.

I need goalkeeper comps that include errors. No point in getting hyped about a goalkeeper if you can't see their flaws until they sign.

I don't know how teams will cope but building up from the back will become less common. That's all I have to say for now.

This is the game this post was written for. Szoboszlai was brilliant at Newcastle and even better today against Arsenal. Another position added for him.