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I was thinking about a question: what would the PL standings look like if the season started Week 10 (when we got our first win, vs Burnley)? Here is the table from Week 10 onwards (admittedly some teams have games in hand, and there were points deductions for some): 1. Liverpool 44...

Given that there's already a mammoth thread speculating on how the season might (or should) end, and given that the COWS just posted a bunch of photos of the players back at training (https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/clubs-vote-to-resume-contact-training/ ), could it possibly be time to...

Fantastic article on the Coaches' Voice site: https://www.coachesvoice.com/bournemouth-eddie-howe-premier-league/ A lot of the standard stuff we already knew, as well as some wonderful other insights. This part came as a bit of a surprise to me, although maybe it is common knowledge to others...

Interesting article suggesting the unsustainable rise in transfer fees may have ended. https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2019/11/21/20975287/bayern-munich-europe-transfer-fee-bubble-wages-revenue-ratio-premier-league-championship-leroy-sane It's from a Bayern Munich perspective and...

Very fascinating article in the New York Times on Liverpool's use of stats. They have a bunch of guys with PhDs in physics down the hall from Klopp's office! I wonder what statistical models we are using? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/soccer-data-liverpool.html Very interesting...

Snapshots of the top six over the last 4 decades: 2018: Man City, Man United, Spurs, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal 2008: Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa 1998: Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers 1988: Liverpool, Man United...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/08/arsene-wenger-arsenal-claims-english-players-are-now-the-masters-of-diving “Most of the time, when a player is going to the goalkeeper, they push the ball away from goal. They had a good rule in England when I arrived here. When the striker...

Has anybody else found that this forum has been going down a LOT lately? I'd say that about half the time I click on a thread, it fails to open. Or, after trying to post something, it waits about 2 minutes and then says the page couldn't load. Usually after a few minutes, it's back up again, but...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5244571/Bournemouth-rescued-referee-named-Madley.html Unbelievable.

Is it just me or have there been a lot of dead links on the official website lately? Over the past couple weeks, it seems like every couple days one of the top items leads to a 404 error when you click on it. For example, this link on the pre-Chelsea injury update -...

At the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/sep/21/pleasure-pain-brighton-bournemouth-premier-league Another of Rosenior's articles. He gives his perspective on their 2-1 loss to us. One interesting quote: "After watching the game back as a team, we saw plenty of positives...

Although we have 0 points after 4 games . . . * Crusty Palace, while admittedly having the same goal diff as we, haven't got a single goal. * Although we have allowed 8 goals, there IS a team that has allowed more! (West Ham - but let's ignore that they've also scored 4 times more than we have)...

Now that summer is here, there's some breathing room to reflect back on the highlights of the season. My 9 year old son and I re-watched the 4-3 win over Liverpool yesterday. (it's on footballia.net - free to sign up and they have games going back to the 1950's from all over the world) Anyway...

Anyone else watching the Rangers FC match right now? Hyndman has his first start today and is looking fantastic. While admittedly he's playing against Motherwell and has a lot of space (the game has been 10 v 10 from about the 25-min mark), he reminds me of a slightly taller Jack Wilshere. Head...

After 22 games we currently sit 12th, with 26 points, having scored 32 goals (8th best in league) and conceded 39 (16th best). We are 15 points behind 6th position and 9 above relegation. At this time last year, our first season in the PL, we were in 15th with 24 points, having scored 26 and...

While our team was deservedly outplaying and beating ARSENAL 3-0, the visiting supporters began chanting "This is embarrassing!" But I have a feeling that by the end of the season, losing to us will not be embarrassing for anyone. It's the self-absorption of big-club fans to assume that since...