Premier League 18/19
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It's the new look sweeping England!
It’s terrible.
It's the new look sweeping England!
Nothing left to sweep in England anyway now that Alisson is there.
Holy shit that’s bad!!! Are Adidas and Nike working together, or did one hack the other’s designs and think it was a novel idea?
It's the new look sweeping England!
Dude, you write some of the most complex and thought provoking posts on the forums that leave many of us scratching our heads and rereading, so I know you’re able to take deep dives with your ideas on what you see. Fortunately, these kits don’t need complex interpretation, so that’s where you’re going wrong. Dial your focus back from 10 to 1 and it will set you free, and you’ll see the horror of the 1997 photoshop fade filter Adidas and Nike are using.
To me it's a lazy representation of a concept that could actually be interesting as function. I.e. they are representing continuity rather than actually making a continuous kit, which would actually be revolutionary.
But it's still visually evocative.
The continuous kit has already been done. Refer to Cameroon’s 2004 unitard Kit.
I was just waiting for someone to @ me with this when I posted the Spurs kit. I think that I will be skipping this iteration.
It's the new look sweeping England!
Some of these make the City kits not look that bad and I'm absolutely not a fan of this upcoming years look. It's funny but I think some of the smaller kit suppliers are better. I think The New Everton from Umbro isn't half bad while I know it's not EPL Rangers which is now humel is very nice indeed.
Weird, you can't even tell that that's a unitard. Also visually discontinuous .
I am asking for my heart to be broken yet again, but damn if Daniel Sturridge doesn’t look complete class this preseason.
It’s easy to forget how damn good he was. There was a time he was absolutely a top 10 in the world striker.
If he can stay fit, I think we might see him play at the 10 (or second striker given that he and Firmino would flip back and forth often) in a 4-2-3-1.
Cue the hamstring pull vs. BVB on Sunday.
(If you think this is all just to either reverse jinx him while also protecting my emotions, you are correct).
It’s easy to forget how damn good he was. There was a time he was absolutely a top 10 in the world striker.
If he can stay fit, I think we might see him play at the 10 (or second striker given that he and Firmino would flip back and forth often) in a 4-2-3-1.
Cue the hamstring pull vs. BVB on Sunday.
(If you think this is all just to either reverse jinx him while also protecting my emotions, you are correct).
Anyone else want to make some early predictions on top 4?
Here’s mine in order:
Man City
Liverpool
ManU
And............Everton
lulz - jk
Probably Spurs for 4th.
I know, I know. Really brave picks there, Midas. But I look at the league, and I think the three NW clubs are nailed on barring some crazy rash of injuries. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I feel as certain about those three as I ever have about a top 3 (which means I’ll be wrong, of course).
Really interesting to see how Chelsea fare. They could be losing their two best players, but either way, I’m intrigued given that their recent success (so all of it - lulz - I’m killing it this am) has been under very defensive minded (read: negative tactics) managers. That is absolutely the opposite of what they have now. I wonder how long it will take for the players to adapt. In any event, it will be nice to have 5 of the “big six” trying to play football.
Also, I actually think Everton could compete for a Europa spot if they stay out of Silva’s way and the fans don’t go toxic overreacting to every little thing early in the season (the Mersey responsible for this Liverpudlian propensity for Nihilism? Nah - I actually think it’s geographical - but not a river-based mystical mire of hopelessness - and it’s part of how I ended up being a Liverpool fan in the first place.). I strongly believe him to be a really good manager.
Burnley will suffer from Europa curse, so they won’t be competition. Aresenal will probably be right around that 5/6 spot, but may push for 4th given how many goals I expect from PEA. Early call that he’s right up there for the golden boot.
Here’s mine in order:
Man City
Liverpool
ManU
And............Everton
lulz - jk
Probably Spurs for 4th.
I know, I know. Really brave picks there, Midas. But I look at the league, and I think the three NW clubs are nailed on barring some crazy rash of injuries. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I feel as certain about those three as I ever have about a top 3 (which means I’ll be wrong, of course).
Really interesting to see how Chelsea fare. They could be losing their two best players, but either way, I’m intrigued given that their recent success (so all of it - lulz - I’m killing it this am
) has been under very defensive minded (read: negative tactics) managers. That is absolutely the opposite of what they have now. I wonder how long it will take for the players to adapt. In any event, it will be nice to have 5 of the “big six” trying to play football.Also, I actually think Everton could compete for a Europa spot if they stay out of Silva’s way and the fans don’t go toxic overreacting to every little thing early in the season (the Mersey responsible for this Liverpudlian propensity for Nihilism? Nah - I actually think it’s geographical - but not a river-based mystical mire of hopelessness - and it’s part of how I ended up being a Liverpool fan in the first place.). I strongly believe him to be a really good manager.
Burnley will suffer from Europa curse, so they won’t be competition. Aresenal will probably be right around that 5/6 spot, but may push for 4th given how many goals I expect from PEA. Early call that he’s right up there for the golden boot.
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Bold 2018/19 predictions here we goooo:Anyone else want to make some early predictions on top 4?
Here’s mine in order:
Man City
Liverpool
ManU
And............Everton
lulz - jk
Probably Spurs for 4th.
I know, I know. Really brave picks there, Midas. But I look at the league, and I think the three NW clubs are nailed on barring some crazy rash of injuries. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I feel as certain about those three as I ever have about a top 3 (which means I’ll be wrong, of course).
Really interesting to see how Chelsea fare. They could be losing their two best players, but either way, I’m intrigued given that their recent success (so all of it - lulz - I’m killing it this am
Also, I actually think Everton could compete for a Europa spot if they stay out of Silva’s way and the fans don’t go toxic overreacting to every little thing early in the season (the Mersey responsible for this Liverpudlian propensity for Nihilism? Nah - I actually think it’s geographical - but not a river-based mystical mire of hopelessness - and it’s part of how I ended up being a Liverpool fan in the first place.). I strongly believe him to be a really good manager.
Burnley will suffer from Europa curse, so they won’t be competition. Aresenal will probably be right arkund that 5/6 spot, but may push for 4th given how many goals I expect from PEA. Early call that he’s right up there for the golden boot.
Liverpool
Man U
Arsenal (New coach, new era.)
Chelsea
Man City
West Ham (Back to their good days)
Newcastle (brave prediction, I know.)
Tottenham (what happened!?)
Crystal Palace
Bournemouth
Leicester
Everton
Fulham
Burnley
Wolves
Watford
Brighton (will juuuust scrape it through)
Huddersfield (was a good run)
Southampton
Cardiff
I wish the forum had one of those "timers that will @ me when the season ends" things.
City fifth and Spurs Eighth? You should actually put 100 dollars on this with the odds you'll probably be able to retire if it comes true
City fifth and Spurs Eighth? You should actually put 100 dollars on this with the odds you'll probably be able to retire if it comes true
These are my "bold" predictions. If you want my safe predictions, that's something different.
...But there's usually a team that shits the season terribly, and I have a feeling this season it's gonna be Tottenham. Also yeah, Man City's off-season so far hasn't given me enough to see them push for a second title. I have a feeling the other big teams will work their way around city. You watch!
The same Tottenham that had nearly their entire starting squad make the WC semi-finals?
These are my "bold" predictions. If you want my safe predictions, that's something different.
...But there's usually a team that shits the season terribly, and I have a feeling this season it's gonna be Tottenham. Also yeah, Man City's off-season so far hasn't given me enough to see them push for a second title. I have a feeling the other big teams will work their way around city. You watch!
And Toronto FC were the best in MLS 5 months ago.
And Chelsea won in 14-15, then dropped to 10th in 15-16.
I just feel like the players aren't going to be able to sustain that success as much as everyone else does. Feel free to link me back here in a few months' time when they're topping the table, though.
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