Da na da daaaa DA DA DAAAA, Da da da da duh DAAAA 🎺
Dunanaaanaaa Dunanaaa Dunanaaaaaah..DunAH! Dana dananaaaa. DA NAH DA NAH DANADANANAAAH! (or however the James Bond theme goes)
That's right, just like our favorites teams from International Break, we are so back with another recap! It's Friday, many of you may be out enjoying your nights, relaxing after the big weeks you just had. Not me, I'm clocking in my next shift. The grind never stops, and the good people of the league need this content, and damn it I'm going deliver.😤😤😤
We had some ups, we had some downs, last minute wins, and some heart breaking loses. We (well most of us at least) even had our first taste of CL action. It's too early to predict, but both the EPL table and FPL are certainly starting to take form. What will ensue? Only time will tell. Will Arsenal finally recycle the bottle? 🫙 Will overrated lucky as hell Liverpool silence the haters and repeat? 🤫 Will the glorious return of Cold Palmer start a movement for Chelsea to return to the top? 🥶 Will Tottenham stay healthy and continue churning results? 🤔 Will the return of the Manchester Powerhouses shock the world? 🤷 Only the soccer gods know. For now, let's recap GW4
Week in Review
Arsenal (3) - Nott'm Forest (0)
What can I say, Arsenal look a clear step ahead of anyone outside the top 4 (other than maybe Man City), earning another decisive win out of a cold Forest team that should be putting up bigger fights. The hero of the match was none other than former la liga star Zubimendi, who bagged himself a nice brace ⚽️⚽️ to join Gyokeres' slow ass on the score sheet 🐢. I expect Arsenal to put forth their most competitive attempt at the league title this year, maybe even breaking the bottle curse as Liverpool's last min luck begins to dry out.
Bournemouth (2) - Brighton (1)
Thou shalt not sleep on Semenyo. Another strong outing for Semenyo and Bournemouth, Alex Scott opened the scoring off a beautiful Semenyo assist. Fantasy viable Mitoma notched the equalizer, and Semenyo owners (like myself) enjoyed a crispy pen to secure the W and 13 big points for the lad.
Crystal Palace (0) - Sunderland (0)
Not much to say other than a strong defensive outing from both sides, Sunderland looking pesky enough to avoid relegation. Good day to be a defender or goalie.
Everton (0) - Aston Villa (0)
Pickford country, let's ride! 🧤 Another 0-0 defensive masterclass, which also say the return of almost Man U goalie and world cup legend Dibu Martinez who could help turn Villa's awful run of form around. Transferred in Grealish for this btw...I'm not mad just disappointed.
A true mid off that only a stoppage time own goal from Gabriel Badmundsson could decide. Forgetful game for everyone other than Fulham fans I suppose.
Newcastle (1) - Wolves (0)
First game under the spotlight after Isak's epic tantrum, I was actually quite impressed with Newcastle's new front man Nick Woltemade who bagged the game winner on a clinical header. Give him and Wissa some time to develop some chemistry and I think Newcastle should comfortably find themselves in top 8.
Almost forgot, while we're here let's check in on how Newcastle did against their former rival Marcus Rashford..LMAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Newcastle losing the Sela Cup at home to Atleti followed by getting Rashford braced two piece combo'ed is not making a strong case for Beef and his claims that Newcastle would be top 4 in la liga. The real test will be vs. Athletic Club. I mean idk how they did it but they genuinely made Rashford look like the best player in the world LMAOOOOOOOOOO🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 But the post Man U glow up really does need to studied, it's crazy🤔🤔🤔
The more weeks that go by, the more I'm starting to believe that Spurs are back to their top form. Sarr opened the scoring, and shortly after Soucek got a red than opened the flood gates. Throw in a Bergvall and Van De Ven goal, and you have a commanding W over a very mid West Ham. Big game for VDV (14pts)
Currently sitting 3rd in the league after a dominating defeat, not to mention also earning a solid 1-0 W in a defensive showing against Villareal in the CL, I think Tottenham could just lock in a top 4 spot if they can keep these results up. Frank Ball is no joke.💪
Brentford (2) - Chelsea (2)
Those pesky pesky bees 🐝 living up to their reputation and delivered a last second dagger to the hearts of the Chelsea boyz. Until Chelsea can tighten up on D, I have some serious concerns for their ability to compete with Arsenal and Pool. Conceding in the first half to sneaky good Kevin Schade, Cold Palmer himself lead the charge back and scored. What then looked to be a Caicedo nail in the coffin turned to a horror situation for Chelsea, losing in the final throws to a Fabio Carvalho equalizer. Better days ahead for the boys in blue in club and in Europe after a not so friendly encounter with Mr. Kane.
10 men Burnley (0) - Liverpool (1)
Gotta hand it to Liverpool, with the odds they are predictably finding a way to get it done. Going to the brink against a 10 men Burnley 🟥 , who else but the system king himself to bag a definitive pen to ruin everyone's hate watches. If Liverpool keeps up this ability to find wins late when the game could go either way, they may have just enough mastery of the dark arts to defend their title and have a serious run at the CL.
Slot has one of the deepest squads in pool history at his disposal, and if he can find a way to get his best out of Mr. Actual 007 (seriously, Wirtz may be the most overrated transfer ever) and 007sak, we could be in for a very long and smug year from Mike and Bebz. 🤦♂️
Man City (3) vs. Man U (0)
Haaland, Haaland
He's a blue, just like his dad
Now he's at the Etihad
Ha-Ha-Ha-Haaland, hey!
What more is there to say? Manchester is blue and Haaland is a must have for your teams. A brace to complement a goal from Chode Choden, the world continues to wait for the Amorim system to click.
Antoine's Awesome Plays of the Week 🐱
You know what, I'm feeling a little nicer today, and thinking it may be time to celebrate some big brain plays this game week instead of calling out our Boneheads (many many bone heads this week too btw). I present to you a new segment in honor of Steph and I's new kitteh, Antoine! Here's Antoine's Awesome Plays of the Week!
3. Gavin's Big Wild Card 🃏 - riding some hot streaks and making some moves to join Salah and Halaand together, Gavin made a savvy move to add Pope, Guehi, Romero, Semeyo, Salah, Haaland, and Joao Pedro to bring in some serious points this week. Nice work from the G-Man to get above the 90 mark and back into top 4!
2. Kevans' Bigger Wild Card 🃏 🌌 🧠 - my main man Kevans pulled off quite the play this week as well, doing one point better than Gavin thanks to some stellar games from Van de Ven, Virg, Semeyo, and Captain Haaland. Big brain moves indeed.
1. David Broz 🔥 - who showed us 90 points is possible without the help of a wildcard. Another Haaland + Salah team, perhaps this is the way. Nicely done, more impressive than being able to fly a plane. But while these plays were impressive to a cat, they didnt quite top our Top Dawg of the week (drumroll.....🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁)
An absolute masterclass from the Eldest Henkbrother, James. Take a bow my man. Also breaking the 90 point mark without Wildcarding, Jame's back four put up a combined 34 points (almost as much as our Bottom Dawg put up total!), with complementary efforts from Semenyo, Salah, Joao Pedro, and captaining Haaland, it was a near perfect week for the lad. Top that off with winning a frosty spin prior to the gameweek, and now being top of the league, it's safe to say James is absolutely on FIRE right now.
HaCunha Mateta - 44 pts 💩
Don't let the name fool you, Maclane does not have Haaland, Cunha, or Mateta, and if he had at least Haaland, he wouldn't be our bottom dawg. Yes it appears ol Musty Maclane is taking after his favorite team Man U and taking big Ls while the rest of the league gets better. 😂😂😂😂😂 Saliba and Kerkez 0s, having a Mayenda 0 up top. Bruno, more like 2-no Fernandes, cuz he got Maclane 2 pts😂😂 get it? 2pts, or maybe we call him Blanko Blanknandes 😂. Additionally, having two dark red injured bench players in Washed-Bissaka and Aaron Ramsey is wild. This team is truly god awful. DID I MENTION NO HAALAND. Maclane, if you still have it, please use that wildcard I am begging you and you won't find yourself back in the kennel.
A deal is a deal, yes it is sadly true. Full force Liverpool (Isak and all) barely scraped by after going up 2 goals (one from a shanked Free-kick, the other a great one two combo with Salah) in 6 minutes against 5 of our starters this past Wednesday at Anfield. And with a little help from Anfield's newest hero, a serial verbal abuser who's been banned previously who looks like a distant relative of Alex Jones, they managed to beat us in stoppage time. Was a great header from Virg I will concede, but the war is not over and Atleti will bounce back stronger than ever! Nice to see Marcos Llorente still has the deed to Anfield at least, what a game for the lad.
Hoping Atleti gets another shot to take Pool out in the knockouts, as they look to be serious contenders in the league and in CL. We eagerly await our match up with Arsenal! Congrats to our Frosty Winner, video will be posted in the Whatsapp group.
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