# English Premier League 2018-19 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 10, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370 "2018-08-10T01:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/83 "2018-12-20T22:56:11Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > Arsene Wegner is available… United want trophies, not 3rd places. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/84 "2018-12-21T21:45:16Z")
Liverpool dominated Wolverhampton today, a very nice win. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/85 "2018-12-22T18:07:57Z")
#FoxesNeverQuit!!! Chelsea 0 - 1 LCFC Jamie Vardy strikes, finally!! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/86 "2018-12-26T16:56:58Z")
What a day. Man City loses to Leicester while Liverpool dominates Newcastle United. A friend of mine went to Everton vs Burnley and said it was even worse than the 5-1 humiliation for Burnley and they’re going to be relegated. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/87 "2018-12-26T17:56:46Z")
Tottenham are in second place all by themselves with 45 points before new years! If only Liverpool wasn’t on such an amazing run… I feel like I have said this about some team or other every year for the past 4 years. If only Leicester, if only Chealsea, if only City…stupid everyone else. I’m really tired of being the second best team in the premier league every year while the top team keeps rotating. At least Liverpool have a history of slipping in the second half. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/88 "2018-12-27T00:20:09Z")
I am going to bask in this moment of moments when my beloved Foxes have just knocked off both Chelsea AND City! Excellent football producing excellent results. Apparently, Puel got the dressing room shaped up!!! Now, we’ll probably lose on the weekend to Cardiff. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/89 "2018-12-27T08:26:32Z")
Yeah, I have nothing against you or Leicester, I just have a feeling that they won’t exceed their current league position any time in the next 10 years. I don’t hope that’s the case, just can’t see them breaking into the ‘big 6’ and in fact it’s more likely they will be overtaken by others, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/90 "2018-12-27T20:23:02Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Tottenham are in second place all by themselves with 45 points before new years! > > If only Liverpool wasn’t on such an amazing run… > > I feel like I have said this about some team or other every year for the past 4 years. > > If only Leicester, if only Chealsea, if only City…stupid everyone else. I’m really tired of being the second best team in the premier league every year while the top team keeps rotating. At least Liverpool have a history of slipping in the second half. Newkie fan here. Wanna trade? I think i have some change in me couch. It will exceed the budget Ashley gives you. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/91 "2018-12-29T17:15:44Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I am going to bask in this moment of moments when my beloved Foxes have just knocked off both Chelsea AND City! Excellent football producing excellent results. Apparently, Puel got the dressing room shaped up!!! > > Now, we’ll probably lose on the weekend to Cardiff. :eek: And, of course, I called it. Lost 0 - 1 in the 94th minute. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/92 "2018-12-29T17:28:48Z")
Once again not PL, but one of the funnier goals I’ve seen in quite some time. Roma’s Nicolo Zaniolo [_embarrasses_](https://youtu.be/4cwen4RkwcU?t=146) the Sassuolo goalie and defender. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/93 "2018-12-29T19:28:04Z")
Liverpool utterly dominates and destroys Arsenal. This team can seriously win the Premier League. Bring on Man City! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/94 "2018-12-29T20:11:26Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Liverpool utterly dominates and destroys Arsenal. This team can seriously win the Premier League. Bring on Man City! Once De Bruyne comes back Man City will put Liverpool back in its place. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/95 "2018-12-30T01:58:52Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Once De Bruyne comes back Man City will put Liverpool back in its place. Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he IS back. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/96 "2018-12-30T08:18:51Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he IS back. 😉 He is still far from 100%. He should have allowed his knee to heal before returning. I have to laugh at Barcalona. They paid over 250 mil for Dembele and Coutinho and neither has produced much. Alcancar, the striker they sold to Dortmund for peanuts, has been far better. Can’t wait for Dortmund v Totty in the Champions League round of 16. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/97 "2019-01-01T18:06:18Z")
Totally agree with announcer Peter Drury that Liverpool’s Shakiri should have started sooner and more often, given his recent play. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/98 "2019-01-01T19:17:55Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > And, of course, I called it. Lost 0 - 1 in the 94th minute. :mad: Once they missed that penalty, it just looked like it was going to be Cardiff’s day, somehow. They’ve been playing well lately, especially at home. And the winning goal was fantastic. > [@madsircool](#): > > Once De Bruyne comes back Man City will put Liverpool back in its place. I love Kevin de Bruyne. If I were creating a team from scratch, with an unlimited budget, he would probably be the first player I picked. But if Man City can’t win without him, they don’t deserve to win. They’ve got so many talented players that, on any given day, they have a half-dozen guys on the bench who would start on basically any other team in the league. De Bruyne’s absence can’t be the excuse for their mediocre recent performances, especially since they were cruising so nicely without him for much of the first half of the season. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/99 "2019-01-02T06:12:46Z")
Fortunately, my Foxes came right back and took down the Toffees at Goodison 0 - 1! So I will take that as a sign that the Cardiff game was a one-off, and we really are about to make a run at 7th place! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/100 "2019-01-04T00:20:04Z")
Well, the league’s not over yet. Very even game between Man City and Liverpool. Although I think I agree with Klopp that Kompany should have been sent off for his challenge on Salah. Likely a different result if that happens. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/101 "2019-01-04T02:25:52Z")
Some cracking goals in today’s game, and an amazing amount of agonizing almost-goals. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370/102 "2019-01-04T19:45:12Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Some cracking goals in today’s game, and an amazing amount of agonizing almost-goals. Amazing stuff. I was disappointed in the result, but not in the performance by Liverpool. They could just as easily have drawn or won the game. It’s going to be a fascinating few months, and I’ll be interested to see what effect European play has on the durability of the teams. > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Well, the league’s not over yet. Very even game between Man City and Liverpool. Although I think I agree with Klopp that Kompany should have been sent off for his challenge on Salah. Likely a different result if that happens. Yep. If Salah is an inch or two slower, and Kompany crashes into his shins instead of his foot, then he probably gets a red card. On the other hand, there are some referees who might have given City a penalty for the challenge on Sterling in the box. Both were judgment calls, and I’m not going to be too critical of the officials. Small piece of trivia: no team in Premier League history has won 15 or more of their first 20 games and then failed to win the League. This year, that will happen to two teams, as Liverpool, Man City, and Spurs all won 15 (or more) out of their first 20, and only one of them can win it all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-premier-league-2018-19/819370.md?page=6)