# EPL 2021-22 Omnibus Thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623
**Category:** The Game Room
**Tags:** football-soccer-fifa
**Created:** [August 13, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623 "2021-08-13T18:29:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/61 "2021-10-24T15:01:04Z")
West Ham 1-0 Tottenham
Another boring game from Tottenham. They were one of the best teams to watch until the last couple of years. Nuno is Mourinho without the trophies.
Manchester United vs Liverpool coming up.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/62 "2021-10-24T16:44:25Z")
Solskjaer is finished
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### Author:  [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/63 "2021-10-24T17:02:56Z")
I’d love for this to end 8 or 9 nil.
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### Author:  [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/64 "2021-10-24T17:31:13Z")
Ronaldo should have been sent off.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/65 "2021-10-24T17:39:52Z")
Liverpool took mercy on them. That’s as humiliating as the result. It could have been worse if Liverpool kept up the intensity.
Salah is the best player in the world right now. This season he is playing the way you expect from Messi.
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/66 "2021-10-30T18:50:17Z")
Really interesting weekend. Fantastic for Chelsea (boo). This could be a terrific title fight but if anyone’s going to run away with it it will be Liverpool.
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### Author:  [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/67 "2021-10-31T04:33:38Z")
Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if any of Liverpool, Chelsea, or Man City win. Hopefully they’re all in it down the line.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/68 "2021-11-01T16:33:31Z")
Tottenham sack Nuno after just four months and looks like Conte is going to be appointed in a matter of hours. Should have just given Conte what he wanted in the summer. It would have saved Tottenham from such a bad start to the season and Nuno such a bad hit on his reputation.
The whole of football knew the club were trying to close the deal with several managers before turning to Nuno as the last resort. He was more or less undermined from the start.
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### Author:  [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/69 "2021-11-02T19:22:12Z")
Arsenal beginning to show some signs of life. Nice wins against fellow mid-table teams Villa and Leicester. A winnable game against Watford before the next big test - Liverpool. One of the youngest starting XI in the EPL - maybe they can get some momentum and challenge for top-6.
Ramsdale looking like a canny signing, not the waste of money for a backup goalie many Arsenal fans initally thought.
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### Author:  [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/70 "2021-11-08T13:24:20Z")
With West Ham’s good start and three of the big six struggling, the race for the last European berths are pleasingly muddled. Only three points separates sixth-place Man U from Southampton, currently sitting 13th.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/71 "2021-11-22T12:19:55Z")
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been fired. Looks like Man Utd will try and get by with a stop-gap manager in Michael Carrick until the end of the season. The list of candidates being speculated are all at other clubs with the exception Zidane who reportedly is not interested in taking over.
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/72 "2021-11-23T07:28:50Z")
How about Paulo Fonseca? Conte? Andre Villas-Boas?
Wonder how long the Wolves and Hammers will remain pests near the top - would be cool to see West Ham finish with a European spot.
Hope Leeds can kick around a bit longer than last time they were in the Prem.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/73 "2021-11-23T23:42:44Z")
Conte just moved to Tottenham. He was available and the Man Utd board decided not to offer him the job even when they lost 5-0 at home to Liverpool. His style probably didn’t fit the boxes they want. Fonseca is a decent possibility but as a longshot candidate. His name isn’t appearing on most reporting so far. Villas-Boas has fallen off the radar a lot since leaving Tottenham several years ago. No other mid-ranked PL club have appointed him so no chance he gets a big club job. Plus I recall him doing an interview saying he doesn’t enjoy football so much to want to have a long career as a manager. Motorsports is his passion.
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/74 "2021-11-24T07:29:48Z")
Am I hearing buzz about Pochittino, who’s not happy in Paris, possibly becoming Man U coach (a team he’s apparently always coveted)?
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### Author:  [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/75 "2021-11-27T19:31:48Z")
Fuck NBC. All the games tomorrow are on Peacock Premium. Way to kill interest in the game.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/76 "2021-12-04T18:28:59Z")
West Ham beat Chelsea with a late goal. It was a cross from the left touchline that the Chelsea goalkeeper fumbled into his own goal. Liverpool beat Wolves 1-0 scoring in the 94th. minute. Much more routine now for Man City who are currently 2-0 up at Watford and could be further ahead. Grealish misses a lot of easy chances.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/77 "2021-12-19T22:29:02Z")
Just watched the highlights of Tottenham vs Liverpool. Lots of chances and controversy. Kane probably should have been sent off for a bad tackle but he looked much like the old Kane with the ball at his feet.
Covid looks like it is going to bring a break to football again though.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/78 "2022-01-02T14:11:55Z")
Big game later today is Chelsea vs Liverpool and already big news is Chelsea have dropped Lukaku. He is fully fit again, scored in the last two matches, but gave an interview on Italin television where he said he is unhappy with the tactics, wanted to stay at Inter Milan and wants to return to them.
Very silly thing to do. Inter Milan have moved on and he has just brought on himself a lot of backlash.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/79 "2022-01-02T20:19:37Z")
Finished 2-2. All goals in the first half. Chelsea came back from 2-0 down. Great fightback although the second half was a lot more dull.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epl-2021-22-omnibus-thread/948623/80 "2022-01-15T16:19:29Z")
Watched Man City beat Chelsea 1-0 in the first game of the weekend. Very good goal by De Bruyne from long distance.
Grealish for 100 million pounds and Lukaku for 90 million pounds look like total flops so far. Grealish doesn’t add anything to City that they didn’t have before and Lukaku is a very one dimensional striker who has always done poorly in bigger games.
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