Premier League — Matchweek 1

Well, it didn't take long in the opening Premier League match of the season, for a Man Utd player to throw himself to the floor in an attempt to win a penalty.

Thankfully not given by VAR.

Second dive by a Man Utd player, this time donkey Maguire, who was booked for his theatrics.

Only the two of us watching this game then Rob ?

Appalling refereeing that.

Fulham guy gets booked for taking free kick too soon, while Man Utd players get away with not being 10 yards away. Amazing.

Boring game, Les.

Fulham goalkeeper nowhere near as busy as he was against us first game last season.

Very dull dishwater game.

Some BBC "pundits" have Man Utd finishing in the Ttop 4. No chance. Another up-and-down season for them. Ten Haag will not be there this time next year.

The Guardian has us finishing 11th.

Great move by Ten Haag…

0-0 with ten minutes to go, so what does he do, throws on two centre-backs! 😂😂😂😂

Master tactician!!!!

Scuffy goal.

I hate seeing United celebrate. Hate it.

It's so predictable isn't it, Man Utd were always going to win late.

Fulham didn't take their chances. Simple as that.

Don't worry, Mike, they won't be celebrating winning anything this season.

Very scrappy game with both teams giving the ball away to each other.

I actually thought Fulham looked the more likely to snatch it, but I don't think you predict football.

Man Utd could be in for a tough season.

Arse Slot. That's all. Cmon you other 1878 club, CMON!

Arle Snot,

Kalvin Philips ended up at Ipswich? Wish him all the best today if he gets on.

Decent chance for Ipswich, needed a different path to the box or a right foot there.

I said it before the end of last season, Ipswich are going to surprise a few this year.

McKenna is the real deal.

Watching Man Utd yesterday, I feel Fulham will be kicking themselves. Their work in the final third was awful at times and although giving tit for tat in long periods, one sensed Man Utd would steal it, as Liverpool do many times.

I think many teams are pretty much on a par with each other but the rich teams always seem to have the ammunition to win games.

Everton, like Fulham, have very little up front and will probably finish in mid-table again.

It'll be interesting to see if Emery gets a tune out of Onana.

Onana just scored for Villa. 😂

Here we go... Onana just scored in 3 minutes v Hammers.

Waving to the Villa supporters. Not sure he kissed the badge?!

Onana scores a header from a corner inside 4 minutes!

Did anyone notice how well Onana played for Villa this evening?

A pretty impressive start for someone many on here didn't rate.

To cap off a wonderful day, Onana (who I thought we missed today) gave a MotM display (first of many) on debut for Villa.

A Villa fansite said:

“Onana is a cheat code. A manager's dream.

You can be outclassed tactically, and Onana will get you out of jail time and time again by putting out so many fires. But when you have a tactically astute manager in Emery, and forwards like Watkins and Rogers, then you're onto a winner.

He covers ground as if he's on a 7-a-side pitch. And his technical quality on the ball is massively underrated.

Why Man Utd didn't go for him, I have no idea.”

I was amazed that Alan Smith chose Onana as MotM.

Apart from his goal he was woeful.

Are there two Onanas?

Because I don't recognise the one described by Sam.

I think most people's frustration with Onana was that he clearly had ability but never took the game by the scruff of its neck.

The lead commentator in Brentford v Palace is the worst I have ever heard.

Long periods during the play saying nothing - she obviously hasn't a clue with players' names etc.

Sky must be short-staffed or ticking boxes, awful.

don't care what the score is so long as haaland does not score

A lot of wheeling and dealing now going on Paul, as loads try and figure a way of getting Haaland into their team. Going to take some doing!

I'LL take one goal a game Rob; Haaland has been mentioned once in commentary since he scored

Anyone see the offside for Jackson? He was just in the City half but the free was given on the edge of the City box. What's his name the ref said it's from where he became involved in the play which left Neville, and me, completely perplexed.

Come on PF.

That was rare. Immense power. Poise, and the deftest of finishes.

Credit where its due mate

Fantasy footy Dave, he's not in my team or Rob's mate.

Anthony Taylor Shane.

No, the lad in the studio from Tranmere trying to explain it Paul.

Sorry mate. Tranmere, got to be out great Steve Simonsen!

Oh, I see Paul.

Fair enough.

Chelsea 46 players; what is it, 25 or 27 in Prem squad? They will be pretty keen to sell last week of August; might pick something up. Wonder if Sterling will get into the squad?

Mike Dean

Ah, yes, bald fella, annoying, didn't like us

Haaland yellow, good news!!!

Amazing, Haaland has touched the ball twice since he scored - absolute archetypal poacher and more

Poor by the Chelsea goalkeeper for the second Man City goal. He really should have saved the shot by Kovacic.

crap goalkeeping there

One more for City and we're off the bottom😜

Just had one eye on the Chelsea v city game, and was thinking that City, must the first team to be able to truly tease their opponents, no matter how good they are, since the back pass law was introduced, and then when I came back in the room it was 2-0. A wonderful football team.

They haven't even raised their game Tony.

That's very ominous Paul, because although I only had one eye on the game, Chelsea, and in particular Palmer, looked very good at times today, but you could see the class in Manchester City, the way they began to keep the ball and sicken their opponents, so perhaps they have been told they are getting a ten point deduction, and better get a move on if they want to win the league once again!

Just read that Branthwaite linked with Liverpool. Bet 365 odds have him more likely to play for Liverpool at end of window than stay with Everton. 4/5 Liverpool 6/4 Everton. I'd like to think we would never sell to them but you can bet they will as we need the money for signings.

It will be more than ten surely Tony? But really really hard to be anything like scientific as we are in the dark. There's clearly been a lot of legal machinations by City's top silks so I won't be surprised if the penalty ends up being on the soft side. But what message does that give. I suspect that what City have done, not in one year but as a pattern, is worse than Rangers. On that basis, City should be demoted. Imagine what the chaos would be if that ever happened!

Whatever punishment City get won't take back all the trophies and years of dominance they and their fans have enjoyed, and I suspect the punishment will be light relative to the amount of charges. Even today they got the lion's share of calls.

According to the red Echo website, £75m.

Everything points to them receiving a similar punishment, Paul, but because they have got so much money, which usually equals power, then I don't think many will expect them to receive the punishment that they deserve.

Although I have always been of the opinion that rules are there to be broken, especially when they are just there to protect the chosen few whilst stifling the majority.

For Branthwaite that is.

Rumours that Man City could be handed a mammoth 80 points deduction. Hope so, let them face a year or two down in the Championship.

As for the Branthwaite rumours… don't make me fucking laugh! 😂😂😂

Les, the red Echo say there are no credible sources for the Branthwaite rumour, so highly likely a load of RS fans have put bets on and it's just escalated.

Didn't Rangers have to go 3 divisions down or something like that?

I'd rather see that for Man City, 80 points would see them relegated but they'd just come straight back up.

I think Liverpool have got more chance of signing Brainthwaite than Man City have got of receiving an 80-point deduction, Rob. I definitely wouldn't put anything past this Farhad Moshiri, the way he has been absently running our club, because I don't believe he has got any real regard for Everton Football Club, or the supporters, anymore.

I've just put my iPad down and received a WhatsApp with David Ornstein of The Athletic saying it's a done deal. We will see but if it is true then I expect it's going to cause absolute murder.

Jamie Vardy...

37 years old.

The Old Fox in the Box leading the line for The Foxes.

See Richarlison ony a sub for spurs

Tottenham on top but early doors.

Deserved. We will have be on toes at the weekend.

The Spuds are 0-1 up.

Jeez, Chelsea now buy Felix. Utter madness there. That's 14 new signings and a new manager.

Maddison is looking back at his best.

Spurs fans still hating on Sol Campbell.

Imagine this place if Calvert-Lewin signed or Liverpool on a free?

Our eight back, whoever that ent ends up being will be facing Son.

Danny, you okay, mate?

"Our eight back, whoever that ent ends up being"?

Calvert-Lewin aint going to Liverpool, Dave, but as Paul says, Gordon you could see happening.

I'm just glad the Branthwaite to Liverpool rumour over the weekend has disappeared.

It won't happen, Paul, I was just being silly.

Son looks good, Danny. Maddison too. Tough game coming up.

Vast improvements all round needed.

Didn't hear of the Branthwaite to Liverpool rumors, Joe. Thank fuck. My weekend was bad enough.

Is there any chance that Branthwaite and Garner might play v Spurs, Garner going to right-back? Keep Calvert-Lewin and for feck's sake, play someone who can play tight behind him: Ndiaye?

Not sure how much more I can take of O'Neil either who has started this season as he ended the last one, but worse.

37-year-old scores; good age group that.

And that old bloke nods in a beauty!

Didn't even jump.

1-1.

ps: Not sure how much more I can take of O'Neil either...

Yea, Paul, Danny's a fuckin pain in the arse, init.

I hope he's ok MK!

Four Spurs subs coming on, and Richarlison isn't one of them. He will start getting really impatient if he doesn't get a game, even at this early stage of the season.

Still time in this game though for him to make an appearance.

Vardy clean through. half the goal to aim at. hits the keeper from five yards out.

Surely an early September/late August loan bid Rob? But would Dyche play him?

Paul, you daft bugger:

Dwight O'Neil or Dwight McNeil?

Or don't you know the difference?

Hahahaha, I'm wading through Pepys's Diary, give me a break MK.

Only this fella and the twat who last managed the shite make this many subs at one time.

This Archie Gray might end up being a star, although Spuds have a good tradition of fucking up bright young things.

HA ha was that Vardy shouting fuck off at those Spuds lads as he went off.

Marseille want Maupay on loan.

If he goes, he won't come back seeing as this is the last year of his contract.

You bring good news, Gringo Halligan.

I'd keep him, Rob, because I'm sure someone will pay some money for him before the window closes.

And if Dominic leaves, he might even be a good bet to play alongside Ndiaye and Lindstrøm, who I'm sure prefer the ball on the floor.

Skippy doesn't look too happy with that Richarlison header. 😁😁

Richarlison on with 9 minutes to go.

Has he been injured and just recovering?

Oh dear, Richy lad — so much time and he saw it coming…

I'm getting paranoid... I think.

Every team I've seen so far have pace up front and out wide.
I keep thinking... "I'm dreading playing them!"

"Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher coming up"

Not on my telly they're not.

Dave # 95…

Put Sky Sports News on at 10:30 for Hold the Back Pages, or whatever it's called. It should hopefully clear up all the Branthwaite to the RS rubbish once and for all.

Paul, I know I shouldn't post on my phone!!

Right back!!

Having watched that last night, I don't see a reason we can't get something out of Tottenham.

Wonder if we could get JJK on loan for the season or at least until Dyche trusts Patterson.

Danny. I know 3 reason why we won't getting anything from Spurs. Holgate, Keane and Doucoure

Made me smile Paul!!

I see Chelsea have just signed another striker but Gallagher is on his way to Atlectio Madrid.

Nevertheless, they now apparently now have over 50 players. Good luck managing that as they can only name 25 apart from a few U23s, like everyone else.

Powerful stuff.

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Andy Burnham for CEO.