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another-bryk-in-the-wall · 4 years ago

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Test Subject 1 (Ruvik x f!reader)

Author’s note: what’s up party people i am back with some smut. pls enjoy and responsible for this idea are @victorianoruben Fox & Julie. love ya thotties <3

Warnings: smut. medical kink. pure smut.

“You are mine to do with as I please.”, his words clung to her ears, squeezing into her ear canal, but her brain couldn’t get what he meant. Or if he really meant it. To do with as he pleases...and what’s stopping him? She gave him her okay after all.

Ruben trailed his fingers down her sides, leaving goosebumps behind as he remembered every reaction, every little twitch of her muscles. He’d note those things down later on. For science, of course. “You see”, his rough voice filled the otherwise empty room, “I don’t want to hurt you. I just want to...study you.” She nodded under the restraints he had put on her body, keeping her tight and secure on his table. “So far, I have only had the chance of learning about orgasms in female bodies via books. Never bothered with porn - it’s faked anywas.”, Ruben hummed as he took a step away from her, his eyes still fixed on her. “But you won’t fake anything for me, will you?”

Oh no. She’d never fake anything in front of him. Ruben read her like a book, and lie would never stay hidden for too long. And if there is something Ruben didn’t like then it was liars.

“Good girl.”, Ruben smiled down to her before he turned around to search for whatever medical instrument he wanted to test out on her. Oh please, don’t give me a pap smear, she thought to herself, couldn’t contain the chuckle. This drew Ruben’s attention back to her, “What’s so funny, dearest?”

“I just thought how you could give me a pap smear right now. If you do THAT, I will marry you just to divorce you on the spot!”, she laughed, and Ruben couldn’t contain a smile. “That’s something I like about you, my dearest. You always see the funnier parts in life!” But the laughter got stuck in her throat once she saw what Ruben had planned for her.

The table next to her was covered with several medical objects, and for a moment, the anxiety one had before the dentist crept up her throat. Ruben turned to her, “I won’t restrain your mouth. Remember the safe word?” “Jimenez!” “Good. That word kills all the vibes.” “You are a dick.”

Ruben chuckled as he grabbed the first object of the hopefully long evening. It was a small vibrator, small enough that it fit in Ruben’s fist. She looked up from the restraints a bit, curious what’s going to happen next. Ruben turned it on, making sure it was working as intended. After confirming its ability to work, Ruben slowly placed it against the inside of her thighs. The vibrations weren’t too powerful, but good enough to already draw a response from her mouth. “Ruben!”, she gasped out, the anticipation increasing her excitement, clearly evident for Ruben as he watched her become wetter and wetter.

“Subject 1 has been restricted for a few minutes by now. Upon realising what was about to happen to her, an increased blood flow towards her genital area was detected. The next test will show if the detected blood flow was right and how it could be used to my advantage.”, Ruben spoke into his voice recorder.

When he put the recorder away, she was even wetter than before. Kind of embarrassed but too turned on to care too much about it. Ruben hummed at the sight, pulling the vibrator away from her inner thighs. Instead, he moved his hands to her pussy, gently spreading her lips. “Good…”, he whispered against the soaking folds as he grabbed the voice recorder again.

“Subject 1 has increased vaginal discharge, a clear sign that her body is preparing itself for intercourse. Blood flow is steady, heart beat has gone up since the vibrator had been added to her inner thighs. It has been removed since then to prolong the so-called ‘foreplay’, which leads to increased vagina discharge and easier intercourse. This is a logical reflex by the female body to prepare itself for the male orgasm and receiving the males sperm in hope of impregnation.”, he stopped the recording once more, his focus back on her.

She was smiling up to Ruben, her cheeks hot and warm, “If that’s your way of dirty talk, then holy shit, count me in!”, she laughed and Ruben gave her a playful slap on the thigh. “Come on, dearest. I know you like it!” “Oh, I surely do!”

Ruben hummed as he placed the vibe against her clit. Due to her arousal, the hood of the clit had lifted itself a little bit, exposing the nub of pleasure to his experiments. A loud moan spilled from her lips, her hips bucking ever so slightly under the restraints. “Ruben!”, she moaned, eyes closed as Ruben grinned. Just how he liked it…

In addition to the vibrator, Ruben had put on a pair of gloves. Simply to give things a more realistic sense… He pressed two fingers against her entrance, pushing in ever so slightly. Under his touch she went wild, moving left and right just to get more, and to get him deeper.

With his knowledge of thousands of books, Ruben knew what to do. Instead of mindless in and out, he started to move his two fingers in a ‘come hither’ motion, massaging her g-spot with his latex covered fingers. Thanks to earlier anticipation (she had rubbed her thighs together the whole day long, slick covered thighs betraying her calm demander) and Ruben’s great understanding of her body, her orgasm came crashing down on her.

Twitching and contracting around him, more fluids gushing out of her. Ruben removed his fingers as he watched her cum around nothing, whining at the loss of friction and fullness inside of her. With a smirk, he grabbed his recorder again.

“Subject 1’s first orgasm was a success. In a record time, she came thanks to both internal and outside stimulation in a timeframe previously unreached. The female orgasm has its biological origin as a way to get the semen deeper inside of the vagina and uterus, making impregnation more likely. I supposed it is now time for a field test.”

Ruben turned off the recorder. By now, she had calmed down. Her eyes were still closed and her breathing uneven, but for God’s sake, wasn’t she the most beautiful being in this whole world? “Hey”, Ruben placed his hand on her thigh, making her open his eyes, “Can you go another round or should we stop?”

She thought for a second, then her eyes widened. “Let’s continue! Let’s do that field test you spoke of!”, she giggled much to Ruben’s delight. With a quick movement, he took off his soaked gloves and unbuttoned his pants. While he had been focused on her needs and release, he couldn’t deny that his pants had become uncomfortably tight. Now it’s time for his sweet release!

Thanks to all the wetness from her previous orgasm, it was an easy mission to get inside of her. In one thrust, Ruben buried himself inside of her. Both groaned softly as Ruben held onto her hips, holding on for his dear life. She was even tighter and wetter than he remembered. “Fuck, you feel so good.”, he smirked as he started to move. Not forgetting all of his research, he used one of his hands to rub over her clit, reaching the point of near overstimulation for her.

Moans, groans, soft pants filled the room as the two fell into their own world, filled with nothing but pleasure. Both were so stimulated, their orgasms weren’t too far away once more. At first, she came again. The afterwaves from her previous orgasm carried her to another peak as she came around Ruben’s cock, squeezing and milking him of everything he had. Ruben followed her suit, painting her insides white as his own orgasm made him still in his movements.

“Subject 1 has been of great help in field research.”, Ruben breathed into his recorder once he caught air again. “Always obeying to commands and orders given to her. The field research has been a great success and will be repeated in the near future.”

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feverinfeveroutfic · 3 years ago

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chapter twenty four: sextape

Ruben's new house overlooked the Bay waters, about a block away from the harbor and within range of Alex's parents' neighborhood. If nothing, Sam could walk in between both of their houses. Her father kept his promise and made up a bed for her in that spare room; the dream catcher was back at her mother's house but she knew that she could sleep well knowing that Alex and his parents weren't too far from there. She lay down on the bed that first time around with her feet up against the wall opposite her and she envisioned Alex right next to her.

It felt so strange given she had reached the middle of her twenties and yet she found herself back home with her parents once more. New York felt like a whole other strange world once again, even with her couch still back there.

“I want my couch,” she muttered under her breath at one point. “I miss my couch.”

Then again, she felt like a teenager again, as if she was given another chance at it. There was a boy who lived down the street from her whom she had traded saliva with before and she was trading in between living with her mother and her father, and yet she still had a place to go with her old friends back home in New York. The sole difference was she had reached twenty four rather than fourteen.

She stayed with Ruben for about a week and then she made the trip down to Catalina on the bus and stayed with Esmé for about another few days before she made yet another trip up to the Bay Area. She knew that she would have to settle on some place at some point given the sheer extent of traveling and her feeling as though that things could be better once again: the bus rides through the Central Valley were rather tedious as well and she wondered how in the world Alex made that seven hour car ride so entertaining for himself the day he picked her up from the side of the road.

At some point, right before her next stay on Catalina and there was a longer stop than usual before the end of the line in San Pedro, she spotted a little art shop near the Santa Monica pier and she stepped off of there before the usual one. She knew she would miss the ride back and thus she ran along the sidewalk to that shop up the block. She held onto the top of that fedora Alex had given her with one hand and the courier bag he and his parents had made for her with the other hand. She was about to walk right into an art shop with the Skolnick name right at her back.

Her old journal had been falling apart at the seams for a time at that point, more so than when she and Alex were up at Glenbrook together. She only had one sheet of paper left anyway: she also took his advice and broke down on some page protectors.

A brand new journal, a new set of pencils, and a new chapter of life all for a small price.

She had to run back to the bus stop but she missed it regardless of anything, however. She knew in her heart that her leaving the bus was more than worth it. She stood there under the protective awning with her new tools tucked away in her courier bag and the fedora high upon the crown of her head, and her sunglasses rested upon the bridge of her nose.

Within time, the next bus came and she finished the trip down to San Pedro and she caught the next boat over to Catalina Island.

She had reached there about half an hour later than she had intended with her mother, but she explained it with a mere showing of her courier bag to Esmé.

Sam stayed there at the house for a full night and then the next day, for most of the morning, she had the house to herself. There was only thing she could do, since Alex hadn't given her his number. She dialed that old familiar number once more and she brought the cordless up to her ear.

“Hello?”

That familiar upstate accent.

“Joey?”

“Oh, hi,” he greeted her with a crackling on his end. “I was just thinking about you.”

“Were you now?”

“I was thinking about—how beautiful you are.”

“You're funny, Joey,” she told him as she twirled a lock of hair around her finger.

“But it's true, though,” he said with a clearing of his throat. “I was thinking about how beautiful you really are. Where are you right now?”

“Catalina. My mom's over in Avalon right now, so I have the whole house to myself at the moment.”

“God, I miss that island. It was so cool there.”

“It really is! I love it here. But you know—I love New York, too.”

“I wish you were here, too...” His voice trailed off.

“Are you drunk?” she asked him.

“No? Why would I be?”

“Because you were that one night when Chuck, Alex, Marla, and I were at your place.”

“I wasn't, though,” he pointed out. “I was more starving than I was drunk off my ass.”

“You smelled like booze, too.”

“Sure, I may have had a drink or two over the course of that day. But I wasn't drunk, though. I was lucid—I'm sure you remember me.”

“Yes, I do. How could I forget, really.”

“Sam, I wasn't drunk. I promise you that I was not drunk.”

“What was in that needle, by the way?”

“The needle I used to inject myself with?”

“Yeah, what was in there?”

There was a prolonged pause, such that Sam moved her head forward and her eyes darted about the floor in front of her.

“Joey? Are you there?”

“Yeah.”

“What was in the syringe, Joey?”

“Black—tar—heroin.”

She raised her eyebrows at that.

“Heroin,” she echoed in a soft voice.

“Black tar. It's extra raw so you get a heftier high from it—I guess it makes you sick, too. I didn't tell you—when we were in Europe—you know, when you, Marla, Belinda, and Aurora were with us—Frankie and I did a little bump of cocaine. I gave it up because it made my nose itch like crazy—he might still be doing it as far as I know, but I did it because it was there. But I tried out black tar because it's hefty in its numbing abilities.”

“Why would you want to numb yourself, though?” she asked him, concerned.

“Because I was in a lot of pain then, Sam. You weren't around to comfort me. I had to comfort myself somehow.”

“Charlie told me that they just wanted you to have a break, though, Joey,” she pointed out. “They just wanted a break, too.”

“Is that all?”

“Yeah. Which means—someone's not telling me the whole truth. I don't know if there was a lack of communication or you had something in mind.”

“I guess I just misheard him,” Joey confessed with a sigh.

“I think you did. That's—why I asked you if you were drunk.”

“I think I was just—in the moment then when he called me at the time.”

“In the moment of what?”

Another pause, albeit one that was even longer as a result of that.

“Joey?” she called out to him. “Joey, are you there?”

He cleared his throat, but he didn't say anything further. Just a soft buzzing noise on his end.

“Joey?”

“Picture me there next to you,” he started in a husky voice, “I've got my pants unbuttoned. I'm coaxing you to come on closer to me.”

She froze right in place. “I'm picturing,” she told him in a low voice.

“Come on closer to me,” he begged her, “come on closer and put your hands down the front of my jeans and touch me there. Touch me there, and I'll return the favor to you.”

“Where?” she asked him.

“Keep your voice down.”

“Where?” she asked him again, that time in a near whisper; Esmé was still out of the house and she was in her room, but she had to do it for him.

“Right below the equator. Right inside that lovely bit of sugar you got there. Just give ya a li'l fingerin'.”

“And what if I don't touch you?”

“You use your mouth on me. Use your mouth and then get on top of me.”

“I ride on top?”

“Yes. Right—on top.”

She thought about the tape that she and Chuck had recorded to send out to Bill. She wondered if he had it with him at that point and the whole entire thought of it made her heart hammer inside of her chest from that point onward.

“Should I top it off with a kiss to you after that?” she asked him as she ran her tongue along her top row of teeth.

“Please,” he insisted, still in a low husky voice. “And then I want you to climb the other way around with me.”

“So you can—”

“Put my tongue inside of you, yeah.”

“Oh, my, Joey—what if I wanted to squeeze your ass, like a couple of ripe oranges?”

“What if you wanted to squeeze my ass?”

“How would you like that?”

“I'd like that very much. I'd probably squeeze yours, too—”

There was a click on his end; she also heard the front door close right behind her.

“Hang on, I'm getting another call,” he told her.

“My mom's home, too.”

“Oh, shit! Yeah, you don't wanna get caught talking like this in front of her. I'll talk to you later, though.”

“Joey?”

“Yeah?”

“I love you,” she said.

“I love you, too. I'm glad my own sour stomach was weak enough to keep me from injecting that horrible, horrible shit, otherwise I never would've heard your voice again.”

She smiled at that, and then the two of them hung up at the same time.

His words stayed with her the whole week she was on Catalina, and even more so when she took the bus ride back up the Valley to the Bay Area. The first thing she did was visit the studio to see how Testament was doing, especially with her father being a part of their team now.

Sam pushed open the front door, which hung slightly ajar, so she could hear Alex plucking his guitar and Chuck laughing at something. Even from outside, she was growing familiar with his guitar tone and the elaborate, melodic way in which he played. She rounded the corner to find him there at the sound board, with that red guitar rested upon his lap and with his hair brushed to where it was rather frizzy and fuzzy and stood every which way.

“Hey, you,” she greeted him.

“Hey!” he greeted back to her, complete with a lopsided little smile. Her gaze wandered over to the sound board, where she spotted a series of tapes there, all which had the words “signed and sealed” inscribed on one side.

“Are you guys done?” she asked him, stunned.

“Yeah, it's all been recorded,” he told her, “well, Greg and Louie's parts are, anyway. Eric and I have to put down the guitar work, and then Chuck has to lay down vocals and then it all goes into mixing and mastering.”

“Don't you guys also have to play the songs together, too?” she asked him.

“Yeah, we do! We do that—in about a month or so, or whenever our residency is up anyways. It's like the last thing we do is perform the songs live in studio.”

She looked about the room around them: no one else in there with them, even with the door to the pool room wide open.

“I keep thinking about our encounter in the pool room,” she said to him in a low voice.

“You know, I don't really have a memory of it,” he confessed. “I mean, I sorta do? But it's rather vague, though. All I remember is feeling you up against my body and the next thing I knew, I woke up and I had that strange hickey on my neck. I never had one of those before, but when I took a better look at it, I thought 'is that what I think it is?' Sure enough it was. Again, my memory is real hazy but I do have somewhat of it, though.”

“And we made a pinky promise to one another that we wouldn't speak about it to anyone, either,” she added.

“I do remember that,” he told her with a raise of his eyebrows. “I remember that pretty clearly.”

“Because you puked it all up.”

“I puked it all up but I was still kind of fuzzy in the head, though. But I do remember that part, though. I remember feeling your finger on me, too.”

“I should tell you that you are quite the kisser,” she told him.

“I think you are, too,” he said with a little squint to his eyes. “I can still taste you. Even after all the water I drank up after the fact, I can still taste you on my tongue.”

“Do you remember what else I told you?” she asked him in a soft voice.

“Something about—me being perfect or something along those line?”

“How I want to protect you from things, especially other women.”

“Women are not things, though, Samantha,” he said in a singsong voice and with a wag of his finger. “You ought to know that. You're a woman yourself.”

“Of course,” she retoreted as she rolled her eyes. “But what I mean is I want to protect you, Alex. I think it might be from you being younger than me.”

“Could be. Or it could be the fact that you're out here in California again and your boyfriend is back in New York still.”

“You were a bit drunk, though,” she pointed out.

“I was drunk and feeling every inch of you all over me, like it's some kinda hallucinogen.”

“I kind of wanna tape your mouth shut now,” she admitted.

“Why?” he chuckled at that.

“Tape over your mouth and give you what for below the equator.”

He raised his eyebrows at that, but she realized that he was looking past her. Sam turned around and there was no one behind her.

“I thought I saw Eric back there,” he said as she turned back around and faced him straight on. “Anyways, you wanna tape me up and give me a little something down south?”

“Yes!”

“Lemme ask you this, Samantha—where did all this come from?”

“Hanging out with you and Chuck and Eric and Greg and Louie. That's what.”

“Nah, I'm sure you were feeling like this with Joey and all those guys back East.”

She eyed the veins in his lanky arms: they seemed much more slender, sinewy, and toned than before, as if he had worked out this whole entire time. She brought her gaze up to his face and those deep eyes that she had seen from a whole mile away from the coast line.

“I'll tell you this, though, Alex,” she told him, “—you are nice and soft. For a strong little guy, you sure have the softest body. Like cuddling with a little teddy bear. Or a little pillow.”

“Hey, I ain't little,” he scoffed with a toss of his black hair and a wag of his finger. “If you and I ever get together at some point again in the future—and things get extra passionate between us—I'll show you what I mean.”

She froze for a second, and then she realized what he was talking about. And then she showed him her tongue.

“You are a dirty little boy, aren't you,” she teased him.

“Again—I ain't little. And I might have to wash anyways—I'll be right back.”

He stood up and slung his guitar off of his shoulder, and then he walked on out of there, and into the next room. Given he said that within junction of itself, she wondered if he was actually going to do just that. She turned to the tapes on the sound board, those completed tapes, already recorded and ready to be pieced together for the new album.

A familiar woman's voice caught her ear right then, and she turned for a look to the door of the pool room. She recognized that jet black hair, which had been cut extra short and flipped about at the back of her head. She had put on a bit of weight from carrying two babies, but her protruding belly told Sam that there was something else now.

“Hey! Aurora!” She was stern.

“Sam!” Aurora's face lit up but Sam's arms folded across her chest took that look of joy away as quickly as it came. Eric and Alex stopped right in their tracks in the doorways right there on either side of them: the room fell silent as a result.

They hadn't spoken since that fateful New Year's Eve, but the wounds were still raw with Sam. Aurora glanced back at Eric, who stood there in the doorway of the pool room; he looked as though he was about to head back in there but he never did. She returned to Sam with a serious look on her face.

“Listen—I feel terrible,” she confessed. “I feel so terrible for what I did, for leaving you and the girls behind. But—I have a family now. It's hard for me to focus sometimes—and it was especially then, too. My brain just—wasn't firing on all cylinders. Really, I feel terrible, Sam. I can't believe I did that to you.”

“I see you already have another bun in the oven,” Sam grumbled; she swore that Aurora just had twins that past summer.

“I do, yes. I'm sure you know—I love my daughters. I love Emile. But I also love you, though. I love you and I miss you. And like I said, I feel terrible.” She paused for a moment. “If you're going to blame anyone, blame me.”

Sam parted her lips to say something but no sound came out. Instead, Aurora lowered her gaze and she turned away. Sam's mind went blank and then she turned to Eric and Alex there in the doorways, and the both of them looked so small at the sight before them. Eric then stepped out of the way to let Marla through: her hair still in that neon green, but she carried a small bundle in her arms.

“Our daughters,” Aurora explained, “Phoebe and Elizabeth—I just brought Phoebe with me. Emile's caring for Elizabeth back home right now. I don't know what this baby'll be next but I'm eager to meet him or her.”

She turned to Marla.

“What were you gonna do?”

“I was just take her outside to the porch,” Marla replied as she nodded to the doorway around Alex. “It's kind of stuffy in here and smells like beer.” Alex himself grimaced at that; he stepped out of her way and Aurora followed suit.

Sam, Alex, and Eric congregated there in the middle of the floor; she then turned to Eric.

“I feel like I haven't seen you in a million years,” she told him. “How are you?”

“I'm good, thank you!”

“We're on a roll lately,” Alex said with a glimmer in his eye.

“Hell yeah, we are, my brother.” Eric bumped his fist, and then Alex returned to the sound board for his guitar; Sam peered out the doorway at the sight of Marla and Aurora taking their seats on the porch. There was a small shrub right there at the rim, one decorated with big hot pink flowers. Sam had seen those flowers all over California, especially all over the southern region of the state.

“I don't like those flowers,” she told Eric in a low voice.

“What, those pink ones?”

“Yeah.”

“Why's that?”

“Those are oleanders. They're poison, Eric.”

“Oh, shit.”

“Yeah, look how close they are to them, too.”

Eric cleared his throat.

“Marla,” he called out. “Marla—”

“Just a second,” she told him off, and she adjusted the bundle in her arms, and then she returned to Aurora. “Anyways—”

“Marla!” Eric insisted.

“Just a second, Eric!” she insisted, and she turned back to Aurora. “What was I saying?”

“MARLA!”

She rotated in the chair and fully faced him with Aurora's daughter cradled in her arms.

“What do you want, Eric?” she demanded.

“Get away from that bush!” Sam declared.

“What, this bush right here?” Marla gestured to the hot pink flowers right behind her.

“Yes, those are oleanders—they're poison,” she advised her.

“Oh, shit—” Marla yanked Phoebe away from there.

“Yeah, go wash—” Sam proclaimed, and she and Eric looked at one another, horrified. Marla hurried off of the porch and headed back inside of the short corridor before them and into the bathroom. Aurora lifted up her chair and inched away from there.

“That was close,” Eric said as he headed back to the pool room.

“For real!” Sam returned to Alex, who had taken his seat there once again and played around with the volume on his guitar. He raised his head and showed her a soft expression.

“I feel like if you go back to New York now,” Alex told her in a low voice, “you'll be seen as a hick.”

“Why's that?”

“Because you're in touch with nature,” he said with a shrug of his shoulders, “I dunno, just something about being in a place like New York and knowing about things like oleanders.”

“That's probably why I loved upstate so much,” she recalled in a soft tone.

“There's also—this is just from what I've seen traveling through there and from touring—like a bluntness with New York, too. You like things that are nice and soft. It's okay, though—my dad tells me that time makes you stronger as it passes along.”

“I'll buy that,” she said, “I definitely feel stronger now than I was five years ago, before I moved to New York in the first place.”

“Don't blame ya,” he told her with a shake of his head and the little gray tuft over his head waved about like a little flag. “Five years—you've been through a lot, Samantha.”

“I really have,” she said in a low voice. “I really genuinely have, Alex.”

Louie strode past them right then with little black gloves on his hands. He gave his hair a slight toss back and showed her a grin.

“Poison garden,” she declared.

“Poison mother fuckin' garden,” he echoed her as part of his greeting and he gave her a bump of the fist.

“I don't know what that means,” Alex confessed, “but poison garden!”

Sam and Louie burst out laughing at that.

“When we were on a road trip together,” she explained to him, “we talked about starting a garden that's consisted of nothing but poison plants.”

Alex froze for a second, and then he burst out laughing, and then he looked on at her with a mortified look on his face.

“Poison plants? Like—deadly nightshade and—”

“Oleanders, too,” Louie added.

“Yeah, we discussed oleanders,” Sam continued, “mainly because they grow like weeds in the south land in particular. But yeah, deadly nightshade, oleanders, strychnine, among others. You can join us if you so wish, Alex.”

“I'd rather have a stake in it, thank you,” he said with a nervous chuckle.

“A stake in poison!” Louie declared. “Right on.”

“A stake in poison and sex tape,” Sam blurted out, to which Alex shushed her, but Louie had already walked away at that point. Marla returned out of the bathroom, still with the bundle in her arms.

"Marla!" Sam called out to her, and she padded closer to the doorway.

"Did Bill ever get the thing?" Marla hesitated for a second and then her face lit up.

"He did, as a matter of fact! Dave called me right before I flew out here and he said 'the eagle has landed.'"

"Hell yeah," Alex declared with a mischievous grin on his face.

"By the way," Sam added, "you look like a mom holding that baby in your arms." She turned to Alex. "Wouldn't you agree, Alex? She looks like a mom."

"Yeah, even with the green hair," he said.

Marla shrugged her shoulders.

"I dunno 'bout that," she confessed. "I've never felt like mommy type like with Aurora back here. But, I'll take that as a compliment, though. Thanks, guys." She showed them a smile before she ducked back onto the porch.

"Speaking of mommies," Alex said under his breath, and Sam took a glimpse over at him.

"What'd you say?" she asked him.

"Nothing." And he continued plucking and messing with the dials.

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toomuchchelsea · 5 years ago

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Can you do the carpool karaoke one but with Ruben pls💖

enjoy, bubba x

You were sat in the Range Rover with James in the drivers’ seat, your fingers fiddling with your necklace as the cameras around you began filming.

After the typical “Hey, thanks for helping me get to work” intro and singing along to one of your songs, James turned to you with a mischievous grin.

“So, you wanna talk about that necklace you’ve been fiddling with since you got in the car? And the meaning behind the R on it?” he teased, watching your smile grow as a blush decorated your cheeks. “Who is the R for, love?”

“Ruben,” you replied with a roll of the eyes, though you weren’t bothered by answering it at all. You actually had the widest grin on your face.

“Ruben…” James egged on, making you say it out loud.

“Ruben Loftus-Cheek,” you answered before putting on your entertaining personality and turning to the camera. “#12 on the pitch, #1 in your hearts,” you cheekily said with a wink, making James burst out into laughter.

“So, Ruben plays for Chelsea…” James began after you two sang another one of your songs. “And he’s been training with the team in Dubai for a few weeks, right?”

You nodded your head. “Yeah,” you started with a frown, “We haven’t gotten a chance to see each other in, like, two months just because of our busy schedules…” You trailed off, hands once again going to fiddle with your necklace.

“Well, you know what’s crazy?”

“What?” you asked, turning to him. From your peripheral vision, you could see one of the car doors for the backseat open before your handsome and amazing boyfriend slid into the seats. You simply glanced at him as he entered before turning back around, jaw dropped as you stared between him and James.

“Hi, love,” Ruben greeted with a cheesy smile, making tears well up in your eyes before they easily slipped down your cheeks. You were a silent, sobbing mess when you felt Ruben’s long arms come to hold your hands. He leaned forward, between the front two seats to pull you into a hug.

“You’re back,” you mumbled as your cheeks squished up against the crook of his neck.

“I’m back,” he confirmed, before you two pulled away. He softly grabbed hold of your necklace, pulling you forward until your lips met.

“Alright, you two. Keep it PG,” James joked before you pulled away. You both laughed, you wiping your tears away. For the rest of the Carpool Karaoke episode, you couldn’t stop looking back at Ruben, just to make sure he was there. You ere just shocked and happy and couldn’t have asked for more.

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'Goal-scoring defender' James tops Chelsea's top scorer 먹튀검증

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Chelsea's favorite right wing-back Rhys James scored a multi-goal in a 3-0 win over Newcastle. He has recently improved his scoring prowess and is rapidly emerging as a new solver for Chelsea, who are suffering from a string injury at the forefront.

Chelsea won 3-0 in the 10th round of the Premier League (PL) against Newcastle at St James' Park. At the same time, Chelsea have 25 points from 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, along with 4 PL wins (6 consecutive wins in official competitions), 3 points behind 2nd place Liverpool (22 points), which ended in a 2-2 draw at home against Brighton. He succeeded in maintaining the 1st place by spreading the dots.

In this match, Chelsea used their usual 3-4-2-1 formation. Kai Havertz was at the forefront, with Callum Hudson-Odoi and Hakim Sieech providing offensive support from this line. Ben Chilwell and Rhys James took charge of the left and right flanks, while Jorginho and N'Golo Kante built a double volante (a positional term for two defensive midfielders). With Thiago Silva as the center, Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen stood on the left and right to form a three-back, and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy kept the goal.

The most striking thing is that Orthodox strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner were both out of the squad due to injuries at the same time, and Havertz played the role of 'Fake No. It was a standout factor.

As Lukaku and Werner were absent at the same time, it was difficult for Chelsea to conduct a normal attack. In particular, in the first half, Ziyech was a bit too greedy to shoot, and the attack did not go smoothly as Havertz was isolated from the Newcastle defense with a defensive formation of 500. As a result, Chelsea only took 6 shots throughout the first half, and even that, they were a bit helpless in attack to the point where they didn't even have a single shot on target. It was the second time this season that Chelsea did not have a shot on target in a PL away game in the first half, following Tottenham.

At the beginning of the second half, however, Ziyech took the first effective shot, and just two minutes later, Ziyech's bold mid-range shot hit the opposing defender's body and deflected and hit the post, cooling Newcastle's chatter. However, as the attack faltered again, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel replaced Ziyech and Kante in the 19th minute and replaced Ross Barkley and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

This worked. Kante is a defensive midfielder, and Ziyech played a bit greedy throughout the game, so support for right wingback James was not working well. But with Barkley and Loftus-Cheek coming in, passes started to match James' flank penetration.

In fact, James had three touches in the opponent's penalty box until the 19th minute of the second half. Even that was all over the side of the penalty box. However, starting in the 20th minute of the second half, he succeeded in taking the ball touch inside the opponent's penalty box 4 times in the 25th minute. All four innings were located in a dangerous area where direct shooting could be aimed (refer to the touch map below).

James Touchmap after the 19th minute (Powered by OPTA)

In the process, James' multi-goal exploded. A Hudson-Odoi cross was cleared by the opposing defense with a header, and James, who infiltrated into the penalty box, took the lead with a powerful left-footed shot. Then, in the 31st minute of the second half, James received a pass from Loftus-Cheek inside the penalty box and gave a return pass, and Loftus-Cheek took it with a shot and hit the opposing defense, and James added a goal with a powerful non-stop shot. .

In the 33rd minute of the second half, Havertz received a through pass from Barkley and inducing a foul in a one-on-one chance against the keeper, resulting in a penalty kick.

In this match, James scored a multi-goal and succeeded in scoring his fourth PL personal goal this season. At the same time, James surpassed Chilwell, Lukaku and Mason Mount to become the top scorer on the team. In addition, he scored 7 points (4 goals and 3 assists) in attacking points (goals + assists), beating Matteo Kovacic (1 goal and 5 assists) to become the top team in the team.

Goals aren't everything. He minimized the absence of an orthodox striker by taking the most ball touches from within the opponent's penalty box among Chelsea players in this match. The number of effective shots (3 times) and chance-making (3 times) as well as crosses (7 times) were the most. The dribble breakout also boasted a 100% success rate with two successful attempts. The pass success rate reached 95.4%. In other words, it was in charge of the front line of the attack.

Chelsea's attacking midfielder Christian Pulisic left early due to an injury, and Lukaku and Werner also suffered injuries, causing a significant power leak in the attacking team. However, James has scored three goals in his last two PL games, replacing their gap. Coach Tuchel is also making an offensive tactic with James as the center.

In terms of the season as a whole, Chelsea are responsible for 12 of the 26 goals scored by the defenders, including James, in the PL, the most. It is followed by the midfielders with 9 goals, and the strikers with only 4 goals (the other goal is an own goal). If the attackers fail to score, the defenders will score instead, maintaining the top spot.

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Big Midweek: Man Utd v West Ham again, Saul, Nuno, Norwich

It’s a Carabao-flavoured Big Midweek, with Manchester United and West Ham meeting again so soon. Nuno and Saul will also see familiar faces… Game to watch – Manchester United v West Ham Three days after a truly ridiculous climax at the London Stadium, Manchester United and West Ham get to do it all again in the Carabao Cup third round at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Of course, we expect the two teams will be quite different from the ding-dong at the London Stadium on Sunday, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already confirmed that one of the stars of the very late show, Jesse Lingard, will start against the Hammers. Lingard has made key contributions as a substitute in the last week, with two goals in the Premier League and an unfortunate assist in the Champions League. Unlike previous seasons when Solskjaer would shuffle out the deadwood and the kids, United have a squad large enough to make sweeping changes while retaining a first-XI look. Other players who need to make a similar impact to Lingard include Anthony Martial, Diogo Dalot, Donny van de Beek, Eric Bailly and Victor Lindelof. The thing they all have in common is the fact that they looked surplus to requirements in the summer, and some still will be. But Jadon Sancho arrived as United’s biggest summer signing and is hoping to impress – ideally in his preferred position on the right – against the Hammers. For David Moyes, the Carabao Cup perhaps slips to fourth out of four in the list of West Ham’s priorities this season, what with his side playing Europa League football this term. But the Scot has never won at Old Trafford as a visitor – he barely won there as United manager – and having suffered one abject cup exit at Old Trafford in 2021, Moyes should be motivated to take the tie seriously. Thomas Tuchel heads Premier League winners and losers Team to watch – Norwich Just when Norwich thought their horror run of fixtures had ended, back to Carrow Road go Liverpool for the second time this season. Since the Canaries don’t look like winning a game or ever keeping a clean sheet again, at least Daniel Farke can be certain that his beleaguered side won’t be facing Jurgen Klopp’s big guns. Klopp himself could not be arsed to do the pre-match press conference, instead sending out Pep Lijnders in his place. Which tells you all you need to know about where the Carabao Cup sits in his mind. But this is still a big game for Norwich as they desperately look to end a wretched run of form before they go to Merseyside to face Everton on Saturday. How does Farke kickstart the Canaries’ campaign? There is only so much he can do since individual errors are crippling the Premier League’s only pointless side, which isn’t helped by the unfamiliarity that occurs within a much-changed squad. One change could be a tweak to Farke’s formation. The adoption of 4-3-3 is a brave call, but one that is leaving a ropey defence horribly exposed. Against Liverpool, regardless of who wears red on Tuesday evening, Farke must be tempted to revert to two holding midfielders. Without shoring up at the back, City’s attacking capability almost won’t matter because they simply cannot outscore Premier League opposition. Tuesday night might be a good time for Farke to begin practising some pragmatism.

Player to watch – Saul Just when Saul was beginning to get John McGinn’s grinning mug out of his head whenever he closed his eyes, the Chelsea new boy is set to do battle with the same opponent who made his Premier League debut a torrid affair last week. At least Saul won’t have to encounter McGinn again. The Villa midfielder was dizzy himself on Saturday, though that was down to a knock on the head rather than any opponent running roughshod over him for 45 minutes. That’s what happened to Saul before he was hooked on his Chelsea bow. Given how quickly Thomas Tuchel tends to take decisions over his players, the on-loan midfielder needs a vastly improved performance if he gets the nod to line up in Chelsea’s XI against the Villans at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel has explained the need for the 26-year-old to be given time to adapt, which is a reasonable request, albeit not always forthcoming. But given the strength of Chelsea’s midfield – especially while Mateo Kovacic has started the season on fire – Saul simply must impress or, at the very least, do the basics after a nightmare debut in which he could barely find a Blue shirt. F365 Says: Chelsea better call Saul as PL waits for a first superstar Manager to watch – Nuno One consolation for the Tottenham manager: his old team are in a worse state than his new one… Nuno makes a second return to Wolves inside the first eight days of his Spurs reign, which started so brightly but has quickly turned sour after consecutive 3-0 defeats in the Premier League to London rivals. “A lot of things went wrong,” said Nuno after the Chelsea humbling. The same applied a week earlier when Spurs looked devoid of ambition or guile at Palace. The boss could go one of two ways when he goes back to face his former club: Nuno could rest his big names before the north London derby at the weekend; or he could give them the opportunity to play their way into something resembling form before going to the Emirates. Dele Alli, Giovani Lo Celso and Harry Kane certainly need something to kickstart their season. The struggles of the first two – and the entire Spurs midfield – perhaps offers the latter mitigation of sorts, though there is no question that Kane looks a long, long way from his best when the ball finds him. Or on the increasingly common occasion when he drops into midfield to find it. Heung-min Son made a swift recovery from injury to line up against Chelsea but in a central role with Kane, curiously, starting from wide. Nuno has Molinuex to refine his attacking formula before going to an Arsenal side on the opposite trajectory. In contrast to Spurs, Wolves are creating chances, but appear incapable of finishing them. Something has to give. Premier League Most Chances Created without an Assist this season: 🥇 Raul Jimenez | 15 🥈 Adama Traore | 12 🥉 Ruben Neves | 11 Someone help Wolves out… #wwfc 🐺 pic.twitter.com/mJlPFPQTpx — CLUB (@clubgame_app) September 20, 2021 EFL game to watch – Gillingham v Charlton Four EFL matches this midweek – but you can’t watch any of them on your telly box. The most consequential game could be Charlton’s trip to Gillingham on Tuesday night. The Addicks have had a wretched start to the League One season and time appears to be ticking for Nigel Adkins. Charlton have lost five out of their seven League One matches, four by a single goal, with some travelling supporters at Wycombe on Saturday calling for Adkins to go. Those dissenting voices are only likely to grow if the second-from-bottom Addicks suffer another defeat at 20th-placed Gillingham. European game to watch – Roma v Udinese There is plenty of midweek action on the continent, with Ligue 1, La Liga and Serie A fixtures offering an alternative for those with no desire for a taste of the purest Carabao. But undefeated Udinese’s trip to Jose Mourino’s Roma allows you both football fixes while filling the dark void of a Europa-free Thursday night. Mourinho suffered his first defeat as Roma boss on Sunday night when his new side were beaten 3-2 at Hellas Verona where this thunderb*stard proved decisive. Incredible volley from Marco Davide Faraoni for Hellas Verona against Roma.pic.twitter.com/QOoSVoKhVQ — Sam Street (@samstreetwrites) September 19, 2021 After checking in with Jose to see how Roma respond, waiting for you on La Liga TV is the second half of Cadiz v Barcelona. Read the full article

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Leslie looked at him, his eyes held slight fear and doubt even as his knuckles were kissed. He was glad Loki didn’t want to leave but at the same time he couldn’t help feeling like he was a huge burden to him. He knew he wasn’, but it’d been drilled into him his whole life that he was basically trash, less than human for all his traits. That no one really wanted to be around him unless they absolutely had to.

Leslie looked down again, he couldn’t help it when his lip quivered and his eyes welled up with tears that he tried to hold back. “O-Oh, nothin’ it’s j-just...”

Leslie paused and exhaled slowly. Then started up again.

“B-Being treated l-like trash m-my entire life. Th-Then having a chance at a great l-life, being happy, and..y-you...s-still feels really su-rreal. I-I love it all b-but, I can’t help f-feeling like I’m a huge w-waste of space...Condition-ings h-hard, y-you know? ‘Specially with e-everything drilled into m-my head...th-that I’m j-just..supposed to be u-used and then out of the w-w-way, th-ats it. That’s all I kn-know r-really....t-tryin’ to change it th-though. I guess th-at’s w-why I f-feel like this now, cuz I c-changed so m-much. I-It’s a way t-to forget every-thing.”

Leslie paused, then sniffled. “P-Plus Ruben’s worring m-me, hasn’t been a-around in a while. D-Don’t want him to r-ruin anything.”

During his speech tears had spilled down his face for a short while. He wanted to scream or hit or get out his frustrations, do something physical.

So he did it in a way that wouldn’t hurt him or his fiance.

Crawling over to Loki and into his lap he held onto him with almost both arms, wrapping his legs around his waist loosely. The crawling was a little difficult though. “C-Can you squeeze me r-really hard? Pl-Please? It’ll h-help. Hard h-hug...or s-something in m-my mouth? That’d help t-too...so ‘m occ-upied..m-muscles hurt...R-Really like it when y-you take care of m-me Loki.” His words were jumbled, almost like word salad, but in reality Leslie was just trying to get all the important things out of the way so he wouldn’t have to speak much after this.

It was all said softly with his head in Loki’s chest, the tears had mostly dried on his face now. Leslie clutched the back of his shirt a little tighter and was genuinely surprised he hadn’t cried for that long. Leslie just kind of, didn’t want to exist for a while. Or at least to feel like he wasn’t in a hospital anymore. He felt like all of his negative emotions, thoughts, and memories were swallowing him up all at once.

“Was that an attitude I detected?” He asked trying to joke around. “I figured you would want a bit more. I can always go back and grab more.” Loki let out a sigh feeling like he should have thought of more things to grab for Les. After all he was the one stuck in the hospital.

He listened his eyes widening and shook no quickly. “No- no that’s not what I want. I’m your fiance. I’m supposed to stick by you when you need me.” Loki reached forward holding Leslie’s hand and stopping it from fidgeting.

“Hey, what’s going on?” He asked kissing his knuckles gently. Priority number one was always Leslie, no matter if he was hurt or perfectly fine. Loki was concerned about him and keeping him safe. Sometimes he was a bit too protective, but when it was pointed out typically he tried to dial it down. He didn’t want to be that awful kind of significant other.

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[OC] I'm back with another International Break Boredom Comparison Post, this time it's of PL holding midfielders' forward pass percentages. via /r/LiverpoolFC

[OC] I'm back with another International Break Boredom Comparison Post, this time it's of PL holding midfielders' forward pass percentages.

TLDR: Jordan Henderson does not just pass sideways you moron, he's actually got the 2nd highest percentage of forward passes of the 10 players I compared.

All the numbers in the first table are from this season, all the stats are gotten from Squawka.

Player Forward Passes/Total Passes Percentage of Passes That Are Forward Passes Declan Rice 164/873 18.79% Nemanja Matic 258/1269 20.33% Fernandinho 327/1480 22.09% Fabinho 212/947 22.39% Harry Winks 255/1139 22.39% Ruben Neves 233/1029 22.64% Jorginho 490/2041 24.01% Lucas Torreira 277/1061 26.11% Jordan Henderson 280/1044 26.82% Idrissa Gueye 287/1035 27.73%

And also, just for kicks, I looked up Danny Drinkwater in 15/16.

Player Forward Passes/Total Passes Percentage of Passes That Are Forward Passes Danny Drinkwater 412/1492 27.61%

Two pieces of commentary: 1. please cite this any time you have to argue with one of those nincompoops ever again. It would make me happy and I think it's quite useful. and 2. If Henderson is passing forwards at a rate roughly equivalent with Danny "Hoof It to Vardy" Drinkwater, I don't know how this BS about him passing sideways ever even got started.

And furthermore, sideways passing isn't always tepid, LvG-at-United football. I watched the 5-1 drubbing against Arsenal from 2014 again last weekend (well, just the first 20 min) and I noticed 2 things: 1. Sturridge pre-injuries was as good as Salah (not related but worth a reminder), and 2. there was a pass Stevie made out to the wing that was perfectly sideways yet it started a counter attack that led to a chance. Even if a player does pass sideways a lot, I wouldn't use that as a stick to beat him with. One of Henderson's really good attributes IMO is his sideways passing, a quick switch of play to get in at the defense from the other side before they get across can be deadly. He does that really well.

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Has Kane changed? Is Salah below his best? More things we've learned from Premier League so far

On Thursday we highlighted how David de Gea’s performances have dipped, how Maurizio Sarri is transforming Chelsea and how one of the teams tipped for relegation can already consider themselves safe.

But what else have we learned from the opening weeks of the Premier League campaign?

While it is still early days, there are signs that Harry Kane’s game is evolving, Mohamed Salah is still searching for his scintillating 2017-18 form and the promoted sides are living up to pre-season expectations.

Kane’s game is changing

Kane has two goals and an assist so far in 2018-19 after an unusually productive August but, like Liverpool’s Salah, he is not quite the player we saw for most of last season.

A Kane performance used to mean a hatful of shots. Left foot, right foot, inside the box, long range, everything.

In 2017-18 the Tottenham man hit 184 of them; Salah was the only other player to reach three figures. But Kane still seems affected by the knocks he took earlier in the year (both the ankle injury in March and the variety pack of scrapes at the World Cup).

He has gone from averaging 2.2 shots on target per game in the Premier League last season to 0.94 in Russia, to 0.75 in the opening four matchdays.

Whether by design or damage, Kane is approaching games differently and yet he’s level on goals with the same point a year ago, so would no doubt argue that he knows exactly what he is doing.

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Salah is not at the same level as last season – yet

The Premier League Golden Boot winner in 2017-18 and the first player to score 32 times in a 38-game season, Salah has a steep task trying to match his achievements last season.

At first glance, the Egyptian is doing fine, with two goals and an assist for a team who are top of the table – that is the same number of goals as in his first four matches last season.

Seasoned Salah watchers, though, will have noticed that he is just a fraction off his best, and the numbers bear that out.

The Liverpool player has had five clear-cut chances this season and has scored only one of them, compared to a roughly-one-in-two rate of 20 goals from 43 of them last season.

Salah is not alone in this early season rustiness, with the likes of Kane (no goals from four big chances), Christian Benteke (with the same figures as Kane), Gabriel Jesus (no goals from five) and Callum Wilson (no goals from six) all squandering multiple golden opportunities in the opening weeks.

Compare that to the most clinical clear-cut chance takers so far (Aleksandar Mitrovic scoring four from five and Glenn Murray scoring all three of his) and you can see how positively hitting the ground running (and, in Murray’s case, having a proper summer holiday) can shape a player’s seasonal narrative.

Promoted sides are living up to pre-season billing

We were told that this year’s new intake in the Premier League were going to be different. This happy bunch, Wolves and Fulham anyway, were not going to try to grind their way to survival. These teams had verve, these teams had vim.

Well, do they?

WOLVES: W1 D2 L1. Pass completion 80.3% (9th highest in PL), shots per game 12.0 (12th), possession 49% (10th)

Verdict: Only one win so far but Wolves became just the third Premier League team in 2018 to muster 10+ shots in a game against Manchester City and have impressed with their positive approach. Ruben Neves scored from long range on the opening weekend and now only needs five more to match his total from last season.

FULHAM: W1 D1 L2. Pass completion 85.3% (4th), shots per game 15.0 (6th), possession 56.9% (5th)

Verdict: Fulham have been a qualified delight so far, hitting as many shots per game as Tottenham (and more than Arsenal), and out-passing all but the big three of Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool. Clearly they need to convert this into a points per game rate of more than one (four points from four matches) but the signs are good.

CARDIFF: W0 D2 L2. Pass completion 64.6% (20th), shots per game 12.5 (9th), possession 38.5% (18th)

Verdict: Not in the bottom three yet, and that’s a win (for a team which has yet to actually win). Cardiff have been more attacking than many thought they would be and are in the top half for shots per game. It’s their defence that might just keep them up, though, and goalkeeper Neil Etheridge has saved five of the seven clear-cut chances he’s faced this season, including two penalties.

Red cards are back in fashion

Remember the 2018 World Cup? Remember how there were only four dismissals in the entire tournament?

A new era of considered justice was said to have descended on the game, and yet a few weeks into the new Premier League campaign red cards are red hot again.

Nine have been brandished already (with Everton leading the way on two), meaning that 2018-19 is currently running at 0.23 red cards per game. No previous Premier League season has gone above 0.19.

Curiously, last season saw one of the lowest red card rates (0.103). Could the Premier League officials have seen how VAR altered refereeing requirements during the World Cup, and, relishing perhaps one final domestic league season without it, have engaged in a frenzy of dismissals? Or is it just an early-season spike that will even out over the coming months?

History offers hope for West Ham after pointless start

Four defeats from four leaves West Ham bottom of the Premier League, yet they have history on their side when it comes to surviving.

Twelve months ago both Bournemouth and Crystal Palace lost their first four games, yet finished in 12th and 11th respectively.

Six years ago Southampton did the same, and since football resumed after the Second World War, only seven of 23 teams to start an English top-flight season with four straight defeats have gone down.

Now each team’s season is obviously a unique beast but there’s a bone of hope for Hammers fans to chew on as the Premier League returns after the international break.

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Best Premier League XI from outside the best 6

OUR BEST XI FROM OUTSIDE THE TOP 6

The Premier League is a standout amongst the most aggressive divisions in world football, with any side equipped for beating anybody. We consistently observe the 'little clubs' motivation bombshells and claim impossible triumphs, however, arrive at the finish of the battle there is a major hole between the main 6 and the pursuing pack. Last season we saw 14 guides isolate Arsenal in sixth toward Leicester in eighth and after another late spring of enormous spending, we could see that figure increment significantly further.

Yet, in spite of the finish of season hole being so huge, it doesn't imply that there's an absence of value drop down the association. There are some best players carrying out their specialty outside the best 6 and it has us supposing - if we somehow managed to make a beginning XI from these who might make it in? It was difficult however we've given it a run and conformed to what we believe is the most ideal XI from the rest of the 14 clubs underneath.

GOALKEEPER

Goalkeeper: Lukasz Fabianski

Club: West Ham United

First up in our side is Poland universal Lukasz Fabianski, who we've chosen as our West Ham delegate. The 33-year-old has built up himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League in the course of the last couple of seasons, which incited the Hammers to spend £5m to anchor his administrations the previous summer. The Pole has shown up in the best flight and notwithstanding persevering through a troublesome begin with his new club, we immovably trust that he's the correct man to go between the sticks in our group.

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DEFENCE

Ideal Back: Seamus Coleman Club: Everton The initial segment of our four-man barrier comes as Everton man Seamus Coleman. The Republic of Ireland global has battled with wounds throughout the most recent few years yet nobody can deny that when accommodated he's up there with the best full-backs in the Premier League. A risk in the assault and a competent safeguard, Coleman is the total bundle with regards to the cutting edge fullback and his amazing consistency makes him one of the primary names on the group sheet at Goodison Park. Focus Back: Jamaal Lascelles Club: Newcastle United In the core of barrier, we've gone for Newcastle United chief Jamaal Lascelles, who keeps on upgrading his developing notoriety in the diversion with the Magpies. The multi-year-old persevered through a troublesome beginning to his profession up in the northeast yet finished the most recent few years he's truly gone to the front line for them, which prompted him accepting the skipper's armband. The entry of Rafa Benitez has obviously terrifically affected him and there are currently numerous calls for him to be called up to the England squad, demonstrating exactly how much advancement he's made.

Focus Back: Lewis Dunk Club: Brighton Joining Lascelles in safeguard is another man who's worked his way up through the Football League, Lewis Dunk. This is only his second period of best flight football in the wake of having an essential influence in Brighton's advancement to the Premier League two years prior and he's savored the test of playing at the most elevated amount. Dunk is a standout amongst the most dependable and predictable safeguards outside the main 6 and he had a major influence in the Seagulls holding their PL status last term with some noteworthy exhibitions close by Shane Duffy. Left Back: Ryan Bertrand Club: Southampton Adjusting off our backline is as we would like to think the best left-back outside the best 6, Ryan Bertrand. The multi-year-old has been connected with moves to any semblance of Manchester City and Manchester United in the course of the most recent couple of years which discloses to all of you about the level of execution that he's equipped for creating and he's basic to Southampton. Like Coleman, he has all the key qualities required for the advanced full back which makes him a noteworthy resource both going ahead and at the back and his presentations have prompted him being influenced bad habit to skipper for the Saints.

####SIKI#### MIDFIELD Conservative: Wilfried Zaha Club: Crystal Palace There was just a single decision for this situation, with Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha the champion possibility to include on the privilege in our side. The Ivory Coast worldwide has turned out to be a standout amongst the most decimating assailants in the Premier League in the course of the last couple of seasons and his significance to the Eagles can't be thought little of enough. Since Roy Hodgson's landing in Selhurst Park, he's been conveyed somewhat additionally forward, which has brought about him setting new close to home bests with regards to objective scoring in the best flight. If he somehow happened to leave Palace he could without much of a stretch bring over £50m and he's one of (if not the) best players as of now playing outside the best 6.

Focal Midfield: Jean Michael Seri Club: Fulham Next up we've gone for a man who's shown up, however, he resembles a genuine exemplary character as of now. Fulham pulled off one of the stuns of the exchange window to arrive popular Nice midfielder Jean Michael Seri for around £25m, a move which shocked clubs around the landmass. The Ivorian has been connected with clubs, for example, AC Milan, Arsenal and Barcelona in the course of the most recent couple of months so the Cottagers pulled something of an overthrow off him to arrive him and he's as of now re-paying his enormous expense back. A heavenly objective (v Burnley) and help (v Brighton) has seen him contribute 2 objectives in his initial 4 begins and he resembles a characteristic fit for the PL. In fact phenomenal and a monster physically, he's the ideal box-to-box midfielder for Fulham's squeezing 4-3-3 and we're expecting enormous things from him this season. Focal Midfield: Ruben Neves Club: Wolves Wolves pulled off one of the greatest exchange upsets we've ever found in English football to arrive, Ruben Neves, the previous summer. At that point in the Championship, they paid FC Porto only £16m to arrive Ruben Neves which resembles a flat out the deal a year on. The multi-year-old is the most youthful player to ever skipper a side in Champions League history and right now has an abundance of experience added to his repertoire, which made adjusting to the rigors of English football a doddle. He tossed it in the second level the last term where he was obviously a level above and now only four diversions into the Premier League he's taking a gander at home - which has prompted joins with Champions Manchester City. Like Zaha, he's another who could without much of a stretch carry out a vocation for one of the enormous clubs and on the off chance that he keeps on performing how he is then he will take care of business sought after next summer.

Left Wing: Roberto Pereyra Club: Watford The last bit of the jigsaw in midfield comes as Watford man Roberto Pereyra, who's delighted in a glorious beginning to the new crusade. The Argentine's Hornets profession has been extremely preventing begin since landing from Juventus in 2016, however, when he's completely fit and at it, he's a noteworthy resource. Pereyra's specialized capacity makes him happy with playing over a scope of positions in assault or midfield, making him a fantasy for head mentor Javi Gracia. He's had a full pre-season added to his repertoire and he's completely flying right now, with just Sadio Mane (4) and Aleksandar Mitrovic (4) scoring more than his 3 objectives. In the event that he can remain fit, he could sensibly proceed to hit twofold figures which would be an incredible accomplishment and without a doubt, different clubs will pay heed.

####SIKI#### ATTACK Striker: Callum Wilson Club: Bournemouth The initial segment of our two-man assault comes as Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson. The pacey forward is another player who's had woeful fortunes with wounds however when he's completely accommodated he's an outright bad dream for protectors. He's one of the fastest aggressors in plain view in the Premier League and his quality and capacity to hold up the ball makes him a key pinion in Eddie Howe's group and he can check himself unfortunate that he missed up on a first call-up to the England squad. He's in great goalscoring structure this season as of now hitting the back of the net on 2 events and in the event that he can remain damage-free it could be a monstrous year for him. Striker: Jamie Vardy Club: Leicester City The last man to make up our XI was one of the primary names on the group sheet in Jamie Vardy. There was a considerable measure of contenders from Leicester City with any semblance of Wilfred N'Didi, Kasper Schmeichel and Harry Maguire every best player yet the goalscoring type of Vardy in the course of the last four seasons just can't be overlooked. The person is a flat-out legend to the Foxes supporters subsequent to assuming an instrumental part in their staggering title win in 2015/16 and he hasn't backed off since - scoring 34 Premier League objectives throughout the last two seasons. The multi-year-old is another danger to protectors with his speed and sheer assurance not giving the resistance a minutes rest, he could perform for a best 6 club without a doubt so the Leicester board deserve credit for tying him down.

####SIKI#### MANAGER Administrator: Sean Dyche Club: Burnley Driving our side is Burnley's own one of a kind Sean Dyche, who established his place as one of the Premier League's best supervisors the last term. The multi-year-old and his Clarets side dazed the best trip to record a seventh set complete - which thusly reserved their place in the Europa League capability rounds. That was their most noteworthy ever complete in the Premier League and he merits a gigantic measure of credit for accomplishing it on one of the littlest spending plans in the division. Things haven't begun also for them this year yet he's as yet the best supervisor and with him, in charge, the sky is the limit for Burnley as a year ago demonstrated.

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