Bazz
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And his foot got Doherty just under the knee.
And, we’re off.......2018/2019
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And his foot got Doherty just under the knee.
clubchamp98
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Pickford got Ings in the back.
I think Vardy got what he deserved but Pickford got away with one because he’s a goalkeeper, but out of his area hes just another player.
Dermot was saying because Pickford got the ball it’s ok to have your foot in the air studs showing endangering your opponent I think he’s wrong.
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Kellfire
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It's a messed up game if we class looking at someone as an indication you're going to try to hurt them. If he doesn't look, how is he supposed to know if he even needs to tackle or not?
Orikoru
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I don't really want to drag this up again as we've done it to death now, but the Vardy incident was completely different, obviously. He drove his studs into the guy's knee above the height of the ball. Pickford simply followed through with a standard clearance and accidentally caught him. I don't believe it's 'high foot' - players kick the ball at waist height all the time. High foot is when people get a boot to the face. But anyway, we all have differing views and no one is changing their mind any time soon so let's move on. :lol:
Orikoru
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Christ. Try and kick the ball without your studs leaving the ground and see where you get. :mmm:
Blimey, when is the next PL match, when is the next Jose press conference? New record required.
Orikoru
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I shall propose a new topic, haha.
Why has there been talk of a 'crisis' just because Bravo got injured? He's only 2nd choice, would have played League Cup and say idly on the bench the rest of the time. They've now panicked and recalled a guy from Holland - why? If Grimshaw was good enough to be 3rd choice (since they sold Hart and Gunn), then why is he not trusted to be 2nd choice? That's the whole point of a 3rd choice, to train with the squad and be ready to step onto the bench if needed. Wouldn't it make more sense to have left the Montenegrin lad on loan for now so he gets games, and only recalled him if and when something happened to Ederson or Grimshaw? It all seems uncharacteristically panicky from Pep.
Orikoru, I agree with that. If your 3rd choice is so inadequate then he should not be at a club like City. I don't think they should be allowed to recall the keeper on loan, stick with what they have. Chances are the spare keeper will never get on the pitch but if he does it is his chance, and City's, to see what he is about at that level.
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Aren’t we missing the point, with Bravo injured 3rd choice becomes 2nd choice, if 1st choice or new 2nd choice gets injured, they have no back up and would be looking at U18’s etc.
If 1st or 2nd choice gets injured, accepting that the original 2nd is already injured, then City can apply for special dispensation from the league to get another keeper in on loan. How many times does a keeper get injured? Very rare and City are not in that position yet. Nobody gets more splinters than the back up keeper, they rarely take the tracksuit off on a match day during the season.
Orikoru
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As I said at the end of my post - if they had the option to recall the keeper from loan, why not just do that if and when one of the other two becomes injured? Doing it now just means they have two keepers sitting around doing nothing.
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It doesn’t work that quick though, City have 2 fit first team keepers, one keeper pulls a muscle warming up for example, you suddenly have no back up.
clubchamp98
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This is more interesting than Vardy/ Pickford.
Last time I was told off was by my school teacher.
Last time I was told off was by my school teacher.
Orikoru
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To be fair, at this point they could put Stones in goal and be no worse off. All their keeper needs to do is play it out from the back on the occasionally goal kick! 
Big Nev didn't need 2 back ups. How many back ups do they need? Football has gone soft :ears:.
Let's get back to having an outfield player going in goal for the last 20 minutes of a match following an injury to a keeper. Who didn't love that?
Liverbirdie
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Not doing the double, instead of us, in 1986 refutes that argument.
I don't remember him being injured in that season. How did the keeper situation affect that? You will have to remind me, too many years have passed by.
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And if, you know, yer history.........:ears:
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Got injured playing for Wales, missed the end of the season and replaced by Bobby Mimms.
Okay, Mimms came in but he was the no. 2. Coming back to the original point, Nev was injured the no 2 steps in. It is how it works. No need for an emergency plane to bring in another keeper.
A good bit of fun for you to remember the days when you used to win the league, :ears:, I'll give you that. Now if only I could remember who won it the following year
A good bit of fun for you to remember the days when you used to win the league, :ears:, I'll give you that
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