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Orikoru said:
It's just hard to see him developing the experience and maturity you need given that he's always injured. Destined to be another Wilshere or Sturridge at the moment.
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He's got loads of CL experience, he's part of this current Liverpool squad and definitely matured enough to be playing in a Klopp side.

Up until his injury on international duty Nov 20 he was 1st choice pairing with VVD.

I hope he doesnt get picked for England to be honest. Same with TAA. Id rather protect them and have them fit for us rather than sit on Englands bench watching Maguire ?
 
Bdill93 said:
I dont think it does though. Even a Burnley CB plays against better opposition every week than Tomori.

Norwich's CB's are playing more games this season against Champions League Quarter Finalists than Tomori is......
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In that case, better have a look at the Boro CB's too as they did well against UTD and Arsenal.

I concede Italian isn't too league, but it's not a farmers league.

Would certainly have called him up and had a look. He has also played on the PL and looked decent.
 
Bdill93 said:
I dont think it does though. Even a Burnley CB plays against better opposition every week than Tomori.

Norwich's CB's are playing more games this season against Champions League Quarter Finalists than Tomori is......
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It is true that mid and bottom table Premiership players play against high quality opposition most weeks, and therefore if they have a good run of form one might argue how good they are. I see it often for goalkeepers who play well for teams in the bottom half.

However, these teams are often up against it for longer parts of each game, and often for most of the game. They see plenty of action, and so long as the team are organised and things go their way, they get a good chance to shine. Keepers may have plenty of shots to save. There is less pressure as well, as they are often underdogs from the start.

However, if a team has aspirations to play at the very top, and I am sure England do, then they should be playing a different type of football than lower ranked PL sides. You'd hope defenders would not be constantly under pressure. So, you need defenders who are good in possession, but have the concentration to stop the odd isolated attack. They also need to be good at defending under more pressure, as this is likely when playing the other big national sides.

So, it is easier to select a player who plays for a top PL team, or even a top club side in another big league. It is more likely that player has that competitive mentality, that winning mentality and all the attributes to play at the highest level of international football. It wasn't that long ago that England had plenty of strong centre backs to choose from, so it is interesting these days they are in short supply. I wonder why this is? When I grew up in the 80's and early 90's, the football coaching wasn't exactly politically correct. If you didn't have much skill but were happy to kick lumps out of people, you were a defender. If you were also tall, centre back. If you were fast, on the wing, etc. I don't know how junior football works in this day and age, but I hear it is less about competition and aggressiveness, and more about providing more rounded coaching. I'm sure this has benefits, although is it a bit "jack of all trades, master of none".
 
Rlburnside said:
Th


Being at the talks would have not gone down well with Putin and put him at risk and any previous friendship with Putin would count for nothing.

To be honest I find it hard to believe you seem to still believe he’s done nothing wrong.
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I don’t think that’s what BIM is suggesting

There was the belief from some that RA would be rank and file behind Putin and supporting him

Where as I think RA is not stupid and doesn’t want this war because it’s going to effect him , the same with the other oligarchs that are being sanctioned - it’s hitting them and they want the war to end

The person who the oligarchs were best buddies with was Yeltsin - he was one who helped facilitate them gaining the wealth , Putin imo would like nothing more than to see them pay back their dues to “mother russia”
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1508489343077216256

the next appointment Man Utd make is prob going to be one of their biggest since ORN arrived at the club - the list of available managers is very small , even more so the ones at the top of the tree - Ten Hag is one of them but there is every chance they are going to miss out on him

The worry for Utd fans is the club will be wanting a quick fix , someone like Ten Hag will need time to build back up so imo they will be trying to bring in someone like Tuchel who will turn them down , Zidane who won’t go near the job and Pochettino who’s stock is falling
 
A study by Hallam Uni has found that championship clubs that get parachute payments from the Premier League do better than those without ?
Who would have thought the 7 clubs who got an average of £33 million each this season would do well?
Some of these studies into the bleeding obvious make me laugh
 
Rlburnside said:
Th


Being at the talks would have not gone down well with Putin and put him at risk and any previous friendship with Putin would count for nothing.

To be honest I find it hard to believe you seem to still believe he’s done nothing wrong.
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Well, he's clearly not someone's friend, judging by last night news where someone has tried to kill him with a nerve agent!
 
Neilds said:
A study by Hallam Uni has found that championship clubs that get parachute payments from the Premier League do better than those without ?
Who would have thought the 7 clubs who got an average of £33 million each this season would do well?
Some of these studies into the bleeding obvious make me laugh
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I think also there was some kind of study a few years ago which showed teams that get automatic promotion are better prepared than teams that get promoted via the play offs as they know they will be getting more money a few weeks earlier ?
 
Tashyboy said:
I think also there was some kind of study a few years ago which showed teams that get automatic promotion are better prepared than teams that get promoted via the play offs as they know they will be getting more money a few weeks earlier ?
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Didn't do Fulham any good last time after winning the play off. That said, going up and then trying to buy a whole new team was always going to be a recipe for disaster. The gap between the top two in the championship and the bottom 6-8 teams in the PL is usually pretty narrow. The issue some clubs have is they squeeze in at the minute into the play-offs and so haven't really planned for the contingency of promotion. Of course those around the play off places and fringes hope to be involved but it must be hard to get in late and have definitive plans and transfer targets in place. Of course that also assumes they get through the play-offs and go up
 
Harvey Elliot trending on Twitter,seems like he’s the latest professional footballer that thinks he can talk to his partner like ? ?‍♂️
 
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