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The Footie Thread

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Stuart_C said:
Rodri has taken over Fernandinho's mantle of not being booked.
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The ref certainly seems to be letting a lot of challenges go that could/should be yellow cards, from both sides. There have been a couple that certainly looked like they should've been given as a yellow. Has there been a recent directive to let more go as it certainly seemed to be the case in the World Cup as well?
 
The ref's finally remembered that he has cards in his pocket, and that one was a lot less obvious than some that have been let go previously. Expect to see another 6 or 7 cards at least in the next half an hour now the first one has been given.
 
ColchesterFC said:
The ref certainly seems to be letting a lot of challenges go that could/should be yellow cards, from both sides. There have been a couple that certainly looked like they should've been given as a yellow. Has there been a recent directive to let more go as it certainly seemed to be the case in the World Cup as well?
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No just inept refereeing.
 
ColchesterFC said:
The ref's finally remembered that he has cards in his pocket, and that one was a lot less obvious than some that have been let go previously. Expect to see another 6 or 7 cards at least in the next half an hour now the first one has been given.
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Those cards are the easiest to give.
 
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I think this young lad Haaland could be a decent player. Don't know if anyone has seen much of him but I think he might score a lot of goals this season and might be the buy of the season.
 
City not playing that well yet 3 nil up , they will imo walk the league

Haaland is the signing of the season

And that should be another yellow for Rodri
 
ColchesterFC said:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I think this young lad Haaland could be a decent player. Don't know if anyone has seen much of him but I think he might score a lot of goals this season and might be the buy of the season.
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Agree there Colch. You must be watching the same stream as I am.
At half time I had Sky Sports News on and for Haaland’s first goal it was at least 4 minutes before it was on TV
 
How much difference do people think it would have made to the league table if Haaland had gone to Chelsea/Liverpool/Man Utd/Arsenal instead on Man City?

He does seem to be a once in a generation player that makes a massive difference wherever he plays. As a neutral I kind of want to see him stay at City for as long as possible to see him smash all the goal scoring records but at the same time I'd like to see him win the CL for City and then move on to Real Madrid just to make the PL more of an even contest. I can't see anyone being able to compete with City over a full league season as long as Haaland is there and banging in goals for fun.
 
ColchesterFC said:
How much difference do people think it would have made to the league table if Haaland had gone to Chelsea/Liverpool/Man Utd/Arsenal instead on Man City?

He does seem to be a once in a generation player that makes a massive difference wherever he plays. As a neutral I kind of want to see him stay at City for as long as possible to see him smash all the goal scoring records but at the same time I'd like to see him win the CL for City and then move on to Real Madrid just to make the PL more of an even contest. I can't see anyone being able to compete with City over a full league season as long as Haaland is there and banging in goals for fun.
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He is just a machine , he appears to have the lot , pace, strength , natural ability to finish - City will put chances on a plate for him and he will prob end up missing more than he scores but will end up getting over 40 league goals with ease.

He prob would have had the same impact at Liverpool with the chances the fullbacks create , would certainly be the missing ingredient at Chelsea.

The key for City is will he be the player to get them the trophy they really want - the CL

Thankfully for the rest of the Prem I don’t think it will be long before he moves on
 
Liverpoolphil said:
He is just a machine , he appears to have the lot , pace, strength , natural ability to finish - City will put chances on a plate for him and he will prob end up missing more than he scores but will end up getting over 40 league goals with ease.

He prob would have had the same impact at Liverpool with the chances the fullbacks create , would certainly be the missing ingredient at Chelsea.

The key for City is will he be the player to get them the trophy they really want - the CL

Thankfully for the rest of the Prem I don’t think it will be long before he moves on
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This feels like wishful thinking to me, based on his old man and agents wanting lots of signing on fees, think he might stay at City and win hatfuls of trophies for fun for a while
 
fundy said:
This feels like wishful thinking to me, based on his old man and agents wanting lots of signing on fees, think he might stay at City and win hatfuls of trophies for fun for a while
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It was something his dad said before the World Cup in regards his son wanting to win trophies in all 5 of the top leagues - along the lines of 3 years here , couple in Spain , then Italy , then France and then finish in Germany

Also suspect there will be release clauses in his contracts as he goes around the clubs

Edit - found it

https://www.90min.com/posts/erling-...-across-europe-s-top-leagues-01ge6q0q4v12/amp
 
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Liverpoolphil said:
He is just a machine , he appears to have the lot , pace, strength , natural ability to finish - City will put chances on a plate for him and he will prob end up missing more than he scores but will end up getting over 40 league goals with ease.

He prob would have had the same impact at Liverpool with the chances the fullbacks create , would certainly be the missing ingredient at Chelsea.

The key for City is will he be the player to get them the trophy they really want - the CL

Thankfully for the rest of the Prem I don’t think it will be long before he moves on
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Go on then Phil,where’s he moving to??

Serious question,if he’s a Liverpool player are you saying he’s moving on?

Pretty sure you said Suarez,Coutinho,Torres aren’t going nowhere.
Stick to playing football manager on social media ??
 
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