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The Footie Thread

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Swango1980 said:
Yeah, I had no issues with them not kicking the ball out. I just mentioned it to paint the scene, and highlight the approximate time in match it happened. That is, the moment he vomited. Good job is was near the final whistle. Wouldn't wanna be an England defender and having to slide over it.
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I thought the ref was very good..
He just ignored the obvious going down with the slightes contact all game.
But it didn’t get through to the players as they just carried on doing it.
Bellingham should have gone to the touchline where he could get help,

Maybe we need a rugby law in ,if a player goes down let the phisio come on straight away.
If he’s taking the pee your down to ten men, if he’s hurt you get treatment faster.
Only stop the game if the phisio or medical team interfere in the game or until the ball goes out.
 
pauljames87 said:
To keep rice happy. He wants to be a box to box player .. Gerrard style. Yes he can play well like that but soucek isn't as good at just sitting back

Rice is class at it. But feels limited (like he is for England)

But for England he can't complain or want to leave

We scored against every team this year . We need to tighten up at back . If rice had been in role from season before we would be letting in less .. with only a few bombing runs forward and a killer pass .. rather than letting him do what he wants

Tbh he needs to score more to justify it

Soucek got 10 first season 6 last ...rice got s few more but we hear "he has the best shot in training" not on the pitch he don't.
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I am sure Klopp will let him play box to box if he wants..;)
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1534967609229180933

This is a total farce as well. Son should obviously be in it for Mane. How is Thiago there? I'm struggling to remember him doing anything this season. Should be Rodri in his position by a country mile. Ronaldo is very debateable, but it's Ronaldo so I guess they have to crowbar him in. :rolleyes: Also I'm really not sure about the centre backs, for my money Matip was the best centre back last season.

Allison
Trent - Matip - VVD - Cancelo
KDB - Rodri - B.Silva
Salah - Kane - Son​

That would be it for me.

Edit: Arguable inclusion for Mount over Silva actually.
 
Orikoru said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1534967609229180933

This is a total farce as well. Son should obviously be in it for Mane. How is Thiago there? I'm struggling to remember him doing anything this season. Should be Rodri in his position by a country mile. Ronaldo is very debateable, but it's Ronaldo so I guess they have to crowbar him in. :rolleyes: Also I'm really not sure about the centre backs, for my money Matip was the best centre back last season.

Allison
Trent - Matip - VVD - Cancelo
KDB - Rodri - B.Silva
Salah - Kane - Son​

That would be it for me.

Edit: Arguable inclusion for Mount over Silva actually.
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Anyone would think Liverpool won the league

Trent shouldn't be there, James was better
Matip should be there
Rodri should be there
Kane had an awful season before conte So no, son yes should be there

Thaigo??? He played 25 games for goodnes sake
 
Orikoru said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1534967609229180933

This is a total farce as well. Son should obviously be in it for Mane. How is Thiago there? I'm struggling to remember him doing anything this season. Should be Rodri in his position by a country mile. Ronaldo is very debateable, but it's Ronaldo so I guess they have to crowbar him in. :rolleyes: Also I'm really not sure about the centre backs, for my money Matip was the best centre back last season.

Allison
Trent - Matip - VVD - Cancelo
KDB - Rodri - B.Silva
Salah - Kane - Son​

That would be it for me.

Edit: Arguable inclusion for Mount over Silva actually.
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It’s voted by the players and the votes are around March time I believe

Rudiger was superb for Chelsea

Thiago was also excellent for his during those mid season periods

Son excelled during the later stages prob after the votes were taken
 
Liverpoolphil said:
It’s voted by the players and the votes are around March time I believe

Rudiger was superb for Chelsea

Thiago was also excellent for his during those mid season periods

Son excelled during the later stages prob after the votes were taken
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I'll give you that Son's best form was the last couple of months. But I'm not having Thiago. He'd already missed the whole of October and the whole of January by then. Anyone who thinks he was better than Rodri for any part of this season wants their head looking at.

As a related point, how stupid is it to take votes at a point when there's still 20% of the season remaining? What's the rush? Just do the voting in May. ??‍♂️
 
Orikoru said:
I'll give you that Son's best form was the last couple of months. But I'm not having Thiago. He'd already missed the whole of October and the whole of January by then. Anyone who thinks he was better than Rodri for any part of this season wants their head looking at.

As a related point, how stupid is it to take votes at a point when there's still 20% of the season remaining? What's the rush? Just do the voting in May. ??‍♂️
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That’s the way they have always voted - and it’s always worth remembering it’s the players doing the voting and they see the players up close and may well have a different view point -

I didn’t watch Rodri but Thiago was key for us in the middle of the park
 
Orikoru said:
I'll give you that Son's best form was the last couple of months. But I'm not having Thiago. He'd already missed the whole of October and the whole of January by then. Anyone who thinks he was better than Rodri for any part of this season wants their head looking at.

As a related point, how stupid is it to take votes at a point when there's still 20% of the season remaining? What's the rush? Just do the voting in May. ??‍♂️
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If you can miss 2 whole months and get in the team of the season when it's voted mid march it's stupid

Rodri should be in there for sure
 
Liverpoolphil said:
That’s the way they have always voted - and it’s always worth remembering it’s the players doing the voting and they see the players up close and may well have a different view point -

I didn’t watch Rodri but Thiago was key for us in the middle of the park
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I'm sure Thiago was decent enough but he started less than 50% of the games. It's farcical to suggest no one out there was better. Rice and Mount have better arguments for inclusion, let alone Rodri who should be absolutely nailed on. If you had your way the team of the season would just be 11 Liverpool players. Was six enough or do you think Robertson, Luis Diaz and Jota should have been in it as well?
 
Orikoru said:
I'm sure Thiago was decent enough but he started less than 50% of the games. It's farcical to suggest no one out there was better. Rice and Mount have better arguments for inclusion, let alone Rodri who should be absolutely nailed on. If you had your way the team of the season would just be 11 Liverpool players. Was six enough or do you think Robertson, Luis Diaz and Jota should have been in it as well?
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Diaz arrived in January, so in those 2 months it's disgusting he didn't get in this team
 
Orikoru said:
I'm sure Thiago was decent enough but he started less than 50% of the games. It's farcical to suggest no one out there was better. Rice and Mount have better arguments for inclusion, let alone Rodri who should be absolutely nailed on. If you had your way the team of the season would just be 11 Liverpool players. Was six enough or do you think Robertson, Luis Diaz and Jota should have been in it as well?
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I’m not sure what the last bit is about apart from just being a touch childish ?‍♂️

It’s always the same with the team of the year awards - people will always have their own opinion and no one is right or wrong

If I was picking i would have Fabinho instead of Thiago and Son instead of Ronaldo also Rice instead of Silva

But it’s the players choice - and they have gone with the players they think make up the team of the season - I’m not sure if there is a specific amount of games a player must play but Thiagos fellow pros decided that he was worthy of inclusion
 
Reading Sky, the shortlist is compiled in JANUARY. Then voting is done in March.

So, barely half way through the season, the shortlist is compiled. Then I am guessing players were asked to vote at the stage Liverpool were catching City and there were people getting carried away with them winning the quadruple. So, it is easy to see how many votes could be influenced by what was happening at the time, and not correctly reflect the season when everything is over and proper reflection can be made.

Obviously why you get silly results like Thiago in the team and not Son. I'd also personally have had Reece James at right back all day long.
 
Liverpool had Six players for team of the season and manager of the year. Yet came second ?
Personally I would take that every year as a City fan. ??
No Son and Rodri. ??
Allison and Ederson both conceded the same about of goals yet Allison supposedly had a better defence in front of him with 2 players nominated.
Seriously is this a premier league, League cup, FA cup, European cup and charity shield award.
I am with Ori on this one and I have said it before. These awards and voting should be done at the end of the season.
 
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