The Footie Thread

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Well, a wine's a win I guess.

My real frustration is that Rashford, Elanga and Sancho can be a real threat when they have space to run into. However, when it isn't there, they offer virtually nothing, especially Rashford. They win absolutely nothing when a ball is played forward, and to be honest don't even compete for the ball. When opposition defenders have it, they make no serious attempt to win it back. All they do is a bit of fake running, making it look like they are trying. Therefore, the opposition get a huge amount of possession, as they win it back so ridiculously easy, and keep it easy.

When Ronaldo came on, suddenly he was able to win balls knocked forward, albeit he no longer has the pace that the others have.

Thankfully, the defence looks a bit more robust now, although very early days.

Also noticed BT now awards Player of the Match rather than Man of the Match (as shown in their caption). Not sure when that changed, maybe when Graeme Souness revealed to the world that the word Man is incredibly offensive :)
 
That's a bit of a grey area as Haaland's foot isn't raised above shoulder level and the Palace players head is very low. It's a mans game so let those ones go. Palace player should've chested it, dipping his head is unnatural.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Not a red card anymore ?‍♂️

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And how did they let Ederson get away with his mistake
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Regarding Haaland, it is not like he has seen a defender in front of him and decided to stick his foot in towards his face. He has simply put his foot up to get a ball, and defender has been brave, come in from his blind side, and tried to head it away. Not a red for me at all.

Surprised with the Ederson. The only way I think he got away with it was the ball was still touching his hand when it came off the striker. I didn't think it was, and one angle made it look like it was already released.
 
4LEX said:
That's a bit of a grey area as Haaland's foot isn't raised above shoulder level and the Palace players head is very low. It's a mans game so let those ones go. Palace player should've chested it, dipping his head is unnatural.
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I was suprised nothing came of the Cancelo incident. But then again when it comes to football decisions nothing suprises me anymore.
 
2nd time i’ve seen Liverpool win 9-0, I hope i don’t have to wait another 32yrs to see it again.
 
4LEX said:
That's a bit of a grey area as Haaland's foot isn't raised above shoulder level and the Palace players head is very low. It's a mans game so let those ones go. Palace player should've chested it, dipping his head is unnatural.
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Grey area??
His foot is even at his own chin level. They're not cheerleaders. Thats a dangerous tackle every day of the week.
 
4LEX said:
That's a bit of a grey area as Haaland's foot isn't raised above shoulder level and the Palace players head is very low. It's a mans game so let those ones go. Palace player should've chested it, dipping his head is unnatural.
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Dipping your head is unnatural but having your foot 5 foot in the air is ok?
 
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