The Footie Thread

[Lord Tyrion]

If only Newcastle had agreed to sell Isak for a big fee right from the start, and then gone and bought Ekitike. Hindsight is a wonderful thing

Liverpool didn't offer a big fee at the start. Not big enough.

As has already been said, Ekitike didn't want to go there anyway.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Really disappointing corners and set pieces from Newcastle...seem too obsessed with putting the ball under the crossbar....not giving the players with height any opportunity to attack the ball.

Quite a few teams have this obsession now. Mix it up a bit, particularly with the height Newcastle have.

 

[4LEX]

Wissa is a good player , been a stop start season for him so far but he is good

You've also got to factor in Newcastle are one the clubs that hero worship their striker, the pressure will be immense on any big money signings. My personal view is he wasn't worth the lolly and won't be more than a squad player.

Good player yes but £50m at 29 good? That's another level.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Quite a few teams have this obsession now. Mix it up a bit, particularly with the height Newcastle have.

By the same token, tonight was the first time since last season where I felt the Liverpool defence were up to it and not about to fold like a wet paper bag.

 

[nickjdavis]

Buying a player when seriously injured is never usually a smart move.
He was £50m which is way above his value and he's very close to 30, so no resale value either.
He's only had 2 decent seasons in his entire career in a major league.

I wouldn't write him off totally but it all adds up to panic buy at the moment. He doesn't look like a striker or a winger. You essentially signed two number 10's in the summer and are still lacking a proper striker IMO. Woltemade was alot but you can at least see he's got potential and age on his side.

Eh?????? He wasn't injured when we bought him. Just a week or so after signing he went and played in a WC qualifier for DR Congo and got injured on International duty.

Dont hugely disagree with the rest though.

 

[4LEX]

Eh?????? He wasn't injured when we bought him. Just a week or so after signing he went and played in a WC qualifier for DR Congo and got injured on International duty.

Fair enough, my mistake! I didn't realise he was injured on international duty. Just looked and it said it was days after he signed so an easy mistake to make as I wasn't paying much attention to Dr Congo's games.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2017728326106746911

 

[Junior]

Great week to take Wirtz and Ekitike out of my fantasy team

 

[SteveW86]

Pedro’s face when Traore came at him

 

[AmandaJR]

Pedro’s face when Traore came at him

It looked like Traore hesitated, and then saw the fear and went in for the kill!!

 

[Billysboots]

It looked like Traore hesitated, and then saw the fear and went in for the kill!!

I did suggest to my wife that some Chelsea players hadn’t picked their fights desperately well

 

[Slime]

I'm very biased, but that's never a penalty .............. surely.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Should be a foul outside the box

 

[Swango1980]

Who needs a penalty anyway

 

[Slime]

Doesn't matter, it's still a goal!!

 

[clubchamp98]

I'm very biased, but that's never a penalty .............. surely.

I agree and the ref has given the pen for the tackle but he got the ball.

But now every shirt pull must be a foul!

Great header though.

 

[Slime]

Am I the only one who thinks Harry Wilson sometimes looks like Fernando Torres?
I mean facially, not in the way he plays.

 

[AmandaJR]

Am I the only one who thinks Harry Wilson sometimes looks like Fernando Torres?
I mean facially, not in the way he plays.

Yes

 

[Slime]

Now that's a finish!

 

[Slime]

I think there's a similarity, but maybe it's just me.