Maddison would be the best signing for me to offer genuine direct competition and rotation for Bruno.
Creates chances very well, dangerous in the number 10 role and with set pieces, can drop back a little and play in a midfield 3 if needed.
English too.
Is my weak grasp of maths and Premier League rules letting me down here, or am I right to calculate that Amad will only just miss out on qualifying as 'homegrown' when he turns 21 on the basis that we signed him a couple of months after his 18th birthday? Is this yet another instance of Ed Woodward dithering about a signing costing the club?
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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So you think he could have been sent off for violent conduct?
I think that’s a stretch, to say the least.
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I've seen softer red cards than that, and nastier challenges escape punishment.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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So you think he could have been sent off for violent conduct?
I think that’s a stretch, to say the least.
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I've seen softer red cards than that, and nastier challenges escape punishment.
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No offence, but that’s utterly meaningless.
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
Of course Van de Beek as well how could I forget.
The homegrown rule shouldn't be a problem.
how could I forget
———
He’s pretty forgettable. Especially when he’s on the pitch.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 30 minutes ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
I agree it could have caused injury as Faes had his foot planted, and it definitely could have been a red, but I still think it was more of a waved leg than anything deliberate or violent.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 25 minutes ago
Is my weak grasp of maths and Premier League rules letting me down here, or am I right to calculate that Amad will only just miss out on qualifying as 'homegrown' when he turns 21 on the basis that we signed him a couple of months after his 18th birthday? Is this yet another instance of Ed Woodward dithering about a signing costing the club?
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Yeah, he won’t qualify. And we’ve already had to register Pellistri. I don’t see the point in Amad and Pellistri being registered. It’d be a waste of at least one spot.
I think most likely Pellistri will be gone.
I'm sure we could easily come up with a 'Shouldn't be here next season' XI based on all these names!
Henderson
Williams
Bailly
Maguire
Telles
Jones
VDB
Elanga
Martial
Pellistri
Weghorst (I like Weggy but trying to be realistic here)
I'm sure there are more as well that some would care to name.
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
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I'd definitely keep Lindelof out of those 4. Shouldn't be a starter but he's rarely let us down when called upon this season. If he's happy with a squad role we'd be foolish to let him go. Can't see anyone taking Martial either if I'm honest so we may just have to run down his deal and hope he can play a part.
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 30 minutes ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
I agree it could have caused injury as Faes had his foot planted, and it definitely could have been a red, but I still think it was more of a waved leg than anything deliberate or violent.
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I don't think it matters what you tried to do, just what you did. What he did was catch the player high up the leg, with a straight leg, studs first. To me that's a red card.
Think Nani, when he tried to control the ball in the CL, or Mane when he tried to control the ball but Ederson came charging in face first and Mane caught Ederson's face. Both reds.
Although as I said before, it's a subjective one.
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'm sure we could easily come up with a 'Shouldn't be here next season' XI based on all these names!
Henderson
Williams
Bailly
Maguire
Telles
Jones
VDB
Elanga
Martial
Pellistri
Weghorst (I like Weggy but trying to be realistic here)
I'm sure there are more as well that some would care to name.
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Even in that XI, Hendo might have to wait his turn behind De Gea
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'm sure we could easily come up with a 'Shouldn't be here next season' XI based on all these names!
Henderson
Williams
Bailly
Maguire
Telles
Jones
VDB
Elanga
Martial
Pellistri
Weghorst (I like Weggy but trying to be realistic here)
I'm sure there are more as well that some would care to name.
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Even in that XI, Hendo might have to wait his turn behind De Gea
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comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
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I'd definitely keep Lindelof out of those 4. Shouldn't be a starter but he's rarely let us down when called upon this season. If he's happy with a squad role we'd be foolish to let him go. Can't see anyone taking Martial either if I'm honest so we may just have to run down his deal and hope he can play a part.
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Whether they will and whether they should are two different debates.
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 23 minutes ago
I've seen softer red cards than that, and nastier challenges escape punishment.
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No offence, but that’s utterly meaningless.
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Well, it's meaningful to me in that whether the outcome of such a tackle is a red card or not relates not to what it says in the rule book *in the abstract*, but also on how referees tend to deal with such challenges in practice. There's always an element of judgement and interpretation, which will always result in a degree of subjectivity. Within the averaged mass of outcomes, there will be swathes of tackles that are always / never red cards based on collective interpretation of the law and in the middle a swathe that might be seen differently. Due to Sabitzer's challenge leading with the studs, even though the velocity was not significant, the mass of the leg added impact, and the fact that the leg was planted made the risk of injury greater. This is why I could understand a referee perceiving it as a potentially dangerous challenge. On the other hand, I don't think there was evidence of violent intent (contrary to Souness's hilarious assertion) and there wasn't great force or follow-through. So overall, I think a red would have been a bit soft but if you asked 100 referees to watch that challenge, I'd guess maybe 20 would send him off. And maybe you'd be right, Winston, in telling them they were wrong to do so.
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
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I'd definitely keep Lindelof out of those 4. Shouldn't be a starter but he's rarely let us down when called upon this season. If he's happy with a squad role we'd be foolish to let him go. Can't see anyone taking Martial either if I'm honest so we may just have to run down his deal and hope he can play a part.
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Whether they will and whether they should are two different debates.
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We're assuming Maguire leaves as well, right?
Yep. We should sign two cb’s this summer to replace Maguire and Lindelof.
Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
….
That is exactly what he was trying to do. It was bloody obvious if you watch the replay. And that is quite clearly what VAR determined.
No idea what RR is on about to be honest. You don’t have to be a professional footballer to know how to foul.
I would be happy with Lindelof staying as 4th choice CB for games when we may rotate both Martinez and Varane in cup early stages etc, or a bad injury crisis.
Not many sides will have better 4th options, probably not 3rd choice either but in our case and needing to manage Varane we really need a 3rd choice CB to be as good as our first 2, because he’d likely play as many games over the season as Varane.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 48 seconds ago
Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
….
That is exactly what he was trying to do. It was bloody obvious if you watch the replay. And that is quite clearly what VAR determined.
No idea what RR is on about to be honest. You don’t have to be a professional footballer to know how to foul.
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I realised after I wrote that response that RR was (I think) paraphrasing Souness sarcastically. His next post says he doesn't think there was evidence of intent.
comment by FFS Mike. (U1170)
posted 2 minutes ago
I would be happy with Lindelof staying as 4th choice CB for games when we may rotate both Martinez and Varane in cup early stages etc, or a bad injury crisis.
Not many sides will have better 4th options, probably not 3rd choice either but in our case and needing to manage Varane we really need a 3rd choice CB to be as good as our first 2, because he’d likely play as many games over the season as Varane.
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Problem is that Shaw’s probably been a more useful back up to Martinez because ETH likes a left footer at cb. So considering that, we could do with signing one. That makes Lindelof redundant because he’s not good enough to back up Varane on the right side. A back up left footer and a guy that can challenge Varane are needed.
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 30 minutes ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
I agree it could have caused injury as Faes had his foot planted, and it definitely could have been a red, but I still think it was more of a waved leg than anything deliberate or violent.
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I don't think it matters what you tried to do, just what you did. What he did was catch the player high up the leg, with a straight leg, studs first. To me that's a red card.
Think Nani, when he tried to control the ball in the CL, or Mane when he tried to control the ball but Ederson came charging in face first and Mane caught Ederson's face. Both reds.
Although as I said before, it's a subjective one.
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"I don't think it matters what you tried to do, just what you did."
It matters if you're talking about intent, which I was. As I said, it could conceivably have been a red given what actually happened but I think a yellow might have been enough.
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 31 seconds ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 48 seconds ago
Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
….
That is exactly what he was trying to do. It was bloody obvious if you watch the replay. And that is quite clearly what VAR determined.
No idea what RR is on about to be honest. You don’t have to be a professional footballer to know how to foul.
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I realised after I wrote that response that RR was (I think) paraphrasing Souness sarcastically. His next post says he doesn't think there was evidence of intent.
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I don’t ever listen to Souness so would have no idea. If that is the case then fair enough RR.
Funnily enough the former dip pundit that I had commentating the game, Jim Beglin was of the same opinion and wouldn’t shut up about it. It was like they don’t understand what they are seeing in these replays.
This is very common with Beglin.
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posted on 20/2/23
Maddison would be the best signing for me to offer genuine direct competition and rotation for Bruno.
Creates chances very well, dangerous in the number 10 role and with set pieces, can drop back a little and play in a midfield 3 if needed.
English too.
posted on 20/2/23
Is my weak grasp of maths and Premier League rules letting me down here, or am I right to calculate that Amad will only just miss out on qualifying as 'homegrown' when he turns 21 on the basis that we signed him a couple of months after his 18th birthday? Is this yet another instance of Ed Woodward dithering about a signing costing the club?
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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So you think he could have been sent off for violent conduct?
I think that’s a stretch, to say the least.
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I've seen softer red cards than that, and nastier challenges escape punishment.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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So you think he could have been sent off for violent conduct?
I think that’s a stretch, to say the least.
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I've seen softer red cards than that, and nastier challenges escape punishment.
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No offence, but that’s utterly meaningless.
posted on 20/2/23
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
posted on 20/2/23
Of course Van de Beek as well how could I forget.
The homegrown rule shouldn't be a problem.
posted on 20/2/23
how could I forget
———
He’s pretty forgettable. Especially when he’s on the pitch.
posted on 20/2/23
Fair.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 30 minutes ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
I agree it could have caused injury as Faes had his foot planted, and it definitely could have been a red, but I still think it was more of a waved leg than anything deliberate or violent.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 25 minutes ago
Is my weak grasp of maths and Premier League rules letting me down here, or am I right to calculate that Amad will only just miss out on qualifying as 'homegrown' when he turns 21 on the basis that we signed him a couple of months after his 18th birthday? Is this yet another instance of Ed Woodward dithering about a signing costing the club?
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Yeah, he won’t qualify. And we’ve already had to register Pellistri. I don’t see the point in Amad and Pellistri being registered. It’d be a waste of at least one spot.
I think most likely Pellistri will be gone.
posted on 20/2/23
I'm sure we could easily come up with a 'Shouldn't be here next season' XI based on all these names!
Henderson
Williams
Bailly
Maguire
Telles
Jones
VDB
Elanga
Martial
Pellistri
Weghorst (I like Weggy but trying to be realistic here)
I'm sure there are more as well that some would care to name.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
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I'd definitely keep Lindelof out of those 4. Shouldn't be a starter but he's rarely let us down when called upon this season. If he's happy with a squad role we'd be foolish to let him go. Can't see anyone taking Martial either if I'm honest so we may just have to run down his deal and hope he can play a part.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 30 minutes ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
I agree it could have caused injury as Faes had his foot planted, and it definitely could have been a red, but I still think it was more of a waved leg than anything deliberate or violent.
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I don't think it matters what you tried to do, just what you did. What he did was catch the player high up the leg, with a straight leg, studs first. To me that's a red card.
Think Nani, when he tried to control the ball in the CL, or Mane when he tried to control the ball but Ederson came charging in face first and Mane caught Ederson's face. Both reds.
Although as I said before, it's a subjective one.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'm sure we could easily come up with a 'Shouldn't be here next season' XI based on all these names!
Henderson
Williams
Bailly
Maguire
Telles
Jones
VDB
Elanga
Martial
Pellistri
Weghorst (I like Weggy but trying to be realistic here)
I'm sure there are more as well that some would care to name.
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Even in that XI, Hendo might have to wait his turn behind De Gea
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'm sure we could easily come up with a 'Shouldn't be here next season' XI based on all these names!
Henderson
Williams
Bailly
Maguire
Telles
Jones
VDB
Elanga
Martial
Pellistri
Weghorst (I like Weggy but trying to be realistic here)
I'm sure there are more as well that some would care to name.
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Even in that XI, Hendo might have to wait his turn behind De Gea
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posted on 20/2/23
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
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I'd definitely keep Lindelof out of those 4. Shouldn't be a starter but he's rarely let us down when called upon this season. If he's happy with a squad role we'd be foolish to let him go. Can't see anyone taking Martial either if I'm honest so we may just have to run down his deal and hope he can play a part.
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Whether they will and whether they should are two different debates.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 23 minutes ago
I've seen softer red cards than that, and nastier challenges escape punishment.
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No offence, but that’s utterly meaningless.
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Well, it's meaningful to me in that whether the outcome of such a tackle is a red card or not relates not to what it says in the rule book *in the abstract*, but also on how referees tend to deal with such challenges in practice. There's always an element of judgement and interpretation, which will always result in a degree of subjectivity. Within the averaged mass of outcomes, there will be swathes of tackles that are always / never red cards based on collective interpretation of the law and in the middle a swathe that might be seen differently. Due to Sabitzer's challenge leading with the studs, even though the velocity was not significant, the mass of the leg added impact, and the fact that the leg was planted made the risk of injury greater. This is why I could understand a referee perceiving it as a potentially dangerous challenge. On the other hand, I don't think there was evidence of violent intent (contrary to Souness's hilarious assertion) and there wasn't great force or follow-through. So overall, I think a red would have been a bit soft but if you asked 100 referees to watch that challenge, I'd guess maybe 20 would send him off. And maybe you'd be right, Winston, in telling them they were wrong to do so.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
Fred, Lindelof, Casper and Martial should all be shifted to free up some non-homegrown spaces in the squad.
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I'd definitely keep Lindelof out of those 4. Shouldn't be a starter but he's rarely let us down when called upon this season. If he's happy with a squad role we'd be foolish to let him go. Can't see anyone taking Martial either if I'm honest so we may just have to run down his deal and hope he can play a part.
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Whether they will and whether they should are two different debates.
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We're assuming Maguire leaves as well, right?
posted on 20/2/23
Yep. We should sign two cb’s this summer to replace Maguire and Lindelof.
posted on 20/2/23
Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
….
That is exactly what he was trying to do. It was bloody obvious if you watch the replay. And that is quite clearly what VAR determined.
No idea what RR is on about to be honest. You don’t have to be a professional footballer to know how to foul.
posted on 20/2/23
I would be happy with Lindelof staying as 4th choice CB for games when we may rotate both Martinez and Varane in cup early stages etc, or a bad injury crisis.
Not many sides will have better 4th options, probably not 3rd choice either but in our case and needing to manage Varane we really need a 3rd choice CB to be as good as our first 2, because he’d likely play as many games over the season as Varane.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 48 seconds ago
Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
….
That is exactly what he was trying to do. It was bloody obvious if you watch the replay. And that is quite clearly what VAR determined.
No idea what RR is on about to be honest. You don’t have to be a professional footballer to know how to foul.
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I realised after I wrote that response that RR was (I think) paraphrasing Souness sarcastically. His next post says he doesn't think there was evidence of intent.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by FFS Mike. (U1170)
posted 2 minutes ago
I would be happy with Lindelof staying as 4th choice CB for games when we may rotate both Martinez and Varane in cup early stages etc, or a bad injury crisis.
Not many sides will have better 4th options, probably not 3rd choice either but in our case and needing to manage Varane we really need a 3rd choice CB to be as good as our first 2, because he’d likely play as many games over the season as Varane.
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Problem is that Shaw’s probably been a more useful back up to Martinez because ETH likes a left footer at cb. So considering that, we could do with signing one. That makes Lindelof redundant because he’s not good enough to back up Varane on the right side. A back up left footer and a guy that can challenge Varane are needed.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 30 minutes ago
If you had played professional football, Winston, you'd know: if he's side on, he's meant it. End of.
Personally, I thought it could have gone either way. There wasn't much force, but the trajectory of the challenge meant it wouldn't require much more to have resulted in a nasty injury.
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Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
I agree it could have caused injury as Faes had his foot planted, and it definitely could have been a red, but I still think it was more of a waved leg than anything deliberate or violent.
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I don't think it matters what you tried to do, just what you did. What he did was catch the player high up the leg, with a straight leg, studs first. To me that's a red card.
Think Nani, when he tried to control the ball in the CL, or Mane when he tried to control the ball but Ederson came charging in face first and Mane caught Ederson's face. Both reds.
Although as I said before, it's a subjective one.
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"I don't think it matters what you tried to do, just what you did."
It matters if you're talking about intent, which I was. As I said, it could conceivably have been a red given what actually happened but I think a yellow might have been enough.
posted on 20/2/23
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 31 seconds ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 48 seconds ago
Could he not just have been trying to get a foot on the ball to try and stop the clearance and keep the ball up their end?
….
That is exactly what he was trying to do. It was bloody obvious if you watch the replay. And that is quite clearly what VAR determined.
No idea what RR is on about to be honest. You don’t have to be a professional footballer to know how to foul.
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I realised after I wrote that response that RR was (I think) paraphrasing Souness sarcastically. His next post says he doesn't think there was evidence of intent.
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I don’t ever listen to Souness so would have no idea. If that is the case then fair enough RR.
Funnily enough the former dip pundit that I had commentating the game, Jim Beglin was of the same opinion and wouldn’t shut up about it. It was like they don’t understand what they are seeing in these replays.
This is very common with Beglin.
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