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This would be sound without that shitty thing behind the crest

1 hour ago, Stan said:

Happily take the comments about Keegan on board. I guess when I think of England legends he's not one that comes to mind straight away. Perhaps a generational thing. 

Probably doesn't help that he played for England at a time when they were shit, failing to qualify for two World Cups and a Euros in the 70s. His achievements outside of the national team though are obviously up there with the very best 

1-0 to Middlesbrough 

6 minutes ago, Stan said:

Keegan?! Why

 

Banks, Hurst, Moore or any of that 66 World Cup winning side are way ahead of Keegan. Even the likes of Gazza (his legacy), Rooney or Kane for the goalscoring records? 

Japan have had legends more so than Mitoma. Keisuke Honda,  Nagatomo, Yoshida or Okazaki based on appearances at least. 

I love Baggio as well for Italy, but again, there are probably bigger legends than him - Dino Zoff, Nesta, Cannavaro, Totti, Del Piero, Buffon, Meazza, Riva, Baresi... 

I'm not saying he'd be in the top two for England but it's hardly a laughable suggestion. I'm obviously too young to have seen him play but know how highly thought of he was in football at that time. Incredible at Liverpool and might have been even more highly thought of at Liverpool had his replacement not been Kenny Dalglish. Then went to Hamburg and won the Ballon d'Or in back to back years.

It depends how we're defining this though I suppose. Is it what they achieved for their country or overall? 

6 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

That's a quick return for Tsimikas if that proves correct. Didn't think we'd be seeing him until March/April at the earliest

13 minutes ago, Stan said:

Fair enough. For some reason I can picture fans there! Those lockdowns are all a blur sometimes. 

Yeah I know what you mean!

The BBC report from that game mentions a crowd gathering outside and Gonzo is right about people watching it from their houses.

1 minute ago, Rick said:

Bradley getting a run at RB? I don’t know what else we could do. 

Probably. If it is only a few weeks, it's not the worst time for it to happen with the games spread out a bit more. He'll miss the two semi final games, the FA Cup game, which he might not have played in anyway. Then there's Bournemouth in the league as well. Probably touch and go if he makes it for Chelsea at the end of the month.

5 minutes ago, Stan said:

There were fans there though, right? As in they didn't move it to another stadium and kept it at Marine's own home ground. 

Don't think so, it would have been January 2021 I think wouldn't it? Went into full lockdown again just before Christmas if I recall correctly. Before that you had the tiered bollocks where there was only a few thousand at PL games in areas that were allowed

Marine v Spurs was during the Covid season

Was listening to the Monday Night Club on BBC earlier and one of them mentioned how if a defender brought the ball out of defence in the 70s and 80s someone would always ask 'who does he think he is, Franz Beckenbauer?' It's true, I grew up playing football in the 90s but remember that saying from managers or dads at football even then 

RIP

Oh ffs

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has been ruled out for "a few weeks" with a minor knee ligament tear.

I'd like to see Alisson start this one given Kelleher's performance in the league game against them. Fully expecting Kelleher to start though. Other than that I think we will go as strong as possible with there being no game for about 10 days after this

2 hours ago, Stan said:

Moved where? 

I can't recall any recent examples where a lower league side has moved a game from their normal home ground to another bigger ground in the local area. It has happened before though.

Pretty sure the FA banned clubs switching the tie to the oppositions home ground years ago though.

Norwich or Bristol Rovers at home, that'll do.

Spurs v City as well

2 hours ago, Danny said:

The shove to the chest is a clear yellow, was a strange one. Even stranger Arsenal fans celebrating considering he gave away a free kick and lost the game.

Strange bunch them lot

How on earth was that not a yellow? Some of the things I see players get away with is baffling.

Fucking hell 

I'm pretty sure Kane did a post match interview after Bayern played at Old Trafford and said he was learning German 

Haha get in!

Twice Odegaard has got away with a yellow for dissent. Of course Elliott got booked though

Shearer is chatting complete bollocks with the 'Arsenal should be 4 or 5 up'. They've had a couple of real clear cut chances and some of half chances. 

Need big improvements second half, only positive from that half is we've stayed in the game.