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Thought that was in

Poor by Ritchie there. Should have put Gayle in on goal

Ritchie is so bad at covering his man lately

Gayle is electric again. Great to see

Gayle is class

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Good to see Shelvey and Rafa having a laugh

The whole back four's a worry. They have been s*** ever since Lascelles got injured and that's why we can't keep a clean sheet for love of money. sure but that's a given currently Mbemba not in the squad.. Manquillo back at LB I like Mbemba but he was weak for the goal last week. Manquillo is in because Yedlin was weak for a few games running. It's not like we have great options in that dept. Manquillo is weak for every single attack we have to defend, yet he gets chance after chance. But he's not been directly responsible for as many goals conceded in the last month as Yedlin. I can only think that's how Rafa sees it. Manquillo isnt playing in place of Yedlin though? Who's he in for then? LB Dummett (in turn Mbemba?) Dummett isn't even on the bench, probably not fit enough. Mbemba I already mentioned gave away a weak goal last week, and he's not a full back. Better fullback than Manquillo who has made a lot worse offences, he's only playing because he's Spanish. I don't go along with this Rafa favouring his Spanish contingent nonsense. I like Mbemba but he was poor for the goal last week and you can't really complain if he's been dropped on the back of it. Goals cost games. He was playing centre half though

? Best counter attacking team in the league. If we get caught on the ball as we have done a lot recently, they'll expose us. Leicester are better than Liverpool and Man Utd on the counter?

Hodgson surely fuming Milivojevic wasn't taking it after scoring earlier

Zaha's won two penalties today. Probably going to get a ban for the first one

People here wetting the bed about results in December ffs

Pards losing

WHAT'S VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THAT MARK YOU CUNT

Is there some kind of journo etiquette where they have to wait for the clubs to announce the teams?

Its just an anomaly

Merino on football focus atm

Danny Simpson, Saylor, Dummett and Shola nominated ffs

I'm gonna have a drinking competition and then get sick in a fireplace in a pub

Portugal won the Euros without him and I would argue that him getting injured helped them in that particular game as all of their players could focus on defending. I think Real would have won the CL without Ronaldo last season personally. Which two CL's could Barca have won without Messi? Eh? That was probably the best ever individual performance in the champions league knockout stage history. 10 goals in 7 matches. He was brilliant against Napoli and then 5 against Bayern, 3 against Atleti and 2 against Juve in the final. What both have accomplished is incredible and it's getting into silly territory when people start trying to diminish their achievements for either missing a match through injury or claiming the teams would have won the trophies without them. Aye he was great last season in the CL. I just think Real were miles ahead of other sides last season in the CL with or without him

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Messi was injured and wasn't in the squad in 06 Looking it up again. He was injured 2 months prior against Chelsea. They won that tournament without him. I think half that Side were involved in 2009. Portugal go out in the group stage with Eder upfront most likely. I do agree that Pepe was the MVP but Ronaldo came up in big moments. Aye but nobody mentions 06 as a reason why Messi is so good so I don't really know what you're on about Valdes, Puyol and Eto'o were the only ones who started 06 and 09 so you're wrong again for the third time in three posts

Aye they wouldn’t have made it out of the group. They got three points in the group stage with him ffs They drew 3-3 to get the last point. He scored twice and assisted. Nobody else would’ve picked up the slack. They go out. Pepe came into the team in KO’s returning from injury and they kept it tight afterwards iirc. Aye, against an already qualified Hungary. He's the second best player in the world, there's something wrong if he doesn't score against one of Hungary, Iceland and Austria Pepe was by far Portugal's best player in the tournament and you're wrong again by the way, Pepe played in every game in the tournament

Messi was injured and wasn't in the squad in 06

Aye they wouldn’t have made it out of the group. They got three points in the group stage with him ffs