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I've not really been impressed with Liverpool all season, I think they would be the least impressive champions in a long time if they were to go on and win it.

Aye, I am also genuinely delighted for him - not necessarily in spite of his critics here, but more so just because I like his unassuming character.

It's really poor and naive from Liverpool though, Forest have been scoring that exact goal continually, it's telegraphed yet they looked entirely unprepared for it.

It's just whether he has the discipline to play the deeper role and understand it's function. If he starts to drift forward and occupy the spaces Palmer would be in then it probably wouldn't work, not to mention how exposed it would leave the midfield.

Cole Palmer is incredible. Bellingham has to make way for him in the England team in the number 10 role. Palmer is miles ahead.

He was, but Schar was better. And Burn has arguably surpassed both of their peak levels this season. He's been absolutely wonderful.

Dan Burn has been playing at a level this season which Botman has never reached. It's Schar and Burn until there's a good enough reason for it not to be imo.

Of course yeah, different players - I do think though if we let Willock go, it won't just be because of the availability issues, but also because he's failed to develop as a player (obviously not helped by the injuries) and isn't influential enough when he does play.

He should be ahead of Willock imo, he's a more dependable player in possession, a more intelligent footballer, less prone to being caught on the ball and arguably more of a goal threat particularly in terms of key passes around the box. Willock works in certain circumstances in a very open game which are few and far between, but generally I find him rather wasteful and frustrating.

Christ Relax, he could have just had a knock or it may have been pre-planned. Why so frantic?

Ha'where are the lads?

Given. Trippier. Schar. Coloccini. Hall. Bruno G. Cabaye. Ben Arfa. Isak. Robert. Shearer. Hall was the only tentative decision for me, but I don't think we've had many good left backs.

Kvaratskhelia would be my dream signing, above anyone else in world football; however he's an out and out left winger who, similarly to Gordon and Barnes becomes half the player off the right. He's better than them both mind.

Agreed, it was the same with Schar when he partnered Botman prior to his injury. Schar was the superior player yet Botman got all of the accolades. A lot of it is just people parroting the general and often uninformed consensus, but also perhaps because Botman is the younger, more enticing player meaning they can use his name to fabricate stories and links to other clubs.

They're hilarious, I've watched a few of those preview videos today and they're ubiquitously talking about their injury crisis. Literally missing 2 players from their 11

He's always been like this. Biggest myth going.

The state of "Trent" man. Best right back in the world

Aye I'd be displeased and frustrated but it's nothing particularly exceptional. Big Ange and the Spurs comrades are sounding like they're a strong breeze away from going on a spree. Must be a North London thing.

I'm also not even sure the refereeing decisions are that outrageously contentious. Certainly there's an argument that could be made one way or another, but the tone of the discourse post-game suggests it's indisputable and scandalous which it absolutely is not. Every single weekend you see disputable incidents like those today, rarely met with this level of outcry. Bizarre really. On a side note, looking like this must be part of the job criteria of a football club media man. Simulation confirmed.

Pleased to have him back, but Schar comes straight back in to that right side once he's back from suspension, both for balance of distribution and simply because he's more than earned that position. Burn has arguably been our best player this season too so he maintains the left position. I wouldn't be too fussed if we didn't see Botman in the 11 regularly until next season.

I remember listening to Karim Benzema, who competed against Messi for years and grew up alongside Ben Arfa at Clairefontaine (France's Lilleshall), saying that Ben Arfa was as good as Messi in terms of his talent. And to my eye, in the generation they both played, it's only Hatem who made the game look as easy as Messi. Ball striking, ball control, dribbling, ability in tight spaces tying 3-4 defenders in knots with a simple drop of the shoulder. He was frankly absurd and outside of Messi, peerless and unparalleled. That said, he was a complex character and obviously didn't manage to bring his full talent to fruition over a sustained period, but I can't think of another player of his generation that was closer to Messi in terms of pure ability.

Perhaps, but in terms of 'ceiling' and level of ability, Ben Arfa was streets ahead; which is not a slight on Isak, only that I reckon Ben Arfa might have only been behind Messi in terms of technical ability in his generation. He was a genuine prodigy.

Hatem.

Goal of the century is a wild statement like Feel like we get a few half way line goals like this each season. Kemar Roofe's from a few years back was the pick of the bunch imo.