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We need to get voting on this.

 

If there wouldnt be any Liverpool players available hed might have a shot. Liverpool fans are trying so hard to be passionate that it becomes embarrassing for everyone involved. Like when they voted Salahs goal against Everton to be goal of the year, probably as they couldnt stand the idea of Bales goal against them in the CL final getting any more recognition

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The constant debate building up to the West Ham game about who’s better out of him and Declan Rice is weird. Championing who will be better for England... it’s embarassing.

 

 

 

 

It’s definitely Longstaff.

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I mean, can be deleted if needs be, but does scoring on his first match with the senior team warrant a thread?

 

Surprised by how big he is. Didn't look small next to Diame and Shelvey and they're both big lads.

 

Really rooting for him. Would like to see someone force their way into the team and he looks like he could make the grade.

 

This lad knew.

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His range of passing is really excellent. And he can run a bit.  Defensively aware.

 

did well after a dodgy start on the ball i thought, which was encouraging

 

people comparing him to rice pre-game...now i've seen more of rice i don't know why as longstaff seems much better on the ball and rice much better defensively from limited viewing

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I thought he'd got done by Snodgrass even thought he got the free kick and Longstaff got a yellow, him leaving on crutches sort of confirms that.

 

Agreed. I honestly thought the ref was gonna book Snodgrass.

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He’s far more attacking minded than Rice, if anything they would make a great pairing for England at some point down the line.

 

Didn’t have a great half today. West Ham just swarmed us out the wings so it was impossible to keep the ball.

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I thought he'd got done by Snodgrass even thought he got the free kick and Longstaff got a yellow, him leaving on crutches sort of confirms that.

 

Agreed. I honestly thought the ref was gonna book Snodgrass.

 

It was a 50/50 at best, they both did the same thing. Yellow was very harsh.

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Thought he was lucky to only get a yellow today, have seen other refs go red due to the speed he went into that tackle

 

I've watched the replay and even in slomo it's difficult to see what happens, because it's so fast. So I wouldn't have been surprised by a red. But if you look at the shape of Longstaffs legs just before the tackle, it was perfectly legit.

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Never a red card in million years, yellow was harsh imo as well. Aye he got there second but not every tackle is a booking, not that you would think the way the game is officiated now but Longstaff tackle was genuine, without excessive force and wasn't in anyway studs up.

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It was a 50/50 ball, no one really did a foul. I’m kind of sick of the mentality that just because you make contact and don’t get the ball it’s an automatic foul and at least a yellow card. It makes 50/50 balls impossible to go for, it would also mean that any shoulder barge is now an automatic foul.

West Ham played the referee well yesterday, but the referee wanted to be played by them. Any sort of contact or even if it looked like we were going to make contact then they went down and the referee was giving it.

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It was a 50/50 challenge begging to be contested which both players were committed to which didn’t result in winning the ball, but taking each other out in a coming together that looked worse than it was. There was no nasty stuff or intent to injure each other much less they themselves, but that’s what happened. It was the equiverlent of a clash of heads really with no guilty party or anyone at fault more than the other. There should have been no yellow card at all, but if you are to card one, you have to card both. The referee was poor throughout, no surprises there...

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Longstaff has demonstrated he loves going in for a challenge, but he also showed last week (when on a yellow) that he's smart enough to know when not to go in. If he can keep up that sort of judgement, he's going to be genuine class - even if it means he gets the odd yellow from stupid refs who don't know the rules.

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