Vranny
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16 minutes ago, RuffRob said:
I guess the more moves the better for the agents. Year in Italy, then another move next year to Premiership for a bigger fee - I guess would suit an agent nicely. Or is that being to cynical?
Atalanta have also finished 5th, 8th, 3rd, 3rd & 3rd in their last five seasons. That might also have something to do with it.
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19 hours ago, RPG said:
I briefly had an extreme reaction when reading the bold part of the link above
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Throw in a pitch invasion protest and a couple of rain delays as well.
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54 minutes ago, Cornish Steve said:
But you just wrote that glove is defined as being part of the bat and not a part of the body. What if, momentarily, the hand left the bat: Does glove then become body and not bat? It comes down to fine margins, doesn't it?
This is actually correct. The glove isn’t considered part of the bat when it’s not touching it. You start running the risk of being given out handling the ball if you’re deliberately fending off the ball with a glove unattached from your bat though!
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1 hour ago, Cornish Steve said:
I must be losing touch with the rules of cricket. The Australians claimed Stokes was out LBW, and it's clear from the replay that the ball would have hit the stumps if his pad was not in the way. As it is, his bat seems to have made the slightest contact with the ball - but still the ball would have hit the wicket if his pad was not in the way. Has the rule always been that way - that any contact with the bat precludes an LBW decision?
Correct. The ball has to hit the pad/body part first to be an LBW dismissal.
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I think at least half of the shouts to sign him are coming due to us offering Davies another contract. He might provide more off the bench than Tom, but re-signing him would leave a bitter taste for me.
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2 hours ago, Gwlad all over said:
Brentford will suffer I'd guess.
It looks like they’re very aware that this would happen though. They’ve already signed a new number 1 in Mark Flekken.
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I think it gets underrated by the fans how important regularly getting picked for England while playing for us has on his decision to stay put too.
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5 hours ago, StevO said:
That’s just because Gray doesn’t get back.
That might be true, but in this game it was definitely tactical. The other positional change that hinted towards us playing a back three/five was Tarkowski moving to the right side of defence for the first time this season, so that Coady could sit between him and Mykolenko.
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15 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:
He's been nominated for PL player of the month.
Here’s a link for the award: https://plpotm.easports.com/
I usually wouldn’t vote for these sort of things, but I think it’d make for a good redemption story.
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28 minutes ago, StevO said:
If anything I’d say he’s much further back. He’s gone from being poor on the wing to being really good in the midfield. Even winning balls back in his own box.
Whatever it is seems to be working.This is the key difference, along with not being stuck out wide. He’s a player with good ball control, can pick a pass and has the strength to hold off opponents. It makes him ideal to keep the ball in the middle and break through the press.
He’s never had the speed or crossing ability to be playing as a winger in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation. It’s just a pity that it’s taken our central midfield dropping to such a low level (pre signings of Onana, Gana and Garner) for him to be given a proper chance there.
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15 hours ago, Cornish Steve said:
"Lampard has been criticised on numerous occasions for not properly coaching defences".
When and by whom?
That was a criticism of him while at Chelsea I believe. It’s not particularly relevant for his time with Everton though.
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3 hours ago, Formby said:
Thank you, Bailey. I'll let you know my balls are of a very good length.
How’s the line though? Are they swinging in or out?
…I’ll stop now
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13 hours ago, Bailey said:
Williams definitely didn't need to fall on him at all. You see him think about it before he does it!
He was a bit of a shithouse in our game against Forest (possibly due to being a former red play), so it doesn’t surprise me.
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5 hours ago, Bill said:
Becoming a headless chicken !! He has been for a long time.
Completely agree. He’ll dribble until he can get a shot or cross off, or die trying. His style of play just suited us more at the start of last season, when we were mostly dependent on counter attacks. It’s been a similar situation for Doucoure too.
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10 hours ago, MikeO said:
Fans must feel a bit strange as well, eight of their new signings started today, it does seem like a kick in the teeth for those that brought them up; and if they go straight down again they'll likely be stuck with a lot of players on big contracts. Big gamble.
To add a bit of context they’ve lost 4 out of the 11 players that started for them in the playoff final, so their first team was always going to need an overhaul. They definitely haven’t half-arsed it though!
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3 minutes ago, Gwlad all over said:
Totally agree that Tarkowski has to be nailed on as captain but I think he needs to be at the club a little longer. I do prefer outfield players to have the armband.
I think he’ll be a massive shout to take over from Coleman once he calls it a day. That should give him a season (maybe two) to get his feet under the table.
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47 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:
United have agreed a deal for him.
I imagine that’s only happened due to the De Jong deal being dead in the water then. Hopefully United are adding another bad egg to their dressing room
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23 minutes ago, Cornish Steve said:
Controversial, maybe, but I wouldn't object to selling DC-L for big bucks and buying outright both Dennis and Broja, with Simms and Dobbin waiting in the wings.
Part of the appeal of bringing in Borja now would be to ease him in while DCL is still at the club. I think he’s got all the makings of a top striker, but it’d be expecting a lot of a 20 year old to be your main man up top for the season.
And I see Dennis as a like for like replacement of Richarlison; mostly played out wide, as an option if playing two up front, but only used as a lone striker if low on other options in that position.
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10 minutes ago, Matt said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61750687
Not sure why Evertons peaceful pitch invasion was the most notable regarding how "dangerous" they are, when the bottom of the article refers to someone being jailed for assault from another clubs ground
So I wasn’t the only one thinking that when reading the article earlier…
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He reminds me a bit of Iwobi, so I especially don’t see the point in signing him now that Alex has come good.
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4 hours ago, Hafnia said:
The bobble on twitter says lampard is keen On this kid. Looks a physical phenomenon, will give cover at centre half and left back.
Chelsea are too though apparently (even for next season). They might be keen to keep him around the squad with Rudiger and Christensen going.
From what I hear he’d be a handy pick up if we got him (albeit he’d then be blocking Branthwaite from getting game time).
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10 hours ago, Hafnia said:
He’s playing like Allan played when he was doing well. The sad reality is that both Allan and Delph need replacing.
connor Gallagher for me please.
Yes to the first, but I’d say it’s nailed on that Chelsea keep Gallagher next season. He’ll be the guy giving Kante (who’s in his 30’s now) a chop out for sure.
Tuchel has commented on his form and development a bunch of times in press conferences this season.
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A left footed left winger as well. Maybe the plan is to have him cutting in from the right (if we’re actually linked to him). I definitely don’t see McNeil playing anywhere other than the left of midfield from now on, after our attempts to force him onto the right wing last season.