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  1. Man City 2nd leg - costs us the first goal after stupid throw to VVD who was signalling for him to kick it up the field Man City 2nd leg - poor punch results in goal, saved by wrong offside decision Roma 1st leg - fluffs simple save from distance, very lucky after rebound onto cross bar Roma 2nd leg - should have been sent off for mistimed dive on Dzeko, saved by wrong offside Roma 2nd leg - fails to push relatively simple save to safety, Dzeko scores rebound Add the final and that's 7 major errors in the space of 8 weeks - and these are just the ones I can recall off the top of my head. People have been grading this guy on a curve because of his own/Mignolets' dismal pre-New Year standards. He has never been close to top 6 standard. He's made some good saves - to be fair - but lacks the concentration & composure of a top keeper.
  2. Shelvey has found his level at Newcastle. A return wouldn't be good for us or him.
  3. A few observations - We have some wonderful attacking talent but still need a clinical striker who can put away the first chance in a tight game. Our front 3 generally need 2-3 chances to warm up. - Coutinho will be missed much more in these games than vs. top 6. You break these defences down with a defence splitting pass, quality shot from outside the box or mazing run from midfield. None of our remaning midfield are capable of this with any consistency (if at all). - Klopp's in-game management can be too flat footed at times. Why not shift Salah out wide instead of umpteen failed attempts to thread their central defensive needle? Lallana on too late when midfield creativity badly needed. Ings is not good enough but if you're going to play him, give him meaningful game time to contribute - the 15 minute cameos are pointless. - We don't appear to have a plan B when sides sit back, hoof out of defence and don't conform to Klopp's idea of playing football. Unfortunately, this applies to approx 14 teams in the league.
  4. He's had 27 games and been utter crap in most of them. I don't think he's made 5 notable saves in 2 years. Mig is not good enough but at least puts together the odd solid run and occasionally attempts to make a save.
  5. We'll find out soon enough - he's created a massive rod for his own back if we don't get top 4...
  6. There's a difference between waiting a few months to address an existing gap and actively creating a gap mid-season without a replacement lined up.
  7. We didn't sell a world class CB in the summer so the analogy doesn't really work...
  8. It's pretty clear he says "puta" and that's what gets Holgate agitated - he hadn't reacted at all until that point in the clip. Holgate thinks that's a racist term and so mis-translates into the n-word. Explains why no one else in proximity reacted and why Holgate was composed in the second half (assume someone corrected him at half time as per the Mirror article).
  9. No 3 was a stonewall penalty. He was dragging his arm along the ground in a completely unnatural position and denied a clear goal scoring opportunity. No 1 probably was too but marginal enough to excuse.
  10. The train companies are privatised. The rail network is fullly owned and operated by the government via Network Rail, which is largely responsible for the issues at Kings Cross/Finsbury Park (missing engineering work deadlines).
  11. Everton have only lost 2 games at home all season. If their players approach next week like a normal game, I'd says its about 50/50 on City dropping points. If they approach it the way the majority of their fanbase will, we're in big trouble. The one silver lining is that it's Martinez and not Moyes in charge or else we would be well and truly fucked.
  12. IMO, biggest win of the season so far given how the other results went and fact that this was our second most difficult remaining away game. Just glanced at the log - we've now played every team in the top 13 away apart from Southampton and Man U (not particularly intimidating fixtures these days). Great advantage to have for the run-in with the top 6 so bunched together.
  13. If by "corporate greediness" you mean seeking to maximise profit, then the vast majority of basic necessities (food, clothing, basic consumables, medicines etc.) are already exposed to this. Most governments accept that private companies are able to provide these more efficiently and at better quality than they can. There may be a separate case for nationalising certain industries (e.g. public goods, which to be tend under provided by the private sector) but it has no relationship to how greedy companies are or whether the goods themselves are necessities. Either the private sector is better at supplying them or not.
  14. I doubt he reached the skin given that Ivanovitch wasn't showing off any bite marks. Hardly in Tyson/Holyfield territory.
  15. I'm no great fan of FSG but the person who compiled that needs to grasp the difference between "revenue" and "profits" (revenue net of operating costs, which includes player wages)
  16. Given that Palestinian "education" consists of anti-semitic propoganda from age 3 onwards, that's probably a distinction without a difference.
  17. I think we should stop selling our best players to clubs with already much stronger squads than us if we hope to challenge said clubs in the forseeable future. That's realism, not hysteria.
  18. Ponz

    Kuyt

    Great player, great man, never let us down. All the best, Dirk!
  19. Has anyone suggested he should be held criminally responsible for the statements? Freedom of speech is a defence only against legal persecution, not against (rightfully) facing personal and profressional consequences for repugnant statements.
  20. Two cups won by a Russian oligarch. League won by an Arab sheikh. Modern football is truly fucking shit.
  21. Quite frankly? Yes. Success will always reflect a combination of sound management on and off the pitch. It's not "unfair" that they leveraged their success in the early Sky era to create a global commercial juggernaut while we were set back decades by the incompetence of Moores.
  22. I think most don't consider it unfair if the wealth is linked to sound commercial decisions and revenue generating potential off the pitch. Big difference between that and whoring yourself to billionaires with a Champsionship Manager fetish.
  23. Torres: 44 games - 11 goals - 12 assists 1 vs United in a defeat; misses sitter in the same game 1 vs Swansea - first in a 4-0 rout; sent off in the same game 1 vs Villa- 4th minute of injury time in a 4-2 win 3 vs QPR - scored when already 2-0 up 2 vs Genk in a 5-0 rout 2 vs Leicester- scored when Chelsea leading 2-0 and 3-1 respectively 1 vs Barca- 3rd minute of injury time, Chelsea already going through Nope, still a bit part player.
  24. Spain's deficit was 8.3% of GDP in 2011. Germany's was 1%. When Labour left power, the UK had the highest deficit of any OECD country at 13.3%. It's hugely misleading to focus only on the level of debt and not the growth rate.
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