General Football Nonsense

Jules72

alistair playing himself out of a new contract

alistair

I have said it before but Rice is top quality and there is even more room for improvement. Would love him at Liverpool

alistair

Been a great battle between Antonio and Shaw.

hugopal

Ten Hag’s poor squad management could be coming home to roost; his insistence on going full strength in practically every game in every competition - eg at home to Forest in the Carabao Cup SF 2nd Leg when 3-0 up - is contributing to the players running out of gas when it matters.

Rather than focusing on the key games in the key competitions and winning them, he could end up coming near but failing where it matters.

Jules72

hugopal not sure about that … one of the players who has dropped off big time is Casemiro - he has been sitting out a lot of games through suspension…. Think Martinez injury matters - he gives the side a lot of grit… and Garnacho always gave us a great option from the bench..and we are way too over-reliant for goals on Rashford… 4th place is still ours to lose but it does all look very rickety… luckily (for us) 3 of our 4 remaining games are at home where our form is still strong

nicksneddon

hold on, now that Rice is on the brink of leaving us hes a great player? never saw that coming

( that wasnt aimed at you btw, Alastair )

Hursty

nicksneddon I’d rather have Mac Allister or Paulinha but yeah defo take Rice if he’s available

BlainSA

nicksneddon Lol. Wanted him for ages. I remember watching Chelsea West Ham at the bridge about ⅘ years ago and seeing some real talent, then squinting my eyes to work out who it was only to realise he was the guy we let go. Same time Antonio was bossing it down the wing and making all kinds of trouble.

RichM

Hursty if we can’t afford Bellingham there is no way we would pay £100m for Rice.

alistair

Hursty He’s better than those two. Paulinha only joined Fulham a year ago and there wasn’t a clamour for his services then. Rice was head and shoulders the best player on the pitch yesterday and that’s not new either.

Mad_Cyril

TEN FAGS OUT!!

Cankles-McJeggings

I’ve only just seen our Dave’s ‘save’ LOL 😂

alistair

Cankles-McJeggings ETH wants to extend his £370k a week contract. PLEASE

Cankles-McJeggings

alistair ETH wants to extend his £370k a week contract. PLEASE

Worth every penny.

Jules72

alistair problem is the English player premium… the 140-150m being talked about a while back was clearly ridiculous…100m more sensible but still very high compared to non-English peers

alistair

Jules72 true but I believe there is only a year left on his contract so WH risk him walking out on a free. I do also wonder whether Liverpool’s proposed transfer budget is predicated on them being out of the champions league next season which may not necessarily be the case.

Jules72

alistair ooo last bit 😀… the formerly smug scouser at work will make my life a misery if that happens

alistair

Good man on and off the pitch it seems.

gcw

I just don’t see it with Rice I’m afraid. He may have played ok last night, but where’s he been for the other 30 odd games?

Paulinha and Mac Allister for 100m together or Rice for 100m? I know what I’d prefer

alistair

gcw Just how many of those have you watched mate? I’ll defer to @nicksneddon on that. I thought he was also quality at the last WC and Euros. Nearly always top of the charts for intercepts and tackles and he’s added attacking qualities to his game.

nicksneddon

alistair i watch him most weeks so know exactly what he does, and you are absolutely correct. This season he hasnt been able to make the driving runs through the midfiled hes been doing for the last couple of seasons, i put this down to how the team has been set up

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