dmayne7

I refuse to believe that as somebody who's been on here 10+ years, you actually think that's a valid statement? It's the complete opposite; they get held to a much higher standard by many. Absolutely shocking fanbase for supporting youngsters.

Rubbish. Should be getting 270 over a season if he's got a chance of making it

What a strange comparison because he has one thing JV doesn't; pace. That completely changes the type of defender he can be. The physicality was the the thing that needed working on from what I saw last season, but it's not just about bulking up. He's barely played any men's football and at his size, he's probably been used to dominating attackers, so it's as much about learning to using his size against stronger and smarter attackers. Sample size this season isn't much bigger than what we saw and from what I saw last year, potential is almost limitless for him. Will just be that aforementioned physicality and his reading of the game that determines how far he can go.

Such a shame what's happened to the women's game. Was a breath of fresh air at first (WSL) but has become even worse than the men's in terms of the have's vs the have nots. The fact that the team sitting in 5th place in the table is there with a win percentage of 30% is absolutely abysmal for the competitiveness of the league. The teams down there can scrap against each other but have no chance against the bigger teams.

For all the data out there, I can never understand how they get height so wrong. Barnes was 5ft 8 everywhere until he was 25 despite blatantly being much taller. Iheanacho is probably still down as 6ft 1 and is absolutely not that tall (look at him next to somebody who is that height and he's clearly smaller).

Far from my favourite but the way he has turned his public perception around is an absolute masterclass. And he's actually very genuine the majority of the time. The way he digs out Rory is a bit odd but they've asked that question because they know they won't have spoken and they know that he'll bite on that. The love lost over LIV is probably at its height between these 2. Not to mention he's a pretty fiery guy and has had a shocker on a Sunday of a major, so was likely to be pissed off. Still, he said he wanted cry for Rory on 13 so not quite the villain you think!

Incredible. Has carried the game, or at least the PGA tour on his back and then made a total pariah so never been a more deserving winner

Think that makes it even worse. Love Rosey but Rory needs to get this done.

Basis of the team looks great but Wilf and Vards need to go ASAP.

Interestingly, the noises I'd heard from some Genk fans were that he was a Modric type of player rather than a proper 10/goalscoring threat. I think they were talking about him getting loads of 'pre-assists' rather than the goal contributions. Wonder whether we might see him play a little deeper in the future, though his some of his final third play has definitely improved. Got a really good turn of pace now.

First one was blatant but that is awful. O Riley never trying to go for the ball

It's a pen so why did it take him so long to review it

Preferrable to those 2 for sure but he won't improve much. The speed of the game (not his pace), is way too much for him at the moment, as in many divisions above his level. Never seen a player take so long to get the ball under control. Nice lad but just don't see it. Watch him score today

Problem is people said that about Thomas compared to Chilwell (and you've highlighted Thomas' biggest issue in terms of physicality). And people talked the same way about Chilwell when he was 16/17. Hard to gauge just how amazing a player is until they're in the first team.

Awful. Let him rot in the reserves for the next 3 years

Don't be so nice to him

He's as big a part of the problem as anyone unfortunately. An abysmal leader

Whilst he's 10 yards deeper than everyone else as well

Hahaha

How would that have made any difference to that goal? Are people so blinded by there dislike for Justin that they blame him for everything? He's left with 2 players to defend on his own so little he can do, yet that should mean you cover the space in the box, but we can't even do that.

Don't be silly. Everything is his fault.

Amazing that Justin can be left 1 on 2 and yet we still leave space in the middle for somebody to tap in

Not even laughing as a coping mechanism, just genuinely find it funny

He's always been hyped up which is why I'm surprised there's always less talk about him. When he did play last year, you could just see that he oozed class which made the decision to spend money on Okoli absolutely bizarre. He just needs to get a bit stronger and then develop the experience of playing against certain types of forwards.

I told you to stop doing that