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Zero sympathy for Klopp because as others have said he played an unnecessarily strong side against Villa in the cup and also did the same in a complete dead rubber in the CL when they’d already won the group and actually cost them Jota for 2 months! With that said, I’m not going to stick my boot into them because this plight they’re in currently was inevitable at some point. They’ve been exceptional, truly exceptional for nearly 3 years and that level of consistency is almost unheard of. Man City did pretty much the same but a year ahead of Liverpool and last year was their drop off in form and it’s taken them until now to look anywhere close to their best. Liverpool will return but he needs to buy a centre half. Fabinho has been exceptional filling in but it means he’s not playing in his regular DM position and winning the ball back higher up the field. Him and Henderson in the middle are vital to that high press, high intensity game they play. Having them at CB nullifies that completely and makes them much easier to play against

Don’t forget Wolves have also lost Jota, They’re a shadow of their former selves currently with Traore being very hit and miss, Neves having a poor season and their defence looking frail. Using the Jota money to sign an unproven 18 year old seemed odd at the time now it appears to be a massive error

I don’t know why because we’ve played them plenty since, but today I was watching the game and it just exemplified just how far we’ve come as a club since we played the same opponent on that day in May 2008. Little did we know then that it would be the catalyst for the club to become what it is today Great performance

Listen, I’m not happy at all with the team selection or formation but Jesus Christ let’s see how the game goes before throwing the toys out! If we win this we go within a point of the top. I swear I’d love to have seen some of the fans on here under Levine or Holloway!!

We signed the lad for £20m we won’t sell in January for less than £35m. Not a chance in hell fiorentina have that sort of money. Non story

Without doubt for me, he’s a game changing player who aside from Vardy is one of the few players we have who can win a game on his own with a bit of magic, The dreaded 5-2-2-1 hasn’t helped him at all because he’s not a winger so can’t run down the channels and has also been isolated in the final 1/3 as Vardy has been his only outlet. Play a system like last night and have Barnes, Under and Vardy ahead of him and he’ll be able to dictate things a lot more. As many others have said Rodgers obviously was waiting for Wilf to come back before going back to 4-3-3. Now that’s happened Madders should be able to shine again Top 4, top of our UEFA Cup group all with having a mass of injuries to key players who are now coming back, roll on the festive period I say!

Can’t complain, definite penalty that

Even with their injuries they are a class football team. They’ll walk the league this year again especially when they get a few players back. Disappointing showing from our lads but I won’t lose any sleep over it

Honestly feel free to correct me older fans but in my opinion I’ve been there for the highest of the highs and lowest of the lows, I was at Stoke in 2008 when the club dropped out of the top 2 divisions for the first time in its history and I have to say it felt bloody hopeless. Fortunately Nige came on board and the rest is history I was also there for Norwich, West Ham, Everton etc during the title winning season but the highest has to be Sevilla at home in the champions league knockout stages. The atmosphere was fuching unbelievable, twinned with the result and also putting Leicester into the last 8 (only remaining English club) of the champions league is something I’ll never forget. Mad to think they’re less than 9 years apart

I’m really an England fan at all, I’ll feign some interest during major tournaments but that’s about it but Fuch me Southgate is like a creativity vampire who will purposely set up a system to bring out the worst in his players. England could and should have one of the most exciting, attacking teams in the world with the players at their disposal. Yet a back 5 with both Rice and Henderson and a front three (all of whom are quality players) who have the pace of an asthmatic ant pulling an oil tanker. A fool could see it wouldn’t work.

My pride and joy is my original Coca-Cola cup winners 1997 shirt with Izzet 6 on the back which still (just about) fits The most random one I still have is the 06/07 yellow JJB away in XL! I’m a Medium but they were selling them off for £5 on the last game of the season against Wolves (we lost 4-1!), ah the memories😂

Different players entirely, we know Maddison is a 10 who plays between the lines of midfield and attack whereas Bellingham is an old fashioned box to box midfielder, Think it’s too soon for him but England’s CM options are thin. I’m biased as I’d rather watch paint dry than England play but glad Barnes and Maddison get a weeks rest.

Great win and that is the type of game you need to win if you’re to have a successful season, Also I know it gets said on here after every game he’s played but how Fuching good is Wesley Fofana?! He’s 19 years old and looks like a world class centre half already!! Mendy class once again, Wilf serious has a fight on his hands to get back in the team when he’s fit again Top of the league, lovely jubbly

Loved the comment that the game will be the toughest they’ll have all season..... until they play us at home😂

100% getting this, Great memories

Hasn’t he got 3 assists? The Barnes goal, the own goal and Vardys yesterday Or don’t own goal assists count? They do on fantasy football

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It wasn’t the clubs decision it was one made by the premier league. Made even more farcical by the fact a lot of the players had to play international football beforehand with the Nations League games so it’s not as if they could have a rest anyway!

Maybe we did but decided £28m + £5m add ons was too high a price to pay for a player unproven at the highest level

I didn’t even know this thread existed, Recently split up with the wife so moving into my new place in a few weeks and will be rejoining Sky as a new customer as she has kept the old account. Anyone got any advise into getting the best deal available? Its only me in the house so only really want broadband, HD and Sports Thanks in advance

I personally think Alex Scott is one of the best newer pundits around. She’s often very insightful and very articulate, which is a big improvement on the old boys brigade which seems to have been a Sky since the dawn of time. Similarly I’ve enjoyed Micah Richards whenever he’s been a pundit. Its like when Alan Hansen stopped being on MOTD. Originally he was there to offer an Insight into being a footballer but when the game moves on and is barely relatable to the game he played its time to move on. The same has happened here. Nothing more

Despite this seemingly having more traction than previous transfer speculation surrounding Messi, I still can’t see him leaving Barca. This team is undoubtedly the worst Barcelona team he’s played in and he is at an age where he probably has to go now to have a half decent career somewhere else. However he’s got so many special privileges at Barca, he’s a player unlike any other not only in ability but standing within a football club. It’d be very interesting to see how he’d cope going into another dressing room full of egos which isn’t his domain. Not to mention his wages are obscene. Man City can afford them but then what do De Bruyne, Sterling, Aguero do? Yes you can argue they don’t deserve parity with the GOAT but being a 1/3 of it might sting a bit A straight swap with Neymar at PSG is the only thing I can see making any sense

Let’s be honest, £50m+ is an obscene amount of money for a player who is good but let’s face it nothing more. I reckon the deal will end up being upwards of £60m and who can’t be happy with that?

Literally my only memory of him being a Leicester player was me being outside a bar off the main square in Bruges when we played them away in the champions league, the street was packed with City fans and I noticed one lad had a shirt with his name on the back and thinking ‘that’s a random choice’ That’s it

I thought about Man United but then I thought if I was to do a best of team of last seasons top 4, it’d be entirely made up of Liverpool and Man City players No doubt they improved but the top 2 are in another galaxy to the chasing pack still imo