Tielemans should be at or near the top of that list. Today wasn't his best match, but he has consistently been a key player for them this season.
they've done a great job of cycling money and talent. and, vardy aside, their core is young enough to keep the team going OR sell for a shit ton of money.
For lack of a better place to put this... Premier League approves trial of permanent concussion substitutes There is no official start date (perhaps next season?) but HALLELUJAH! They're actually going to try something that's been badly needed and broadly called for... at last. And this stood out for me: I find the limit of 2 subs per game to be curious. What the argument for having any limit? Size of bench? Concern about abuse?
Concern about abuse. They should follow Rugby’s lead and have independent doctors evaluating concussion situations.
Pool and Burnley are 0-0 at HT. Pool just seems to have lost their mojo. Origi is gifted a breakaway after a poor clearance, and blasts the shot off the crossbar, straight down in front of the goalline, with a high bounce for keepr to easily save. Then Fabinho shoves and kicks out at Burnley defender right at the HT whistle. VAR reviews, and gives him a yellow. Arsenal would not have received the same treatment, based on objective evidence from past VAR reviews.
Burnley go 1-0 up. I wonder if we'll see Sean Dyche on his knees breaking down in tears on the sideline if this result holds...
My mistake for looking at this thread before I zipped through the game on my DVR. Certainly there would've been a lot of tension after they scored to see if they could hold the lead, but other than that was there anything in this match worthy of me skimming through it?
I'd say to skip it. But I wasn't watching closely and I had the game on while I was working. The parts I did see, Liverpool, just didn't have that final shot or key pass to break down Burnley, It's a match I've seen far too many times with many Arsenal squads in the past.
Not worth watching if you know the score. Burnley's keeper was huge. Dude played really well but that's about it.
There’s been a lot of concern over the injuries at center half, but that hasn’t really been the problem. The midfield is aging out and they and the attack are burning out. It’s a thing that happens to Klopp’s teams without constant renewal. That’s not a criticism, btw. He’s won them and Champions League and their first league in about 400 years, and produced two of the probably 5 best English top-flight teams ever. His way is totally worth it.
just thought i'd . . . . note that fabinho appeared to have kicked out at whoever at the half-time whistle to, i believe, a yellow. they only showed one replay but, for me, it looked more obvious than when perreira was sent off for west brom. and if it was one of our players, i'm pretty sure the hague would have been contacted. also . . . westwood appears, once again, to have stuck his nose into shit. with no repercussion.
i don't follow klopp particularly closely but didn't that happen to him at dortmund as well? because of the high intensity, without constant refresh, they burn out? indeed.
Yup he “earned” that PK. And it’s BY FAR the thing I dislike the most about the modern game. And it would be pretty easy to rid the game of this cheating if they had the balls.
There has been a lot of nonsense written about what happened at BVB (not having a go at you) and I expect the tropes to be wheeled out. I've written big posts about it before, as the collapse and recovery is one of the remarkable stories in football and a testament to Klopp's ability as a coach - its why i wanted him at Arse. As Hummels himself said, it was more an emotional burnout than a physical burnout, and it was sparked by some remarkably bad luck. With a string of bad results they lost their mojo and ended up in the relegation spots. I think it is that special Klopp intensity within the squad that can go wrong and maybe similar to what is happening now. Hummels himself describes how he was comfort eating pizza - which was completely unprofessional but illustrative of how a lot of little details went south all at once. tldr; there was no one magic reason for what happened at BVB but it is illustrative of how when a high performance culture goes wrong it can be difficult to recover
So what do you propose? Years ago before VAR I had the idea that if a dive led to a goal like a pk then the FA could review it and issue a 3 match ban.
This season is insane. I wonder how much fans not being there is affecting it, home games don't carry the clout of the crowds so it's not that daunting for a side like Burnley to travel to Anfield.