Was an interesting article on the athletic after kane passed greaves for spurs top scorer how rare it's going go be for teams to ever have a new top scorer
Spurs and city were 2 of the only recent ones, and so many had records that were set decades ago that just have no chance of getting caught, either because the number is so high, or if they arent one of the richest clubs and have a striker banging them in at a high rate they will get scooped up by one of them.
That sounds right. And even amongst the richest Clubs, there is more fluidity of player movement. I think the Bosman ruling also impacts on this because as contracts ran down, teams were still entitled to transfer fees, even with nothing left on the contract. This made it more likely a team could hold on to a player more easily than today. Players couldn’t simply see out their contract and walk.
Also, squads were smaller in those days, so the big players played in every match in every competition.
Finally - in Liverpool’s case, Rush was an absolute legend playing with one of the greatest teams relative to their environment that ever existed. You either were delirious supporting them, or you hated how unfair they could be that good for so long.
oh no, I thought at least this thread was a Goldbridge free zone. Can't stand the ####er one bit.
oh well, that was quite the humble pie yesterday. I thought United were pretty good in the first half, but that turned into a freak result real fast in the second half ... probably the worst half of United football I've ever seen. We'll see how they respond to this, I certainly hope this doesn't derail what is otherwise a really good season. Who knows, maybe they could do with a humbling experience after beating Barca and winning the Caribou. Just wish it wasn't against the Scouse, of course.
congrats to the Liverpool fans on here. Except for Locke, obviously.
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^Lol! That's just so hilarious! Fantastic piece of trash talk.
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oh no, I thought at least this thread was a Goldbridge free zone. Can't stand the ####er one bit.
oh well, that was quite the humble pie yesterday. I thought United were pretty good in the first half, but that turned into a freak result real fast in the second half ... probably the worst half of United football I've ever seen. We'll see how they respond to this, I certainly hope this doesn't derail what is otherwise a really good season. Who knows, maybe they could do with a humbling experience after beating Barca and winning the Caribou. Just wish it wasn't against the Scouse, of course.
I don't think it will be a bad thing at all. This time last year maybe where we would have been subjected to a few post match social media apologies and the usual we go again bs with maybe a dressing room dance video thrown in.
This year, ETH seems to have a grip on tackling the issues head on. And Sunday will have given him the perfect opportunity now to address one of the major on pitch issues. Notably Bruno's behaviour.
He's simply not captain material imo, never has been. Based on what I see on the pitch. A captain doesn't flop and lie on the pitch whilst his team is defending. He leads as opposed to whine. Sunday highlighted what most United fans already knew, that when things are going badly, he has a tendency to whine rather than lead. There's a selfishness about him demonstrated by his Caribou cup behaviour at the end. They're not expected to lead every game but they are expected to show no quit. ETH's use of the word unprofessional post game I'm guessing was mostly directed at his behaviour.
Give it to Casemiro in the off season. His behaviour post Caribou cup whistle said it all for me. They had just won a cup but the first thing he did was rip into Bruno for refusing to play the team game and square the ball for a tap in favour of going for glory. Someone that, if you mess with a team mate he will choke you out. Him or Martinez or Varane. Team players. Leaders by example. How Bruno deals with that is up to him.
Antony worries me. He's a one trick one foot pony. I can't think of one significant cross he has put in all season. Would be curious to see him on the LHS for a bit. You don't even have to worry about defending the cross with him because he doesn't have the right foot to put one in.
But ... yeah...humbling. But you know what? Maybe better than a 2-1 loss where now they are forced to sit down and take a hard look at things and the consequences of their behaviour.
Spin spin ..... But honestly, believe they have the characters now to address and fix this and move on.
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Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag launched a strong defence of Bruno Fernandes in the wake of his side's 7-0 thrashing to Liverpool, saying the Portugal midfielder will remain one of his captains at Old Trafford.
Fernandes, 28, has been heavily criticised for his performance at Anfield and has faced calls to be stripped of the armband. Sky Sports pundit and former United defender Gary Neville labelled Fernandes "a disgrace" but Ten Hag is standing by him.
"I think he is playing a brilliant season and he has played a big role in us being where we are," Ten Hag told a news conference on Wednesday. "He is an inspiration to the team; everyone makes mistakes and we learn. I have to learn and he will as well."
"He is intelligent. I'm really pleased he is our player and he is captain when Harry [Maguire] is not playing."
Asked whether Fernandes would still be captain in the future, Ten Hag said: "Yes, definitely."
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Club Brugge announced the departure of the former Fulham and Bournemouth manager in the wake of their 5-1 defeat to Benfica on Tuesday that saw them crash out of the Champions League.
Not just Bruno’s selfish play neglecting the pass to tap in, but that god awful ####ing throw in that he aimed right at the Newcastle player. Like he was outsmarting everyone.
#### I wish Roy were in that room, throwing hands.
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Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use, the BBC has said.
It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy.....
.... Fellow pundit Ian Wright said he will not appear in "solidarity", tweeting: "Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I've told the BBC I won't be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity."
