Because Alisson wasn’t playing 
I didn’t know we sold Alisson. I at least hope we got a decent fee for him
Ah I thought this was the international thread…. Any reason why it’s here?
I suspect that it has something to do with Takumi Minamino scoring the goal for Japan to being the come back?
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An fair enough.
Sorry, I should have mentioned it in the original post, Brazil up 2-0 befoe Minamino opened the scoring for Japan to come back and win 3-2
And Mane scored 2 for Senegal against Mauritania.
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Just watched the whole of the Chelsea v Liverpool legends.
Aurelio tucking in from wing back into midfield… imagine him in today’s game with a bit of more health than he had, he’d be one of the best!
And Babel finally producing.
Sounds like a bit of a knob.
I liked Jonjo when he played for us. Not that skilled but always seemed committed.
Everybody has weird viewpoints and there are plenty weirder. I don’t know the UAE but seems better than Saudi perhaps?
I thought this was interesting. The club have given First Division winners medals to former players who won the league with us in the 1960s to 1980s but who didn’t make the 14 appearances that would have qualified them for a medal at the time.
• David Fairclough – 1982-83 (eight appearances)
• David Hodgson – 1983-84 (five appearances)
• Alan Kennedy – 1985-86 (eight appearances)
• Chris Lawler – 1963-64 (six appearances)
• Jan Molby – 1987-88 (seven appearances)
• Terry McDermott – 1975-76 (nine appearances)
• Ronny Rosenthal – 1989-90 (eight appearances)
• Paul Walsh – 1987-88 (eight appearances)
• John Wark – 1983-84 and 1985-86 (two medals for nine appearances)
• Steve Heighway – 1979-80 (nine appearances)
• Colin Irwin – 1979-80 (eight appearances)
• Sammy Lee – 1979-80 (seven appearances)
• Alec Lindsay – 1975-76 (six appearances)
• Joey Jones (postumous) 1975-76 (13 appearances)
It’s more the other comments…
Rafa Benitez is taking over Panathinaikos which used to be a great club with a proud European pedigree, but for 20+ years it has been beset by the worst ownership you could imagine.
The current owner has actively sabotaged his own team in the past on the rare occasion where it was actually competitive on the pitch. He makes Hicks and Gillette look like FSG in comparison and Utd appear well-run. This is a millionaire with shipping and media assets that came within an inch of having his team relegated because he wouldn’t pay a 70,000 € debt to a former player.
I don’t know why Benitez keeps doing this to himself. He has zero chance to succeed at a club where amateurism runs rampant and winning isn’t even among the priorities. At least, the compensation package is generous.
I think he needs to work for his mental health if perhaps not his finances. Shame really as he’s taken on several jobs that he was on a hiding to nothing and have hurt his reputation.
He seems to just want to coach, and experience new leagues and countries. Once upon a time, maybe he wanted to be calculating in his approaches, but I guess the treble stint of his final days with us, the Inter gig, and the Real Madrid job not working out after 6 months put an end to that. The Europa League win at Chelsea and the job he did at Newcastle almost gave him a brief renaissance to maybe look at some better gigs, but then the Everton job killed off any hope of serious clubs looking at him again.
He’s 65 years old now, so I guess he’ll keep managing as long as he can. I could see a world where in maybe 5 years time, he jumps around as a caretaker option for clubs.
I’m surprised that he never has been considered for a national side. He could be a very good national coach.