And how are Manchester City fourth? They’ve been pants for weeks now.
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In a world full of data and lots of people struggling how to understand even the basic ones, the last thing we need is a childish power ranking of f*ck knows what, nonsense without any explanation.
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Well the last week we won 1-0 so makes sense.
Then again we drew last Wednesday.
Another one to file under “the good old days”:
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An U15 GK at West Ham and England U14 GK, Oscar Fairs, has died of cancer just over a year after being diagnosed.
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That was interesting but sad. I’m glad he’s seeing a different perspective on his career, but that sounds like there was a lot of darkness he had to navigate before he got there.
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Some absolutely laughable rankings here.
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Gvardiol scores the odd goal but defensively he’s been an absolute disaster for Man City, this season in particular. Shouldn’t be anywhere near the top 50.
If we are being realistic for a second, and this will probably upset a few people, but if you’re not playing in the PL, Serie A or La Liga it should be pretty difficult to get onto these lists. The level of competition is just too low in all but the big games.
And of course playing in Saudi Arabia should be disqualifying, might as well put me on the list for being the best player in my 6 a side team.
Guirassy suddenly being the 44th best player in world after one good season, at 28 years old, in Bundesliga just screams “we are trying too hard to be different”
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Dear Oh Dear…
Plymouth fans call to sack Wayne Rooney ‘at half-time’ after abysmal display
Story by Will Schofield
Plymouth fans are losing their patience with Wayne Rooney.
It wasn’t a Merry Christmas down on the south coast as the Pilgrims slumped to a 4-0 loss away from home against Coventry. And some fans even took to social media to call for Rooney’s head at half-time.
“Enough of this now! Sack Rooney tonight and start taking football matters seriously and hire a manager and sign some players,” one fan fumed. While a second said: “Let’s have it right though, the club doesn’t sack Rooney. He walks. He doesn’t need this!”
“If you don’t sack Rooney immediately you might as well prepare for life in League One,” a third fumed. While a fourth posted: “Plymouth needs to sack Rooney. Bro relegated Birmingham City last season to League One.”
And another added: “I don’t care if we occasionally put in a good performance at home. This team is so poorly coached and sets up every week without a plan. Sack Rooney now!”
Rooney was up against former England team-mate Frank Lampard - who is in the hot seat at Coventry.
Tatsuhiro Sakumoto was the man to fire Coventry ahead in the opening five minutes before Ephron Mason-Clark scored in between two Josh Eccles goals to send Lampard’s men four goals to the good at half-time.
Rooney was serenaded with “sacked in the morning” chants from the home fans after Callum Wright was sent off for Plymouth in the 87th minute having only come on in the 37th minute of the game.
Plymouth are rooted to the foot of the table, three points from safety.
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Emi Martinez has become the first goalkeeper ever to win the Lev Yashin award in back-to-back years, won FIFA GK of the Year and won the World Cup.
Meanwhile I think he’s been absolutely shite for Aston Villa this season. Underperforming xG by nearly 20%, one of the worst in the league and prone to absolutely barmy mistakes.
I know he wins these awards because they are mostly based on Argentina winning, but I think he may just the most overrated goalkeeper of all time. Villa fans love him but, to be fair, I’ve also seen them say that Mark Bosnich was a “great goalkeeper” for them so I think they are just impressed by basic competence.
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Just looked up the Lev Yashin trophy:
the winner is selected by former Ballon d’Or winners since its creation in 2019
What a weird choice for voters.
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Sorry can’t find EFL thread…why has the west brom player got 2 ear studs in…covered in plasters…oh he’s off the pitch now…
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Could January be pivotal month in Liverpool’s season?published at 09:26 Greenwich Mean Time
09:26 GMT
January promises to be a busy one for Liverpool - on and off the field.
The Premier League leaders face eight games in four different competitions, while the transfer window runs from 1 January to 3 February and those all-important contract negotiations continue with Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Liverpool’s fixtures in January:
- 05 Jan: Man Utd (h)
- 08 Jan: Tottenham (a) - EFL Cup semi-final first leg
- 11 Jan: Accrington (h) - FA Cup third round
- 14 Jan: Nottm Forest (a)
- 18 Jan: Brentford (a)
- 21 Jan: Lille (h) - Champions League
- 25 Jan: Ipswich (h)
- 29 Jan: PSV Eindhoven (a) - Champions League
The same could be said for Arsenal though to be fair.
And unlike us they aren’t in the position we are in Europe.
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It’s easy to forget that football has very shady deals happening everywhere on the edges.
It reminds me the following online documentary under a form of panini-like cards. Sadly it has been offline for quite some time.
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