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It's the hope that kills you

Whelan moved deeper throughout his career. And was the more genuine hard man of the two, appealingly snide when he had to be.

As confirmed by their WC26 squad featuring not only Neymar, but both Fabinho and Casimiro

I was going to say like the fantastic Diego Godin - an all-time favourite of mine - although the first line in his Wikipedia style section is "Despite his lack of pace or significant athleticism...". You had me at Uruguayan centre half.

Wasn't there a suspiciously 'corrupt' refereeing shout we can all get behind blaming? Disallowed Villa goal?

Any summer window when next spring we pick up the CL or EPL, or even exceed 90 points in the League is by definition a good one.

Talksport calling Arsenal bidding for Vinicius Junior...

Prophylactics

Low bar. I agree though. His on pitch authority is much better, he used to get bullied too easily. I don't think his actual decision making has got any better though, which is a bit of a problem. Oliver is just shocking these days.

RIP Kev. So Sad. Remember seeing his name as a new and unknown signing on the same day as we were beaten by Arsenal in the FA Cup Final - which devastated me. Then the opening day of next season, he makes his debut and cores after about 10 minutes and is an immediate favourite, all energy and excitement. Deserves better Legend status than he enjoys because if the uptick when he left, probably, but we should never forget his contributions to that first European Cup win in Rome (including St Etienne). There is an argument that his signing that day was the point at which the modern, to-be dominant Liverpool was created. (See also - the goal against Shilton in the 74 FA Cup semi, the outrageous performance against Newcastle in the final, both UEFA Cup wins - 73 and 76 (4 goal, 1 assist in those matches)

I think that face is entitled to look quite smug now. Konsa's lame crosses made his point, but I can guarantee that if Trent had been the defender 1 metre behind an unmarked Martinez as that cross came in, he would have been crucified

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Whilst no longer something I can get worked up about, there was something poignant in England's final desperate acts being their Right Back trying and failing to put in an even half decent cross with 2 attempts, loads of space and a box full of big lads Of course his job was primarily to defend, which is why he had just been admiring one of Europe's top goalscorers taking a free header.