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The better team overall did win on the night, and the best team throughout the tournament is walking away with the trophy so cant have too many complaints. Enjoyed the whole championship far more than I thought I would. The officiating and use of VAR far superior to what we see in the prem. England ...

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I was going to post at half time that the comments on Shaw were bizarre. Hes been one of our best players in the tournament for me. If you were to criticise anyone at half time, maybe Walker after a couple of shaky minutes (one bad giveaway then waiting for Pickford when it was never his ball). A go...

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Must admit Attwell does seem to have taken quite some time with the VAR this evening.
I do think hes one of the best refs in the prem generally though ,pretty understated and tries to let the game flow generally.

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Cant ever remember seeing Davies play that badly.
Hopefully that's the end of this referees competition though, some shocking decisions which should have been overturned.

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A definite foul to me, the initial contact from Moore is side on, the contact from the defender isnt and is excessive. Pretty poor by the officials as was the yellow he received in the first half..
Denmark gave played very well though.

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Definitely has a lot of ability but looked extremely naive when playing for us. Whilst on paper Swansea looks like a good move I think he needs games and to get more streetwise. If he gets that at Swansea then fantastic but my feeling is a season as first choice at a good league one side may be bett...

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This ref has been very poor indeed. Given some very soft free kicks and that's a yellow, not a red

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Thought we played some decent stuff in the World Cup with Sterling and Rashford either side of Kane. Much better to watch, and looked very dangerous on the counter. Now we are trying to play like Man City and it is tedious, as it has been for the bulk of the last 20 years.

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Lowton's goal at Palace.
Thought we were fantastic in that game too.

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Norris 5 - quite how he let that shot in I dont know. Honestly I would have saved it. Kicking ok but otherwise not up to standard. Lowton 6 - thought he played reasonably well, our main threat from wide which says something... Tarkowski 7* - very little wrong today thought he played well. Dunne 5 - ...

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Not convinced by Billing at all. Lerme would be a better shout but would need a lot of work on his discipline/diligence. Has the potential to be a very good premier league player for me. Out of all mentioned though Gallagher would be my favourite. I think he would be excellent for us tucked in on th...

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Norris 4 - swept up relatively well and has a good left foot. Unfortunately some big questionnkarosnover his positioning for bothb2nd and 3rd goals. Also should hahe dealt with a cross easily in the first half but stayed on his line. Lowton 7 - thought he played very well, always a tough game agains...

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Wood and Brownhill should both have done much better with the chances in the first half. One cleared off the line too in the second. It was too big a step up for Norris tonight unfortunately. Liverpool missed a couple of chances early doors but so did we and in truth they got very fortunate in the w...

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Question marks on all 3 goals unfortunately.
BPF better on that showing.

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There is a big difference between telling someone their breath smells which has no real racial relevance and pulling a face which is being construed by some as a monkey gesture. I'm not sure it was meant in that way, but can see why it could be interpreted that way and thus that would be categorised...

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Telling a bloke they smell and then being accused of being racist is massively different to what happened today. Today your player was childish, and also potentially being overtly racist. I’ll leave it to the authorities to deal with it. I’m not going to debate what we just don’t know. He also very...

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BPF 4 - no fault for the first. Wasnt set at all for the second and the 4th he should have been sweeping but stood off. Very poor. Lowton 6 - not massively involved, a couple.of decent deliveries in the first half. Tarkowski 5 - thought he played well first half and dealt with Bamford really wel. Ro...

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And another miss.

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Good finishing by Leeds today
Not so much by us unfortunately.
Two bad misses.

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Raphina rolls 15 yards and the commentary team wonder why Westwood is irritated....

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Looked a foul on Vydra in the build up, completely taken out of the game.

Poor from our midfield on the goal though, caught way out position. No blame on Tarks at all, hes been one of our best players.

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Another season of premier league football so cant complain too much but that was as poor as I can remember us, barring 25 ok minutes in the first half. Pope 5 - not a lot to do and questionable decisions on a couple of crosses. Distribution not fantastic either. Lowton 7 - great ball for the first, ...

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Pope 5 - thought his distribution was poor and weirdly despite West Hams openings didnt have many saves to make. One decent save second half but youd expect him to make it. Potential lack of communication on both goals. Lowton 5 - one excellent cross early doors which Vydra should have attacked, del...

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What were they protesting about? The signing of Pogba? Di Maria? Memphis? Zlatan? Martial? Maguire? Shaw? Fred? Fernandes? Had the Glazers and Woodward not grown that club commercially they’d be no where near, no where near winning the title. At least their no where near. Same at all the protesters...

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Pope 8 - very good save from the deflection off Taylor,alert otherwise and good handling when needed. Lowton 9 - his distribution constantly asked questions of Wolves and he was solid albeit not regularly troubled by Wolves. Tarkowski 8 -dominant. Mee 8 - untroubled, very solid. Taylor 8 - dealt wit...

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How that isnt s red I have absolutely no idea.
You cannot intentionally raise your hands to a players face.

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What’s the golf course like up there? I’m looking for a new course to try out. Any other recommendations welcome cheers The views from the course are fantastic, especially on a nice clear day. Agree that the front 9 is much more gentle than the back 9, holes 10, 16 and 17 are a very good test it is...

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His distribution is certainly a lot better than Pope's and hes done very little wrong objectively speaking. You cant blame him for any of the goals conceded in the last two games and he made a great save from Gayle last week and a good one v one save today. However I still cant help but feel we woul...

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BPF 7 - very little wrong but cant help but feel Pope would have saved the first, pure stature just means he covers that part of the goal. Lowton 6 - some very good delivery but really sold himself for their first unfortunately Tarkowski 7 - played really well Mee 7 - solid in the main but a couple ...

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It's either an error or a very, very heavily incentivised role. A lot of sales roles in the US have a relatively low basic wage but then great earning potential through bonuses. Potentially our owners are structuring the package in a similar way to what it would be in the US.

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You see defenders clear those sort of balls all the time in a game. He coulsnt see Longstaff so not sure how it could be constituted as dangerous. The reason the commentary team werent interested in it in real time is that it was clearly Tarkowski who was most in control of the situation and had abs...

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Peacock-Farrell 6 - one cracking save and swept up well. Little chance with the goals. Lowton 6 - steady defensively but his delivery could have been better. Tarkowski 5 - roasted a couple of times by Sain Maximum Mee 6 - solid enough, his pen was as much as one as the supposed Longstaff pen. Pieter...

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Watkins came across as a really good guy post match aswell, first time I've seen him interviewed.

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If we were to mess it up, even before this weekend we deserve to be relegated to be honest. To throw away 7 points at this stage would be very poor indeed.

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Could have been given but I dont think it really impeded Wood. He got good contact on the ball and should still have scored despite Souhamptons fortune with the save from Forster. If it was given they could have had no real complaints but maybe we have had a couple of handball shouts which could may...

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We would have won comfortably had Ings not been playing.

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Played well today overall and certainly providing a threat with Vydra. However some really, really poor play when we needed it to stick unfortunately. One of which ended up in a goal

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Pope 5 - two good saves but should have done better with their first a bad mistake in the second half and iffy distribution throughout. Lowton 6 - quiet but not a lot wrong. Tarkowski 6 - won his fair share in the air and solid enough. Mee 5 - should have just passed the ball out for a throw in when...

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Ings came in under Howe's tenure also....

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Always think he comes across as very balanced and dignified. A good bloke.

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Taylor. But Pieters is a very able deputy in that position and more

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Fantastic tonight and the scoreline should have been more convincing. That was the performance of a very good premier league side.

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Pope 7- not a great deal to doubt did what he had to well. Lowton 7 - thought he was solid enough and showed some.good distribution. Maybe played Calvert Lewin on for their goal though... Tarkowski 7 - very good. Mee 7 - another who was very solid but slight question mar on there goal. Unlucky with ...

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A player we can build around. His pressing is absolutely superb. Still work to do with his pass selection and composure but this is the level of player we should be looking to add in the summer. As we have done previously with Pope and Taylor.

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True - but he is still the only Burnley player on the list.
West Ham also allow the opposition to keep the ball in certain areas and he's above both Soucek and Rice who I would imagine have also played more minutes.

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He hasnt had the best of seasons but looked very good with Vydra in these last two games. Hopefully he has a good end to.the season get into double figures again....

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The Wolves one wasnt all that similar, Jiminez was trying to get a foul, he left his leg in a very unorthodox position to innvite contact. He wasnt in control of the ball either. Vydra was running onto strike a ball he was in control off and was impeded from doing so, albeit not from the most robust...

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United have just got a penalty for something very similar... perhaps slightly more contact but in a less threatening scenario..

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I think Gallagher who is currently on loan at West Brom could do a very good job for us on the right hand side. Looks tidy on the ball and albeit quite small he looks to have good strength. Looked good at Charlton last season also.

If we stay up of course...

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