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Declan Rice

Post by Rouwens_Weapon » Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:55 am

As poor a performance we saw from our midfield, I thought Rice was outstanding for them. I remember ~3 years ago for West Ham at the Turf he was head and shoulders above anyone else on the pitch but seems to have taken it to another level.
A shame we have to see these players dominate against our own team but in him and Bellingham, England's midfield should be sorted for the next 10 years.
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Re: Declan Rice

Post by Swizzlestick » Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:01 am

He’s a great player but he won’t have many easier games this season.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by RVclaret » Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:02 am

I thought he was immense too. Always in the right spot for receiving the ball off the defence but more importantly sniffing out any potential threat we had. There was a moment first half where Amdouni & Fofana had a bit of a break on and he intercepted the move with an outrageous sliding tackle. Like you say with him, Bellingham and Foden in this form it should be exciting for England.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by beddie » Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:09 am

Yes he had an excellent game but let’s be honest we allowed him to be. He must have thought this is so easy, nobody seems to mark me so I’ll show them what I’m about.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by ElectroClaret » Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:12 am

We gave him oceans of space.
Even an average Championship midfielder would have excelled against
us yesterday, never mind Rice. Must have thought it was his birthday.

Awful stuff from us.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by bfcjg » Sun Feb 18, 2024 1:42 pm

One of if not the best English midfielders in the Premier league, his stamina is phenomenal.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by IanMcL » Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:15 pm

He looked very accomplished.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by boatshed bill » Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:38 pm

On £250,000 per week, I think.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by Murger » Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:39 pm

A class above.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by warksclaret » Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:21 pm

On the year we went down I came to the Turf to see WHU. He was the best player I had seen that year, and better than I even thought he was. A proper Rolls Royce

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by Claret86 » Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:22 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:02 am
I thought he was immense too. Always in the right spot for receiving the ball off the defence but more importantly sniffing out any potential threat we had. There was a moment first half where Amdouni & Fofana had a bit of a break on and he intercepted the move with an outrageous sliding tackle. Like you say with him, Bellingham and Foden in this form it should be exciting for England.
It should be exciting for England, but with play-it-safe Southgate I doubt it will be

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by Pickles » Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:04 pm

A bag of pilau would do all right up against our midfield.

But yes Rice is a very, very good player.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by colne-claret » Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:08 pm

warksclaret wrote:
Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:21 pm
On the year we went down I came to the Turf to see WHU. He was the best player I had seen that year, and better than I even thought he was. A proper Rolls Royce
Completely agree. He looked a colossus that day.

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Re: Declan Rice

Post by 1fatclaret » Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:42 pm

I think our front line and midfield share this view. They certainly enjoyed watching him do whatever the f=-k he wanted. So frustrating to see us give him acres of space to just do whatever he wanted to in. Really poor.

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