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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:00:13 GMT
(The Guardian) Gary Neville suggests they might cancel the EFL Cup final“Who cares? They don’t care about English football.Something like that has to be on the table, because they have to know they can’t bully their way through everyone in this country. They are bullying the 14 clubs, the EFL, the FA...”
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:01:01 GMT
Chris Sutton, Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live: These clubs have an obligation to their country. I love the league format, if clubs leave the English league it will kill the game as a spectacle.
Norwich City have got promoted and a lot of Norwich fans are looking forward to watching Mo Salah, Harry Kane and Bruno Fernandes next season but this takes that away from them.
The Champions League will be watered down. It's going to be a Champions League B competition. What will happen to the Merseyside derby? Liverpool have just crushed Everton. They're killing the game and I couldn't believe what I heard 24 hours ago.
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:02:12 GMT
...finally, Ste_Macca, some football!(The Guardian) 1 min Peep peep! Liverpool begin the first half, kicking from right to left.
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:02:56 GMT
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:03:20 GMT
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:03:59 GMT
(The Guardian) 3 min Firmino runs onto a long, straight pass behind the Leeds defence. Meslier comes a long way off his line but the angle is tight and Firmino mistimes his attempted lob over Meslier.
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:07:12 GMT
(The Guardian) 3 min Firmino runs onto a long, straight pass behind the Leeds defence. Meslier comes a long way off his line but the angle is tight and Firmino mistimes his attempted lob over Meslier.
4 min The intensity of the game is decent, with no sign that the players are subconsciously wondering WHAT’S THE BUGGERING POINT.
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:08:17 GMT
(The Guardian) 5 min Thiago beats Phillips with a wiggle of the hips and cracks a swirling drive from 25 yards. It’s straight down the middle and Meslier leaps to tip it over, an acrobatic but essentially straightforward save.
7 min Liverpool have started excellently. Fabinho, playing centre-back, runs half the length of the pitch before clipping a short cross to Firmino. The ball is slightly behind him and Leeds eventually scramble the ball away.
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:09:42 GMT
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:10:32 GMT
(The Guardian) 8 min “I’m all for this Super League business, if only to drive home a few banal truths about what the economic system we live under actually does,” says Phil Podolsky. “Also, can’t wait for clubs to be called things like The Leicester Ligers, The Portsmouth Pangolins, The Barcelona Badgers... C’mon people, let’s breathe in the winds of change.” Channeling your inner Matt Dony, aren't you?
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:12:05 GMT
(The Guardian) 10 min “I agree with Mary Waltz about the perils of the franchise-ation of football,” says Robi Polgar. “In the US, before a season starts, everyone knows who’s going to be in the playoffs in the four domestic leagues (gridiron football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey); there are seldom any surprises. Games are reduced to ritual, something you experience as rote. I stopped watching American professional sports years ago. I imagine, were I in the UK, I’d gravitate toward my local non-league club and ignore the franchises (though you know they’ll be marketing the hell out whatever pablum they serve).”
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:12:42 GMT
Roberto Firmino of shoots as Illan Meslier attempts to save. Photograph: Getty Images
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:14:17 GMT
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:14:53 GMT
(The Guardian) 13 min Bamford drags Harrison’s free-kick wide of goal from 12 yards. It wouldn’t have counted anyway; he was offside.
14 min Jota turns beautifully in the area, and is about to shoot when Alioski makes a vital sliding tackle.
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Post by Webster on Apr 19, 2021 19:18:15 GMT
(The Guardian) 17 min Costa plays a square pass to Bamford in the D. He starts to turn towards goal and is then well challenged by Thiago.
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