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NineTails20

Thegreenbush96 said:
You really don’t understand history.
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I understand colonization and attempting to drive people out of their lands when I see it; I'm Irish. We suffered it ourselves.


Back to football: The protesters outside Old Trafford managed to block the Liverpool team bus in a side street. It ended up making it out of there under police escort.
 
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Thegreenbush96

NineTails20 said:
I understand colonization and attempting to drive people out of their lands when I see it; I'm Irish. We suffered it ourselves.


Back to football: The protesters outside Old Trafford managed to block the Liverpool team bus in a side street. It ended up making it out of there under police escort.
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How on earth are they going to have crowds at Old Trafford for the last home game of the season? That is surely unfeasible.
 
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All those police needed just to get a game on where there are no fans sorry but just ridiculous.
 
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unofficialtea

Did anyone see the Villa game....Barkley was distraught after being subbed off and looked like he was in tears on the bench...

His loan has not worked at all.
 
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unofficialtea said:
Did anyone see the Villa game....Barkley was distraught after being subbed off and looked like he was in tears on the bench...

His loan has not worked at all.
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Yeah we had it on. It is a shame as he did so well when he first joined, but he's had a shocker since his injury really.
Seems to have quite the temper on him when he gets subbed. He kicked a lot of water bottles once and DS made him pay for them 🤣
 
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IrishMeeja

Thegreenbush96 said:
[I don’t think in the netherlands as many club supportera put their club before the national team.
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He’s putting his knee and career before the national team. Plenty have came back too soon from that injury with consequences for their career.
 
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Minty71

VVD suffered a horrible injury and hasn’t played since that Everton game. duck, he isn’t even done with rehab yet. The national team showed no consideration for his health and well-being calling him up. Like, he should not even be put on the spot to have to reject the call up to finish rehab. It‘s not even Giggs faking an injury to not get called up, it’s, he id still injured and has no match fitness. It’s gross when these teams make their players play injured and not even like bruise or someshit but straight up painkiller into my torn ligament and lets gooooooo!
 
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Sometimes Roy Keane is just too much, loved his comment after the game. "Theres a new trend with Managers going onto the pitch and high fiving players. I'd never want that not even my own Manager" .Well look at his 2 main Managers, Brian Clough and Sir Alex Ferguson no chance of that happening!
Good the game went on but what's going to happen Tuesday with some fans allowed on Tuesday? Even more police. Good job Man Utd aint paying the bill. Good old taxpayers of Salford.
 
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NineTails20

Thought I'd share this article from The Athletic site about VVD and why he decided to pull out of the Euros this summer. It's a long one, so it's behind a spoiler.

Deep down, Virgil van Dijk must have known his season would end like this after leaving Goodison Park in an ambulance. He had marched around the pitch that autumn afternoon trying to show he was still in control but apparently, as soon as he sat down in the temporary changing rooms of the Park End, Liverpool’s staff would have been unable to get him back up even if they needed to.


There are lots of reasons why Liverpool’s title defence has been an abomination but any sober version of events would centre on this awful moment, which left the player wondering whether he’d ever be able to take to the pitch again.


Being the person he is, Van Dijk got over those dark thoughts quickly enough and made himself believe in the impossible. He appreciated that patience was needed but there could be no other way out. A return to the Liverpool team by the end of the campaign was enough reason for hope but this would also in theory ensure a safe passage to the European Championship.

By April, however, he became more accepting of his fate. News from Wolverhampton Wanderers made him think again about the future. Jonny Castro Otto, the Spanish defender, had sustained a comparable injury to his right knee in August before returning in February. He had felt fine and worked his way back into the team before ravaging the same anterior cruciate ligament as well as the medial collateral ligament in a training session. This would rule him out for the rest of this season and beyond.
Van Dijk realised then that even if it was possible to play for Holland this summer, the risks were enormous. The odds were against him. No matter his desire, statistically there is a 51 per cent increased risk of re-injury if any player returns to competitive action within nine months of the sort of damage he saw inflicted on his knee. Given he was operated on in the final week of November 2020, he would not be in a position of relative safety until the end of July 2021. Even if he went against advice, with this nasty detail rattling about at the back of his mind, he realised he would not be able to perform with the levels of assurance expected of the Holland’s captain.

For Van Dijk, it must have been easier to resist temptation because of the restrictions in the environment he was thinking about re-entering. In an interview with Liverpool’s official website on Wednesday morning, his eyes lit up when he spoke about the possibility of playing in front of fans again. These were not the empty words of a footballer saying what he thinks listeners want to hear.
Sources close to him say he has been able to console himself with the fact his injury has coincided with an unprecedented period in history where but for cameras, broadcasters and journalists, stadiums have been closed. Even before his injury, Van Dijk was missing the lump in the throat and the adrenaline that invades a player when he hears the crowd while standing in a tunnel.

At the Euros, there may have been some crowds but it was not exactly going to be the same. His absence from the Holland squad means he will be 31 if and when he plays in his first international tournament and Qatar 2022 arrives just 18 months after this summer. A more cavalier attitude could have endangered further opportunities in the not too distant future. Knowing this, it became easier to say no this time around.

Yesterday’s news is a major blow to Holland but at least they have more than adequate defensive cover. It is true that Matthijs de Ligt has performed poorly for a struggling Juventus team since his return from his own injury but there is no doubt that he is already a top-class player. Meanwhile, Frank de Boer has Stefan de Vrij and Sven Botman to choose from. While De Vrij has been a key performer in Inter Milan’s first Serie A title in eleven years, Botman has been a star of the Lille defence that threatens to halt Paris Saint-Germain’s dominance of Ligue 1.

For Liverpool, Van Dijk’s return at the start of next season will be crucial. His absence has had a defining role in the direction of this campaign. Though Jurgen Klopp’s team had displayed some alarming vulnerabilities before his injury, his presence in the side would surely have been worth at least another ten points and that means Champions League qualification. As such, 2020-21 would have been viewed as a disappointment rather than, as it seems with four games to go, a really, really bad one. He cannot take his place again soon enough.
 
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IrishMeeja

Minty71 said:
VVD suffered a horrible injury and hasn’t played since that Everton game. duck, he isn’t even done with rehab yet. The national team showed no consideration for his health and well-being calling him up. Like, he should not even be put on the spot to have to reject the call up to finish rehab. It‘s not even Giggs faking an injury to not get called up, it’s, he id still injured and has no match fitness. It’s gross when these teams make their players play injured and not even like bruise or someshit but straight up painkiller into my torn ligament and lets gooooooo!
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Giggs wasn't really faking an injury. His hamstring injuries completely changed his career and playing style. He went through a few really average seasons adapting. Giggs legitimately stopped sprinting in the 2000s and took up a very specific training regime. I can see why a friendly for Wales wasn't on his priority list (shagging your brothers wife is great for your hamstrings lol).
 
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I don’t think anything will happen on tuesday, apparently the protests were because united and liverpool is the most watched game in the PL so it’ll probably be normal next game.

People are talking about JG to Arsenal. I’m sure his cling on would like that. London life
 
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elliexmae

AllSeeingEye123 said:
www.thesun.co.uk

Tottenham ace Dele Alli spotted snogging Man City manager Pep Guardiola's daughter

DELE ALLI has been spotted snogging the daughter of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. The Spurs and England midfielder — who has not scored in the Premier League all season — cosied up with Maria…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk

Look how odd Peps daughter looks on the first photo, don't know how anyone can find that attractive :p
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She's much prettier than half the girls these guys go out with. At least her lips don't look like they were stung by a bee. It's an upgrade for me. I don't find Dele much of a looker either.
 
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Thegreenbush96

I wonder how they met. She is not famous in her own right to be on Raya Unless they give exmpetions for the children of the famous
 
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CeCesworld

elliexmae said:
She's much prettier than half the girls these guys go out with. At least her lips don't look like they were stung by a bee. It's an upgrade for me. I don't find Dele much of a looker either.
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I agree. She looks natural. Definitely an upgrade on the last one.
 
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AllSeeingEye123

elliexmae said:
She's much prettier than half the girls these guys go out with. At least her lips don't look like they were stung by a bee. It's an upgrade for me. I don't find Dele much of a looker either.
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Yeah she's good looking. I was being pedantic as in the first photo she looks blanked out.
 
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