Match Day Thread Premier League, Cups & Euro Watch

Kevin Phillips? Carlton Cole?

 

Oo, er @BobbyD -

''New Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has apologised and admitted that he made a "mistake" using homophobic language towards Roberto Mancini during a pitch-side confrontation in January 2016.'' - https://www.independent.ie/sport/so...t-comments-at-chelsea-unveiling-37132265.html

.....''He also referred to rude comments he made to a female journalist – telling her to "go f*** herself" – as a joke that was "miscontrued".
"People make mistakes, and one of these mistakes was made when I was angry," Sarri said, referring to the incident with Mancini.''

Don't make him angry, you won't like him when he's angry ....

 

nearly as funny as klopp blaming the wind

 

You're right, homophobia, sexism and racism are exactly like blaming the wind

 

I hope we're not playing that game

You boys aren't angels

 

No mate. It was just the headline on that link I posted - did you open it? Just a typical welcome from the British press -

Mauricio Sarri insists he is 'not homophobic and not sexist' after questions on past comments at Chelsea unveiling

 

ah no i didn't lol.

Just assumed you had the best bits when you copied and pasted it.

 

Typical snide journalists when, for the neutrals, the first thing you read about him is that headline.

I was having a joke about not making him angry Will be interesting though to see if he is prone to the odd outburst ...

 

i suspect he will. Depends what sort of crappy questions he gets asked. Surprised Conte didn't erupt when he was asked is he leaving questions at every pre match game lol

 

Guardian have tweeted that Chamberlain ruled out for whole of next season, nowhere else reporting it though

 

Shame for the ox. I know you boys really rate him and he was showing some good form but i don't think he's a big miss.

 

Guess it's true, on Sky now

 

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/307548-oxlade-chamberlain-injury-update-jurgen-klopp

Pretty much

 

Big miss for me, his energy and directness was perfect with the space left by the front 3.

 

Felt a bit sorry for Conte, won you 2 trophies and according to Melissa Reddy, who's not only very good at reporting all things Liverpool but has a handle on football in general, Chelsea's official announcement that he was leaving ''contained 61 words and 'thanks' wasn't one of them.''

 

i can see where you're coming from and i was a bit "meh" about signing him but thought the more he played for us the better his general performance got .Plus as Jaffa says no one else ,last season,in MF offered the direct running threat he gave us though hopefully Keita will cover that this season.

 

he's an older Italian gentleman.

I think we all know that means he is both.

It's a given!

 

Ignoring the new signing for a moment, Oxlade offers something none of our other midfielders can so he's obviously a miss. Whether you rate him or not is a different matter entirely.


Onto the new signings; maybe one of them (Or more than one) can offer what Oxlade does but they're new to the club, system, players and league.

They may take time to settle, they're may not be in the team initially, they may never settle or they could hit the ground running. Who knows?

I'm sure of one thing, Klopp would have like Oxlade available whilst the new payers impacts unfolded.

 

Milner will do the job. Keita will provide the passing ability. Fekir will I think only come in in September

 

I was talking about the way he drives forward, history's his willing and able to sort from distance.