They've had some injuries, but Rodgers has picked some very strange lineups recently. No idea why he played a fullback on the wing instead of one of the several wingers that he had on the bench today, for example.
What's the point in the VAR check, then? Seems bizarre to ask the ref to look at that and then not give it.
Crystal Palace have 17 senior players whose contracts expire at the end of the season. Cahill, McArthur, McCarthy, Hennessey, Sakho, Benteke, van Aanholt, Henderson, Townsend, Dann, Kelly, Clyne, Ward, Wickham, Schlupp and Mitchell. Hodgson's contract is also up. Would the last person to leave Selhurst Park please turn the lights off?
Struggling to figure out who was funnier in the post match interviews... 1. OGS claiming refs are refusing to give United decisions Or 2. Tuchal calling it "a high quality game"
Referee Lee Mason has pulled out of the the 4th official roll in the Shef utd ,pool game due to a muscle injury.........didn't know the brain had muscles
Marseille v Lyon is on BT with Jonathan Pearce and Clive Allen as pundits. They've just spent ages slagging off the officials, at which point Pearce asked Allen if he was still a registered UEFA coach. Once he received a positive response, he reminding him that he could still be fined for what he was saying!
"Manchester City make six changes from the side that beat West Ham 2-1 in their previous outing. Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancelo are the players to come in." - The BBC. And this is why we can't remotely compete with teams like this. What's that, about £300m of reserves?