Declan Rice

In fairness, WHU are in a diabolical run at the moment. Rice isn’t immune from criticism, but he isn’t the only one. First and foremost is Roberto, who has taken over from Fabianski. He is the butt of the criticism at the moment, and is seen as an important player in the decline in form. The sheen has worn off Haller, Anderson is half the player he was last term, £24 Million was spent on Fornals, who has looked out of his depth, and Pellegrini is getting widely criticised for bringing Zabaleta back into the fold for games he wasn’t suited too, and that doesn’t mention the criticism which is pointed at Jack Wilshere and Carlos Sanchez on a daily basis.

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horsebox wrote:

Getting slaughtered in Twitter today

Tell us more..........

A big imposing sideways passing "modern" holding midfielder

Will be a solid top tier pro but cant see him operating at a top 4 level. I really hope the rat faced judas

does not prove me wrong

I saw a 3 minute highlights from Sky, I didn't know who was co commentating but they were terrible. I know who it was now

Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government.

I think it is time to start a campaign against 'colour commentators'. John O'Shea is the final straw! Do any of them offer anything?

mandrake wrote:

Gerry Geary wrote:

Rice is a bellend. Stupid muppet. Will get roasted there he aint no Mark Lawrenson after all. Lawro a legend sent EIRE TO 88

its a pity rice wasnt involved in the comical defending leadin gto the two last goals... his time will come though, its england after all

Maybe not directly, but his unwillingness to show for the ball, or even on the occasions he did show for it to just hit it back to Stones/Maguire/whoever first time, probably indirectly contributed to last night's sh*t show. He's certainly getting a lot of flak from the England fans over his performance at least.

sid waddell wrote:

pre Madonna wrote:

sid waddell wrote:

pre Madonna wrote:

Very true, but then international football is also much weaker than the top of club football and, almost as a result, much more entertaining.

I think it's much less entertaining

Really? I only watched the CL semis and final, as well as the FA Cup final and got nothing from it, despite supposedly 'amazing' comebacks. Maybe it is just my love for it has completely dissipated. International football still holds some semblance of meritocracy that endears.

Nobody cares about the FA Cup... man city did

Teams deliberately go out to lose in it.. yeah some do

The Champions League is the pinnacle of football these days... true

The level of play at top international level is well behind it .........true

Also two leg ties with the away goals rule tend to be much more exciting than your average one off knockout tie than you get in international finals......not true. you cant prove that with two semi-finals

Come on Irelind

pre Madonna wrote:

sid waddell wrote:

pre Madonna wrote:

Very true, but then international football is also much weaker than the top of club football and, almost as a result, much more entertaining.

I think it's much less entertaining

Really? I only watched the CL semis and final, as well as the FA Cup final and got nothing from it, despite supposedly 'amazing' comebacks. Maybe it is just my love for it has completely dissipated. International football still holds some semblance of meritocracy that endears.

Nobody cares about the FA Cup

Teams deliberately go out to lose in it

The Champions League is the pinnacle of football these days

The level of play at top international level is well behind it

Also two leg ties with the away goals rule tend to be much more exciting than your average one off knockout tie than you get in international finals