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Thought it was one of John McGinn’s more influential refereeing performances
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It was their 3rd game at VP this season!
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We were overly physical? I think they’re so used to their players hitting the deck at every contact that they’ve forgotten it’s a contact sport.
Also, only one club was forced into a substitution because of an injury caused by an unnecessary foul off the ball.
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I notice there is no mention of the number of fouls comitted by AV in comparison to us. Sounds like another case of sour grapes to me, could be McGinn writing this as its under anon.
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They make a point of using the Stats, which say we committed 24 fouls to their 7, but just because the ref awarded them to Villa doesn't actually mean they were all fouls.
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My estimation of McGinn went up a notch after he called us a fantastic team on MOTD (which must have grated with the Villa fans). He is still an arse though…Thought it was one of John McGinn’s more influential refereeing performances
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Exactly. I believe an average foul count for us in games is in the low teens. Why playing Villa should provoke such an increase, or thuggery even, is not clear. Unless, of course, the game is being refereed by a ‘dream team’ of McGinn/Pawson, and fixing the wrong of us beating them 3x last season.
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We're top of the table for fouls committed this season: 96. Apparently Everton have only committed 44, which is kind of surprising.
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As I said earlier it's Fouls awarded against, which is completely different.
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Are you saying refs are simply more likely to award free kicks against us than other teams? Last season we were at the lower end for fouls committed; this season it's a different story. Obviously six games is a small sample though.
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Would love him if he's one of yours, pain in the posterior (literally!) if he plays for the oppo.
Off the pitch he's a smashing lad by all accounts.
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Keeps all the pie shops in Brum in business
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Dr Dave Richardson, head of psychology, sports science and wellbeing at the University of Lincoln, who has worked with Liverpool on player care and psychology:
Dr Richardson says some clubs are better at supporting players, citing Brentford as having a strong sports psychology team.
A throw away line in a BBC article about footballer burnout but praise of the Club is nice to hear.
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Dr Richardson says some clubs are better at supporting players, citing Brentford as having a strong sports psychology team.
A throw away line in a BBC article about footballer burnout but praise of the Club is nice to hear.
Football calendar: Elite schedule 'not sustainable' amid 55-game seasons
The Premier League may have just returned from a three-week break, but for many of its stars there was no rest at all.
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It makes me warm inside when these clubs/fans talk about us being overly physical. Love that we’ve got a rep for being in the face of the oppo. For years we were southern softies and I still see us being too nice at times.
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My neighbour told me about a Birmingham player who was an absolute thug on the pitch. However, off the pitch one Christmas he bought every child in a Birmingham hospital a football shirt out of his own money.
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I remember when Douglas and McCormack signed - it gave the side an 'edge' that we hadn't had for years. Now it is just more of a requirement in the PL.
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I would hazard a guess thats coming from our high press. Intensity to win the ball back.
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In relation to £100m+ double Champions League winner Bradley Barcola (with no hint of any 'cold night at Stoke' subtext)...
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From AI's press Conference:
Andoni Iraola says his Liverpool side need to be "ready for a battle" at Brentford, where no teams are ever "comfortable".
Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola on Brentford: "They are difficult because they are very good. They have good players, well coached. They have a clear idea that has been consistent over a lot of seasons, I would say right now.
"A squad that understands very well what they are trying to do. They are good on the ball, they are physical, they are honest and that is the main reasons they are a good team.
You know you can't play against Brentford comfortably, we know this.
"So we have to be ready for a battle."
Flattery will get you nowhere, Andoni!
Andoni Iraola says his Liverpool side need to be "ready for a battle" at Brentford, where no teams are ever "comfortable".
Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola on Brentford: "They are difficult because they are very good. They have good players, well coached. They have a clear idea that has been consistent over a lot of seasons, I would say right now.
"A squad that understands very well what they are trying to do. They are good on the ball, they are physical, they are honest and that is the main reasons they are a good team.
You know you can't play against Brentford comfortably, we know this.
"So we have to be ready for a battle."
Flattery will get you nowhere, Andoni!
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Do his initials explain how he speaks?
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I don't think it's a slight. It's the fact every player wants to win the ball, happy to do the dirty work. We're not a team of prancers and posers.
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It annoys me that physical is seen as an insult. We run hard, we press hard, we have some fast and powerful players - all physical attributes but none of them negative.
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I’m happy if everyone continues to underestimate, denigrate and misrepresent us and give us backhanded compliments.It annoys me that physical is seen as an insult. We run hard, we press hard, we have some fast and powerful players - all physical attributes but none of them negative.
I just smile as we let our football do the talking.
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It annoys me that physical is seen as an insult. We run hard, we press hard, we have some fast and powerful players - all physical attributes but none of them negative.
Couple of years ago I'm sure we were bottom of the disciplinary table or thereabouts and Bournemouth were top. If we have become more "physical" it is because we have picked up some tricks from Iraola.
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We may be physical (after all football is a physical game) but we are not dirty, there is a difference. I am not put out by the description of us being physical, its true we are, but that is just one aspect of our game.
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Agreed Nick.
But the way it's said about us before and after games comes across as negative. And suggests that (and being a "threat at set pieces"....) are "all" we've got.
Rarely do our skilful players, and our excellent passing game get a mention...
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I like to think of it as not showing too much respect. We are a fiercely competitive team who are very happy to earn the right to play our football we do not to expect that right as many teams do.
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Because we’re a team, as in hard working team without stars that fart their arse out if they need to defend, attack or sit on the bench when needed
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The two tossers seem to have embarrassingly deleted their original video claiming we don't have an academy, but luckily someone at the club had it saved
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The two tossers seem to have embarrassingly deleted their original video claiming we don't have an academy, but luckily someone at the club had it saved
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Ah, these two amoeba's again.
Proof that literally any brain dead simpleton can create a podcast and get some traction if they talk enough b***ocks.
Also if anyone was asked to draw a sketch of the average sex pest, it would all be exact match of the Palace fan.
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Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Liverpool have spent £600m+ since the summer 2025 transfer window and one of their greatest ever players doesn’t think they can beat Brentford.
The era of the legacy big clubs winning everything is over. The king is dead, long live the king.
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“In the last couple of years Tottenham and Manchester United have found themselves fighting at the wrong end of the table, while teams like Aston Villa, Brentford and Brighton have been battling at the top.”
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Tbh though, none of those teams have really been battling at the top.
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Quite, anyone would think we're the Crazy Gang 2.0
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Villa fans do, if you listened to last week's Beesotted podcast!
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I thought that Villa had quite a number of smaller players on the pitch last week; I guessed that's recruitment to suit Emery's style of play. We've got 10 squad players over 1m82 (6 feet in old money) but Villa have 16, so maybe that's my McGinn bias.
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DIdn't listen but heard their chatter. They see us as over physical. I view them as dishonest cheats. As one report stated Pawson's unique achievement last Saturday was uniting both fan sets in complete disdain for his handling of the match.