A Horse Named Stranger Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 25 minutes ago, ljkeane said: It's Van Dijk's ACL apparently. So, yeah, that's his season done. Fucking Pickford. Yeah, but on the other hand, still lucky, if it's only the ACL. The way Pickford went into him, he could've caused way more damage. That was just vicious, and he will definately get a retro active ban for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, ljkeane said: It's Van Dijk's ACL apparently. So, yeah, that's his season done. Fucking Pickford. can't ACL injuries heal in 3 months? are there different degrees of severity with regards to ACL injuries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Just now, AncalagonTheBlack said: can't ACL injuries heal in 3 months? are there different degrees of severity with regards to ACL injuries? I don’t think so. So far as I know you don’t really get partial ACL tears and the rehab from a ruptured ACL is 9 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 minute ago, ljkeane said: I don’t think so. So far as I know you don’t really get partial ACL tears and the rehab from a ruptured ACL is 9 months. awww shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 On the plus side us shipping 7 goals to Villa looks less bad now they're going to win the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I mean really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Ornstein reporting in The Athletic that there will be no retrospective action taken against Pickford. Quote Despite widespread criticism over the lack of punishment for Jordan Pickford’s challenge on Virgil van Dijk during Saturday’s Merseyside derby, the Everton goalkeeper will not face any disciplinary action. The FA’s policy is to issue retrospective punishment only for red-card offences that are not seen by match officials at the time, including the VAR. Liverpool were not awarded a penalty for Pickford’s tackle on Van Dijk because the Dutch defender was adjudged to be in an offside position. As reported by The Athletic on Saturday, VAR reviewed the incident but did not deem it worthy of a red card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Of course not. Oliver saw it but he has a nasty habit of avoiding big decisions, so he left it to VAR, and that guy was apparently sat at his computer wearing his underpants on his head and sucking his thumb. It's an absolute farce, but something like this has been due to happen for a while now really - insisting that play continues after an offside without legislating for fouls that happen during that grey area gives too much latitude to idiots. We really need to buy a quality defender in January, someone good enough to go straight into the team. Matip is great, and I think Matip-Gomez is good enough for us to do pretty well, but I can't for the life of me see Matip staying fit for more than a month or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Soylent Brown said: guy was apparently sat at his computer wearing his underpants on his head and sucking his thumb. Who told you how I spend my Sundays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Can't wait till Martinez wins a title in his first season at villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Soylent Brown said: It's an absolute farce, but something like this has been due to happen for a while now really - insisting that play continues after an offside without legislating for fouls that happen during that grey area gives too much latitude to idiots. According to The Athletic, Pickford could have been sent off for serious foul play even though Van Dijk was adjudged to have been offside. Earlier reports claiming that the VAR only checked for offside have proven to be incorrect. This makes the decision even more egregious in that the VAR did review the tackle but decided that it wasn't serious foul play and therefore not a red card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 And apparently Matip is already injured again. We fucked up massively by not replacing Lovren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 29 minutes ago, Consigliere said: According to The Athletic, Pickford could have been sent off for serious foul play even though Van Dijk was adjudged to have been offside. Earlier reports claiming that the VAR only checked for offside have proven to be incorrect. This makes the decision even more egregious in that the VAR did review the tackle but decided that it wasn't serious foul play and therefore not a red card. Makes absolutely no sense. One of the clearer red cards these last years. (Could say clearest, but Lewis Dunk decided to show just how clear you could make it on Sunday..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: We fucked up massively by not replacing Lovren. Now, those are the words I'd never thought I'd hear/read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AncalagonTheBlack Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Consigliere said: No major issue, does that mean it's a minor issue?? Matip will be out soon again, this is Sturridge 2.0 all over again. January transfer window can't come soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I doubt your lot are planning on signing a CB in Jan. I suspect Liverpool are planning a transfer for Upamecano whose release clause of €50m becomes active at the end of the season. A long term signing good enough to be a starter is preferable to a stop-gap January signing. Of course, Liverpool may be forced into a January signing if Matip or Gomez go down for a while as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 So Maguire picked up an injury against Newcastle and is not travelling to Paris. Bailly has not travelled either. We've named just two CBs (Lindelof and Tuanzebe) in the travelling squad. Neymar and Mbappe were going to make our defence twerk anyway but things could get quite ugly now. The chances of collecting another six have just gone up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Just watched the Merseyside Derby, and I can't believe the VAR review of the Pickford incident. The VAR guy spent that entire time looking at the offside call? That is like the city citing me for unmown grass in the yard after my house burns down. Who is looking at these videos, and have they ever actually played a single game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Consigliere said: So Maguire picked up an injury against Newcastle and is not travelling to Paris. Bailly has not travelled either. We've named just two CBs (Lindelof and Tuanzebe) in the travelling squad. Neymar and Mbappe were going to make our defence twerk anyway but things could get quite ugly now. The chances of collecting another six have just gone up. McTominay will maybe play CB. Hopefully alonside Tuanzebe coz I don't trust Lindelof's total lack of physicality against Neymar and Mbappe's pace at all, but unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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