Dokaka
Gunner come out of the closet any day now…
One of the biggest "technically true but come on now" things I've seen in an article
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Declan Rice: Bend It Like Decam
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One of the biggest "technically true but come on now" things I've seen in an article
hydrofluoric acid
Down With the Refereearchy
Country: Iceland
Sam and Nolan know ball!
Rasmi
Prophet of Doom
Country: England
Both are right tbh. You can be overrated and very good. But Mclean guy wouldn’t say this if Rice was still playing for the Irish and he hates the English
Paperino
It’s Timo Time
Country: Sweden
And Allardyce and Nolan wouldnt defend Rice if he played for Ireland.
Rasmi
Prophet of Doom
Country: England
No, but they wouldn’t go out of their way to target him either. I hate nothing players mouthing off to much better players
Mitch
Blonde Brigade Grand Wizard
Rice being moved from the 6 to 8 at the same age as Gerard was. The difference being Rice was more productive with goals and assists than Gerard did in his first season (and several seasons) as number 8.
Rice is arguably the best 6 in the world but I believe Rice should continue as a 8 to fulfill his potential and talent.
Rice is arguably the best 6 in the world but I believe Rice should continue as a 8 to fulfill his potential and talent.
Paperino
It’s Timo Time
Country: Sweden
No.
GDeep™
League is very weak
Lmao.
Rasmi
Prophet of Doom
Country: England
Arguably the best 6 in the world who can’t evade the press or make a telling pass. He is not very good 6. I would move him to 8 permanently
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Deleted member x1214
Guest
A-M only has two settings for all players, worst on the planet or best in the world. You can be elite but still overrated anyways, like we see with the English and Rice.
Artisan
Not Emery's Old Pal
Tbf when you cost 105m, if you aren't the best in the world you might as well be the worst.
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Deleted member x1214
Guest
Yeah unless you are transformative like Virgil it's hard for the more defensive players to justify such a price tag.
Relative to his peers like Enzo and Caicedo + plus hitting his debut season running you'd have to say he's worth that price in the modern market. It's very similar to the WC argument again.
Dokaka
Gunner come out of the closet any day now…
I think he was transformative as you became a far better defensive side despite losing/missing two of your starting midfielders from the previous season.
I think what's lost here is VVD arrived in the same season as Salah and Robertson. VVD arrive during January and they finished 4th. The following season Allison and Fabinho arrived. VVD basically arrived with a completely new spine of players.
Rice arrived with Havertz, Raya and a player that didn't feature all season.
VVD is obviously class and I'm not taking anything away from him, just think his individual impact is a tad overstated and more of the credit should go to Liverpool's absolutely unreal recruitment during that time. They overhauled the entire spine in 12 months.
Country: England
Kante partnering Jorginho: flirting
Rice partnering Jorginho: harassment
Rice partnering Jorginho: harassment
MikelHadADream
🫱😶🫲
Country: England
Player:Gyökeres
He’s a victim of his own success that he can play both positions to a high standard.
Not many (if any at all), can do that.
Mitch
Blonde Brigade Grand Wizard
He can evade the pr as and make challenging passes.
Contender and nominee for player of season in the league for a reason.
DJ_Markstar
Based and Artetapilled
Country: England
Player:Zubimendi
First player that came to mind the second you said this is Scholes actually.
GoonerJay24
Well-Known Member
He makes some points but generally harsh. These players are talented but style needs to suit them
ASAP Berg
Established Member
I think we watch these games at the Euro and think, oh we need Rice to do more on the ball.
We have Partey, Jorginho, Ødegaard in next to him with Zinchenko or White inverting . . We can afford to have him play a simple game at DM and not risk turnovers. I actually don't see a big difference between Rice and the likes of Tchouameni on the ball.
For me, Partey-Rice is an elite partnership, but Partey is not reliable. Maybe Arteta can find a replacement.
We have Partey, Jorginho, Ødegaard in next to him with Zinchenko or White inverting . . We can afford to have him play a simple game at DM and not risk turnovers. I actually don't see a big difference between Rice and the likes of Tchouameni on the ball.
For me, Partey-Rice is an elite partnership, but Partey is not reliable. Maybe Arteta can find a replacement.
