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BURNLEY: James Tarkowski, Nick Pope, Dwight McNeil, Maxwell Cornet
EVERTON: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ben Godfrey
LEEDS: Raphinha, Kalvin Phillips
WATFORD: Ismaila Sarr, Emmanuel Dennis
NORWICH: *tumbleweed*
Half-joking, but I don't see it much differently to what Rice did, and the latter has been lauded by a lot of our fans on social media for being passionate and 'one of us'.
I haven't watched a lot of Leeds this season so have no idea of his defensive work; I saw Ian Wright pick apart his positioning, but again it's probably no worse than what some of our forwards display.
Not saying you're wrong about whether he'd fit though. Don't know enough about him other than he's a good footballer, but I do get the impression he'd probably consider himself a big fish. Personally I'd rather we look at someone like Lewis-Potter at Hull or Forest's Brennan; they've done very well in the Championship and would be keen to prove themselves.
If a player had ranted like that to me as a League umpire after a cricket match, he could well end up with a long ban. I know it's a different sport, but Referee/Umpire abuse (which is what it was) cannot be condoned - however poor we think the official was. Personally I thought not much went our way, but we experience that most weeks anyway, so he should be used to it!
Whatever he may have thought, he needs to lead to 'count to ten' and how to address any real concerns in a more controlled manner.
And of course we don't know what Raphinha was saying, but his actions (chasing the ref and shouting) isn't something we haven't seen before (not that I'm condoning it).
Rice was actually accusing a FIFA official of being corrupt. Heat of the moment stuff, sure, but I don't remember ever seeing that before and it's a serious accusation and one that could see him banned. I'm actually surprised the ref didn't send him off for dissent.
The next time we're in Europe it will be the Group Stages of the Europa League or Conference, if we up against the likes of Dinamo, Gent and Rapid we won't need Rice
There seems to be disagreement over whether Raphihna has a relegation release clause or not but most seem to agree that if Leeds are relegated he would be available for around £25m
I'd rather have Lingard on a free and spend £25m on Phillips
Sure he got carded recently for arguing with the ref 🤔
Thanks ASLEF, so I wasn't going mad.
So Rice was booked for dissent during the game for arguing the refs decision, as was Raphinha against Arsenal, and then called the ref corrupt after the game.
Ok, Raphinha displayed more obvious 'aggression' in what he did (not sure he actually touched the ref though?), but I don't think it's fair to criticise him whilst giving Rice a free pass for what is effectively, IMO, the same thing.
Ultimately, we're talking about Raphinha as a potential signing. I don't want to have people coming in with this behaviour. It's not the first time he's done stuff like that, and I don't like it. I get the impression, like you said earlier, that he is a bit of a billy big time. He strikes me as arrogant, and that doesn't strike me as the type of player we want.
I agree that we don't want the behaviour at the club; I just think that fans can sometimes apply bias to the behaviour of their own. And that's not aimed at you specifically, but more a reaction to how Rice has been applauded by some of our fans for his actions, when I suspect if it was someone like Kane or Grealish they'd be pilloried for being 'rattled' or 'sore losers'.