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I kind of wish they wouldn't have the clubs ex players commentating on the games of those clubs, the bias can be sickening. I don't mind Carragher  when he is analysing a game that doesn't affect Liverpool, but he is awful when it does.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 5:30 pm
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Carragher and his red-tinted glasses is just making himself look like an idiot, defending that


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 5:30 pm
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Wondering if Everton will go the whole season without scoring a goal. I suppose an opposing player may score an own goal, but none of the actual team look capable of hitting a cow's arse with a banjo.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 5:42 pm
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We don't know if it was a goal scoring opportunity because he had his legs taken out and consequently we don't know whether he'd have ****ed it up.

There is a certain perverse logic to it. Wrong still.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 5:43 pm
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Poor game management from newcastle, they though they had already won it, so started taking wild long distance pot shots thinking they could be individual heroes instead of working good chances..

And to think I took Nunez out of my fantasy team this week, because it looked like he was last choice for Klop for the front line.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 6:23 pm
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I’m howling here. Not a massive fan of Liverpool, but I cannot abide Newcastle now they have their new owners.

Slightly annoyed as I nearly stuck £1 on for a Liverpool win when they were one down.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 6:24 pm
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**** me that's poor, that Newcastle can't press home the advantage and then get sucker punched twice.

That's where they need to toughen up.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 6:25 pm
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And now we have to look at Klopp's smug face


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 6:26 pm
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Toon Army deserved that - they are too negative against the big teams and Eddie Howe’s teams specialise in sh*thousery  at any time


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 6:29 pm
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Absolutely appalling defending for both goals. That’s unforgivable to lose a game like that

Loving the Darwen Nunez/Julio Geordie interview 😂


 
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first one was a bit unlucky - a double bounce off arse and backheel and could have gone anywhere. Second was bad - stepped up and let him in behind, but far too big a gap between centre back and left back.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 6:44 pm
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No Sky, so MOTD2 then - at least i've been spared Jamie "spitting" Carragher.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 8:10 pm
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‘Carra’ is literally the only person in the World who doesn’t think it was a straight red

I loved Gary Neville’s comment about him ‘bright red and screeching’ 😂

I reckon big Virge may well be in even more trouble for being a petulant dick with the ref instead of just walking


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 8:25 pm
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He didn’t think Wolves should have had a penalty at Old Trafford? I guess he’s just trying to be controversial?
I heard that fans want ex players on VAR!


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 8:29 pm
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Football. It's a funny ole game.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 8:40 pm
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Wonder if Klop will now start Nunez, he might not have a choice mind, was in the morning rumours that Salah now wants to go to Saudi.

I kept Nunez in my fantasy team for most of last season thinking that once he started scoring he would probably be quite prolific, wonder if this is the turning point.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 8:55 pm
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Certainly looked more accomplished in front of goal rather than the hurried efforts of last season.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 9:02 pm
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Foden did not start as he has been ill all week - think Picolax . He travelled separately from the rest of the squad but felt well enough to be on the bench and came on to add some stardust late on.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 9:20 pm
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And now we have to look at Klopp’s smug face

True, but he didn't murder a journalist and stick him in a suitcase, so it could be worse.


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 9:44 pm
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Liverpool fans should not really use the phrase "murder" to try and denigrate other teams. Glass houses and all that.


 
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🙄


 
Posted : 27/08/2023 10:55 pm
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Sheffield United have been pretty impressive in coping with the Citeh pressure here

Watching that game from the Kop was intense and amazing. A little disappointed not to get the draw, but our players to a man have nothing to be down about with that performance.

In fact, putting in a shift like that has kept us out of the bottom three so far. Goal difference could be very important come May.

Oh and watching your little old cobbled together team score against arguably the best team in the world. And Haaaaaaaallaaaand missing a pen. Priceless 😊


 
Posted : 28/08/2023 7:19 am
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True, but he didn’t murder a journalist and stick him in a suitcase, so it could be worse.

It wasn't actually a member of Riyadh Rovers aka NUFC playing staff that did that.


 
Posted : 28/08/2023 10:36 am
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Liverpool fans should not really use the phrase “murder” to try and denigrate other teams. Glass houses and all that.

Could you expand on that? It’s just that you’re saying it like we should all understand the meaning, but I’m not that clear. I’m sure you’ll be happy to clarify.

Just for assistance, afaik, ransos is a Hammers fan, and johndoh is a Leeds fan. There’s something to get you started.


 
Posted : 28/08/2023 11:12 am
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<p style="text-align: left;">In the car-crash saga of the Spanish FA president’s crap attempt at being a decent human, I’m not sure I was expecting this:</p>
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66637880

RM.


 
Posted : 28/08/2023 12:18 pm
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He and now his family do seem to keep escalating the situation in a weird manner. He would probably of got away with it if he had just made an apology that demonstrated contrition quickly. But his arrogance and inability to see the errors of his own behavior  just keeps making the situation worse. Maybe in the long run it will prove to be better that he has mishandled the situation, so it becomes a true turning point rather than the continual brushing under the carpet which is customary in these situations.


 
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His stance and those supporting him reflects the wider misogynistic attitudes of many Spanish men, particularly older ones. They don't think it's wrong as they are entitled to behave that way


 
Posted : 28/08/2023 12:38 pm
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Its also fairly typical of footballs authorities generally. Just look at the regular cringeworthy contributions on the subject from the likes of Infantino


 
Posted : 28/08/2023 1:15 pm
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Spain seems to be some 30 years behind northern Europe - booing black players is still a thing.
On another note Jude Bellingham, what a start for Real.


 
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Could you expand on that? It’s just that you’re saying it like we should all understand the meaning, but I’m not that clear. I’m sure you’ll be happy to clarify.

I took it as a reference to the Heysel stadium disaster - unsavoury for sure, I know there is always bantz between rival fans but I hoped we were above these levels and could keep it 'on the pitch'


 
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He and now his family do seem to keep escalating the situation in a weird manner. He would probably of got away with it if he had just made an apology that demonstrated contrition quickly. But his arrogance and inability to see the errors of his own behavior just keeps making the situation worse.

It's bizarre, isn't it? If he had managed a bit of contrition and a fulsome apology to Hermoso immediately, I'm sure it would have blown over. Instead he hasn't just doubled down, I think we're at 'quintupled down' now, and he is done for, as are a fair few of the top brass at the federation who have foolishly decided to back him.


 
Posted : 28/08/2023 3:22 pm
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Why were the PFA Awards announced yesterday?

I thought they are normally handed out at the end of the season


 
Posted : 30/08/2023 4:27 pm
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Well done to Harry Maguire for earning an England call up after such a good start to the season 😂


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 2:22 pm
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To be fair, he hasn't made any mistakes on the football pitch since the start of the season.


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 2:39 pm
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I wonder how much the Saudi league paid for Henderson to be included ?


 
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Can't believe Raheem Sterling has been omitted after a couple of fantastic performances for Chelsea. Also Kalvin Phillips in the squad despite not having had any game time with City this season.


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 4:30 pm
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Tough group for Newcastle on their champions league return, everybody else should be ok, city probably got the easiest draw.


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 6:07 pm
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Well done to Harry Maguire for earning an England call up after such a good start to the season 😂

I hope he enjoys playing because they're the only minutes he's going to be on a football pitch this season.

Phillips is another bench-warmer in the squad, Henderson is still in there despite playing glorified Sunday League for Murderers United, yet Sterling looks better than he's ever looked and he's left out? Go figure?


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 6:51 pm
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hate the early international break just as the seasons kicked off


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 7:41 pm
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hate the early international break just as the seasons kicked off

Man City might have the titled tied up by then this year 🤣


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 8:00 pm
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I see PSV made the draw.


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 8:49 pm
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I hate the early international break just as the seasons kicked off

I hate all international breaks. I hate international football, full stop. A totally pointless waste of everyone’s time, where your best player inevitability does his hamstring that puts him out for the season while playing in a meaningless friendly against Belarus


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 10:00 pm
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Sterling looks better than he’s ever looked and he’s left out?

Don’t have an issue with this. He was awful last season. Has played well this season in two games and the competition in his position is fierce. Rashford, Foden, Grealish, Saka etc.

Maguire though. That’s silly. Got to be looking at younger players given if he’s not going to move he’s not going to play.


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 10:30 pm
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He seems to be suffering from terminal delusions as he’s now Uniteds sixth choice central defender behind 35 year old Jonny Evans, but he thinks he’s too big to play for West Ham

I can’t fathom why they’d actually want him anyway. He’s going to be despised at Old Trafford (he’s not far off already) if he turns down a move to spend the season sat on the bench picking up the thick end of 200 grand a week. He’s either thick or thick-skinned, possibly both. He’s apparently demanding a huge pay off to go. 6-15 million depending on who you believe

The worst signing in football history. Makes Pogba look like a bargain. Par for the course at United nowadays.

He shouldn’t even be on Southgates radar. He’s certainly not on anybody else’s


 
Posted : 31/08/2023 11:58 pm
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The worst signing in football history

nope, that would be Tomas Brolin, the Pilsbury Doughboy brought to life.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:05 am
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hate international football, full stop

You watch it and comment about it here. Why don't you go for a bike ride instead?


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:10 am
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I guess John Stones being injured makes things trickier for Southgate. Still, a 'friendly' against Scotland would seem to be a good opportunity to start putting together a formation that doesn't include Maguire, who will not be available next year unless he suddenly relents and goes somewhere he can actually play.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:13 am
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I also dislike international football, I think the thing is, is that we'd all like to like international football but can't in its current state. So there is interest is there but it's all a big let down.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:18 am
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That pretty much sums up my feelings on it. I'll watch big games in actual tournaments, though most matches are dull as dishwater, but I'd rather remove my own kidneys with a teaspoon than watch some meaningless Engerland friendly against Macadonia or Albania

Why don’t you go for a bike ride instead?

I often do. Imagine that? Mad, eh?

We often combine the two. Theres a pub near us with a big screen in the beer garden. Its at the bottom of a great descent so we'd go out and ride, then finish on that descent to the pub for the footy if theres a champions league match or something good on. Things don't get much better than that, do they? 😀


 
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That pretty much sums up my feelings on it. I’ll watch big games in actual tournaments, though most matches are dull as dishwater, but I’d rather remove my own kidneys with a teaspoon than watch some meaningless Engerland friendly against Macadonia or Albania

But you said you hate it, full stop! If we're talking about the interminable qualifying, disrupting the season, then I agree with you.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:39 am
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If there was never another game of international football ever played again, would anyone miss it? I know I wouldn't.

I have fond memories of watching Italia 90, Euro 96 etc, but nowadays tournaments, with their pointless extended formats, seem a pale shadow of that. These international breaks are a right royal PITA as they break up the momentum of 'proper' season and just serve as an opportunity for your players to pick up injuries


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:43 am
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Just wait until the next World Cup, 48 teams.

It was bad with 32 but 48 will be absolute joke.

As for the Champions League, can't see Newcastle getting very far this time.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:48 am
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I dunno, they’ll be a match for anyone at home. Hasn’t the Champions League expanded too, I guess to try and keep European super league plans at bay? Top 5 this season get in for next year.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:58 am
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I'd eradicate friendlies - from the the TV at least - if they want have a kickabout go to a park. And reduce the international games to Euros and WC. Take a month to qualify and pull those players away from their clubs as in cricket, so Reading for instance will have to do without all their internationals for a month.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 11:32 am
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We’d have to manage without Maguire?


 
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'fraid so.


 
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The worst signing in football history
nope, that would be Tomas Brolin, the Pilsbury Doughboy brought to life.

Ali Dia says "Hi"


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 11:55 am
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I'd rather watch international football than club football. At least there's a small amount of honesty in international football, not just a case of which corrupt regime has the deepest pockets wins. I guess if your English it must be pretty tiresome watching your team rollover diddy teams in qualification but then run out of ideas and fail to live up to the hype against the first half decent team you meet. Having said all that I'm looking forward to Scotland giving a couple of diddy teams a doing in the next international break.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 12:36 pm
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I’d rather watch international football than club football.

Then you must be mad! Most international matches are as dull as dishwater. The standard of football is invariably awful, particularly where Engerland are concerned.

Anyway... back in the real world, as the transfer deadline looms we're still saddled with a squad full of overpaid donkeys we can't get shut of and embaressingly scrabbling around trying to get players in on loan. All while the Glazers 'sale' (as predicted) seems to have just been a scam to leverage more debt and load it on to the club

This season looks like its going to be a scrap for the lower Europa League places (at best), or more likely bottom half of the table if our present form is anything to go by. Oh joy! How can we spend so much money and be this shite? I can see us being like Chelsea were last season


 
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Saudi sports washers are in for Mo! Assume Liverpool will reject the offer, as he would be irreplaceable at this point with the transfer window closing? But £150m is £150m…..


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 1:18 pm
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Fati to Brighton is a bit of a shock. I thought he was Barcelona’s new Golden Child


 
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The standard of football is invariably awful

That's a bit rich coming from a Man U fan.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 1:24 pm
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I know! See my above comments about our present 'form' 😉


 
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I’d rather watch international football than club football.

Think I'd rather stick my head in a microwave than watch international football. Doesn't help with my feeling of national pride being absolutely zero.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 1:54 pm
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Are we watching the new invincibles?


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:17 pm
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Ha! 30 points to safety.


 
Posted : 01/09/2023 10:22 pm
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Mason Greenwood taking the expression 'Get tae ****' as literally as possible.

I suppose his behaviour is currently on-brand for Spanish football.


 
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I suppose his behaviour is currently on-brand for Spanish football.

That occurred to me to. Maybe his brush with the law will make him rethink his attitude and behaviours, but the Spanish football world could push him either way.


 
Posted : 02/09/2023 7:27 am
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The offside rule is a joke.

City gifted a goal.

Should n ever of stood.


 
Posted : 02/09/2023 3:57 pm
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Even as a city fan, I can't understand why that wasn't given as offside. I can understand how the ref might not see every movement in the box, but that is what var is for.  I would be furious if that goal was awarded against city.


 
Posted : 02/09/2023 5:10 pm
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It's just another of the many nails in the coffin for me. I grew up 2 mins walk from anfield, my life was football, all day every day. I want to every home game for 20+ years, I have the crest of LFC on my arm

I no longer watch football, what it's now become in the last 3-4 years, getting worse as each one progresses, means I have no interest in it.


 
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Anyway, Ipswich came back from two goals down to win.


 
Posted : 02/09/2023 5:53 pm
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I no longer watch football, what it’s now become in the last 3-4 years, getting worse as each one progresses, means I have no interest in it.

This could be the wrong thread for then. But I do agree but still watch.


 
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This could be the wrong thread for then

Arguably yes, but I was kinda making a point. Which you'd have gathered from the post really.


 
Posted : 02/09/2023 7:02 pm
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On a more serious note: anyone watching the Fantasy Film Music at the Proms?
There is a bloke in the wind section the dead spit of Pablo Zabaleta, it couldn't or could it be?


 
Posted : 02/09/2023 7:04 pm
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Yes, weirdly I am.

Some excellent bits, some bits I'd like to see instead


 
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Man City were lucky with their second, as others say, should never have stood, but you have to hand it to Haaland, he is a proper striker, he just hunts around that penalty box all game!

Good to see Brighton bounce back, they have some strength in-depth now, almost forgot about Lamptey after his injury last season, Newcastle looked a bit threadbare when bringing on subs to change the game, Wilson is good, but Longstaff and Anderson aren't known for being game changers, they are building up slowly i guess, but after last season, will the fans accept 7th or 8th position?!


 
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Not all is well at Newcastle. Tonali has disappeared off the face of the earth and the balance of the midfield has gone to pot in consequence. I know City, Liverpool and Brighton (A) are all difficult games but the manner of tonight's performance was particularly poor.

Not time to panic (yet) and if they'd held on or scored again against Liverpool then all would look very difficult...... but now with 2 weeks break and then one game before a midweek trip to Milan! That's a lot of time to have those last three halves of football festering.


 
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At least one Albion won 🙄


 
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daaad, this bird on love island says her dad played in the premier league, how good was he?

Evan Ferguson is only the fourth player to score a Premier League hat-trick aged 18 or younger, after Chris Bart-Williams, Robbie Fowler, and Michael Owen (4 times).


 
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