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But Theo C. is in the Canadian squad (also the captain, Alphonso D.)

I certainly hope this is the case because he has always looked to me as if his confidence still suffers an Alphonso Davies complex!

It was like men and boys but Patricio kept us in it with some magnificent saves. When you look at the game closely, all city's goals came from mistakes. Jonny was caught out with Rodri's ball to Mahrez for the first goal, Traore lost the ball trying to dribble away 30 yards from goal, it was...

Just as a follow-up. Keith Hackett has called for the suspension of both Lee Mason and Mike Dean. https://punditarena.com/football/daniel-hussey/mike-dean-lee-mason-keith-hackett/ I hope Nuno now gets his £25,000 fine back!

46 years is nothing! To the point of "throw-in," I think you'll find it's a compound noun, so that's why one says seven throw-ins and not seven throws in.

Hilton Valentine, famed guitarist of the Animals, dead at 77. That opening riff to "The House of the Rising Sun" will never be bettered!

This is a wonderful piece of game analysis. I really enjoy reading your comments because your understanding of the game and its tactics is superb.

Not only do are you knowlegdeable with balanced judgment but, more importantly, your thoughtful analysis is erudite and your written expression is elegant. I really enjoy reading your work.

I sure hope we don't have any VAR controversy in this one. Lee Mason is VAR!

In the Leicester v Chelsea game today, there was a similar incident to the Boly penalty but a different decision. Johnny Evans fouled Pulisic on the edge of the area (closer than the Boly foul on Saturday). Referee Pawson gave a penalty because the silhouette of Pulisic was in the area but...

There are two broad camps among the referees. One is led by David Elleray, now retired but who holds the position of chair of the International committee that makes all the rule changes. He more than anyone is responsible for a lot of today's confusing mess. The rule changes have changed...

I've only seen the highlights, so I could be missing something. When I first saw that Oliver was the referee and Coote was on VAR, I was filled with apprehension about this match. Why? Because Oliver has now become the referee who gives penalties for all sorts of soft collisions and Coote will...

And Corbeanu's a Canadian too, like Alphonso Davies, so he could play a blinder, who knows. We do need something exceptional, that's for sure.

On another note, it's already been noted that Dendoncker is playing the role of box-to-box, which has never been his specialty. But in all my 70 plus years of being involved with soccer, I've always acted on the premise (with a lot of others) that it's creating chances that counts and the goals...

This is the team I would go for. Or Nuno could choose to pick Hoever instead of Semedo. I think his moment of panic on Saturday came from the memory of being done by Alphonso Davies. It must have seemed similar to him in that moment and he panicked to get goal side of McGinn when Neves was there...

He may not remember much but he will feel it for a long time. I have to assume you've never had a serious accident like this, otherwise you wouldn't be so dismissive. Remember, Raul had just headed the ball out. To do that he flicks his head up-field. So the collision was magnified by his own...

I do hope and pray that Raul has a full recovery. He's a wonderful character who has given Wolves and Mexico a tremendous stimulus in how he plays and the goals he scores and makes. When he is on song, the football is fascinating to watch. I feel for him greatly. Having had a serious head...

I see it as a clear professional foul that would be an automatic red card. Sadly, Oliver missed it, as did Marriner on VAR, so unfortunately there is no way in football for it to be considered further. However, the FA and FIFA need to look into the matter of head injuries very seriously before a...

Magnificent team performance, after a devastating injury to Raul. I do wish football had something similar to how rugby can cite a player after the game whose recklessness and dangerous play has been missed on the day by both referee and VAR. For me, Luiz should have been red-carded, flying...

This (and TSB's) reflects my thoughts about the game. In the first half, I often thought we were playing two at the back because the full-backs, particularly RAN, were so far forward all the time. I also noted the nervousness that came from Kilman being on the right and Boly on the left but Max...