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29 Dec 2017 15:27:13
One for Ed002, maybe. (although I fear a "that's why we don't talk money" response! )

With the astronomical fees being paid now, how (indeed are? ) are footballers insured by their clubs
a) against career-ending injury
b) against injuries from which they are never quite the same again.
I can't even imagine what the annual insurance costs on a £75M defender might be, given that injuries are pretty common. What sort of money do clubs spend here?


Thanks.

ProfG

{Ed002's Note - (a) Yes, (b) No. I am not interested in discussing the costs.}


1.) 29 Dec 2017 19:49:29
Shame, I would have been very interested to hear that answer.


2.) 29 Dec 2017 21:11:22
I know the young lad from the academy was reportedly given 1ml payout after a car accident ended his career about ten years ago.


3.) 30 Dec 2017 09:15:28
How about

c) what coverage do clubs receive when players are injured on International duty - imagine Spurs without Kane for 6 months due to an injury on England duty - that would cost them CL football for sure.

{Ed002's Note - It depends on which country they play for. Countries like Germany, FRance, Spain etc. are well insured, the African countries are not so the club would need to take additional insurance if they wish.}


 

 

30 Dec 2014 20:14:47
Ed002
Over on the rumours page you hinted that Lavezzi is an option under discussion?

I know you hate to discuss players (but after last night everyone will see your predictions for Can and Lallana were spot on. Balotelli too!) so. I am wondering if you or Ed001 see Lavezzi bringing anything that we actually need?
I can't see how he would fit in a squad with Markovic - and Origi - to arrive. If we want a hard working forward then we have Borini for that roll too?

Happy New Year

ProfG

{Ed002's Note - I think you may well have misread what I said Prof.}


 

 

21 May 2013 08:41:33
Ed002

I know you aren't so keen to talk money these days, for obvious reasons, but could you possibly clarify (in light of today's rumours).

"Free" transfers are not remotely free are they? I thought that simply meant that the old club didn't receive a transfer free but instead a (potentially) similar sum of money was passed directly to the player, often spread through the length of their contract. I recall that Joe Cole's large salary was organized this way?

In simple terms "free" does not mean free?

ProfG.

p. s. Where are you Chris in Tamworth. away fishing?

{Ed002's Note - Right. Typically an out of contract player will be given a "signing on fee" to join. Many clubs look to spread this cost over the length of a contract. Taking as an example Player K signing a two year deal with a £4M "signing on" fee, he would likely be given something like £1M up front and then his salary would be supplented by £30k per week over two years. If the club wished to sell the player on or terminate his contrctt after a year, then whatever remains will be due to the player.}

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28 Dec 2018 19:17:21
Regarding penalty. generally not the Salah incident (i haven’t seen it) Isn’t the bigger issue that the laws are too ambiguous. Could take a leaf out of other sports’ rulebooks such that
a) any deliberate foul (irrespective of the outcome)
b) any accidental foul that prevents a goal being scored
Is a penalty.

That way we would clear up “manhandling” (always a penalty whether the player goes to ground or not)

And the accidental handballs (only penalties if they prevent a certain goal )

ProfG

1.) 28 Dec 2018 19:37:49
As for Salah, he was barely touched and he went down. It was pathetic. I don’t care what’s in the rule book. He wasn’t pulled down, he was touched.
My 3 year old daughter wouldn’t go down like that.
It happens in football all the time. It doesn’t make it right though, regardless if it’s Salah, Hazard or an under 9’s game.
It’s cheating. Full stop. No excuse.


2.) 28 Dec 2018 20:33:36
Short memories.

Salah has always been a player to stay on his feet despite desperate aggression by his opponents.
However, Ramos decided to wrestle Salah to the ground in the most important game of Salah’s club career. Salah tried to stay on his feet and as a result of the wrestling ended up with a serious injury. Ramos got a medal.

Do I blame him for going down easily when fouled in the same manner?

Answer - No.

If you don’t want to concede a penalty, don’t put your hands on a player, there is no need for it.
Did I say the same when Lovren patted Harry Kane on the back last season? Yes I did. You give the referee an opportunity to award a penalty.

{Ed002's Note - Salah is a serial diver.}


3.) 28 Dec 2018 20:34:25
Tristan it’s a penalty plain and simple. The defender has tried to gain an advantage by illegally knocking Salah off balance by grabbing his arm. Otherwise why is he doing it?
There was a really similar incident in the game between Southampton and West Ham last night. As the defender came across the attacker he grabbed his arm and twisted him around. The attacker stayed on his feet but lost control and the ball went out for a throw in. A foul was still given and no one batted an eyelid. The only difference was it was outside the box.
A foul is a foul is a foul. If the defender is trying to gain an advantage by grabbing an opponent, regardless of the outcome that is a foul.
I really don’t see why there is this furore about it.

{Ed002's Note - Because a serial diver got away with cheating a game.}


4.) 28 Dec 2018 20:52:09
I've seen Salah go down a fair few times from challenges my soon to be 3 year old would stand up to.
I not going to knock him too much as he I quite the stand up guy.


5.) 28 Dec 2018 20:55:57
Horses for courses. Salah should have gone down when he was fouled in the box against against Bournemouth, stayed on his feet and scored.

All these players dive, Hazard is a serial diver and in fact, talking of Chelsea, their team back in the 2012/ 13 season had the most amount of players booked for diving and serial simulation.

Ronaldo when he was at United, Ashley Young? The list goes on.


6.) 28 Dec 2018 20:56:39
Hey Ed002, I know you have a very quirky sense of humor (to say the least) which many fail to see but on this occasion do you really feel that Mo is a serial diver or just rustling up a few feathers ;)

{Ed002's Note - WonderDogSparky has provided some examples on Twitter.}


7.) 28 Dec 2018 21:05:13
It’s a shame Mr Sparkey alias Ed002 wasn’t so vocal about
a certain Mr Young - Maybe it’s just a Liverpool “ thing” 😜😜😜.

{Ed002's Note - The question was raised about Salah. And who is Mr Young?}


8.) 28 Dec 2018 21:23:54
Serial cheat behave yourself wish you voiced this opinion about other serial divers/ cheats.

{Ed002's Note - the question was about Salah diving.}


9.) 28 Dec 2018 21:28:49
Moron? Seriously Ed002, where’s your sense of humour? Mr Young is Ashley Young, I’ve never seen you mention one of the biggest if not the biggest serial diver ( outside of Ronaldo ) the Premier League has ever seen.

This question over those two has been raised on here.

{Ed002's Note - The question was about Salah. Not Young.}


10.) 28 Dec 2018 21:46:15
Why would there be something wrong with me Ed002?

The question was a general question about Salah to the rest of us, not directed specifically to you, correct?

To be fair, you intervened on the topic saying Salah was a serial diver and you’re entitled to your opinions.

But the fact that I’ve never seen you intervene on any diving debates regarding Ashley Young or more recently Hazard.

{Ed002's Note - I have not seen any debates about either. I don’t deal with the Chelsea page and in general the MU fans have no interest in transfers. Klopp has publically berated Salah about his diving - he has been booked on a number of occasions, been fined by a previous club, been seen to be diving on a number of occasions whilst at Liverpool. The excuses are a joke.}


11.) 28 Dec 2018 22:02:12
Well I’m supprised at you Ed002, Young’s diving antics have been debated on here and documented in the media, Ferguson even came out and said that his diving would not be tolerated.

There’s no excuses Ed002, like I’ve said, lots of players are at it including Hazard.

My question is, when you don’t want watch football how do you know Salah is a serial diver but have no knowledge with the likes of Ashley Young or Hazard?

{Ed002's Note - I am not denying it but have not seen any such posts. I have never said I have no knowledge of the other players. The question was about Salah - and the replies all largely embarrassing.}


12.) 28 Dec 2018 22:47:25
Hmmmm. I just think it strange that with so much hype surrounding certain players ( that cheat ) and it has been questioned on here. Long before Salah was even known. Nothing mentioned.

The replies maybe embarrassing but when you put into context, the cheating and diving that is in todays game is an embarrassment in itself, I grew up watching the likes of Souness and Steve McMahon.

It really irritates me when you only single out Salah, there are so many players that are just as bad yet read nothing about them - and I regularly visit the other football rumours clubs/ sites.

Off to listen to your shark pod. Thanks in advance.

{Ed002's Note - The question was about Salah - I didn’t single him out.}


13.) 28 Dec 2018 23:07:49
No doubting the question, more the intervention Ed002!
I really have to go now, didn’t realise how long the Sharkopod was!

Lots of love.

Your moron xx

Just joking by the way! before I get a ban 😉😉.


14.) 28 Dec 2018 23:37:34
Well if Salah is a serial diver then so be it.
I am long past thinking LFC players are blameless paragons of virtue.

Diving is rife in the game because authorities are either unwilling to tackle it or are publicly encouraging it like Sepp Blatter used to.

Footballers, like all professional sports people, will try and get away with whatever gives them an advantage and it’s up to the authorities to stop it and enforce the rules.

At present the benefit of simulation outweighs the punishment. The simple way to eradicate simulation and dissent is a sin bin. 15 minutes in the sin bin for any suspected simulation or dissent - immediate punishment so opponents benefit but doesn’t ruin the game. You think managers would allow players to risk it?

In this case, I don’t think it was simulation because the contact was obvious.

{Ed033's Note - If Salah is a cereal diver, does that mean he can eat 3 shredded wheat?


15.) 28 Dec 2018 23:57:55
Simple fact of the matter is if dummet didn't have had his hand on salah's shoulder he wouldn't have went down.

I don't think a hand dragging back a player on the shoulder is allowed anywhere on the pitch.

Was it soft? Yes.

If you look at every teams last 5 pens im sure there is an extremely soft one in there.

Dummet didn't complain much either which says to me he knew it was a pen.

Its much ado about nothing. Soft pen but it definately was a penalty.


16.) 29 Dec 2018 02:20:50
The major problem in the game is that penalties are not awarded by referees unless the player goes down. That forces players to exaggerate when they are fouled to force the ref to make a decision, just like Salah clearly did the last match.

Would the ref have given a penalty if Salah has carried on? No chance. however the defender clearly tried to pull him back or off balance which is illegal.

I don’t like exaggeration or diving at all, I hate the practise, especially in European soccer, but we can’t be naive either as it’s used all the time against us by the best teams and players in the world to gain an advantage.

If we want to be winning the champions league against the best players in the world, you also have to have some street smarts to make sure the referee knows when you’ve been fouled so players don’t think they can tug your shirt all the time and get away with it.


17.) 29 Dec 2018 02:33:30
Lets stop on Penalty incident. Dives or not. Our next opponent is arsenal, let's concentrate on them.
P. S. if someone does the same like Salah and we are in receiving end, we might thrash that player.


18.) 29 Dec 2018 08:02:10
Straight red if your caught diving it's the only way to cut it out.

{Ed001's Note - I would agree but the officials are abysmal and never get decisions right. It is clear there is a bias towards English players as we never hear about Jamie Vardy, who dives multiple times a game, throwing himself into opponents and winning penalties. So all we would have is English players getting away with it, while the foreign ones get suspended.

First we need decent referees, who give a penalty when it is warranted, instead of bottling it constantly.}


19.) 29 Dec 2018 05:29:15
The question was about Salah! Cheers Ed002 did answering my question.


20.) 29 Dec 2018 06:03:55
Ed002 - did Duncan Castles jack your account?

{Ed002's Note - You would have to ask Sparky.}


 

 

08 Jun 2018 08:39:02
At the risk of an RTFP response. could someone summarise Fekir to me. my quick you-tubing led to endless reruns of the same few goals in varying degrees of slow motion.

I couldn't even tell if he was an out and out forward or an attacking midfield type. where does he fit in our first choice squad if M-F-S are playing?

ProfG

1.) 08 Jun 2018 09:16:13
Feking good player.


2.) 08 Jun 2018 09:16:19
ProfG, IMO, he is in the Coutinho mould but pacier. he has very quick feet, easily goes past players and has a sweet shot on him. great vision could play in the midfield 3 or up top and has a good passing range. he seems very one footed but that’s a minor as far as I’m concerned. hope that helps.


3.) 08 Jun 2018 09:29:52
Ask Lacazzatte about Fekir or ask Wenger about fekir! They scouted him for 2 good years and couldn’t buy him!


4.) 08 Jun 2018 09:44:11
Lacazzatte has been scouting Fekir for two years has he harry? What are you and Arsenal smoking these days?


5.) 08 Jun 2018 09:57:38
He obviously meant the Lacazette would know having played alongside him for a few years and Arsenal had been scouting him. Jeez, so many trolls and keyboard warriors on here at times.


6.) 08 Jun 2018 11:05:57
@Bigsqueeze73 the most recent game I saw Fekir play was helping France demolish our very poor Ireland side. Check out his goal from that game, it was a right foot rocket!


7.) 08 Jun 2018 21:32:14
Jurgen Meister, I didn’t say which foot. lol.


 

 

30 May 2018 14:58:46
Talking of Wingers, how has Sheyi Ojo been doing on-loan after the injuries? Close to our squad? Ojo, Wilson and Woodburn would be pretty good cover for front positions?

But it is a tricky balance: better off on loan or just fringes of squad. we don't seem to do manage that well at that as a club - look at Ward for example.

ProfG

1.) 30 May 2018 15:17:13
Ojo got injured for a while and has struggled to get back in the side as they were in brilliant form in the second half of the season.


 

 

16 Mar 2018 09:35:41
Saving PDFs.

Most browsers will have a print the page to PDF option; I use it when travelling too!
In Firefox or Safari it is

File. Print. save as PDF

Then you have a nice PDF of the page for later.

ProfG

{Ed001's Note - i never knew that. Cheers mate.}


1.) 16 Mar 2018 10:49:20
Eds at times u can change the file type lik from . PDF to . doc and all and open it. it works for songs videos etc. at times d MP4 will be downloaded as . mp3 u just rename it to . mp4 and the video will work!

{Ed001's Note - I have never even tried any of those things.}


 

 

28 Sep 2017 12:46:19
I see a problem with the intergalactic cup.

If (by chance) we vote Brendan Rodgers manager then he may choose to rest all the superstar players for the prestigious away game at Bellerophon- in order to keep them fresh for a Saturday league game?

ProfG

1.) 28 Sep 2017 14:52:52
Don't worry, Kolo will sort it.


 

 

 

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30 May 2016 12:24:49
No sign of the Babel-copter though? Disappointing. A ride round the country, continually spotted by readers, would convince him for sure.

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08 Jun 2015 20:44:16
I think that if we had had Ings at the beginning of the season we may well have achieved top 4.

He is a far better fit to our "style" of play (although I have begun to doubt what that actually is. ) than any of the current (fit) strikers.

The issue for me are (1) the reduced opportunities for Sinclair and (2) what then is the role for Origi ? There are now three strikers behind Sturridge and that is without Lambert, Aspas, Borini and Balotelli. I can't see another being brought in.

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02 Jan 2018 14:34:07
oops. embarrassing.

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02 Jan 2018 12:18:57
Am I being stupid?

Thunderbird 2 is piloted by Virgil. VVD is 6'4"
WonderDogSparky showed us the Thunderbird car delivered by Macca's garage when Macca announced the apparent signing of VVD before the season started. Sparky even shared a Virgil picture) . I can't speak for van Dijk's nightclub habits mind, but Ed002 clearly knows that scene well?

is there a subtlety I am missing?

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05 Sep 2016 08:59:12
Yes, I agree that referees lying cannot be good for the game!

But it is a very artificial situation whereby you can't take action after a match if the referee had a view/ interpretation of it in a match (which turns out to be incorrect/ sub optimal)? Better to make the rule sensible, rather than asking referees to lie or allowing violent conduct to escape unpunished?

In the case in point, few would doubt Aguero had committed a punishable act? Better a rule that allows punishment irrespective of the referees view / non view / on the spot interpretation?

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05 Sep 2016 07:28:14
I am confused. I had the impression he was suggesting they were asked to say they hadn't seen something in order for it to receive the CORRECT post-match punishment? It is the opposite of match fixing -it is correctly punishing violent conduct irrespective of what the on referee interpreted at the time? Albeit a mischievous solution to an artificial problem.

The best was to avoid that would simply be to remove the rule that if a referee sees something it cannot be retrospectively punished. Instead have the "citing committee" function more like rugby. If there is violence / serious cheating it should be dealt with, whatever the referees "on-the-spot" interpretation was?

ProfG

{Ed002's Note - The point is that the referees should be honest if they have seen something.}


 

 

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07 Jul 2016 08:21:44
Many thanks for the insight, and indeed for the time you and the other Eds dedicate daily for the users of this site.

ProfG

 

 





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