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🚨🎙️| Ian Wright on the PFA Player of the Year race between Bruno Fernandes, Declan Rice, and Erling Haaland and who truly deserves to win it: 🗣️ “Honestly, I think people have completely lost the plot with this award, Every single year we do the same thing, reduce football to numbers on a screen and then act shocked when the wrong player wins it. “Take Bruno Fernandes for example. I’m hearing all this noise about him potentially breaking assist records in the Premier League, and suddenly he’s everyone’s pick. Since when did racking up assists automatically mean you’re the best player in the league? Football doesn’t work like that. Half the time those numbers don’t tell you about control, about discipline, about what happens when your team doesn’t have the ball. It’s easy to look at a stat sheet, it’s harder to understand the game.” “And then you’ve got Erling Haaland. Look, I’m not denying he’s one of the best finishers we’ve ever seen, he’s unbelievable at what he does. But let’s be honest for a second… what he does is exactly what he’s supposed to do. He’s a striker. He scores goals. That’s his job description. Are we now saying that just doing your role at an elite level while brilliant, is enough to make you the standout player in the entire league? Because if that’s the case, we might as well rename the award and save ourselves the debate.” “What frustrates me is that the real essence of this award, players voting for the player who actually dominates them gets lost. This isn’t meant to be about who has the nicest highlight reel or the cleanest numbers. It’s about who you come off the pitch thinking, ‘I couldn’t get near him today.’” “And that’s where Declan Rice comes in. For me, he’s the one. Not because he’s trendy, not because he’s putting up flashy numbers but because he’s doing the hardest job in football and making it look routine. He’s everywhere. Breaking up play, driving forward, dictating tempo, covering spaces others don’t even see, and then on top of that, he’s stepping up in big moments. That’s influence. That’s authority. That’s a player running games, not just appearing in them.” “You watch him and you realise he’s not just playing well, he’s controlling matches. And that’s what top players respect. Ask any midfielder in the league who they’d least like to play against right now, and I guarantee his name comes up more than the lads putting up big stats.” “But because he’s not scoring 25 goals or getting 20 assists, people overlook him. That’s the problem. We’ve become obsessed with output and forgotten about impact. There’s a difference. A massive difference.” “So when I hear people saying it has to be Bruno Fernandes because of assists, or Erling Haaland because of goals, I just think, have you actually been watching the games, or are you just scrolling through stats after full-time?” “For me, if Declan Rice doesn’t win this, then we’ve completely misunderstood what this award is about. Because the best player this season isn’t the one padding numbers, it’s the one imposing himself on every single game, the one other professionals walk off the pitch talking about.” “And right now, whether people like it or not, that player is Declan Rice. If he gets overlooked, then the award’s lost its credibility, simple as that.”

@TonyGreenstein @metpoliceuk 🙄 you can’t teach stupid

If Mark Rowley is justifying kicking a man who has been subdued 5 times in the head @metpoliceuk then he needs to be suspended

@HipsterUnionRep Another clueless individual who knows nothing about about what unarmed police officers hv do deal with in such a situation. You’re a clown!

Polanski's instinct was correct and he should not have apologised. This is, quite plainly, excessive force.

@InsideArsenal89 Outstanding performance!

3-0 HT & a BBQ. Saturdays done best.

@Brightonian_ You make your own luck… 1) stupidity from verbruggen and not for the first time 2) zonal marking requires specific disciplines which we do not have. And especially when burn is left unmarked. Ridiculous!!!

And hit the post… (albeit from a fluke) May not be our day. I hope that’s not true obvs.

@enoughformethx You are pathetic

On Wednesday evening, over 600 nautical miles from their own country, the Israeli Navy violently boarded our ship that was sailing with the Sumud Flotilla in international waters. The Israelis said they would shoot us if we didnt stop the boat and give them conrol. They evebtually seized 21 ships and kidnapped over 180 people. While they kidnapped us, they physically harrrased and beat us, as they stole our phones, money, and clothes. When i asked if we were being detained and why, i was told "i dont speak English." The Israeli Navy intercepted 21 vessels altogether, and then took us to a Frigate, which was outfitted with shipping containers where we were forced to live the past two days. Israeli forces kept us in stress positions throghout, under floodlights. They fed us once with bread. Israeli forces took away some people one by one to beat and torture them; the Israelis dislocated the shoulder of a person on my ship, beat the face of a captain to a pulp, and gave severe concussions to at least two people. I dont have a phone or money, but this is my update for now.

We Muslims find it so hard to admit this, but over the years, Christianity has quietly shown through its actions that their religion is truly one of peace. They build hospitals, schools, charities, and help people without making too much noise about it. Meanwhile, we Muslims keep shouting "Islam is the religion of peace" from every corner... but the results on the ground don't always match the slogan. Be honest with ourselves for once: Should we conclude that Christianity is actually the religion of peace? What do you think?

@donmcgowan Political commentator…. You’re having a 😆

What a stance to take as the leader of the fifth most popular political party. Aligning with one of the most disturbed, hateful and deranged men in the country … and Graham Linehan is a monster too.

@SangitaMyska So what…?

Zia Yousef isn’t even an MP ..

@beesley_cathy God help us…. Another arm chair expert who, not only has no clue how to run a business, thinks UC plays a part in his employees’ wages. Suggest you stick to what you may know… which isn’t a lot…

Peter does not live on the minimum wage. He relies on Universal Credit to top up his workers’ wages to a survivable level so he is nicely off. We pay for people like Peter to run businesses while paying starvation wages.

@ZoeJardiniere Another armchair expert on how to take down & deal with a terrorist holding a knife! U are truly pathetic. You’d just approach him & say, smiling, please sir please calm down & give me your knife; Whilst under his jacket might exist a suicide vest or bomb trigger. Pathetic

You cannot tell me you watch this video and think the police behaviour needs no explanation.

@richardpbacon You were not blessed with the intellect or brains to understand how trade works….

Yeah, that will undo all of the GDP loss from Brexit. So many British companies are dependent on the success of European car companies. But I fear that might be a layer of nuance too much for Harry.

@Tom_morgan75 @metpoliceuk Oh dear, you’re clearly not too bright…

This doesn't sit right with me, it shouldn't take 3 kicks to the head to detain him, we need to train our police force that 1 good sufficient volley to the head should be enough to knock him unconscious, apart from that...well done @metpoliceuk

@DanCardenMP Says someone who was probably born in the very latter part of it. You are clueless and factually you are wrong….!

Rent control isn't some Soviet idea dreamed up by radicals.   Britain had it for most of the 20th century: it was mainstream; it was normal; and it worked.   It’s history is part of the story of Britain 🧵

This you mate? @EdwardJDavey £833 an hour Ed. Ed Davey approved Post Office funding while ignoring victims' complaints, denied knowledge, and faced calls to resign as Lib Dem leader. Davey was paid £833 an hour, over £220,000 in total, to advise lawyers acting for the Post Office. @RupertLowe10

@InsideArsenal89 Maybe not stonewall but a clear pen

Lmao how was that not a pen! Stinks of UEFA CL refs of old.

@InsideArsenal89 Outrageous from var

@JohnWight1 You utter buffoon Islamist sympathiser. And beard to boot

This is outrageous. The guy is clearly incapacitated on the ground, having rightfully and thankfully been tased, yet two police officers are repeatedly kicking him in the head. Who do they think they are: members of the IDF?

@AFCFranchise Soft…. But in Europe they’re given

NEVER A PENALTY ABSOLUTE ROBBERY

We'll get the usual statements of condemnation after Golders Green. But the simple truth is that for years we've had weekly marches through central London in which anti-Semitism has openly flourished. And the Government had stood back and done nothing.