Topic: Sadio Mané

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

Well done Sadio!

[Geppvindh's]

Not sure of the time of the game but he went past a player without touching the ball around the center circle that left the midfielder on his arse. Had me howling in the middle of the night here. If someone could gif that shit please 

[lamonti]

Thought he started the game poorly. However, after his goal, he just grew in confidence. Should do him the world of good going forward.

Amazing that on the ball, I thought he was indecisive and sloppy. I honestly can't wait til he actually gets back to his best considering he can score a hattrick when he wasn't even playing that well.

[elsewhere]

Who was our last player to have a hat trick in CL by the way? Firmino in group stage?

[Tobelius]

Amazing that on the ball, I thought he was indecisive and sloppy. I honestly can't wait til he actually gets back to his best considering he can score a hattrick when he wasn't even playing that well.

Thought so too,his timing and accuracy of passes was off compared to his best level which we have seen.

But he kept persisting and trying and never stopped working hard and banged in 3 goals while doing it,i've no doubt Sadio will hit his true top form soon with our most important games of the season coming up.

Can't wait. 

[CraigDS]

Who was our last player to have a hat trick in CL by the way? Firmino in group stage?

Coutinho, in the previous game.

[WaterfordRed]

Delighted for him.

[dudleyred]

Made up for him

A back in form Sadio to ease the pressure on the other two up front in games - going to be a fun end to the season

[Roger Federer]

It's been mention quite a lot in this thread, that he'd play better on the right, but I don't agree. He's perfect playing on the left in our set up.

He's scored at a good rate all season, always works hard, but today, after the first goal, was the first time since his injury that I thought he played as well as he did at the start. Coming into top form at just the right time. No team in Europe will want to face us, we have the firepower to get past any team as long as we keep our front 3 fit.

[Hendollama]

So technically, Spurs got three points too? No actually, six right? Because away goals count double.

Does that mean we just got 13 points? 3 for the win and 2 each for the away goals? 

[Chalky Boots]

Amazing that on the ball, I thought he was indecisive and sloppy. I honestly can't wait til he actually gets back to his best considering he can score a hattrick when he wasn't even playing that well.

Early on I would say so but certainly second half he was great in those areas and was a large reason why the 4th goal came about as well as his work in the lead up to smashing it in for the 5th.

[Medellin]

Shortlisted for player of the week by Uefa,cheeky c*nts.
Mane on 58% with Marcelo next on 29% of votes if you can be arsed with anything to do with Uefa and want to vote.

http://mvp.uefa.com/en/uefachampionsleague/nominees

[Medellin]

Not just Bob who he copied..

https://mobile.twitter.com/asxlfc/status/964310858364055557/video/1

Oh an he won that CL player of the week too.

[BabuYagu]

Not just Bob who he copied..

https://mobile.twitter.com/asxlfc/status/964310858364055557/video/1

Oh an he won that CL player of the week too.

That is hilarious.

My wife just seen it and said he is like that kid in school who is copying the cool kids to fit in, but not quite getting it right

[JackWard33]

Shortlisted for player of the week by Uefa,cheeky c*nts.
Mane on 58% with Marcelo next on 29% of votes if you can be arsed with anything to do with Uefa and want to vote.

http://mvp.uefa.com/en/uefachampionsleague/nominees

Off topic but list of best left backs in the history of football

1) Maldini
2) Marcelo
3) all the other ones

[Lush is the best medicine...]

That is hilarious.

My wife just seen it and said he is like that kid in school who is copying the cool kids to fit in, but not quite getting it right

[BabuYagu]

Off topic but list of best left backs in the history of football

1) Maldini
2) Marcelo
3) all the other ones

Although there might not be many on RAWK that seen him, I'm told Facchetti was the best ever Italian left back by some Italian seniors I know over here. I've never seen him but just found that interesting. Reading a little about him though, you can see why they would think that. Maldini was far more successful but many consider Facchetti the better footballer.

Also for Brazilians, Marcelo would struggle to get in many peoples top 3 with Nilton Santos the clear #1 and many have a massive amount of love for Roberto Carlos too.

My personal top 3 would be Nilton Santos, Facchetti, Maldini. Weirdly I haven't really seen the first 2 play. Just based on what I know and have read. If the question was "during the time you have been watching football"
1. Maldini
2. Julian Dicks
3. Marcelo

[BabuYagu]

Well that is just unfortunate.

[Lush is the best medicine...]

Well that is just unfortunate.

he had kids at school then, at least hendo swerved the dancing

[BabuYagu]

he had kids at school then, at least hendo swerved the dancing

Would pay cash money to see Hendo join in with that clusterfuck of a dance off.

Will say nothing of Zenden though. I'm reliably informed he is a ninja trained by Chuck Norris himself.

[him_15]

Hope this hat-trick would bring his confidence back.

[Medellin]

Not the place but in short,Facchetti..never seen him play but will take some time now to,Maldini..his honours speak volumes & is certainly close to one of my favourite ever players who himself was converted from left back & thats the one and only Emlyn Hughes.

[Yorkykopite]

Facchetti did tend to play in teams with 11 defenders.

[So… Howard Philips]

That is hilarious.

My wife just seen it and said he is like that kid in school who is copying the cool kids to fit in, but not quite getting it right

He'll be practising at home, in front of the mirror, hoping to get it right for next time.

Bit like practising the steps for the Harlem Shuffle.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

According to the Mirror, we will be increasing his wages,improving his current contract which has 3 years left

[Samie]

Tell him no deal till you perfect a Firmino roundhouse kick.

[Djozer]

According to the Mirror, we will be increasing his wages,improving his current contract which has 3 years left

Sweet. Hopefully we do the same for Bobby too. And I realise that Salah's only just got here, but I'd offer him a gazillion pounds a week on the condition that he promises to stay for at least four more seasons.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Sweet. Hopefully we do the same for Bobby too. And I realise that Salah's only just got here, but I'd offer him a gazillion pounds a week on the condition that he promises to stay for at least four more seasons.

We're in the process of doing the same for Salah, and Bobby.

[Djozer]

Excellent stuff. You've made my weekend with that news.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Excellent stuff. You've made my weekend with that news.

 

[newterp]

Tell him no deal till you perfect a Firmino roundhouse kick.

This!!

[Bobinhood]

Bolo crack me up

[CraigDS]

We're in the process of doing the same for Salah, and Bobby.

What's the source for renewing Salahs deal?

[PoetryInMotion]

Off topic but list of best left backs in the history of football

1) Maldini
2) Marcelo
3) all the other ones

I haven't got the joke, but hope it's a joke. It's a little bit better if you want to include Marcelo in the best you've seen though if you haven't seen other great ones.

Not that I've seen a lot of them, but I've read about a lot of players and revisited some historical games that are fortunately available for viewing. Many of these games are in youtube, which helps. Facchetti and Nilton Santos are much more highly regarded and them along with Maldini are likely to be historians' popular choices. Marcelo's game has some weaknesses which is why he'd never be regarded that high. And then we've got Ruud Krol, Roberto Carlos and Andreas Brehme who've done something worthwhile in the International scene. And Cabrini was part of the legendary 1982 Italian side and was a legend at Juve as well. There are quite a few players there and thereabouts. In a general perspective, Marcelo is not considered better than their RB counterparts Lahm, Zanetti and Cafu who are in turn not considered clearly better than the above players.

[plura]

Get him tied up for long term, together with Bobby, Salah and at least that part of the team is fantastic and sorted for the time being.

[seal75]

Why are we discussing LB and RB in Mane's thread ?
Can we stop that shit please.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

What's the source for renewing Salahs deal?

Same article from the Mirror that talked about Mane getting a new deal

[Medellin]

Obama is a big fan too.

<a href="https://youtube.com/v/FaJ7B8KRilg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://youtube.com/v/FaJ7B8KRilg</a>

[jillcwhomever]

Is that really genuine? 

[TepidT2O]

Err.. no... sadly