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Hyperbole? Maybe... But I thought he looked just like Vieira in his pomp tonight. Strong in the tackle, great through-balls, carrying the ball past players with confidence. Completely dominated his space whenever the ball came near him.
10/10 performance.
Great touch for a big man too.
Some Leeds fans thought so too - whilst blaming the ref!
http://www.squawka.com/news/leeds-kn...7hcqAXJ3ojZ.97
He's given our Neil something else to.think about, attacking midfielder role.
Sol was awesome tonight
when was the last time we had a box to box player in the middle of the park ? ? ?
great game tonight
'Penalty' was ball to hand, the player had already turned away. i'd have loved a pen but it would have been harsh on the player.
Did I hear Ronaldo Viera came on for them? Great name.
Great game.
Thought he could have avoided dropping so deep at times though
Had the same Viera thought tonight. Agree 10/10. Even pulled off (or came close to pulling off) some audacious through balls.
Yeah, there's a lot of hype around him. Did very well at the Toulon tournement for England. Didn't see too much of him tonight, but he seems a good battler.
It's a strange rule the deliberate one. If you turn your back on the ball in the box and in doing so place your outstretched arm in the way of a cross, as you have no idea where the ball is, I think you should probably be penalised. For not taking adequate care to prevent handball. When do players deliberately handle in the area unless the ball is going in? I think there should be a judgement on whether the players action contributed to it, as I don't see it really different to having your arm in an unnatural position which gets penalised.
It would have been a harsh penalty if given, based only on usual referee practice when a player turns his back. However he was looking at the ball right up to the last minute and then turned his back and put his right arm out to make a bigger barrier to the cross that was coming over. I don't see why that shouldn't be a penalty (sorry, pelanty).
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/f...-left-13680224
The last paragraph