09 Apr 2025 09:48:24
What a performance from Rice last night. I was gutted we didn't buy him when he went to Arsenal.
I firmly believe if we had Rice in our team we would have dominated even more in the league and would have progressed in Europe.
09 Apr 2025 10:18:49
Rice fan club have been waiting all season to say something positive about Rice lol.
09 Apr 2025 10:57:52
Means nothing if they don’t lift the Trophy.
09 Apr 2025 11:03:15
Regardless of last night, I've always thought that Rice was a top player. He gets criticised on here, partly due to his price tag that he didn't set. Would've loved him in our midfield, but was never going to happen.
09 Apr 2025 11:04:05
About time he did something worthy of his 100m+ price tag :)
09 Apr 2025 11:08:03
I’m not a massive fan of Rice as an overall player and that hasn’t changed just because he scored two free kicks. However I am a massive fan of his set pieces and I do wonder why on Earth he hasn’t been first choice set piece taker for club and country his whole career. Weird one, his corners are 10/ 10 too.
09 Apr 2025 11:27:03
Always been a fan of Rice. There's a reason for the last few years Arsenal have improved and been doing better than us in terms of league position.
09 Apr 2025 11:36:42
I must admit I did want Rice to replace Henderson, but I'm more than happy with us in the end choosing to sign Macca (£35m), Szoboszlai (£60m) and Gravenberch (£40m) for only £30m more than Rice (£105m) cost. We got our whole midfield for not a lot more than individuals like Rice, Enzo, Caicedo and Grealish cost our rivals in recent years. Yet our lads are the ones running away with the league right now. Jorg Schmadtke did a very good job in hindsight.
09 Apr 2025 11:43:31
Wouldn’t even have rice in the irish team ?.
{Ed001's Note - I am going to resist the temptation to make any kind of gag about that being because the Irish prefer potatoes. Looking at the results of the team, it looks like a team full of spuds.....}
09 Apr 2025 11:51:17
He was brilliant last season but has been nowhere near the same level this season. It will be interesting to see if last night was a one off or whether he can keep it up.
09 Apr 2025 12:16:31
Would have Rice playing for Ireland in a heartbeat, he ultimately chose England but he’s mile ahead of anyone else in that team at the moment, sadly.
09 Apr 2025 12:17:28
Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew….
{Ed001's Note - can't beat a good gravy and chips as well mate.}
09 Apr 2025 12:49:03
Isnt Rice in his 2nd season with Arsenal Walter? So last year they finished ahead of us and this year we'll finish ahead of them. He has played a part in their"we've finished 2nd 3 years on the trot"team which i know Arsenal fans are very proud of i suppose.
09 Apr 2025 12:50:59
I think ED001 missed the great Sam Wise reference here from LOTR.
{Ed001's Note - I did.}
09 Apr 2025 13:11:15
Aoe: grealish, Bellingham, rice in midfield and kane up top wouldn't be bad irish side.
09 Apr 2025 13:32:49
Wayne Rooney was another, think he said recently he'd been on the verge of throwing his lot in with the boys in green.
09 Apr 2025 15:02:23
Always time for LOTR references!
09 Apr 2025 16:48:35
Too soon Ed. Too soon. ?.