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[@em_si]

"Mount can't get a game. I don't know if it's his fault or Ten Hag's fault. There's something going on there" - He's been injured ffs

[@alexmeechan9701]

Been out injured for two months but Theo doesn't understand why he's not been playing lmao

[@harrydifelice7693]

How they said literally a minute before as well that it would be unfair to call timber a bad signing because he’s been injured.,

[@tomaszkinowski4090]

Theo is right (I can't believe I am writing this), Tom's agenda against Salah is crazy. Also of course Lewis nominated a Newcastle player for best player of the season.

[@emilevangheem6165]

For me Salah is like Ronaldo. I respect both and I acknowledge that they are very good (world class) but I just don’t enjoy watching them that much. I just think it’s personal preference

[@dragonballfanscantread2383]

Tom has an agenda because he's racist (see his old tweets) and made disparaging remarks about the Hillsborough disaster. He's a Tory voting meff.

[@yowasup786]

@@emilevangheem6165you don’t enjoy watching world class football? But weird lad

[@nitch316]

he’s not wrong in what he’s saying, majority of the time he’s not a footballer who is necessarily pleasing on the eye, but he’s an output machine, nobody is disregarding the fact that he is elite at what he does, tom clearly has different criteria as to who makes it into his top 3, as do everyone, football is a game of opinions

[@emilevangheem6165]

@@yowasup786 I mean relatively speaking of course. I don’t look at Salah with disgust when he plays haha

[@iprince7934]

The Salah direspect from tom is insane

[@HEADIE1]

He's just stuck on it now, nothing will change his mind

[@nicksmith2111]

He supports west brom and is a failed footballer himself . It's easy to hate on someone as consistent as Salah , tied for most goals in the prem right now and has also won golden boot in the past ... so yeah I can see why he would hate him 😂

[@zxcvj984]

Salah isn’t good

[@ian38367]

what are you on? most goals (tied) and most assists this season.

[@nicksmith2111]

@zxcvj984 who do u support may I ask ?

[@Jay-dw8uc]

i know tom had this weird thing where he only rates players who dribble like bernardo silva and messi, but for me i genuinely love salads awkward playing style… it’s different and it works very very well… he’s one of the most efficient dribblers whether it’s pretty or not, and i think him prioritising scoring and assisting instead of being a highlight reel is why he’s been consistent for so long and has been so fortunate with injuries, everything about his game is efficient

[@EA-hz9mg]

Spot on

[@NamedNamelessName]

Everyone loves a salad really

[@aaronshone30]

is this caeser salad ?

[@Jay-dw8uc]

sorry wasnt clear, meant fruit salad@@aaronshone30

[@EEE-CEE]

Theo leeches on any opportunity to bring Tom down a peg😂

[@Gagefelstead]

Theo proper hates the fact he gets so much more stick than Tom 😂😂

[@unclebensrice4702]

So true 😂 but Tom does get away with murder so if I was Theo it would annoy me

[@Gagefelstead]

@@unclebensrice4702 He comes out with some shockers, but in general terms he's head and shoulders knowledge-wise in football related stuff, mate. Regardless of whether you like him or hate him. Theo is completely clueless unless he's seen it online. I like theo btw - think he's a great entertainer, but its undeniable he's clueless about football haha

[@Aidanjermane]

The fact Pedro Porro hasn’t been put in most improved is crazy, arguably the best right back in the league considering everyone was saying he couldn’t play RB. He’s also joint with Vicario been Spurs’ best player of the season. Been assisting and playing that inverted RB role so well for Spurs all season so far

[@zonc7805]

best rb in the league????

[@TehRealRyan]

what a trophy that is for spurs tbf

[@willy_bsbc]

guess we just forget that trent alexander arnold doesn't exist

[@Aidanjermane]

@@zonc7805 arguably, he’s been consistent all season, him and Trent have been immense

[@robbarry6994]

I think he’s been the best right back in the league. Better than Trent. 7 assists while defending extremely well and playing in midfield so often is no joke.

[@SASMADBRUV7]

Why are we pretending that output isn't arguably the most important attribute for an attacker?

[@jonoleech7832]

If you say “arguably” it means there are other factors which can determine how good an attacker is.

[@SASMADBRUV7]

@jonoleech7832 fine then I'll say it. It is the most important attribute for an attacker. Who's job is it to score goals if not for the forwards. I'd rather my forwards have output than them looking pretty on the ball.

[@TheStickyDynamite]

@@StDirect was that comment supposed to prove your point or something? Ronaldinho has 363 G/A in 546 appearances across his club career and Salah has 422 G/A in 583 club career appearances. So yes, in terms of impact and output, Salah is better. I won't deny that Ronaldinho was a joy to watch due to his skills and control but goals and assists win games, not stepovers. KZbin compilations have created too many nostalgia merchants like you who view 2000s footballers with rose-tinted glasses. Be real, Ronaldinho was a nightmare for managers. Always partying and drinking. Compare him to Salah who is a top professional and fiercly dedicated to football, any manager would prefer to have salah in their squad over ronaldinho. So yes, Salah is, in every way except dribbling and skills, better than Ronaldinho.

[@44nkk]

​@@jonoleech7832The most important thing for any footballer is to help their team win the game. The way you win a game is by scoring more goals than the opposition, therefore scoring goals is the most important and valuable action on a football pitch. It depends on a players role, but usually the attackers job is to help their team score, whether thats directly (scoring/assisting) or indirectly (being in any way involved in the goal). The better attacker is usually the one with better output in different kinds of circumstances, more specifically - the better goalscorer.

[@Prime1Wunna]

Shearer scored 260 goals in the prem but it is the general consensus that Henry was just flat out better, skillset is the most important thing for a forward then goals. Haaland can score 2000 goals, nobody would say that he’s better than R9

[@Pineapple16]

Kudus has one less start and only 75 minutes more played than Maddison in the prem this season…😂 I wish there was someone fact checking some of these strange claims

[@alexistecca408]

True but Palmer or Solanke for have been phenomenal let’s forget about Salah he’s just so overrated

[@Pineapple16]

My comment was in reference to the ‘best signing’ conversation.

[@matthewimhardbrucelee6995]

@@Louilemarchandthink he was being sarcastic mate 😂

[@MartinKul100]

Tom believes he’s smart the way he watches football but he constantly proves that he only cares about one thing: aesthetics. He’d rather watch a player look «good» whilst doing nothing of significance than a player that looks slightly awkward whilst winning you games. Salah is the top creator and goalscorer in the league. He’s had a goal contribution in 15 out of 20 games he’s played in the Prem this season, one of the other 5 being the Spurs game where he had an assist robbed by VAR. A player that can litteraly give his team a goal in 75-80% of matches is beyond world class, but hey Kudus looks a bit better when driving with the ball👍🏻

[@elijosh78656]

Hwang is most improved pretty easily for me… not even a shout is crazy

[@joner05jones9]

100%

[@darellsolnick-dow-smith9581]

Feel like it’s just wrong to leave Tottenham out of biggest surprise. No one expected spurs to play as well as we have this season with the likes of harry Kane and Lloris out AND having young players like Udogie & Vicario perform at the highest level.

[@Kingdecca]

However, spurs last season spent the first few weeks 3rd before slowly falling, they stayed first for the first few weeks this season and fell to 5th (obviously under different circumstances) so it's hard to judge if they've actually improved or if their change of playing style caught people off guard at first.

[@bujinfujin8603]

​@@Kingdeccathey didn't have any Center halves for like 3 months and yet they still picked up games

[@fpengu]

@@Kingdeccawdym you have to be purposefully ignorant to wonder if they improved, signed one of the best keepers in the league defense cbs massive improvement, porro has defensive abilities now, udogie is one of the best highest potential Lbs, signed one of the best midfielders maddison, more options in the midfield, son back to form, arguably the only weaker area is attack along with a high placement in the table in-spite of injuries and International tournament leave

[@matthewimhardbrucelee6995]

I can’t be the only person who thinks lloris was shite 😂

[@craigglassford2384]

You’re acting like losing Lloris isn’t nothing but positive

[@JackyFishyyy]

theo always wanting to start something on tom "are you alright??" 😭

[@Snuffy708]

Toms right though. You expect Salah to up there, but there are players who have performed better this season.

[@aaronkennedy7643]

so reevs argument when they brought up tonali was that timber isn’t on the list cause he got injured and doesn’t have control over it then he puts mount on his list who’s been injured all season

[@marshall9849]

Theo’s argument “yeah but come on man “😂💀

[@TheGalfather]

Take a shot every time Theo makes a howler, you'll be hammered within the first 5 minutes surely ?

[@unclebensrice4702]

You mean Tom?

[@dylanbrzozowski9092]

reev putting mason mount as the worst transfer and saying mainoo is keeping him out of the team is mental hes literally been injured the whole time and is now thats why hes not played

[@sebastianselst2171]

They obviously dont watch football

[@samulisuominen7981]

He's still crap so it doesn't really matter

[@dylanbrzozowski9092]

@@samulisuominen7981 Chelsea team of the year twice and class for England in the euros so try again

[@jackrodwell4967]

Mainoo who has played as a defensive midfielder has kept an injured attacking midfielder out of the team, yeah nice one reev great logic 👏

[@samulisuominen7981]

@@dylanbrzozowski9092 I've watched him since his debut for us. I can tell you he's been extremely average since our 2020/21 UCL campaign. Even the season after that when he still had decent numbers, he wasn't actually very good.

[@kaidoboy8898]

Tom really said Chelsea don’t win but they have the most points in the last 5 matches, all he looks at is stats he clearly doesn’t watch Palmer

[@NLGNATHAN]

They’re also 9th and lost to wolves 4 league games ago.

[@kizzam3427]

Mykolenko has improved massively

[@teddie6210]

i love how lewis used them being out of tournaments as a reason theyre underperforming like he didnt also say theyd get out of the group and to quarters / semis when he was saying theyd come 4th😂

[@akikia3843]

please add graphics to these videos, it would improve them soooo much

[@robwor8320]

Most improved has to be based on the delta between where they were last season and this season. Based on that I would say it is between Solanke and Joe Gomez. Solanke output has increased more than any other players, mean while Joe Gomez was how not to defend meme last season and this season he came back and player in all 4 defensive positions including left back where he has never played before. In all the games he had locked down wingers and put in a massive shift to cover weakness in the team that is sitting top of the table.

[@01snorre]

Leon Bailey? Is the obvious winner. He has the most G/A this season per min ?

[@robbie1238]

​@01snorre he's a shout so is hwang at wolves my top 3 would've been Nuñez Bailey Hwang

[@thomaslynn7823]

Picking Tonali as a bad signing is an easy way of not using knowledge to find another option

[@NLGNATHAN]

To be fair he was average at best before he got banned, and Newcastle fans couldn’t wait for longstaff to come back in.

[@benjigatward1138]

Reevs opinions aren’t talked about enough “Declan Rice hasn’t dropped less than an eight in my opinion”, certainly wasn’t anywhere near an 8 against West Ham at The Emirates. Wasn’t giving player of the season performances for at least 7 games between now and December.

[@jimrichards3924]

People forget how good Maddison is and was for us before his injury.

[@carpfisherjoe7837]

Theo so quick to try shut down the Kudus shout, hes literally been our best signing this season. He knows nothing hahaha

[@PookieMax]

Watching Lewis explain his wild Newcastle takes is honestly like 70% of why i watch.

[@JackyFishyyy]

theo wants everyone to apologize and when he gets pressed he says "nah im right"

[@ajaykaiser8571]

With the amount of Chelsea players in this you would think they were 4th

[@Joey_Rodgers]

Swear there’s been 2 chelsea players mentioned the whole video

[@JTM-03]

@@Joey_Rodgers also had caicedo for worst signing and got called a surprise because how shit we are 😂😂😂

[@564kadamnikhil4]

The disrespect to salah is insane... he's the top goalscorer and top assister...

[@samberwick17]

One to watch - Conor Bradley, started very well while Trent’s been injured

[@Alex-nh5sl]

“Mount can’t even get a game ahead of mainoo” - mount literally hasn’t been fit for one game since mainoo made his first start 💀

[@jordanspencer18]

Luiz has always been this good... Bailey has easily been Villa's most improved player and more than any of the others mentioned

[@harith0silver751]

I rather have machines output as my upfront compare to "flashy player" that doesn't score ....

[@Giacomodb]

Trent as pots is a great shout by tom tbf

[@sebastianselst2171]

Its not

[@Dopeybriii]

It is, no rb is close to him this season, hes dropping 8/10s most games he plays. You see how much we miss him when he isnt on the pitch. ​@sebastianselst2171

[@brettpearce8843]

Doesn't fit the 'but he can't defend' agenda. I support Liverpool so have seen every single minute he's played and he has been absolutely unreal this season basically been perfect.

[@dc8282]

how is Theo saying tom hates Chelsea when he was the only one out of the four that was backing Chelsea to turn their season around after the first half of the season whereas Theo was saying they will get relegated

[@childish_albino]

"Mount can't get a game" kind of difficult when he's been injured the majority of the season

[@benbroadbent1245]

How is no one mentioning that no one realised mounts been injured most the season lmao

[@JSOfficiall]

I think Jarell Quansah has gotta be a one to watch absolute rolls Royce of a defender and only 20 years old just a clone of Van Dijk

[@AD-nn2hi]

Gordon deserves a shout ofcourse

[@okodo7103]

Chelsea fan and Tom was right on both Palmer and Gallagher. Palmer is good and I have no doubt about him but pushing pots for him is wild w how inconsistent we are. Gallagher is the same player just looks good cause the system requires a lot of running and he’s good at that

[@kyle300699]

Joe Gomez would have been a great shout for most improved

[@jez1659]

“The leaderboard” 😂

[@Gasiimov]

waiting for the day when I watch a pitchside video where Tom isn't chewing his fingers

[@unclebensrice4702]

Thought Tom was "joking" when he said he didn't rate Salah seems pretty serious about it to me

[@mitchellhenton8304]

who does tom support?

[@zachconrad856]

Actually insane u don’t have Pedro Neto or hwang hee Chan in ur shouts for most improved player- United fan

[@nvgirl1807]

Could someone explain to Tom that the aim of a football game is to win. You do that scoring goals, not dribbling or looking entertaining. To quote Trent, the ball moves faster than legs, show boating slows the game down and mostly leads down a blind alley, as Grealish so ably demonstrates for England

[@ItsCD16]

Tom with an all time stinker of an episode 😅

[@Chrissy-hu8yv]

Tom is insufferable he hates Liverpool

[@RR-md9dz]

Arsenal fans will say they didn't bottle last season and provide context like missing players due to injury, but they won't allow Lewis context for Newcastle not finishing 4th. Even if he makes a good point they debate him on it because he has ridiculous takes other times.

[@Jar66]

Van dijk hasn’t been dribbled past….. Salah has most goals and assists….. Trent is best fullback in the world defensively and offensively…..

[@MichaelDavis-kf9lk]

Palmer has scored 10 pens. Tom is bang on

[@Joey_Rodgers]

Aye??

[@brendanhealey4317]

Hinshelwood from Brighton is definitely one to watch

[@willjoam4104]

Tom garret knows so much more ball than the other three 😂

[@garn5t]

where did reev get that jumper

[@irish8567]

I’m surprised joe Gomez didn’t get a shout for most improved, he got a lot of slack for underperforming last season and has went under the radar this season

[@JoshPrice-ii3to]

Tom is actually so weird he only rates players who dribble and look good 😂😂😂

[@1Cawn]

It's criminal that Tom even has a platform with his takes on Salah.

[@alfiebird4228]

I'm a liverpool fan and I dont fully agree with him but I can see his point, salahs technical ability is often awful and isn't all that exciting to watch most the time.

[@1Cawn]

@@alfiebird4228 Salah does not have "awful technical ability" at any point, he's just not particularly flashy. He's unbelievably efficient, which is the sure sign of a technically great footballer.

[@dragonballfanscantread2383]

@@alfiebird4228 Salah's technical ability isn't awful. Also you do know Tom is a racist and mocked Hillsborough right?

[@samknightley4173]

@@dragonballfanscantread2383stop being a snowflake and he tweeted that when he was like 14/15 so we’ve all said stupid shit being young relax

[@alfiebird4228]

@@1Cawn fair enough

[@Finley7898]

Can’t say that timber can’t be nominated for worst signing as he been injured but nominate mason mount 😂😂

[@samfryett5064]

No quansah in ones to watch is crazy. The kid is unbelievable

[@JNM781]

So Cole Palmer got nominated for player of the season but not best signing (make sense). Havertz had some bad games but for the last 10/15 games has been good. Still judge off first 5 games. Problems with football once it starts that way it, the opinion sticks throughout the season

[@LG_XD]

Mykolenko for most improved. Deserves a mention

[@WishO6]

Not even going to comment on Toms Salah agenda, but saying Nunez isn’t the most improved and that he hasn’t changed from last season is wild. 7 goals and 6 assists in the league from 13 starts, already trebled his assist tally from last season and 2 off his goal tally, yes he’s missed a lot of chances but his overall play has improved massively and has shown that he’s a constant threat whether it’s from the start or off the bench. Bit of a lazy comment from him imo

[@filly8105]

Salah, Rodri, VVD is the top 3 for Player of the season.

[@cameronholliday2819]

I feel like Tom is doing this on purpose at this point to piss Theo off 🤣

[@amcooldude97]

I do agree with tom's takes on palmer and Gallagher

[@romanb4075]

Joe Gomez for most improved, been one of our worst players to one of our best this season

[@joegantner993]

Can’t believe Son didn’t get a single nomination for player of the year. All of his goal involvements, and only one pen. And Maddison, his main creator, has been out for half the year.

[@Hnjjsjsnsbzbz]

Theo and his tiktok knowledge

[@jackgamblin9355]

This geeza puts a Newcastle player in everytime hahah

[@bradleybrooks114]

Tom is bang on about Palmer. You was all quick to shut down Lewis about the Gordon being in top 3 as Newcastle are 10th but having Palmer in top 3 is just as bad. Chelsea are 9th. Foden has been miles clear of both of them imo.

[@liamanderson6191]

How have 2 people put palmer as top 3 😂😂😂

[@mrcasinoo556]

Branthwaite is one to watch in the premier league after this season so far

[@ashleyhazell662]

Lewis moaning about injuries all the time. Liverpool have been without Thiago, Bajcetic, Robertson, Tsimikas, Trent, Szoboszlai, Salah, Endo, Doak, Jota etc... for spells. We've been playing with Quansah, Bradley, Gomez at LB and making the best of yhe resources available. Yes we have a bigger squad, that's because we're not a paper-thin, new blood money team. But we're making it work because of Klopp. That's what Howe can't do, he's not good enough vs Newcastle's ambitions.

[@Young_Brumm15]

Tom is right that Palmer is becoming overrated as a footballer. He didn't ever play an exorbitant amount of games at City and was sold for 40 Ms, which he was never worth, to begin with, imo. He has been a bright spot for Chelsea this season, but to say that he has been lighting up the Prem this season is an overstatement. The man has 9 goals, and 5 of them have come from penalties this season (scoring penalties is a skill in of itself, however; it takes more skill to put the ball in the back of the net while using skills, pace, and every other trick in the book to get behind the opponent's defenders/GK). Also, Theo was correct in the beginning to put Vicario in there ahead of Palmer, considering that Vicario was a goalie from another league, and many people had no clue as to whether he would even be good or not for Tottenham. He slotted into the 1st place keeper position and has basically been the best goalie in the league, other than Alisson, who plays for one of the 3 best teams in the Prem.

[@Harryyyyyp]

The lack of Spurs players because of the Arsenal bias is actually worrying🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@Elagmail21]

Rice hasn't dropped lower than an 8? Didn't you see him against West Ham and Fulham

[@Djcnufc]

And Newcastle 😂 they overhype this guy so unbelievably much

[@yessi1585]

@@Djcnufc biggest facts

[@krakenbluejjcz]

Caicedo slander is so weird now, hasn't had a bad game since like September and been top 3 Chelsea players this season probably

[@dharris-rd2md]

How can you champion foden and constantly diss Salah 😭😭😭

[@samhorsley6515]

lewis saying gordon is so stupid, you could say Elanga deserves player of the season because has double the contributions gordon has😂

[@clauslarsen8971]

Tom must love Pedri. He just wants players to act like fidget spinners and never score or assist and they're GOATs

[@ghostk6674]

Toms ball knowledge is getting worst by the day😂 foden has been quality but aint top 3 players 😂😂

[@yessi1585]

Yeah that’s absolutely stinks

[@StopLookingAtMyAcc]

Foden never gets his roses but give me a player who gets into this City team at 17 (I mean literally were as good as Foden at 17 not someone good now who was 17 recently Eg 17yo Jude couldn’t lace Fodens boots at 17 same with Saka, Rice, Musiala, Pedri,Gavi etc) there’s a reason pep says he’s his best young talent since Messi

[@ghostk6674]

@@StopLookingAtMyAcc bro no one said hes not good lol if you look i sais hes been quality but he aint top 3 in the league this season players like bowen have literally played better 😂

[@edwardhight]

One to watch - Jarrad Brainthwaite

[@mawiiile706]

Salahs left pinky toe is more valuable than Tom Garret

[@jameskempson7174]

Hwang not being in the most improved is criminal

[@fifaphantom3758]

Mounts been injured🤣🤣

[@reaganbrookerbeaumont8290]

These guys obsession with the idea that anyone not from a top 6 club can’t be one of the best players in the league. For example Rotherham are bottom of the championship yet they genuinely have one of the best goalkeepers in the league. Gordon as been incredible this season, i dont think hes top 3 because i think theres been other players who have been more impressive and influential for their respective sides but league position has nothing to do with it, as each team has to play the same teams every week. Solanke has been one of thr best strikers in the league this season yet Bournemouth are in the bottom half. One player does not dictate the league position of the team they play for.

[@AlbertoContandor]

Random appreciation post for Abu Diaby! Never forget what could've! 😊

[@finleygoulding4342]

Szobo as biggest surprise is a shout

[@Dopeybriii]

I love him but he hasn't been that good. He will get better but he hasn't been that good compared to others.

[@c-hick6979]

Whats more ridiculous no salah for poty or anthony gordon in it🤣

[@user-fd9db4ee9n]

Lewis is blaming injuries, failure to sign players and tonali on being 10th and the reason why they’re not 4th (and above Liverpool) like he said at the start of the season. But Liverpool are without Robertson, tsimikas, trent, szoboszlai, endo, salah, etc and they’re still in all competitions and top of the league

[@TheStickyDynamite]

Lewis literally has 0 ball knowledge.

[@georgeallen1999]

Says we cant have awoniyi because people knew him in the bundesliga. Proceeds to not say nothing about nkunku

[@benmain5642]

Endo is the best signing this season for the price alone. Only reason Liverpool are still top. Can't tell me otherwise.

[@Sean-wu8qf]

Watkins not mentioned for player of the year wtf

[@JG-dg6ty]

Tom once again proving he has terrible ball knowledge

[@harveycox7516]

no watkins for most improved is outrageous

[@sambrookes8001]

My most improved player is Leon Bailey

[@StopLookingAtMyAcc]

I genuinely think the Mbappe agenda isn’t unfounded. He’s impressed in 2 years both WC years 1 of them he won he wasn’t the main man and then the second where he was the main guy but Lost (granted a Final Hat trick qualifies for joke of a player status) otherwise he’s getting pocketed Vs any decent organised team Kyle Walker is still emptying his pockets looking for him