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On Tuesday, Everton legend Tim Cahill shared an image of his son, Cruz Cahill, at a training session with the Toffees.

There is absolutely no question that Cahill – Tim that is – is an Everton legend, having made close to 300 appearances for the Merseyside club in all competitions, scoring 68 times in the process.

The 39-year-old is still playing professionally in the Indian Premier League, turning out for Jamshedpur FC.

Cahill was back on English soil earlier this week, however, and shared an image of his son in training with Everton.

Cruz was born in September 2012, meaning that he will turn seven later this year.

The post from his father was always going to bring a huge reaction from the Everton fans when considering Cahill senior’s standing at the club.

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And that was indeed the case, with the Everton supporters, who are frustrated with their team at the moment, reacting to the image in their numbers:

Rangers will be expected to once again see an influx of new players this summer, in the hope of bringing some silverware back to Ibrox. 

Steven Gerrard has done exactly that in his first season in charge and with hopes of catching Celtic increasing already, a few top signings maybe all they need.

Ultimately with them being eight points behind Celtic this season, that comes down to not having the quality consistently to see games through as draws have been too frequent.

With that in mind, another striker could be brought in to add even more quality to Rangers’ front-line.

Someone like Derby’s Mason Bennett is a player the Gers should consider because of his quality not being presented because he doesn’t play enough currently.

Bennett, (who is valued at £450k on Transfermarkt) is a player who’s been starved of action this season after Frank Lampard has persisted with using the likes of Jack Marriott and Martyn Waghorn instead.

So much so that Mason Bennett has made just seven starts in the Championship this season and although he has a contract until 2020, the Englishman may leave in search of regular game-time.

In total, the versatile forward has scored once and assisted his team-mates on three occasions this season, which doesn’t prove what a good player he could be.

Still, only at the age of 22, Mason Bennett has plenty of time to find himself another club, get adjusted to life there and then starting banging in the goals again.

He offers something completely different to all their current options and that could work in Mason Bennett’s favour whilst trying to get a move to a club like Rangers.

Do you agree… Let us know!

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Crystal Palace fans have taken to Twitter to discuss their team’s woeful form at Selhurst Park this season.

The Eagles have scored just six goals from open play at home this season, with one of them an own goal, and only bottom-placed Huddersfield have a worse record at home than the south London-based side.

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In stark contrast, Palace’s away form is excellent, but fans who regularly attend the fixtures at Selhurst Park will be continuously left feeling hard done by as a result of the toothless performances.

Palace have lost eight games at home already this season, and have just one win in their last seven fixtures on their own turf.

With eight games left to play and having already amassed 33 points, the general consensus is that Palace will stay up, but the fans are getting more and more frustrated at watching their team constantly suffering defeat at their own place.

Let’s see what the Eagles supporters are saying on Twitter…

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It’s been a busy start to the week for West Brom who are still no closer to revealing a new manager, something which has left their supporters in bewilderment.

The Express & Star reported that the Baggies are contemplating a short-term replacement for the recently sacked Darren Moore. This comes after former Huddersfield manager David Wagner told them he has no plans to return to football just yet.

Although talks with Slavisa Jokanovic are on-going, fans at the Hawthorns have been left frustrated with a lack of developments. They had been eager to voice their concerns over the initial dismissal of Moore but are now alarmed that no apparent replacement has been lined up.

A new managerial appointment in the very immediate future is looking unlikely and as a result, questions have been asked as to why Moore wasn’t given until the end of the season.

The club icon left with the Baggies sitting in fourth position and in the hunt for a play-off place with instant promotion back to the Premier League on the cards.

However, the way the club has operated since the weekend has left Albion supporters disgruntled.

Here’s the best of the reaction from Twitter.

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Liverpool fans on Twitter have been green with envy since Tuesday night, when their former midfielder Emre Can put in a magical performance for Juventus in the UEFA Champions League.

The German international, who swapped Anfield for the Allianz Stadium last summer, started on the right of a three-man midfield for Max Allegri’s side as they hosted Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their round-of-16 clash, already two goals down from the first.

However, Can helped the Italian champions to overcome the deficit and win 3-0 courtesy of a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick which booked their place in the quarter-finals, commanding his position in swashbuckling style.

Many Reds fans watched on in awe in their homes at their former player, one of them commenting upon how much they and Jurgen Klopp’s team have missed him this season.

And it may not be the last time in 2018/19 that they are forced to watch the Can heroics they’re now missing out on, with the possibility of meeting his Juve team in the Champions League this campaign a very real one.

Check out some of the best reactive Tweets from Liverpool supporters salivating over the “instrumental showing,” below…

Blackburn Rovers fans will look back on the era of Roque Santa Cruz fondly as the days before the dawn of their collapse.

The exotic talent that was Roque Santa Cruz is something Blackburn fans scantly enjoy nowadays stuck in midtable Championship purgatory, which is why this douse of nostalgic relief will come as a welcome surprise.

Before making his reported £3.5 million switch in 2007 (as per The Guardian) Santa Cruz had accumulated quite an extensive trophy collection at Bayern – consisting of six domestic cups, five Bundesliga titles and a Champions League winners medal.

So it may have come as a bit of a surprise when former manager Mark Hughes recruited him to work alongside the likes of Benny McCarthy, Jason Roberts and a young Matt Derbyshire (appreciate McCarthy was a player in his day).

Hughes said at the time (The Guardian): “Santa Cruz is a young player, an international with a good reputation who is playing at a top European club.

“The good thing from our point of view is that his fitness levels are fine as he has been playing in the Copa America.”

And Hughes was not wrong. Santa Cruz bagged 19 goals in 37 Premier League games earning the Lancashire a 7th placed finish in the Premier League – something they have not managed since.

Indeed, it is no coincidence that their form deteriorated following his big-money move to Manchester City in 2009 – who were just beginning to flex their muscles in the transfer market at the time.

Despite his move, however, the Paraguayan was unable to replicate his earlier form and after just 24 appearances for the club was quickly shipped off to Real Betis on loan, which was shortly followed by a loan and permanent move to Malaga CF.

26 goals in 109 appearances later Santa Cruz found himself on a plane to Mexican outfit CD Cruz Azul, but, in a bizarre turn of events, was returned just half-a-year later on loan.

Now 37 and back playing in his native Paraguay, the forward is a distance relic of the good and bad times for all those clubs he represented.

[ad_pod ]Declan Rice made his England debut as a 63rd-minute substitute in Friday night’s Euro 2020 qualifier with Czech Republic.It did appear that the midfielder would come off the bench in the early stages when Eric Dier picked up an injury, but Ross Barkley was instead sent onto the field.Rice’s chance did arrive just past the hour, however, as he replaced Dele Alli in what proved to be a 5-0 victory for Gareth Southgate’s side at Wembley.Much has been made of Rice’s decision to switch from the Republic of Ireland to England, but the West Ham fans have always been in his corner.The 20-year-old has been in impressive form for the Hammers this term, contributing two goals in 28 Premier League appearances for the capital club.Check out Playmaker FC’s Tom Skinner’s unfiltered take on Wayne Rooney’s England legacy in the video below…As expected, a host of West Ham fans took to social media to lavish praise on Rice as the 6 ft 1 ace made his senior England debut.A selection of the Twitter reaction can be seen below:

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Sunderland fans have been reacting on Twitter to a bizarre story involving some sausages, their manager and a selection of players ahead of the Checkatrade Trophy final on Sunday.

This came after Sky Sports journalist Keith Downie revealed that Black Cats boss Jack Ross is planning to take some of his stars to a butcher’s in Sunderland.

Stirks Butchers in the city has been selling sausages inspired by the Scot and his stars, and they will visit the family-run establishment before vying for silverware against Portsmouth at the weekend.

Ross himself has had a sausage comprised of sweet chilli and Irn Bru created and some of his players have enjoyed the same honour.

Examples include captain George Honeyman and his Honeyman and mustard sausage, Will Grigg and his Will Grigg’s on fire sausage and Aiden McGeady and his McGeady Guinness and blackpudding sausage.

The story has been met by mixed reaction from the club’s fan base, some supporters are “horrified” while others seem amused.

You can check out the best of the reactions below…

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The search for a new manager is now in progress for Queens Park Rangers following the sacking of Steve McClaren, though it probably should have started sooner.

QPR’s form since the beginning of the new year has been absolutely dreadful, leaving them floating a few places above the relegation zone.

Still, better late than never, and the west London club could now look to appoint Tim Sherwood as they hope to avoid a catastrophic end to the season.

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Sky Sports reports the former Aston Villa manager is on the list of candidates to succeed McClaren in the dugout, with the Loftus Road hierarchy confident their next appointment should have no trouble in steering the team to safety.

The Rs are eight points above 22nd-placed Rotherham with the current Championship campaign edging closer to its conclusion.

Bearing that in mind, albeit perhaps an underwhelming name to most QPR supporters, Sherwood would not be the worst appointment if brought in on a short-term basis.

Considering the direction Tottenham were heading in under Andre Villas-Boas before his sacking back in 2013, Sherwood managed to steady the ship at White Hart Lane when he replaced the Portuguese coach.

Meanwhile, at Aston Villa, the 50-year-old also did well to guide the Midlands club to Premier League safety in the 2014/15 season when he came in to succeed Paul Lambert.

Ultimately, if QPR cannot get their first-choice target now with Sky Sports also reporting that Portsmouth’s Kenny Jackett is high on their list, then Sherwood could be their best bet temporarily.

QPR fans, are you open to the idea of Sherwood coming in? Join the discussion by commenting below.

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Southampton host Liverpool on Friday – the third time in the last six matches that the Saints have faced top-six opposition – when they will be hoping to, once again, build on their excellent displays of late and move one step closer to safety.

As we all know, though, the Reds are having an unbelievable season and will be hoping to leave St Mary’s Stadium with all three points – so tight is the title race that they won’t accept anything less.

Jurgen Klopp’s side have come on leaps and bounds since last year, when they were a relentless attacking machine who could win 4-3 most week, to one which wins 4-0 instead – having former Southampton man Virgil van Dijk at the back helps, too.

The German can recognise managerial brilliance when he sees it and has heaped praise on his opposite number, Ralph Hasenhuttl, ahead of another season-defining week for the Reds:

“In the time Ralph [Hasenhuttl] is in at Southampton I think they are eighth in the form table – that gives you good information about the intensity of the game probably.

“[Southampton] play a clear style of football. I have to say the job he is doing there is incredible. He brought young players in, academy players, a pretty brave decision.

“It’s a really good side, and the analysis was really interesting because it doesn’t look like a team that fights to stay in the league. They do what they do and they stick to it.”

Indeed, Klopp is right to praise the Saints boss – he has completed flipped their season on its head since taking over from Mark Hughes in December and the south coast outfit look almost certain to evade the drop, despite their situation looking pretty bleak a few months ago.

The impact Ralph Hasenhüttl has had at Southampton is certainly evident in the video below…

They were unlucky not to take at least a point from their clash with Manchester United at the start of March – that was their best performance of the season then – but, since, they have carried that momentum into every game and have been able to get the results their displays have warranted.

Having got the better of Spurs last time out, will they cause another big upset this weekend?