Agreed! Didn't think it would work but it does for me - and miles better than watching with just the empty stadium sound.
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Agreed! Didn't think it would work but it does for me - and miles better than watching with just the empty stadium sound.
Anyone know what odds a 3-0 Watford win was before KO? Must have been at least 100/1
Bit ironic given Man Utd’s fall from grace. Realistically, did Alexis Sanchez join them expecting to win things or for the money? Similarly with David De Gea signing a new contract.
I’m sure Man...
I assume things have spiralled as FFP issues have been in the papers for year (it feels like!). Also, then there was this nonsense that I remember for some reason:...
Interesting one!
Had a look and Everton had 3 seasons out of the top league in the early 1950s and also 1930/31.
Arsenal, it is said, were relegated way back - but before they were called...
Who has done a “century of hard work” - and indeed who hasn’t? Pretty sure clubs successful in the 60s through to the 90s had wealthy benefactors and spent to achieve their success. The only...
If you do a bit of reading, the money can’t go anywhere because it’s in equity not debt.
Also now part owned by Chinese and US investment funds apparently:
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Foe example:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7285971/man-city-fans-boo-uefa-champions-league-anthem/
https://theathletic.com/1589438/2020/02/07/chelsea-supporters-racism-uefa/
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As I understand it, the booing has at least something to do with UEFA’s failure to address racism.
It really should be in the National Football Museum but it isn't.
They achieved so much together. Just a pity that BC was a slightly flawed genius. Like I said, if you haven't seen it, have a look at The Damned United.
I can't remember the story. I think I just remember that from the film The Damned United (worth a watch if you haven't seen it).
This gives some of the history:
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As he said about himself: "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one."
PS Not sure that Peter Taylor got all the credit he deserved for his contribution to...
Does anyone really care what nationalities they have in their team these days? (Did they ever?) How many supporters would place that measure above success on the pitch?
If the Premier League (and...
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874 - Liverpool completed 874 passes against Sheffield United this evening; their most in a Premier League game since Opta have this data recorded (since the 2003-04 season), with...
I meant ref 'getting in the way' or (prior to the recent rule change) being struck by the ball.
The most bizarre thing I’ve seen/heard was the MOTD pundits suggesting that Manchester City should have stopped play or not gone for goal, when the referee didn’t touch the ball, on the grounds of...
Or even telling the poor so and sos who have actually paid a fortune to attend the game what's going on would be good!
There are some clips circulating on Twitter of A League (Australia) games...
But you can score with your head, shoulder, chest - and, it appears, according to VAR, your armpit!
Didn't see it but, as you say, as you can't score with the arm, I thought your arm couldn't...
And Liverpool, for what it's worth!
Goal line technology is different because it is (as far as I am aware) objective. No human intervention and factual. VAR is subjective = someone looking at a screen and trying to apply the VAR...
Thought it was an international sport with common rules. I think the “expectation” is for competent and consistent officiating. Why would players/crowds want different things? I’m pretty sure a...
They shouldn’t need to start from scratch then! Why not look at what other countries/associations have done and implement what appears to be best practice on Day 1. Why spend 2 seasons making the...
I expected a heated debate about it on MOTD2 last night. Shearer and Crouch both just said it was a penalty, in their opinion, and that was about it! Former ref Keith Hackett said the same in his...
That thought occured to me
You aren't going to get any sense from VAR if no-one seems to know what the rule is!
Neil Swarbrick was interviewed on R4 at lunchtime. He sounds like a...