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But in practice, it's often a different skill set when you drop down, so not sure that it would even be a worthwhile bar-room discussion.
LeBron going back to Cleveland?
But in practice, it's often a different skill set when you drop down, so not sure that it would even be a worthwhile bar-room discussion.
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Money Phil, let’s not kid ourselves, at 61yrs old he’s got nothing to prove.
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Blud ain't happy fam ??
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Funniest thing about that, Tierney clutches the left side of his face, the challenge was on the opposite side ??
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So he has only gone to Everton for money ? Or he has taken a step down to prove he can do it without being at a top 6/title challenging club. Same as Mourinho has with Spurs
fundy
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both hands reach up to the right side of his face if you watch with the tints off, if hed reacted as Mane or Salah would and faked death it wouldve been a definite red no doubt
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Not only the money, but the main reason, he’s been paid a fortune.
I hope it’s exactly as you say for Ancelotti, I’m more cynical and believe most will go anywhere if the money is right, like I said earlier, I’m not aware of any top Manager taking a step down whilst being succesful at a top Club.
He was unemployed when we got him, if Napoli hadn’t of sacked him I doubt we’d have him now.
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Very pleased to see this after the cluster we’ve had so far, my only concern is, is that it will be down to individual Referee’s interpratation and the worry of consistency between the Referees.
“Premier League referees will be told to show greater leniency in handball decisions starting from this coming weekend, report David Ornstein and Matt Slater.
At a Premier League meeting on Tuesday it was agreed that referees will be allowed to apply greater subjectivity within the existing rules, after a conversation with the International Football Association Board (IFAB).”
“Premier League referees will be told to show greater leniency in handball decisions starting from this coming weekend, report David Ornstein and Matt Slater.
At a Premier League meeting on Tuesday it was agreed that referees will be allowed to apply greater subjectivity within the existing rules, after a conversation with the International Football Association Board (IFAB).”
Orikoru
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I like the essence of this but ironically I think you only get consistency if you are rigid on the rules. If not then people will have to accept different interpretations.
We will have to remind pundits, the media and fans of the period of rigid rule enforcement when the moans start coming in ?.
Good to see such a quick response to the recent controversies which in this instance were probably warranted.
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Give it a few weeks and we’ll have MOTD and Sky moaning while comparing incidents/Referees giving penalties one week and not the next.
Orikoru
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Lamela has been excellent tonight, well deserved a goal. And his odd boots are making me nostalgic for Assou-Ekotto. 
Now we can lose on penalties instead, much more respectable.
Now we can lose on penalties instead, much more respectable.
Liverbirdie
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Not a few levels, one level.
Orikoru
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Wow! Uncharacteristically good penalties from us! When we scored 4 and Kane was 5th, I was just waiting for the irony of him being the one who missed, but no. Really good second half from us to be fair.
Rlburnside
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Good comeback in second half with a hotch pot of a team good penalty’s except the last one ?
Always good to beat them
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I thought Dier was a good example of how stupid the handball rule is, you could see that he stopped to put his hands behind his back stopping his momentum to close Werner down, not saying he would have stopped Werners goal but he would have had a much better chance if he played normally.
It was reported in the Metro that refs are being advised to be more lenient with the handball rule but the Dier handball would have still been given. ??
It was reported in the Metro that refs are being advised to be more lenient with the handball rule but the Dier handball would have still been given. ??
Orikoru
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I think whoever said it earlier in this thread was right that they're not going to drastically change the law mid-way through a season unfortunately, even if it completely unfit for purpose. Hopefully enough of a noise has been made to revise it for next season, and write this season off pretty much. It's a weird, condensed season anyway.I thought Dier was a good example of how stupid the handball rule is, you could see that he stopped to put his hands behind his back stopping his momentum to close Werner down, not saying he would have stopped Werners goal but he would have had a much better chance if he played normally.
It was reported in the Metro that refs are being advised to be more lenient with the handball rule but the Dier handball would have still been given. ??
Personally I think the only way they can save face with VAR is to scrap the Stockley Park bods and just keep the pitchside monitor. Change the laws back to what they were. Ref and linesman go back to reffing the game (since they're currently not, they're just spokesmen as it stands). Any decision they didn't get a clear view on, ref can go watch it again on the screen. But not in super slow-motion, normal speed for handballs so it doesn't look as if they had their hand in the air for an age. Nobody drawing stupid lines on it for offsides, just pause when the ball is played and the ref can use his eyes to see if he's offside or level. A lot of people are saying that those who wanted VAR are responsible for the mess it is, but I don't accept that at all, since what I've just described is what I was hoping for all along.
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Id like to see a 5th official added to watch the game and point the ref to the monitor if needed rather than stockley park
Also no lines.. bring in day light . Should have been that for years
Why bring in a 5th official? What is it that the 4th does that means they can do nothing else? Use them, they are just ornaments otherwise.
I suspect Stockley Park is used as they have access to multiple screens. The pitch side official can only view 1 screen so you would still need someone somewhere who can view 5 screens at once to pick up issues.
