It's another bumper Mailbox, taking in Manchester United's next move, Newcastle and Saudi's big win, Kevin Keegan, Jurgen Klopp's replay talk, and how Spurs should follow Arsene Wenger's lead...
It’s another bumper Mailbox, taking in Manchester United’s next move, Newcastle and Saudi’s big win, Kevin Keegan, Jurgen Klopp’s replay talk, and how Spurs should follow Arsene Wenger’s lead.when United’s name was being muddied and I hoped that I won’t be writing for a while as we would turn a corner with the current run of fixtures but looks like the knives that started coming out after our loss to Brighton are now being sharpened to finish off ETH.
ETH has shown that he can play an attractive, attacking and modern style of football but it requires all players to follow the instructions to the core including someone who recently signed a contract extension to become the highest paid player of the team.
Played or managed in top level football. Personally, I’d love it if the broadcasters chucked in the odd top notch journalist or broadcaster but this seems to be the way it is. In 1998/99 Arsenal offered a rematch to Sheffield Utd regarding an embarrassing misunderstanding that led to a winning goal. The analysis informs the decision. If the analysis is bad the decision is bad. So, an example I’ve seen. A glitch in goal-line technology prevented Sheffield United from being awarded a goal against Aston Villa in 2020. The game finished 0-0 and Villa finished that season fourth from bottom, one point ahead of Bournemouth who were relegated.
1) Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton. Estupian goal disallowed when VAR drew the lines wrong. – The information and analysis was bad which led to a bad decision of no-goal and that decision was applied consistently. The Diaz goal. The event is that Diaz has collected the ball and scored a goal. The analysis is that the player was onside and no other breaches of the rules have occurred. The analysis includes the vision of those looking at the screen and the technology. This analysis concludes in the decision that the goal should stand. The decision is, objectively, a good decision. Now for the crucial difference. The decision was NOT applied consistently. The decision reached was Goal.
Liverpool fans clamoured to say we’re not asking for a replay we just want to do this for everyone and yet not 24 hours later Klopp feels the right thing to do would be to have a replay!! Apparently, it’s unprecedented, accept it’s not. Mike Dean admitted he refused to intervene on VAR duties when Anthony Taylor missed Romero dragging Cucurella down by the hair at a corner. The subsequent action saw Spurs equalise.
I expect we’ll be fed another weekend fix of EPL ‘product’ and this story will fade away. It’s a shame that broader fan apathy means it won’t let to meaningful change.slightly bemused, but not surprised, by the national press reaction to Jurgen providing a personal opinion on the var mess and shook my head thinking “but no one’s bloody asking for a replay!”. Not one second later I get an update from James Pearce off Twitter saying we’ve lodged a formal appeal.This is just daft now.
F365, I love you but stop endorsing mediocrity and help make referees and the system in which they operate better.…I love the view from a lot of people/presenters/journalist that allowing a reply would be a dangerous precedent and that Klopp should ultimately accept it: “chin up old boy, there’s a good chap, don’t make a fuss”.
American football, cricket and rugby, all sports that contributors have referenced recently have gone through many iterations to get the point where they have found a good balance between technology and game flow. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Our competitive rivals are using us as an excuse for complacency and failure which means we’ve beaten them before they even step on the pitch. Only Liverpool believe they can match us and go toe-to-toe with us, which is why they are our only title threat despite last season and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Across town, Pep added Kovatic, a world-class ball retention specialist to his overstocked shelves in what can only be described as one of the most unnecessary player purchases ever. I just checked the age of Eddie Howe and I cannot believe he is 45 years old, he actually looks younger than that at 35, man knows how to take care of himself. He should stay at Newcastle for as long as possible, and I am sure the club want to keep him on as long as possible too, even if there are bad spells in-between. I am sure Newcastle fans remember the Joe Kinnear and Steve McLaren days, and are super grateful for Howe.
If we keep on getting more of these sort of stories, most people would begin to see PIF as – at worst – just some weirdos with a slightly different culture.El-If, Abuja, Nigeria Zlatan Ibrahimovic takes aim at ‘spineless coward’ and questions Ten Hag ‘treatment’ of Man Utd stars
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