Crackdown on diving meant the favoured clubs and media darling players were going to get suspended too much and compromised so for the good of the 'product' they let the initiative go by the wayside. Of course the Premier League would say that...
For what it’s worth, think these people will do the job properly at the right pace.
Not like the last lot with the scatter gun approach. Good things come to those who wait..
How much has been saved with player turn over off the weekly outgoings? I prefer this than sacking the tea lady and the kit man like that shower up the east lancs have been brazen about doing.
Id rather us sign the right players even if it takes longer than the wrong players and be no better off and stuck paying big wages till the contracts run out.
…so far, so good. We’ll strengthen further by the end of the window, I have no doubt about that. Just glad we’ve got a new regime in place identifying and negotiating with players.
Yup, it's nonsense. Great players would be great players in any era. They'd adapt. Maradona is the greatest I have ever seen. Why? He was less successful and had less longevity than Messi, but he played at a time when defenders were allowed to...
Fantastic analysis Drico. I concur about Maradona being the best I've seen too, people should watch his freestyle ball skills just to get a feel of his incredible control and mastery of a football. My favourite player from that time was Michael...