The goal was much more down to Branthwaite getting lost on the left than it was down to Patterson, it meant O'brien had to shift to LCB and Patterson to RCB positions.
Two worst rules for me now are the handball interpretation when the old ball to hand rule was fine. When you have defenders defending with arms behind their backs you know the rule is a joke. The second rule is the sliding tackle being penalized...
Imagine one of their Super Sunday hypefests with Salah and Fernandes for example suspended for retrospective diving offences. They couldn't allow that possibility now could they?
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...