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Player Valuation: £80m
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Today’s Football - 2024/25 Season
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Lapeno77
Player Valuation: £35m
There's a pretty good chance it happensImagine if they go down and he gets sacked and Mowbray wins the play offs with West Brom and go up
JelavicBrate2
Player Valuation: £15m
Not to condone death threats, but referees aren't held accountable for their awful decisions, nor do they have to explain them. Before VAR you could chalk it down to human error, but some like giving Arsenal a goal last season against us, to make it a bit interesting for sky was unforgivable. Denying us a penalty when Rodri handballed it was just as bad. Refs are just playing too a script now.
You're right you can't condone death threats, and I was a little bit dismissive of that yesterday
What I will say though is that the PGMOL just focusing on that aspect spoke volumes
They could have easily worded it in a way that denounced the awful personal attacks whilst still pointing out that this is going to be looked into and due process followed for his mistake
Instead it was all focused on the personal attacks and it looks like the bad decision, an all-timer no less, is going to be swept under the rug
BlueStevie35
Player Valuation: £70m
Refs do get dropped from games from time to time and on the other point, there’s been campaigning for refs to be allowed to explain their decisions but it’s either the leagues won’t allow it or Keith Hackett won’t, not that it’ll matter because fans won’t believe what they say anyway
How did the league try and fail to bin clattenburg, yet hammer coote for a pish take in his own time with his then pals? Look into clattenburg, he was up for breach of contract because of shady company dealings and missing monies. He appealed his dismissal but served an 8 month ban. It took 5 years was it before he ref'd another game for us.
They have to be cleaner than clean, they're on colossal wages, and need help pitch side to apply the rules even handedly.
Imagine them as croupiers at a casino, they're watched by the 'box men', who are watched by the 'floor men', who are watched by the 'pit bosses', who are watched by the 'shift bosses', who are watched by the 'casino manager', who is watched by De Niro, and the eye in the sky (var) is watching all.
The money in the game is there and then some, sky have called the FA's bluff by having a ref in (the studio) to explain the rules and the why's of decisions.
Treat the audience with the respect they're due, or face losing em!
Agreed, never seen so many pointless negative passes. If this is the way British football is going I will need to find another sport to watch.
Burnley v Leeds finished 0-0. Very poor game to watch with 2 mediocre teams. No worries if either of these 2 come up next season.
I think Keith Hackett just sticks his oar in in the media nowadays, he's not in any position of responsibility.
JelavicBrate2
Player Valuation: £15m
My issue isn't with bad decisions it's with blatant corruption. Would a RS player get sent off for similar tackle? No. Last season at Arsenal, ref was told it was a handball and just overruled it to make title race interesting. Howard Webb ruled out Jags goal at Stoke, which was correct decision and explained why he made decision. When it comes to tackles, decisions are completely inconsistent. Haaland tackles Mykolenko from behind while running at full speed, only gets yellow card, when he could of injured Mykolenko. Allan trips Newcastle player and gets sent off, when there was no intent to cause injury. Van Dyke should of been sent off for challenge on Onana. Refs are just making decisions based on what shirt a player is wearing.
What was this decision? Only just saw the the Lewis-Skelly red and that certainly isn't one of the worst in recorded history. CBA going back through the thread so apologies if it's something else.
lieneverton
Player Valuation: £20m
Ridiculous decision.
The overturning of it, that is.
The overturning of it, that is.
JLW
Player Valuation: £70m
Gone are the days of being arsed about clubs like that.
This is a new era!
12 points we take from them inbred mongrels next season if they come up.
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