juv3nal wrote:Sorbicol wrote:By my calculations that means Manchester City should be getting deducted about 400 points from their 115 breaches.
As a Liverpool supporter, I'd be willing to listen to offers to bargain it down to 2 points retroactively for each of the 2018/19 and 2021/2022 seasons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They don’t need points deductions, they need to be stripped of all their titles and Cup victories, and then relegated down to the 2nd division, as per Rangers in Scotland and Juventus in Italy.
It is the only punishment you can give the likes of City and - potentially - Chelsea that has meaning. Of course the people to suffer the most are the fans, but there’s nothing else you can do to either City or Chelsea that they won’t just brush off.
It’ll accelerate the formation of a Superleague though.
Agreed football at the top level really is now so far removed from what it should be its depressing. I still enjoy watching the skill level at the upper echelon, but it must be very hard to be a 50/60 year length fan of say Man City and watch the soul be bored out of your club.
Agreed football at the top level really is now so far removed from what it should be its depressing. I still enjoy watching the skill level at the upper echelon, but it must be very hard to be a 50/60 year length fan of say Man City and watch the soul be bored out of your club.
As someone who lives in Newcastle and has seen first hand the impact of having a nation state buy your club, I regret to say that the mental gymnastic most fans are prepared to go through to justify their continued support - regardless of how long they've been supporting the club - is really rather depressing.
I would say that I don't begrudge them their current optimism however - given what they've been through in recent years it would be churlish otherwise, the fault lies with those allowing such people to buy the clubs in the first place.
“I’ve protected people for far too long. Far too long when I’m seeing things happen this season. Flatness in games at times and I’m wondering what’s going on? So much so that I’ve gone and reviewed every session that we’ve done since I came to this football club. I understand that people go outside of here but I need them to then be professional in what they’re doing, because the sessions are set up as if they’re going to go and rest. Get their adequate rest and hydration in and eat at the right times. I find out the players are on their computers for eight hours leading into matches. I’ve had to go and pay to speak to someone to say this is what’s happening to my players. It’s only this week they came back with: ‘They’re gaming.’ I was like: ‘They play games in training.’ I thought he meant that but no, they play on their Xboxes and PlayStations. I speak to boys and they’re spending, six, seven hours sat in one position, eyes fixed – glued – to a TV. Then they’re trying to go and play a match the next day. And you’re wondering why you can’t concentrate? Come on” – after a 3-1 defeat at home to Kelty Hearts left his team eighth in Scottish League One, Queen of the South manager Marvin Bartley rips into players’ gaming habits.
"After the wheel, the best invention is the PlayStation. Me against Nesta was a clasico of our time at Milanello. We'd get in early, have breakfast at 9 then close ourselves off in our room to challenge each other, train, have lunch and then it was back in our room again until 4 in the afternoon."
- Andrea Pirlo
Didn't seem to do him much harm...
I'm relatively certain, even without any training, I could probably have refereed this game between England and North Macedonia better than the Slovakian chap currently attempting to do so.
And they think Premier League referees are bad.
I'm not even watching and this may have been the worst international break in recent England memory, at least in terms of quality of football/watchability. Gracious.
They should've just had em' do a EA FC 24 tournament.
I'm not even watching and this may have been the worst international break in recent England memory, at least in terms of quality of football/watchability. Gracious.
They should've just had em' do a EA FC 24 tournament.
I think the players would have preferred that too, given nothing was resting on anything England were doing. It didn't half show.
I am also very displeased that Southgate kept Alexander-Arnold on for almost the whole of both games.
Congratulations to Italy for confirming that they'll defend their Euro title, and congrats to Scotland, who decided to mark their qualification with a fairly silly 3-3 draw with Norway.
Congratulations to Italy for confirming that they'll defend their Euro title, and congrats to Scotland, who decided to mark their qualification with a fairly silly 3-3 draw with Norway.
It was very silly, Scotland decided to join Queen’s Park this season in deciding to totally forget how to defend. To be fair it was very wet on Sunday which didn’t help.
A tiny claim to fame! The other day I replied to David Squires on twitter today his new cartoon. did indeed immortalise Brechins more horticultural way of marking the grounds perimeter. A fun discovery at lunch in work.
I miss the St. Albans tree. It used to be my second favourite sports tree, behind the Scary Tree at Snetterton.
Sadly, Storm Ciara blew the arms off the Scary Tree, so now it's just called Tree.
I miss the St. Albans tree. It used to be my second favourite sports tree, behind the Scary Tree at Snetterton.
Sadly, Storm Ciara blew the arms off the Scary Tree, so now it's just called Tree.
I love that it is very The Shining (book version)
Garnacho hits overhead kick. Was a solid strike and a beauty.
Everton fans raising over 40 grand, getting 35,000 people organised for a protest, and creating a bear pit atmosphere only to get the goal of the season dropped in them in about 150 seconds. Barclays.
A goal for each team, a penalty for each team. A pleasantly stupid PL game today.
.........I mean I'll take the three points. The punishment didn't fit the crime though.
.........I mean I'll take the three points. The punishment didn't fit the crime though.
I never complain when things fall my teams way, so long as you take the same attitude when it goes the other way of course…
There was a time when 3 penalties awarded in one game would be have been a massive talking point for months.
Now it's just another impact of VAR. Teams will start deliberately playing for them now, if they aren't already.
.........I mean I'll take the three points. The punishment didn't fit the crime though.
Gary O’Neill is not happy. The man has a point.
I thought PSG would come out with a reasonable 2-0 win. That's on me for forgetting that they are garbage this year.
EDIT: LOL THE HANDBALL RULES
EDIT v2: Yes, the prevailing opinion appears to be "what a total horsesh*t penalty." I haven't seen it yet (following on MbM in the office) but given how absurd the handball/penalty rules have become, I believe it.
WOOF.
Right now the handball rule is "if it strikes you anywhere on your hand to shoulder, regardless of the level of control the player has, it's a handball".
Which is beyond stupid. Newcastle very hard done by.
REal tough start to Onana's United career, huh?
Can we whisper that De Gea would've stopped some of those?
At least United are guaranteed entertainment though.
Yikes.
Every bounce going Arsenal's way. 5-0 at the half.
This Bellingham thing is continuing to be ridiculous.
My favourite part is that Joselu had missed so many chances that when he finally scored (Bellingham assist) he almost apologised to the crowd, asking forgiveness and didn't celebrate much and then Bellingham turned him back around and pushed him back to the crowd to go celebrate some more.
Just good teammate sh*t.
A good friend of mine - who clearly likes me better than I thought! - has offered me a spare ticket to tonight’s Newcastle v Manchester Utd game.
I’ll be full on Geordie tonight!
Enjoy, Sorb! What a great atmosphere that'll be.
Germany in the opening game you say? Simple… at least we avoided Italy in pot 4
Burnley needed that.
Sheffield are dross. Derby's record may be in jeopardy.
I assume we won't hear from Mr. Bismarck for a while, as they'll be pulling him off the ceiling after this.
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