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  1. 1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

    big difference between city,utd and real madrid,the latter two are huge global giant clubs and they don`t need to resort to cooking the books,city could win 20 titles and 20 european cups and they still would`nt be half as big

    I'd posit that City are now a bigger club than United. Depends how you measure it. United will have a bigger turnover, but City will win now more trophies for the foreseeable future. Personally, I think trophies are more important than turnover. 

  2. Last season Trafford played for Bolton. In their semi final with Accrington in the EFL cup, Trafford barrelled out of his area and completely went through a Stanley player, Liam Coyle. Never mind a free kick, booking or whatever, he should have been interviewed by the Police. Coyle sufferers facial fractures and was out for months. Trafford thinks he's above the law and that everything should be in his favour. Tiny little touch and he goes over, but as far as he's concerned he clutter everyone else. Disgraceful.

  3. On 21/11/2023 at 06:29, dingles staying down 4ever said:

    Somebody has already mentioned Nicky Reid. I remember Vinnie Jones trying to intimedate Reid early in a game only for Reid leave Jones in pain while attempting to slide tackle Reid at shin height

    Whenever I mention this nobody seems to recall it, so I'm pleased that I didn't imagine it. I always thought Reid was hard, but fair. However, when someone crossed the line Reid wouldn't have it. Jones had proper kicked Reid a couple of times, so when Reid had the opportunity he put one on Jones. My recollection is that Jones was pointing and swearing to try to intimidate Reid, but Reid went for him. Jones proper backtracked. 

    I always thought Andy Todd was a similar style hard man. Hard, but fair. If you crossed the line, though, he'd literally kick your the backside.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRzk181_wd8

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  4. 12 hours ago, arbitro said:

    We lost out on the playoffs through goal difference which was exacerbated by some woeful time keeping towards the end of the season. I remember a few occasions when JDT quite rightly ranted about insufficient time being added. The score shouldn't be an influence in league games, cup game are different. I also understand that one of the considerations here was the betting markets (don't shoot the messenger about this 😂).

    Your example is a good one but sadly there will be some collateral damage here. The real issue is that the authorities didn't deal with it years ago when it first crept in. It has been allowed to fester and now strong measures have to be brought in to reel it back.

    Yes, if there is something in issue that is beyond just that game then the game should be played fully. If it's a blanket directive then that removes the possibility of error in this regard. Really good point that I hadn't thought of. 

    I still think a 'ball in play' clock is the best way to stop injury time-wasters. Difficult to implement going down the leagues, but each league would have to cut their cloth as best they could.

  5. On 15/07/2023 at 12:32, arbitro said:

    Although there is nothing official yet I have been reliably informed that all match officials have been instructed to add on all the time lost during a match irrespective of how much there is. Even if the score is 6-0 the appropriate amount of time has to be added. Officials have also been told that if a player requires treatment on the pitch he has to go off and not allowed to return for thirty seconds which will be timed by the fourth official. This in particular has become farcical over the years as players are waved straight back on after having had treatment. I think these are really progressive moves as time wasting has become a real issue in my view with some teams having it down to a fine art.

    Hopefully it will be applied consistently.

    Real life situations are not always straightforward. 

    If the score is 6-0 does every second really need to be played?

    The player leaving the field but was all a bit of a farce to start with (brought in for USA 94 ISTR). They'd didn't want players being treated on the pitch as it slowed the game down (which is a US gripe about football), so they had to leave the pitch for treatment. All sounds reasonable on paper. But, you don't know how injured the player is. It could be dangerous to move them. Treatment performed in the pitch anyway and turns out player is ok. They then have to perform the pointless pantomime of leaving the pitch and coming back on, which wasn't why the rule was brought in, but that seems to have been forgotten.

    To provide a scenario. Rovers player down injured after bad tackle from Burnley player. Burnley player booked. Rovers player has to stay off pitch for 30 seconds (ordinarily the ref can show a bit of common sense and wave him back on immediately, but not under the new rules). Burnley score whilst playing against the 10 men. How is that fair?

    Maybe change it so that player doesn't have to go off and/or stay off if he's been fouled?

    If this is a measure to stop time wasting, I favour a 'ball in play' clock. 

    Sorry to jump in and waffle on, but you've stumbled on to a pet peeve of mine!

     

  6. 17 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

    City seemingly close to signing Kovacic and Rice it seems.

    The Kovacic one makes sense in that you can see him just filling in for Gundogan who is leaving, albeit maybe not quite as effective.

    I wonder where Rice will play. They play 3 centre backs and 2 holding midfielders, one who is Rodri and one who is Stones, both very good on the ball. Will Rice dislodge Stones because I am not convinced he is that type of player, or play where Gundogan did next to De Bruyne? 

    Rice will start as a defensive midfielder for a few months, but his minutes will slowly tail off and he will then be slotted in next to, or replacing, Kalvin Phillips.

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  7. 4 hours ago, ben_the_beast said:

    I like Big Sam. He's great entertainment. You know he was saying it for a reaction and a bit tongue in cheek, however you'd be naive to say there isn't a small part of him that believes that statement. 

    To be fair to him, his record has stood the test of time but he has become synonymous with a certain brand of football and being the relegation escape artist of football. I'd have loved to have seen him given a good crack at managing an elite club to try and back up some of his bluster. I think he'd have failed miserably, but it would have been great to watch. 

    I think England would have won a tournament by now had Big Sam stayed in charge.

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  8. 13 minutes ago, DE. said:

    There were the same comments when UEFA tried to do this. City will be able to hire the most expensive lawyers available and drag this out for years, scrutinising every word to the finest of details. Much like with UEFA, my guess is that they burn through a ton of cash in legal fees but ultimately get off the hook, or with a slapped wrist. 

    Presumably they will do a deal. Agree a record fine of, say, £50 million. City hand over the money from loose change they've found down the back of the sofa.

  9. I think there was a game where his distribution was unusually awfully and he came off at half time? Turned out he'd had a clash of heads and had double vision for the rest of the half, but didn't want to come off so hadn't told anyone.

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  10. 3 hours ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

    Just had a goog! He actually played 41 games for us at left back between 91-93!! guessing he was back up for alan wright then or something? Anyway I'm sure the slightly older members here will have remembered him

    I initially went Anthony Dobson? Who the hell is that? I then thought the only Dobson I remember is Tony Dobson, at which point my brain caught up.

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  11. 20 hours ago, Upside Down said:

    So the notion of an English person working for a Spanish club hasn’t crossed your mind then.

    Good to know your racial profiling skills are still pretty sharp though. 

    That was a joke by the way...

    Johnny Foreigner staying over there giving us their jobs...

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  12. On 09/10/2022 at 18:34, J*B said:

    Arteta is a fantastic manager, by the way. Arsenal where a shambles and had been for years before he took over. He’s had great backing, but has got all the decisions right. Martinelli, Jesus, Odegaard, Saka, Smith Rose, Saliba, Ramsdale all have come on brilliantly. Ramsdale should be England No1 for me. 

    Time will tell, but I've got a feeling that Arsenal will finish roundabout where they finished last season. The London-centric journalists have gone into overdrive because Arsenal are going through a purple patch and are top. Their sticky patch will come. They'll probably blame it on the world cup of something, whilst the real top teams will keep winning.

    I should caveat this with the fact that I don't watch much Premier League football!

  13. 18 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

    Mark Warburton has joined West Ham coaching staff

     

     

    Who has alligator skin wallpaper? Weird.

    Edit - sorry, forgot the Sullivan and Gold connection. Would be weird if they _didn't_ have alligator skin wallpaper!

  14. 4 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

    ££££££££££, no other reason.

    To play 4 competitive games at the end of a long season is greed at its finest.

    Players are disposable serfs, well paid ones but serfs nonetheless.

    I think these nations league fixtures are unnecessary and I think that the players should get some time off. 

    As an aside, I think serf is the wrong word for the players in this instance though. I think these players live a life the rest of us can only dream of, which isn't the life of a serf.  But I don't think that takes anything away from the validity of your point in principle.

  15. On 19/05/2022 at 13:25, Hasta said:

    No. However we are not as important to the funding and dynamic of the English league system as Rangers are to Scotland.

    If Rangers ceased to exist, how long would it be before there was a serious challenger to Celtics dominance. If you think the interest, TV rights funding and sponsorship of Scottish football is low now, imagine it in that situation,

    After Rangers were devoted Kevin Bridges, the comedian, commented that Scottish football was traditionally a two horse race, but that they'd lost a horse so now it's show-jumping.

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  16. 2 hours ago, longsiders1882 said:

    Honestly prior to the leveraged buy out, when we had 60 million in the bank etc I won’t say I’d have welcomed relegation as you only ever want the team to succeed but a huge art of me would enjoy being back in the Championship cut and thrust. With the buyout though I worry about our future. We could easily be another Bury in a few seasons time. Or the owners might prove themselves to be astute and here for the long haul and steer us well but I just don’t see that as likely at all.

    I think once these shysters bought Burnley relegation and financial problems were inevitable. For all the good work your board have done over the years, they've now sold you up the river. 

    As to the cut and thrust of the championship, as compared to the premiership, you've got to be in it to win it. Rovers and Leicester are both examples of what can happen when the stars align. I also think that Dyche, with good (not great) financial backing, could build a side that qualified regularly for Europe.

    Similarly, I'd love to see a side back Allardyce properly and see how far he could go. 

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