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7 hours ago, Pata said:


I don’t think there’s much wrong with Italian football. :dontknow:
 

PL has more money but Serie A is really competitive.

Apart from the constant corruption and fear that something similar will blow up. A lot of good teams can have Championship players in their squads, some have highlighted Juventus above, wasn’t long ago Inter had a player who was average for Cardiff amongst their ranks.

Most of the stadiums need to be replaced.

Serie A has a lot of potential with massive clubs in it, but they do need an overhaul.

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Late comment on the Villa game. There was an incident where Zaniolo went down after a challenge, which led to a promising West Ham counter attack. He was clutching his head but the ref was pretty sure he was faking it, and let play go on. However, he realised that he didn't have much choice and ended up stopping play eventually. The replay showed that there had been no head contact at all - Zaniolo was just trying to get the game stopped. The ref made sure he served his full half-minute on the touchline.

 

A player who's had serious head contact doesn't roll around twitching away like Zaniolo was doing. The ref had got it right, but the way the rules are now written, it gives players the ability to cheat in that way. As the commentators were saying, it's creeping in more and more into the game.

 

A possible answer is to review incidents like that after the match, and issue a 4 match suspension if the player has been found to be faking. There has to be a deterrent like that because we can't ask refs to take the risk.

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Just now, Cronky said:

Late comment on the Villa game. There was an incident where Zaniolo went down after a challenge, which led to a promising West Ham counter attack. He was clutching his head but the ref was pretty sure he was faking it, and let play go on. However, he realised that he didn't have much choice and ended up stopping play eventually. The replay showed that there had been no head contact at all - Zaniolo was just trying to get the game stopped. The ref made sure he served his full half-minute on the touchline.

 

A player who's had serious head contact doesn't roll around twitching away like Zaniolo was doing. The ref had got it right, but the way the rules are now written, it gives players the ability to cheat in that way. As the commentators were saying, it's creeping in more and more into the game.

 

A possible answer is to review incidents like that after the match, and issue a 4 match suspension if the player has been found to be faking. There has to be a deterrent like that because we can't ask refs to take the risk.


5 min changing room check would soon stop the fakers.

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5 hours ago, RodneyCisse said:


5 min changing room check would soon stop the fakers.

 

Would encourage some players to try and avoid checks, which you don't want. There's no easy solution other than to have a word with the players to encourage them to stop being cunts.

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9 hours ago, Cronky said:

Late comment on the Villa game. There was an incident where Zaniolo went down after a challenge, which led to a promising West Ham counter attack. He was clutching his head but the ref was pretty sure he was faking it, and let play go on. However, he realised that he didn't have much choice and ended up stopping play eventually. The replay showed that there had been no head contact at all - Zaniolo was just trying to get the game stopped. The ref made sure he served his full half-minute on the touchline.

 

A player who's had serious head contact doesn't roll around twitching away like Zaniolo was doing. The ref had got it right, but the way the rules are now written, it gives players the ability to cheat in that way. As the commentators were saying, it's creeping in more and more into the game.

 

A possible answer is to review incidents like that after the match, and issue a 4 match suspension if the player has been found to be faking. There has to be a deterrent like that because we can't ask refs to take the risk.

 

VAR check while game goes on, call the ref over, yellow card for simulation

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10 minutes ago, Ben said:

So Gary O'Neil is a better pundit than both Neville and Carragher combined, great insight into how his training drills are put onto the pitch 

Was going to mention this - has Karen Carney been binned permanently from MNF? 

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12 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Why have they got Maddison ranked 1st with 5 assists? Neto and Trippier have 6.

Same Sky that had an image of the top half of the table with Liverpool shown in 11th.

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2 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Mitro absolutely fucked Fulham over like, Vinicius and Jimenez possibly worst striking options in the league? 
 

They look well organised and stuff but it must be demoralising when they carry such little threat in their strikers.


Still finish comfortably mid-table you’d think plus they’ll probably get someone in Jan.

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2 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Mitro absolutely fucked Fulham over like, Vinicius and Jimenez possibly worst striking options in the league? 
 

They look well organised and stuff but it must be demoralising when they carry such little threat in their strikers.


Was just thinking the same watching their attack go to shit as they enter the final 3rd.

 

That’s some goal by Son, class strike.

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