That would have been quite a dressing room
Chiellini and Bonucci
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
Point at hand to my post above. You're balling all shirt pulls into a bunch. They are categorically not the same. If horse collaring was a regular thing, there would soon be serious injuries resulting from them on a football pitch. And worse for kids who have no clue how to break their fall or instinctively plant themselves correctly.
Why?Please stop saying horse collar.
First of all, you'd have to collate a number of incidents like what Chiellini did. Can you do that?
It’s an American Football term.
Feel free to keep using it on American Football forums, obviously.
Chiellini is a free agent now
People get pulled down by their shirts all the time. Maybe not as aggressively (though we've seen people have their shirts ripped) but it's still all within the realms of shirt pulling
The onus here is to prove that there's precedent for a shirt pull to be a sending off... Which there simply isn't.
1) there is no onus
2) youre seeking a precedent, precedents are themselves a starting point
If you went on REFs forum, the majority are saying its a red card offense, some say the only reason a red wasnt given was because its a final. It seems in REFs minds this is a red card precedent.
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I would love to see this.
Things I learned wtih this thread: Saka is a horse.
I'd have given two yellows for that. One for the foul and another for unsporting conduct.
Great. Since this definitely happened and is not made up, perhaps you can share some of the arguments the refs make for why it was a red card offence?
Sign him up to backup Maguire and Varane?
or maybe a back 3
Varane----Chiellini--------Maguire
that would be awesome
Hilarious - and perfectly executed. Good strong fabric in those England shirts. Wonder if teams start to design papery shirts that leave the last ditch guys with a handful of fabric? I guess Adidas wouldn’t go for it?
Came to say that Chiellini should probably retire from international football, go out at the top but didn’t realise the World Cup is so close by.
And what on Earth is a horse collar in football.
And what on Earth is a horse collar in football.
It was a joy to watch them in action. Classic defending. You could see them cheer for each other and celebrate every clearance and tackle. Great case study for leadership skills as well.
Eat pasta
He was great on the ball and defended like a hero. Also that professional foul was as good as it gets. I dunno how he could have done it better.
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(Great troll) very funny
aye. i remember walking in on the milkman trolling my mother like that one time.
Scarface impression obviously.
Can’t forget this great moment Chiellini gave us