Vidyoyo
The bad "V"
The ball doesn't dip as much anymore
5 years ago was 2019 my guy, Shearer retired before HDAlan Shearer has been a pundit on match of the day for 20 years but he only retired from football about 5 years ago. Therefore he must have analysed his own performances on motd.
I remember we gave away one against Liverpool in the Ole eraWhen was the last foul for a backpass given?
I remember we gave away one against Liverpool in the Ole era
This is probably a topic for its own thread but it makes me very pessimistic for the direction football (and other sports) are going.I know football is technically "better" in every way these days.
But you couldn't beat those proper 4-4-2 days in the mid 90s, where you'd have pacy wingers who actually tried to cross it on their strong foot, and actually had 2 strikers to hit.
Always makes me chuckle when internet fans have a go at superfit premier league players' physiques.
I'm not that pessimistic. What's predictable can be defended relatively easy, so there will always be a place for the unpredictable element. It's likely that over time it changes in which area and which way managers will allow their players to be creative, but creativity will always exist.This is probably a topic for its own thread but it makes me very pessimistic for the direction football (and other sports) are going.
I realize I'm going to come off as a complete Luddite, but anyway... Optimization is great in theory, but in practice it turns the game into a predictable and robotic affair, and removes the spontaneity, improvisation, and variety that make it special.
The worst part is, I think we're only scratching the surface currently, and the overall consequences of this "data & analytics revolution" won't be seen for another generation, at which point most top-level players will have been trained in this manner their entire lives.
I get the same feeling. I thought Madrid would win their shootout vs City. And then when Conventry missed 2 chances in extra time and had their goal disallowed, it felt inevitable United would win the pens.It seems to me that in Penalty shootouts, the teams that were dominant and missing the most chances in regulation time most time end up losing in shootouts
What the actual feck?Some Sunday League refs are fecking wankers, I made a save, sliding out, I got the ball and the striker booted me on the head. Ref gives them a penalty, saying it was "dangerous play".
At halftime I had seizure and conked out for about 20 minutes. Woke up with the paramedics, who took me to hospital where I am now, ref amd linos didn't even check to see if I was ok.
Wanker
Some Sunday League refs are fecking wankers, I made a save, sliding out, I got the ball and the striker booted me on the head. Ref gives them a penalty, saying it was "dangerous play".
At halftime I had seizure and conked out for about 20 minutes. Woke up with the paramedics, who took me to hospital where I am now, ref amd linos didn't even check to see if I was ok.
Wanker
Jesus Christ. That poor kid has probably had his career ended before it even began, but the thug who injured him didn’t even get punished. He doesn’t just deserve a red card, he deserves a black card. Reminds of Moreno injuring Shaw back in September 2015.In a cup game I played in last season we had a 16-year-old in midfield. Big lump of a midfielder on the other team sprints in and hits him with two feet off the ground.
Leg snapped, was in a full leg cast for months, has had three surgeries since and his leg is now full of metal. He's not played since and might never play again.
Ref didn't even book the guy who did it, but we were forced down to 10-men as we couldn't make any more subs.
Crystal Palace are terrible for 90% of every season but have upticks in form just in time for each game against Utd, before going back to being terrible again.
This 100%, no idea whyEze is French, Olise is English.
Eze and Olise is actually one person.
Eze is French, Olise is English.
You’re telling me this isn’t the case?Eze is French, Olise is English.
Oh yeah?The balder the referee, the better the referee.
Example; Pierluigi Collina - couldn't possibly be any balder. Cuneyt Cakir in 2013 - full head of hair.
Shaving your head doesn't count, as proven by Paul Tierney.
Oh yeah?