Strangely enough, all the red shirts cannot play without following through on a player or man handling them to the ground. Hence this year's introduction by the PL to 'toughen up' football and allow more contact.
They should rename the game Rugby.That was introduced immediately after Haaland's first season after he bullied defenders that year. It was trialled in the last few games of the season, and then formalised for the following season.
A desperate and very obvious strategy to stop him scoring so many. Now everyone is doing it to everyone else. Ridiculous. As always, an "interpretation" introduced for the wrong reason gets abused and makes a mockery of the game.
The club should be calling it out also but we just seem to accept things against usIt doesn't help when tv shows replays of holand holding Haaland with both arms and twat Neville just laughing about it. Fast forward and Neville is trying to claim a dodgy penalty for rags.
Pundits should be calling the holding out
And that's precisely where both the problem and the solution lie. What's abundantly clear is that challenges committed in the penalty area - otherwise interpreted as fouls - receive lenient treatment by referees in comparison to those elsewhere on the pitch. If referees were to apply consistency such that a foul is recognised for what it is, and penalised equally regardless of where is occurs, the penalty box wrestling matches would soon be a thing of the past.Holding at corners is ridiculous it real is rugby on Haaland.
But the holding by Maguire in the building up was pissing me off.
People moaning that Haaland didn't make a run etc but Haaland couldn't !
I notice on one attack down the wing you could see Haaland at the bottom of the screen trying to ger Maguire of him. It was in the box so a clear penalty again.
It's not an excuse for our form but if the fouls are given it frees Haaland up to cause chaos. At the moment rugby tackling Haaland seems to be allowed.
Any clips of this?Why is this not a foul ?
The holding of Haaland seems to be of the scale this season.
In the first half it was a clear penalty by the rags centre forward. Than in general play Maguire was holding him in the build up play. This was stopping Haaland make a run.
It seems when Haaland uses his strength he is penalised.
Much the same thing happened to Dzeko.Why is this not a foul ?
The holding of Haaland seems to be of the scale this season.
In the first half it was a clear penalty by the rags centre forward. Than in general play Maguire was holding him in the build up play. This was stopping Haaland make a run.
It seems when Haaland uses his strength he is penalised.
Can understand your point of view.If I was Haaland I'd be raking studs down shins and throwing the odd 'accidental' elbow behind me.