All this talk of " Earned not Bought " is a nonsense too. Clubs usually had investment in order to compete, going back decades. Some clubs prefer though to ignore this part of their " history " and get together to change or make up rules to stop others from having similar opportunities. United hadn't won the league for the best part of three decades when they spent a fortune.
Jon "fatty" Moss also, but I'm not sure he's actually cognizant of it....just 4 strides behind every play.There are some on here who already do this. Others I'd advise you to watch the positioning of certain referees in our games.
They seem very adept in obstructing passing lanes.
OliVAR is a **** for this.
It goes all the way back to John Henry Davies and James W Gibson at United. These clubs bang on about " history " but it's only the carefully edited version they want to talk about.am with you on that and liverpool so called golden history of the 1970s/80s was backed by littlewoods pools
money from football alone never wins titles or cups just ask peter swales when he took loans on pre-season tickets sales and on the ground (maine road) or training site for the next 5 years to banks for loans ?
A few years ago the FA announced anyone caught diving would get a retrospective ban. I believe only 1 pla yer in the Championship has ever been done for thisWe heard all about the " rules" regarding FFP and City yet rules regarding diving are consistently ignored.
I think it was Mike Dean. But it was last season I believePretty sure there was one. I can't recall who but I sure i remember the ref looking at the monitor and keeping his decision. Think it was this season, could be wrong
I think a Villa player was booked for simulation against United, last season or the season before? Villa were looking like getting back in to the game and rather than give a penalty the referee suddenly remembered there was a rule about simulation and booked the Villa player instead. A goal for Sheffield United against Villa was also ruled out, despite a photo showing the goalkeeper and the ball clearly and obviously behind the post, also benefitting United because they were competing with Sheffield for a top four place. Hawkeye was supposedly not working for the first time ever. Much like VAR was thought not to be working at Anfield when the referee missed three penalties for City, two handballs and a shove in the back. There seems to be a common denominator with these anomalies, they all seem to benefit certain teams in red.A few years ago the FA announced anyone caught diving would get a retrospective ban. I believe only 1 pla yer in the Championship has ever been done for this
It was similar with infringment also. I think at the beginning when the rule was introduced a few years ago Raheem Sterling gave away a penalty for a slight tug on an opposition player. Then that rule was forgotten about too, there have been several incidents where a United player has grappled an opposition player and it has been ignored, against Chelsea, Brighton and Arsenal. I think it was the same player and it was just waived away each time. I remember a Spurs player at the beginning of a season a few years ago wrestling Rodrigo to the ground in the box and it was waived away, the decision was later explained as a " dive". Later in the same game a Spurs player grabbed hold of Aymeric Laportes wrist and the ball maybe brushed his wrist, there was nothing " clear and obvious " about it, but they looked on VAR and found a way to rule out the winning goal by Gabriel Jesus at the end of the game. So they looked so closely that they saw the handball but " missed" the infringment where the Spurs player was gripping the same " offending" wrist. Decisions much like last weekend.A few years ago the FA announced anyone caught diving would get a retrospective ban. I believe only 1 pla yer in the Championship has ever been done for this