"I could be curmudgeonly and say that all this orchestration, the smoke, flags, displays, entrance music and flamethrowers aren’t for me. I’d rather go back to the days of Hurricane Smith and spontaneous viscerality, but then again I’d also like to go out for the night and bring home change from a five pound note, and get my hair back into the bargain. Neither of those are going to happen either, so may as well accept that this is modern football and make the best of it."One of the best pieces of writing on football all seasonCongratulations Sir
Excellent read as ever and thanks for all the other's this season. Brighton's "offside" goal was strange. I was more or less in line and there's no doubt in my mind it should not have stood.Equally strange is the Brighton fans, I mean those I've read on sm, who have the ref down as an absolute cheat in our favour. I guess we can all be biased when it comes to our favourite football team but some of the comments are laughable. Still, Europe here we come so onwards and upwards. If Unai can inspire our current squad to such high standards it's going to be one helluva ride when he's doing it with players of an even higher grade.
Quote from: The Edge on May 30, 2023, 02:45:30 PMExcellent read as ever and thanks for all the other's this season. Brighton's "offside" goal was strange. I was more or less in line and there's no doubt in my mind it should not have stood.Equally strange is the Brighton fans, I mean those I've read on sm, who have the ref down as an absolute cheat in our favour. I guess we can all be biased when it comes to our favourite football team but some of the comments are laughable. Still, Europe here we come so onwards and upwards. If Unai can inspire our current squad to such high standards it's going to be one helluva ride when he's doing it with players of an even higher grade. I thought the ref was terrible for both teams and literally didn't put a foot right all game. Didn't give fouls when he should, gave fouls for perfectly good tackles, gave out pathetic yellows and didn't book players who deserved it. And how was their backpass not given as a backpass? It was a deliberate kick straight back to the keeper who picked it up.
Quote from: Risso on May 30, 2023, 03:32:51 PMQuote from: The Edge on May 30, 2023, 02:45:30 PMExcellent read as ever and thanks for all the other's this season. Brighton's "offside" goal was strange. I was more or less in line and there's no doubt in my mind it should not have stood.Equally strange is the Brighton fans, I mean those I've read on sm, who have the ref down as an absolute cheat in our favour. I guess we can all be biased when it comes to our favourite football team but some of the comments are laughable. Still, Europe here we come so onwards and upwards. If Unai can inspire our current squad to such high standards it's going to be one helluva ride when he's doing it with players of an even higher grade. I thought the ref was terrible for both teams and literally didn't put a foot right all game. Didn't give fouls when he should, gave fouls for perfectly good tackles, gave out pathetic yellows and didn't book players who deserved it. And how was their backpass not given as a backpass? It was a deliberate kick straight back to the keeper who picked it up. I can't remember the last time I saw one given, but it's funny as the day before I was watching footage of Bayern stealing the title about 20 years ago, scoring from an indirect free kick after a backpass was picked up by the keeper, and this was more obvious.