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Discussion in 'England' started by Marcho Gamgee, Apr 12, 2018.

  1. Fireburn47

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  4. horrisengleton

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    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England

    This transfer strategy might've worked for them in the lower leagues but it won't work in the Championship. Very stupid use of resources.
     
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    This is quite some story.
     
  8. Marcho Gamgee

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    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    I don’t even know where to begin with this! I get that it’s obviously an horrible tragedy but this was 25 years ago. Is this so outrageous that a kid of a Leeds player wore a Gala shirt? Never realised that this was still a really big issue considering how long ago it was.
     
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  9. Fireburn47

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    For Leeds fans it’s extremely offensive, Equivalent of someone winding up a Man United player with a negative Munich Air crash reference or a Liverpool player with a negative Hillsborough reference.
     
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  11. LUFCGGRAY

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    England
    Aug 12, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    It’s a complex issue involving Ampadu and herself - purposely posting that knowing it would get backlash towards Ampadu. The reason the club is so hated by Leeds fans is how Galatasaray reacted to the incident.
     
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  13. lanman

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    Aug 30, 2002
    Brian Glanville has passed away. One of the true greats of football journalism and writing.
     
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  14. Fireburn47

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    #2389 Fireburn47, May 17, 2025
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    Arsene Wenger's radical plan to change the offside law may end up being ditched because of fears it could have too drastic an impact on the way football is played. (The Times)

    https://www.thetimes.com/sport/foot...radical-offside-reforms-doubt-trial-g68bmlsc8

    Arsène Wenger’s radical plan to change the offside law may end up being ditched because of fears it could have too drastic an impact on the way football is played.

    Wenger, the Fifa global development chief, has set up trials in youth tournaments where there has to be clear daylight between the torsos of attacker and defender for offside to be given. However, the former Arsenal manager admitted at the Fifa Congress in Asunción this week that he had some worries about the data that has come back from the trials.

    The International FA Board, which oversees the laws of football, will make a decision in March on what happens next, but it looks increasingly likely that any changes will have to be watered down.

    Victor Montagliani, a Fifa vice-president who runs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean, said the trials needed to ensure that matches did not become ultra-defensive or, at the other extreme, end in crazy scorelines.

    “They have done one test and I don’t think the results of that were great,” Montagliani said. “If we want to change the offside rule it needs to be thoroughly tested because it could significantly change a game in terms of tactics.

    Are teams just going to bunker down because they can’t play a high line? Or is it going to mean a lot more goals?

    “Maybe I’m an old-school guy but you don’t want a striker popping six goals in the Manchester derby when previously three-quarters of his body would have been offside. Let’s really study it before we make a decision.”
     
  15. lanman

    lanman BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 30, 2002
    Goals per game are at good enough levels that there's no real argument that they need to be significantly increased by changing offside.
    Wenger's plan does nothing for the problems with offside & VAR - it just shifts the point at which you measure. Better to sort out how it is managed via VAR.
     
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  16. Fireburn47

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    A trans Pacific World Cup wouid be bonkers.
     
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  17. horrisengleton

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    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Because of the ever-increasing costs and infrastructure demands involved in hosting a World Cup, plus whatever behind closed doors payments FIFA officials command, we're going to reach a stage where either the USA or a Middle Eastern petrostate are involved in the hosting of the majority of future World Cups. Bleak.
     
  18. Fireburn47

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    Nov 5, 2021
    The bubble will burst someday. And either it won’t be financially viable and/or a schism within global football with rival bodies.
     
  19. Fireburn47

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    Liverpool get their homegrown replacement for Trent.
     
  20. BarryfromEastenders

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    Jul 6, 2008
    Maybe I’ve not seen enough of him but feels like a real downgrade from Trent.
     
  21. horrisengleton

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    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I think the Frimpong signing might signal a change of system for Liverpool. He's absolutely not a RB in a back four, he'd get pretty crushed in the PL imo. If people think Trent was shaky defensively then he'll take things to a new level. I think Liverpool might use him as a winger to let Salah come in a bit more centrally.
     
  22. Marcho Gamgee

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    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Now Southampton are down, they now start Harwood-Bellis and Wood together for the first time (?). Maybe going to be their starting centre backs in the Championship next season to try and get them straight back into the Premier League. Guess it depends on who they bring in as manager.
     
  23. lanman

    lanman BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 30, 2002
    Think a PL club may take a punt on Harwood-Bellis. Maybe one of the promoted clubs - back to Burnley?
     
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  24. horrisengleton

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    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Good shout tbf. I'm not massive on THB personally but I can see that one happening.
     
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  25. Fireburn47

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