The Mailbox offers five reasons why Tottenham can not only win the title but go unbeaten while doing it. Also: Arsenal need Aaron Ramsdale's chaos; and send our refs to Europe...
The Mailbox offers five reasons why Tottenham can not only win the title but go unbeaten while doing it. Also: Arsenal need Aaron Ramsdale’s chaos; and send our refs to Europe…
2. No Europe or League Cup. The maximum number of games we can play this season is 45. Unlike our title rivals, keeping our squad fresh will not be a problem. Barring a poor run of luck with injuries we will be able to approach every game at full throttle. Ange always said that it would take a few months for Spurs’ players to get up to speed, and that there would be a few bumps in the road early on. Had those bumps been exploited, there’s no way we would be top of the League.James Maddison somehow looks like a gestalt entity of early 2000s Hollyoaks scallywags Max and OB.
I feel very lucky to have been able to follow United at a period when they truly spoilt me a kid with bragging rights, and even though times are lean now that is part of the journey, you can’t appreciate the mountains fully if you haven’t had to walk through he valleys to get there, nothing epitomized that more for me than the Busby Babes and what we achieved a decade later.
*One of the many players it’s just absolutely brilliant that United have used their owner’s immense wealth to bring to the Premier League, Sandro Tonali, came off the bench for the final 20 minutes. The result was beyond question at that point, but his involvement fits the theme of “dubious in light of accusations against them”. What happens to players in these situations is always a tricky one to sort out.
*During that Sunday game’s highlights on Match of the Day 2, Conor McNamara described Lucas Paqueta missing a chance by trying a spectacular volley due to his “Brazilian instinct”. For some reason that phrase seems more appropriate for one straight down the middle.Other, more erudite mailboxers, will discuss the various failings of VAR, but I want to suggest that it isn’t the technology but the way it is implemented and the lack of ANY accountability.
That being said I don’t think everton were ‘done over’ by bad refereeing. Konate was not the last man, matip was still back there and the counter was on the halfway line. Assuming everton made it past matip they still then had to do a one on one with the best one on one goalkeeper on the planet – hardly denying a goal scoring chance.In addition the ref DIDNT yellow card young for kicking the ball away earlier in the game so he should have been sent off earlier anyway.
Reading entries to F365’s mailbox over the last decade or two, it’s clear that player management is the key skill for a successful lower league referee. So many Sunday League referees refer to issues with irate players/coaches/fans/parents as key to their controlling of a match. Any referee who manages to get to Premier League level has to be able to ensure that contentious decisions don’t result in a total loss of control.
VAR seems shockingly amateur considering the otherwise professionally detailed intricacies of teams’ preparation for the game. I want to argue that PGMOL are choosing entirely the wrong people for the job, prioritizing an irrelevant skill by choosing retired referees. With this in mind, I also argue against choosing ex-professional footballers, unless they go through the same vetting process as new Video Assistant Referee applicants.
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