I mean, I’m not saying that there was any corruption or explicit instruction to give them a penalty, but even the minor thought that a certain club’s state-owners might pay me/hire me more often can be incredibly enticing.
I mean, I’m not saying that there was any corruption or explicit instruction to give them a penalty, but even the minor thought that a certain club’s state-owners might pay me/hire me more often can be incredibly enticing.
Does anyone else find it ridiculous that a Manchester United fan tries to find a tenuous reason why their team were beaten by a vastly superior one?
A goal disrupts the game and rhythm. When the opponent gets one of the softest penalty calls at your home ground in a derby right before half time when the score is 0-0. United played okay up until that goal. After that, the manager goes in at half time and tells them that they can’t sit back and wait for a mistake. Every player starts presides higher and that’s when the defense gets isolated, because the midfielders won’t track back and because they are tired. The manager made poor substitutions that killed the game. In the second half, the fullbacks were both isolated in 2V1s and that’s how they scored the two goals. After that, Man City the best possession side in the world just had to keep the ball. Combine that with our poor pressung and emotional outbursts from players we were destroyed.
No, actually. I haven’t got a horse in that particular race but it’s clearly a conflict of interest.
Eh, I was pretty sure we were gonna get beaten. This is about more than a single match, or even a single decision. This is about the integrity of the Prem
you are seriously suggesting the VAR team was bribed here
get a grip
They were soundly beaten by possibly the best team in the world.
Did pep cheat to become a generational talent as a manager? NO
Did the city players cheat to become as good as they are? NO
Was that team assembled unfairly by breaking FFP rules? QUITE POSSIBLY.
Are the refs biased toward city? IT LOOKS BAD THAT THEY WORK FOR CITY’S OWNERS.
In a game of fine margins, any advantages count.
Funny how cheating allegations seem to follow pep around though isn’t it.
wasn’t such a clever statement to make it twice
Funny how cheating seems to follow pep around though isn’t it.
“Was that team assembled unfairly by breaking FFP rules? QUITE POSSIBLY.”
which has so little to do with why United were soundly beaten today
Erm actually:
yes - he’s a drug cheat that was at the centre of bribing referees for a decade
as above, they play for a drug cheat with a long history of bribing managers
Yes. The COAS found them guilty but let them off on the basis that the offences were time barred.
quite obviously. There’s literally no other reason to be paying the worst referees in Europe (according to UEFA and FIFA)
Alleged drug cheat*
Not saying you’re wrong but never proven soundly.
Yes he was.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/23/newsstory.sport6
https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/barcelona/on-this-day/feature/otd-guardiola-fails-second-drug-test_186390.html
I expect nothing less from this sub
pointing our reality offends them
and its why United continue to be a shit show