All 3 were pens. I agree the first one is soft, but it’s still a trip from stepping on his foot and is a foul anywhere else on the pitch. He brought the player down and didn’t win the ball, idk how there’s so much debate about it just bc Wolves largely played well and Fulham largely played poorly so the result seems skewed.
So much preoccupation with size, trying to redefine and classify what’s big and what isn’t. As long as it does the job it doesn’t matter how big yours or anyone else’s club is.
I forgot the rules say it’s okay to trip someone as long as get a toe on the ball yourself.
I reckon it will be a stalemate for the first hour, Sess will come on in the 2nd half and score, then celebrate right in front of me and I’ll screenshot it on MOTD and have it made into a canvas of Bryan, Cairney and Sess hugging with me cheering before they get a late equalizer.
I’ve always felt that too many occasions don’t merit a free shot on goal from 12yds. Like a foul near the edge of the box when there’s 5+ defenders between them and the goal. I think the occasions aren’t specific enough to merit the change, but it would be ideal imo to see those instances become direct free kicks inside the box instead, allowing a wall since there were defenders there when the infringement occurred.
I wonder if chelsea fans also hate how he ruined the English commentary of that Torres goal against Barca with his “goalgasm”.
That’s all I can think of regarding him on commentary. As a pundit, it’s nearly impossible to talk about United without coming off as whinging, especially when tasked with it weekly.
I do enjoy the overlap show bc they talk about a lot of guys like Schmeichel, Beckham, Saha Cantona who I’ve never had anything against and I’m a sucker for footy nostalgia. It’s been more about the people and less strictly United the team or club.
Quite surprised to see Rooney v Newcastle and Rooney v City, but not Rooney’s first goal vs Arsenal. They show that before every match now in USA, to celebrate 20 years of broadcasting the epl.
Also Ronaldo vs Pompey, iirc that was the first of his unique Free Kick strategy.
The Fulham vs Palace game where Kasami scored his Worldie also featured a top class volley from Steve Sidwell. Free kick hit the wall bounced down to him, half volley right into the top corner.
They’re Fulham’s first 2 goals. https://youtu.be/qxyc-P5WHlk?si=fcR9bQs09R1qEToP
Tbf even the big media organizations dedicated to talking about football for entertainment are equally bad.
I miss the days of talkSport where Peterborough and Northampton Town fans would call in moaning or talking up their side or moaning about how bad their lower league footy was that day. Since moving to the states I get way better epl coverage but also miss the soccer Saturday where I’d see updates from “rubbish” teams bc they still mattered.
But overall, idk the last time I heard anyone have an intelligent convo about footy. Sometimes there’s good analysis, but it’s something objective.
Manu Petit for cooking, Jimmy Bullard for jokes, and Luis Boa Morte bc he has the most amazing smile.
Pajtim Kasami arguably scored the best goal ever, and was at best bang average.
I don’t think history nor tradition is a good metric for who should be winning either. Idgaf about Preston North End getting into the prem bc of their history. I’d be equally happy or indifferent for hashtag Utd to get up there.
I have no in depth understanding but I could see City being stripped of a few titles in a few years when nobody cares about who won the league 10 years ago so there’s less fuss about them being stripped or re-awarding it.
Fulham, so you can follow the path of Canada’s next great start, Luc de Fougerolles, affectionately nicknamed “fig rolls” by our fan base.
Arsene Wenger wants to change the schedule to make it 3 weeks of straight of internationals so we have only 1 break. Idk if it’s better or worse.
Who’s next? Conte hasn’t been there yet, Big Sam is mates with Fergie, Steve McLaren is the current assman.
I’m led to believe that if Potter takes another job he stops getting his chelsea salary, so that rules him out imo.
Definitely seems in hindsight they were always set up more defensively and too comfortable to rely on him for moments of magic. Maybe if they’d played more on the front foot they could have maximized his use, won more matches 3-2 instead of 1-0.
World class would mean he’d start for City, imo. He wouldn’t even start for Fulham.
There’s a difference between diving or faking and exaggerating, do they both merit the same punishment?
Imagine kicking a chair on accident, you can’t do anything but wince in agony for a few seconds. A lot of these incidents where someone is really hurt for 5-10 seconds and then gets up are more like that than faking. Even guys who go down with cramps when they’re 1-0 up in the 95th minute, there’s no way to determine if it’s legit or not.