I'd written it off days ago, just as I have Arsenal away and Liverpool at home, their need is greater than ours as they are after the title, we currently don't have players with that mentality. Sometimes you have to be realistic. We need to give it the full bollocks in games we should win.
Great referee (except the draw)
He is absolutely clueless , one of the worst refs I have ever seen.Great referee (except the draw)
Now over to someone who understands the intricacies of refereeing and is always supportive of their efforts. I give you @sirdennis
Their MO is to be pricks, can't complain too much because they do it to every top team they play. We saw what they did vs. United and except for Liverpool they've generally given Arsenal, City, Spurs, Ourselves chuntish fucking games.
A number of prerequisites to becoming a referee include blindness, incompetence, inconsistency, a lack of impartiality, a desire to become a 'celebrity', never having played the game, being clueless, not actually implementing the rules, ignoring new directives after a few games. All in the name of gaining a FIFA badge asap. Of course these days all of this can be achieved without even being on the pitch. Should any of these 'officials' desire a slightly lower profile position, there is always the 4th official option which is akin to being an officious, self righteous, untouchable manikin with comms whose sole purpose is to be a nodding dog to the referee and ensure coaches are sent to the stands and banned. Who would be a manager or a member of the backroom staff. Never mind the whole new game of remote 'assistants'. ....
I hope that is tongue in cheek about the XG.
So we were the worst team in each of the last five games because our xg was poor in each of the 5? Interesting take given we won two and drew one of those five with an injury/suspension/sickness list as long as your arm. We’d all like us to control games for 90 minutes but seriously who really gives a toss at this stage of the season as long as we continue to pick up points. It’s all about getting the job done surely.
Usually about 2 ish.
When he decides .
Injuries are a part of every football clubs season, the seasons have become long and hard and it's an unfortunate by-product of the amount of games they are being asked to perform in. Our injury/suspension woes have compounded the fatigue on certain leading players having to carry more of the load - both in terms of number of games played and additional load during games, resulting in some "less than stellar" performances of late. Not worried about it, just rationalising it in my own head.
Thought that was Emperor Mings. Unai is only a Sultan after all
Yep no easy games in this league even at full strength let alone with a depleted squad
