I think the current application of rules is very fucked up in that they judge a player by the outcome, not their intent, nor even a “reasonably foreseeable consequence” of their action.

Havertz was a red card all day long for me, it’s an incredibly dangerous, out of control tackle, off the ground, plenty of force, that’s going to break someone’s leg but he gets lucky and doesn’t make much contact, so they give a yellow, even though it’s blatantly dangerous. Rashford tries to shield the ball and a leg appears under him and it’s a red. It’s not some outrageously dangerous action, if he doesn’t make contact, and it’s not even a foul, whereas the Havertz one should be a red regardless of contact, IMO.

We now punish dangerous tackles and unfortunate accidents identically. It was a red card in 2023, but it shouldn’t be, IMO.

Disclaimer: I don’t have a hard on for punishing Havertz in particular, it was just the most recent “dangerous tackle” let off that stuck in my head

Wonder if Wolves will receive a coveted PGMOL apology. Good as the points IMO.

I find myself cringing a bit about how shit that is, agreeing with you that they’re idiots, but thinking it’s absolute overkill to ban people for it.

They have the right to exclude people for behaviour they don’t want, it’s a private stadium owned by a private company, but it’s a bit OTT to me.

It’s possible she only bought those houses in the last 2 years when things improved?

Safe to say she’s unlikely to have ever been on the breadline though, given she was brought up in West Bridgford, which as anyone who knows much about Nottingham will tell you, means her family was doing pretty bloody well.

Sanchez caught a ball. Fair play son, keep it up.

Best 45 minutes of Ramsdale’s career

The daft cunt looks like he’s trying to hail a black cab, how does he think he’s getting away with that

People would have you believe he’s got no other options. It’s fucking ridiculous.

I don’t know exactly how, but it’s time for a complete reform of refereeing in the Premier League. Maybe that involves each club having a representative with input into the training, post-match reviews, with full access to their reports and audio. Maybe that even includes a club official with additional training in laws of the game being within the VAR room to fight a club’s cause and highlight anything that might be missed.

PGMOL hold far too much power. The league is successful despite them, and it’s time the refs got back in their fucking box and do what they’re told, every change IFAB and PGMOL have made in recent years seems to make the game worse, and their standards are appalling.