ChrisPY

Already looking at the weather forecast. Heavy rain on Saturday but might be too late by then.

Would never work in football. Play off finals, cup finals, win or you’re relegated relegation battles would just see players taking the hit of a ban for next season if it means they’re going to win the game that matters.

Gary Neville (man of the people) owned Salford in 87th 🤔

Interesting that Martin Tyler called Armstrong ‘a real Scot’ after previously mentioning Che Adams’ Scotland appearances. Expect it to be ignored (and probably rightly given no malice was meant), however, given the social media blackout and attention Sky have given to taking the knee, would a similar comment have been acceptable if made against someone like John Barnes not being a proper Englishman?

Any player playing in the league should not eligible for their national teams. Refuse to sell, buy or loan players to/from them. You’ll get players leaving on frees for a big pay day but may make some think twice knowing they’ll have very limited options of a new club if it doesn’t work out.

Anybody know what kit we’re playing in tomorrow?

Don’t think it can be described as a rivalry. Me and my Portsmouth supporting brother have matching ‘Harry Redknapp, King of the South’ tattoos. Surprised nobody has mentioned our joint rivalry with England which started because the great man was continually overlooked for the top job.

We all know what the American police are like. Wouldn’t be surprised if he was just out on his boat and they planted the drugs on him.

Is the modern day ‘precaution’ something that wouldn’t have been questioned 10 years ago and players would have just played on. Feel like Prowsey is quite happy to get on with it where some players are told by the people around them not to risk it unless they are 100%. Guess he wasn’t in the starting line up tonight so the decision was made for him but fully expect him to start against Burnley.

Not sure there’s many/any teams who will be able to meet Chelsea’s transfer demands to recoup their money whilst giving Werner the wages he wants. Don’t think he will end up at Saints but not completely inconceivable that he’ll be their Hoedt/Elyounoussi/Carillo and they’ll end up loaning him out whilst subsidising a decent percentage of his wage. Expect it’ll be at a club that’ll be able to pay £150kp/w+ of the wage (West Ham, Dortmund, Athletico etc.).

Deliberately not signing them and letting them flourish in a more established and competent academy environment?

Not sure it’s that ridiculous. If he’s looking for a move away because we weren’t giving him opportunities, what better way to get his name out there than being the catalyst for a team not being able to cope without you and losing 9-0.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11685/12257237/jarrod-bowen-tweet-fa-aware-as-west-ham-winger-apologises-for-using-unacceptable-racist-term-in-2012-post Main body of the tweet: any worse than the term ‘coconut’? The hashtag: Used with no malice and not in a worse context than most rappers, comedians or...(deleted for fear of lawsuit) have probably used the word without recourse. Weird that a footballer using the word is automatically unacceptable no matter the intention. Personally, I despise the word and would prefer it was deemed unacceptable worldwide, however, if we want equality, it’s difficult if rules apply to some but not others.

My post wasn’t really based in on tonight but how I think we’d balance the team against those types of teams. We really need 2 midfielders with defensive qualities but 1 of those will need to offer us something going forward. JWP is the best that I can see for that job.

Think Prowsey is unique in this England squad. We’ve got some good defensive centre mids and some good attacking centre mids but no player that really offers the best of both. The team with 2 of Rice, Dier, Henderson or Phillips looks too defensive whereas only one of those normally leaves us looking exposed. JWP for me gives a bit of balance that’s needed and for me (totally biased) should always start.

Wouldn’t change the law for offsides. Make the lines drawn by VAR the equivalent of say 30cm in width and if there’s any overlap, then it’s onside to take into account the margin for error. Quick free kicks should always be allowed unless an injured player needs treatment (they’d then leave the pitch for the free kick to hopefully stop the defending team from faking injury). The advantage needs to be with the team who had the foul committed against them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56381482 Let’s wait and see on that one!

Far too much emphasis is put on ‘a faint touch on the ball’. A faint touch on the ball doesn’t mean it’s not a foul. No touch on the ball also shouldn’t automatically result in a foul (plenty of examples of neither players being near the ball and just a coming together). Idiots who don’t understand the game are ruining football with their implementation of the laws.

Shocking decision from the VAR not to give City a penalty. The problem with having a junior as VAR when there’s a more experienced referee is that they’re rarely going to have the bollocks to overrule them. Another reason to make the VAR independent to those officiating on the pitch? Think a panel of 3 would work; ex lower league ref (qualified enough to be able to make a competent decision but without the conflict of interest of protecting the PGMOL elite), ex manager, ex player - 3-0 or stick with the on-field decision.

Think Ralph probably gave assurances of a cup keeper and a league keeper. Forster has now become our league keeper but given how we’ve progressed in the FA Cup, would be harsh to also remove him from that team but also unfair to give McCarthy no games. Seems reasonable to use him in a ‘free hit’ games, especially one against a team he has put in probably his best performance of the last 12 months.

Assuming Charles believes Harry to be his son, the physical appearance of a child would be very important considering the rumours around who is Harry’s father. If (as could have been possible) Archie had been born ‘darker skinned’ than Meghan, there’s a chance similar rumours could have started to spread. IF that was the context of the conversation, it seems reasonable and not at all racist given the family history. The context could also have been completely different and disgustingly racist, however, if Harry is adamant he won’t confirm who the conversation is with and in what context, it’s fair to assume it wasn’t anything particularly horrendous. If a relative of mine was hideously racist about my wife and son, I wouldn’t make much effort to protect them.

Given the missus £20 and letting her drive to the shop so she can choose what she’s cooking for our dinner to celebrate this special day. What does everyone else have planned for today?

Considering the coverage outside of the sport, I wouldn’t be surprised if Elliott and James are given lifetime bans in an attempt to show this isn’t the norm in the racing world and in general the horses are treated as kings as the public have been told for so long. So much money has been lost in the last year, racing needs to manage this perfectly or the future of the sport is in serious jeopardy... Elliott’s statement wasn’t a great start to the management.

Surely it’s evolutionary given the need for one biological man and one biological woman being needed to reproduce and keep the great ape reproducing?

As with any short clip, we don’t know how good these refs actually are but given the amount of money in the Premier League, is there any reason we can’t try and get the best refs from across the world to move here if we can give them the financial incentive to do so? Don’t see any reason such a big global brand would limit itself to English officials if there’s better out there.