Fear Of The Fox

Because the majority of people have no clue about anything in life and they're on a social media auto pilot jumping into any bandwagon presented to them. This tactic was ridiculous and completely wrong. It might have been more effective if the old offside rule was still in place (1st phase offside rule for the goal scorer). Spurs are lucky this one ended only 1-4. Even against Wrexham it would have been 1-9 and it would have been double digits against Man City unless the opposition went into fair play mode. If I were Chelsea's chairman Pochettino would have been out of the team after the final whistle and Sterling in the transfer list. And I'm going to play FM 24 tonight because I feel wiser. 😜

Even though his high line D with 9 men decision looked brave, it was a bad one imo. Chelsea was already exposing Spurs defensive line in the 1st half under 11vs11 utilising their pace. A 9 men behind the ball with a compact low block inside and outside the box would have been a more optimal approach/tactic. Sterling and Mudryk are awful when it comes down to final third decisions and passing. Ange needed to slow down the game. He did the exact opposite.

They had to order more kebabs and pizza. The previous ones got cold as they were busy checking the replays.

This is another big difference between managers like Guardiola and Pochettino. Pep would have been furious with his players at the final whistle. Their 2nd half was embarrassing.

I can't understand why they've changed the offside rule. Jackson came from an obvious offside position in the initial phase which eventually gave him the advantage to score as he managed to be miles away from the defender. It doesn't make any sense to me, it's unfair imo.

Highly unlikely. Chances are 1 in a million at this level. It will end 1-3.

It seems refs make their own rules when these two teams face each other. Clattenburg in 2016 decided it was better to allow Spurs playing with 11 instead of 7 men to protect the integrity of the league.

Apply for a job as VAR and make each half last 90min. We're all counting on you.

Spurs are the dirtiest team in UK. They have should been down to 9 already. Karma will hit them eventually. And it will hit them hard. Can't wait for their full collapse.

We don't play well, we win 1-0. I don't mind at all. Target is automatic promotion whatever it takes.

Yay! Let's demote/relegate an incompetent ref because Championship has different football rules, there are no fouls or offsides in Championship, everyone playing there is doing it as a hobby. The majority of footballers in Championship are doctors, lawyers etc.

Wow!

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think we have a lot of players going on international duty with their national teams. It's not like all players of the team are resting or they're having extra time to do some tactical training with the manager. International break means more travels for some players back and forth and extra games, even useless friendly ones.

I find another international break more frustrating than the injuries.

Just go and play Football Manager. 😜

At least it's better than previous years: - Q: What's the situation with X's injury? - BR: It's not serious, he'll be back in training soon. X's out for 5 months.

You can't be serious. There's no way Konte goes there unless the Glazers want to turn the club in a reality show and make billions by having people all over the planet watching on a live stream Konte chasing Maguire and Fernandez with a revolver.

You're not allowed to say this here. I've said it 2 months ago and everyone had a go at me. There are some fans who think Man Utd won't go after Enzo. They're in for a surprise unfortunately. There's no other manager out there right now if they sack Ten Haag. Oh wait, Rooney will be available soon.

I'm sorry but I'm having trouble to understand some posts here saying this is a Man Utd B team. It's not. In fact they have two B teams for all games.

There's no doubt Hamza and his opinions are harmless. He approaches the matter in a humanitarian way. If you don't cross the legal boundaries it's perfectly fine to speak your opinion. If FA and other authority bodies want to act like dictators it's not good. We're living now in a world where people are scared to share their opinion. We're going backwards unfortunately and I'm talking about 80s or 90s, we're heading to Medieval Age I'm afraid.

If there's something in his contract which he signed I would agree to a degree. Most probably though there's nothing in his contract preventing Choudhury expressing such opinions because it's not the first time he did it. You need to take into account also that almost everything in life is politics. We're swimming in very dangerous waters when we're trying to shut down and take disciplinary action against free speech and opinions.

I don't understand this. Choudhury or any Choudhury have the right to free speech and the human right to share/express their opinion. What FA is doing here is disgusting, Stalin methodology.

The 2 red cards against Darmstadt were a complete joke. I don't think this ref or the VAR ones will ever officiate a football game again.

This game would be a loss or draw at best under BR's reign as an FA Cup or league game. Enzo at least has these players fighting and they're also stopping play by fouling the opposition before things get dangerous, the amount of yellow cards speaks the truth about tactics. BR turned this team to a Mother Theresa of football, it's strange we haven't been nominated for the Peace Nobel Prize.

He knows the difficulties of this league. He'll talk to the players but I don't think he'll be extremely harsh on them. You need to maintain a fine balance as a manager.