Kolek planning to go pro
When a majority of the competition doesn't field a full first choice squad it seems unwise to make sweeping generalizations at either end of the table.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
The schedule is insane for any of the internationals. I have no idea why the PL pushed the start up a week.
The schedule is insane for any of the internationals. I have no idea why the PL pushed the start up a week.City and Liverpool barely got out of second gear and cruised. It's a two horse race unless Alisson's injury is severe. He's that important to LFC.
So week one of the Prem in the books, and surprise, it looks like it's really only going to be a two horse race again. City made West Ham look like a high school team and Liverpool looked equally impressive against (an admittedly bad) Norwich side. Spurs and Arsenal both looked so-so for long stretches and Sundays' United Chelsea game was more about how Chelsea couldn't strengthen and have a rookie manager rather than United being "back". Expect top two to be another slug-fest, and then a solid 15-20 point drop off.
Spurs at city next weekend. Could be an indicator for the season. Will city cruise to victory? Or will Spurs off season moves make them the 3rd horse in the race?
Saturday's match really showed how important Eriksen is to Spurs, especially with no Dele. He needs to start this week, and the club ought to be backing up the Brinks truck to extend him.
City and Liverpool barely got out of second gear and cruised. It's a two horse race unless Alisson's injury is severe. He's that important to LFC.
So who ever thought that VAR would be the end of controversial decisions?
The rule may be bad, but the decision/VAR was correct.
Consistency seems to be the problem. Don't know how it missed what should have been a penalty for City in the first half.
Whether it was or wasn't a penalty (it probably was) is subjective.Whether the ball hit the guy's arm is objective.I get why Man City fans are unhappy with the result, but these are not similar calls.
The point is that if you have the means and desire to slow down and zoom in the replay, which you would need to see the handball, there is no excuse for missing that penalty.
OK, but so what? Are you really arguing that because the replay official arguably missed a subjective call earlier in the game, he/she shouldn't have made the correct objective call later?
So you're in favor of following everything to the letter of the law? Every throw in taken exactly where the ball goes out. You're giving up a counter attack, go down holding your head. Immediate stoppage in play for a head injury. It's like calling every single travel in basketball. If you follow the laws to the letter, you kill the entertainment value.
This seems to fly in the face of your earlier complaint about a missed call. Now you're in favor of missing calls.I guess I don't understand your point here. Basically you're mad because of a correct call.Fair enough.
https://twitter.com/ForwardMSNFC/status/1163541216362999813You gotta love minor league sports. Go for the atmosphere more than anything. Giving out pretzels and crosswords too.
Everything about that club is corny from the name, to the flamingo usages, to the colors. However, they are a success story early on, so I give them credit, they are doing something right.
I've been following the stories around the English Football League and the financial problems of its members for awhile now. The EFL are the three leagues underneath the Premier League. Essentially one team is about to be kicked out of the League, with another team not that far behind. And rumors are that a lot more are going to be in similar straights within the next decade.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/08/20/experts-warned-efl-two-years-ago-clubs-like-bolton-bury-faced/The basic problem is that interest, and the money that follows it, is concentrating more and more at the top.
Its really an interesting predicament. The way I see it, and sort of understand it, is promotion, especially to the Premier League, is tantamount to making a substantial capital investment in your company. Looking at it through that lens, That first year is rough, cause you're spending on machinery, personnel, etc.. But once the orders and sales come in, things stabilize and you're ok. But if you don't make it to year 2 and the sales that follow, you're in trouble.Similar for these clubs. You're forced to invest in higher wages for better players, outspending your revenue coming in, and you've not yet got the "bump" from being an EPL club. If you get sent down straight away, its a financial disaster. I looked, and clubs like Brighton, Huddersfield, Burnley who got up, spent reasonably and stayed up, turned nice profits last year. Bournemouth is another example, they ran a loss but a lot of it was due to debt from buying out their minority owners.The EFL has 2 real options it seems. Either get some sort of funds distribution from the EPL (unlikely) or explore better TV deals. The US appetite for soccer continues to increase. A lesser network taking on Championship matches and maybe a weekly League One match makes a ton of sense.