Evidently will be in a Relegation battle if they persist bar Summer.
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This is what I see and along with pathetic refereeing and pundits who talk shite, players get away with it.
I look at Brightons 1st goal, when as it ever been legal to push a player with 2 hands in the back when he jumps to try to head a ball and how did Hinshelwood escape without a red?
Then there is the holding and grabbing that happens all the time.
I want to see games refereed to a stricter level and none of this its stopping the game flow, just give out more yellows and players will soon stop.
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The cynical side of the supposed beautiful game is winning and gone is the flair and skill that we all love.
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I just hope some team comes along and destroys it.
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And also get back the other Welsh boy from Fulham Wilson.
The game is gone. We are talking about coaching towards significant scenarios: corners, free kicks, throw ins.
Manufacture free kicks with petty cheating, then unleash the âroutineâ. Manhadle players whilst attacking and defending. @Sportbilly1966 has reinforced what others including myself have said, that crap is down to weak referees.
No room for creativity, invention or risk. Donât give away the ball, like Kepa rolling it under his foot for half a minute in a Wembley final yesterday.
We need Klopp or another football composer or artist to refresh. We need referees to stop being wimps. Book the cheaters, the manhandlers . We need to use VAR for the right things or scrap it. If a player pulls a shirt in the box, penalty. Its a foul.
Football is numb right now.
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It depends if it goes abroad. At this moment none of the major leagues have Champions like that and the winners of major European cups and world cups donât play like that.
Sort of the reason I wanted Arsenal to fail.
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As @mattyhurst says, it is really more of an English phenomenon. I have been repeatedly surprised at how entertaining Serie A matches are, particularly relative to some of the big PL matches. The talent level is not on a par with the PL, but the play ends up being a better watch.
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Yup, donât mind the Bundesliga either
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That picture of Anthony Gordon reminded me of someone but canât quite remember âŚ
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One recent trend that really annoys me is an attacker strategically sticking his leg in just as a defender is about to clear a ball in the penalty area, thus getting a penalty. Yes, technically he got hit bit itâs completely against the spirit of sport.
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Sunderland 31 11 10 10 32 36 -4 43
Newcastle United 31 12 6 13 44 45 -1 42
Some top notch insight from Gordon there. Is he angling for a BBC punditry job post retirment?
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Oi! 
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They can kill all that nonsense by doing the same as in the CL lately ie give free kick to the defending side as soon as you as much as breathe on the goal keeper.Villa had a nifty routine where they set up as they were going to lob it towards the goal keeper but instead they pass it to the LB who then passed it to MacGinn who shot it in the corner of the goal while the big bunch of players around the goalie were looking on.
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I am pretty sure he was one of those who moaned about us being disrespectful to Everton in the past.
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He wantâs Troy Deeneyâs spot
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Both bitter blueshytes
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Exactly this!! Modern football has become more cynical. In the PL, especially, teams are now focused more on exploiting small advantages than on playing expressive football. You see it in set-piece routines replacing open-play creativity, players exaggerating fouls, celebrating red cards won through simulation, and slowing games and managing referees. Arsenal is the clearest example right now; their set-piece dominance is effective but also part of why games can feel more mechanical than creative. And it may even explain why English teams are struggling against elite CL opponents; Europeâs best sides still rely more on technical control and improvisation, not just structured advantages.
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