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From 1981
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/R1EFJGFNQaYNfot4/?mibextid=UalRPS
Now Josh Hull has an easy chance dropped off his bowling, as Ollie Stone puts it down. Not quite as bad a drop as Hull's was yesterday, and hopefully not as costly as Sri Lanka are 8 down now, but still it was a bad drop and a catch that really shoulda been taken.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd05385k722o
Amazing that such a lot was being gambled on such low leagues; surely that in itself would be a huge red flag that wouldn't require anything particularly sophisticated to spot.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cdrl4431m47o
Did we know Max Kilman was born in West Ham?
Our games could be regularly stopped each time we score as we make the crossed Hammers sign.
I think Spurs may have one but it's a bit different to ours as it always seems the away fans making it towards them. It does seem to follow them around though!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1l4nm29lleo
Lanzini himself spotted the post, telling whufc.com he idolised the 29-year-old during his own formative years with Buenos Aires giants River Plate.
“It’s amazing, because the best player in the world put my t-shirt on there!” said the 24-year-old. “I could not believe it.
“I would not say we are friends, but I met him one time in Barcelona because we have a mutual friend and that’s when it happened. He gave me his t-shirt and I gave him my t-shirt and he’s a very good person. It’s good!”
Thanks for posting, rav!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg36262ny5o (latest bbc article here, but there are lots of articles, particularly prompted by the Rodri comments about striking)
Managers could not select a player, maybe?
(Except Maresca, obvs, cos they are short of players.)
Where is the requirement that a player play in every game in every competition in which his club (or country) is participating?
Players can make themselves unavailable for club or country; they can get their agents to negotiate appropriate terms to do with recovery days, or maximum appearances, for example into their contracts; they can insist on certain medical/physical benchmarks as a minimum; medical professionals can be stronger about standing up to managers ....
In addition to this, I note the VERY tiny % of professional footballers who are potentially needed for the very high number of games.
Seems like the really rich and privileged trying to push back against anything that might even slightly reduce their wealth and their privilege.
I'm going to look to see if this is gaining traction in other leagues, or just UK PL.
A player for a team like City will play for club domestically, Euro tournaments, during each international break, and a summer tournament, where as a non elite player for a team such as Forest will get a break during the week and during international breaks and a nice summer holiday. So for them to say football has too many fixtures is not really the case, but rather this elite level does. Sadly they keep bringing in greater Euro commitments with a conference league now, which isn't really needed as it's pretty meaningless to have a cup for teams finishing 7th in their league, more complex Champions league formats and more international fixtures.
Add this to increased European games for a third of the PL, plus 5 or 6 international breaks throughout the season, none of which are supposedly meaningless friendlies any more, and yes, the demands on the top players are significant, and only likely to get worse with idiots like Infantino increasing the next World Cup to 48 teams, and UEFA kowtowing to the big European teams by expanding the CL and awarding heritage places in it. How long before they increase the current 8 matches a season, to 10, and then 12 and so on until they create a ESL under their control?
I personally am fatigued by football. I only watch West Ham and England these days, I barely even watch highlights from the other matches because there’s just far too much of it.