Newcastle players posting “stay humble” jokes all over their socials is so weird. We were saying that as a direct response to Erling Haaland rudely saying it to our manager after a match. Nobody said it to Newcastle. Newcastle aren’t involved in any way. Just weird behaviour.
Gary Neville on Haaland throwing the ball at the back of Gabriel's head before running off when celebrating a last minute equaliser:
"Me and Carra laughed when we saw it because it’s funny (he did say it could have been a red card)."
Neville on Gabriel shouting in Haaland's face after an Arsenal goal:
"I think it's a bit disrespectful. I just didn't like that, it made me feel a little bit uneasy, it was a little bit disrespectful."
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Mikel Arteta may be the most disliked manager in the Premier League. When have you ever see an EFL statement in light of a manager answering a direct question that contains the line 'other managers have complained' and answering with 'you have to adapt'? #AFC
Wow has However Webb fucked up here @FA_PGMOL
In his endeavours to evade accountability by justifying nonsense, he has just set an impossible precedent.
He focuses the issue on who “played the ball”.
His point is that because Saliba did not play the ball himself, his contact with Pedro is careless and therefore, a foul.
In which case, no player can ever make a block followed by contact without it being a foul. That’s it. Blocking with contact is over in English football.
Because a block does not constitute playing the ball. The ball is played onto the blocker by another player. That’s the whole concept of “blocking” a shot or a pass.
That means every time a defender or goalkeeper moves their body towards an onward attacking player… who then plays the ball (a pass or shot) against them, resulting in it being blocked by the defender or GK… and the defender’s or GK’s momentum carries them into the attacker… then it’s a foul and a penalty.
Looking forward to seeing this brand new version of football.
Erling Haaland joined City and in his first season he broke the record for most goals scored in a single season in the Premier League. On top of that he won the treble. He was not given the Ballon d'Or. Did he boycott the award and cry on social media? No, he congratulated Messi.
We’re currently watching a version of football where kicking your opponent multiple times in an off the ball incident isn’t a red card, but nudging a ball a few inches to supposedly delay a restart is a red card. This isn’t the game I grew up loving. It’s been completely ruined.