Bob Smith

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@garyjacob Didn’t you say Villa offered Arsenal the chance to match Chelsea’s bid but declined to? Isn’t the story here that once Arsenal said no Rogers had no choice but to go to Chelsea?

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@themagic_tophat How do you reconcile them going on another spending spree with the fact that they’re supposedly in deep shit financially? It doesn’t square unless there’s going to be an absolute fire sale of players in August.

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@JamesSurowiecki Saka’s not been properly fit for months and isn’t that quick at the best of times. I assume that’s why he didn’t bring him on. Madueke would have been the more likely option.

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@NateSilver538 You can do it if you’re like Arsenal and have world class defenders and excellent organisational structure. England don’t.

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@adrianjclarke Agree. England’s game plan undone by scoring a goal.

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@YankeeGunner Looking forward to Merino inheriting Leo’s position as cult hero and scorer of clutch goals next season.

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@timstillman_ I hope they do, even if only to expose FIFA for the corrupt grifters they are.

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@JamesSurowiecki Fair but the criteria for appeal are very narrow - has to be an obvious error, only for straight reds etc. Most aren’t appealed. And a 10 month league season is very different to a compressed 4 week cup competition.

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@JamesSurowiecki It’s absolutely standard in football for a red card to result in a suspension. Which is why I didn’t remark upon it.

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@JamesSurowiecki If every decision was subject to appeal, every decision would be challenged. It would bog football authorities down in endless bureaucracy while simultaneously undermining the authority of the on field referees, which is why they don’t do it.

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@MerrynSW Did they make you place the order through one of those stupid iPads? That’s even worse.

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@JeremyCliffe As a British taxpayer I couldn’t give a shit about Palantir’s politics. I just want our public services to have the best technology at the best price. This directly flies in the face of that to make a lame political point.

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@PaulTassi Brits gathering in the replies to giggle at this one

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@scottjwillis In a world where Newcastle are rejecting 100m offers for Tonali, I think Villa will be asking for something in excess of that. I suspect Rogers quickly becomes unaffordable unless Villa really have to sell, or he pushes hard to exit.

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@NetscherSam @AST_arsenal @hertagoon Was just joking with my mate that only Arsenal would sell out a full allocation of €950 tickets.

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@AST_arsenal Presumably only a handful of seats available and a massive scramble to grab them?

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@henrywinter No attackers in the six yard box is a massive rule change and not one I can see PGMOL implementing.

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@barneyronay Bit odd that we are talking about one of the things that VAR probably got right this weekend rather than the things they got wrong.

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@RoshaneSport Clear foul

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@clivepafc Admit your error, sub Zubi back off and put Mosquera on. Mad decision.