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Nutter-Naylor said:

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I'm utterly amazed!


(and the yellow cards are far less than half the story, aren't they? The injury-faking has been on a massive scale. Arteta is responsible for bringing the game into disrepute - he clearly makes cheating a major part of his strategy and demands this of his players)
 
Distaste for scouse said:
Football needs to follow Rugby's example and have a ball in play clock. It fixes all of the time wasting, fixes the controversy surrounding added time, stops pointless added time substitutions. It just solves so much. And then you properly enforce the time a goalkeeper can keep the ball.

This may mean that game length needs to be shaved down to 80 minutes or something so games don't last entire evenings. But it has to change.

As for Woolwich title, it will forever be the Asterix title for me. So many suspicious decisions and not having a single red card or penalty awarded against them in the season is damning. I don't think even LiVARpool had such favourable officiating in the season they won it. And that took the cake.

I'd launch an investigation into the PGMOL.
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Please don't mistake this for me being a grammar prick but I genuinely enjoyed your Asterix title. Made me laugh on another shitty day.
Sincerely.
 
Distaste for scouse said:
Football needs to follow Rugby's example and have a ball in play clock. It fixes all of the time wasting, fixes the controversy surrounding added time, stops pointless added time substitutions. It just solves so much. And then you properly enforce the time a goalkeeper can keep the ball.

This may mean that game length needs to be shaved down to 80 minutes or something so games don't last entire evenings. But it has to change.

As for Woolwich title, it will forever be the Asterix title for me. So many suspicious decisions and not having a single red card or penalty awarded against them in the season is damning. I don't think even LiVARpool had such favourable officiating in the season they won it. And that took the cake.

I'd launch an investigation into the PGMOL.
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Having the third different winner in three years enhances the sale price of the product. Don't be surprised if United get all the PGMOL privileges next season. Why? Because negotiating for the TV rights will start again at the end of next season so they can be in place for the start of the 28/29 season. Walking into this negotiations saying we've had 4 different winners in 4 years gives the league unpredictability which is huge selling point. Let's face it, when you look at the big leagues, how can you sell Bayern winning the Bundesliga every season or PSG winning Ligue 1 every season or Real/Barca winning La Liga or Inter/Napoli winning Serie A. Those leagues are highly predictable which drives down the price. The PL product is built on three things... the world wide fanbases of the big six, the fact a bottom 3 team can beat a top 3 team every now and again which gives you the third thing, unpredictability.
 
Distaste for scouse said:
Football needs to follow Rugby's example and have a ball in play clock. It fixes all of the time wasting, fixes the controversy surrounding added time, stops pointless added time substitutions. It just solves so much. And then you properly enforce the time a goalkeeper can keep the ball.

This may mean that game length needs to be shaved down to 80 minutes or something so games don't last entire evenings. But it has to change.

As for Woolwich title, it will forever be the Asterix title for me. So many suspicious decisions and not having a single red card or penalty awarded against them in the season is damning. I don't think even LiVARpool had such favourable officiating in the season they won it. And that took the cake.

I'd launch an investigation into the PGMOL.
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While I agree, Citeh had the same, which given the amount of "tactical fouling" they do is more than a bit suspicious.
 
Ginolaflair said:
Please don't mistake this for me being a grammar prick but I genuinely enjoyed your Asterix title. Made me laugh on another shitty day.
Sincerely.
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Coincidence, or what?
My mate, who works in the printers, told me that Asterix Comics are publishing a commemorative edition called "Woolwich and the Cheating Cup". He's secretly sent me a few frames from it as long as I don't tell anyone.

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2026 UEFA Champions League final refereeing team

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Assistants: Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn (both from Germany)
4th Official: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Reserve AR: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (Spain)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Assistant VAR: Robert Schröder (Germany)
VAR Support: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (Spain)

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UEFA Champions League final referee Siebert ready for duty

The man tasked with overseeing proceedings in Budapest on Saturday evening is Germany's Daniel Siebert, who is relishing the biggest night of his career so far.
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www.bbc.co.uk

Every VAR error in 2025-26 Premier League: How Arsenal escaped red cards and penalties

Woolwich and Chelsea were the biggest beneficiaries of video assistant referee and on-field errors this season.
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Here's the full BBC article on it (sorry if already posted)

It doesn't mention a few that even my short-term memory can recall, that were stonewall reds/pens/goals. Just a way of placating the masses who saw with their own eyes a club being gifted the trophy.
 
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