No and no, but Sky et al do their best to turn the off and on pitch events into a circus. Look at the amount of fake drama they generate from recruitment activity.
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Football doesn't have an authored narrative nor should it. If you want that shit there's a wrestling thread somewhere.I'm not saying they do, was just a discussion point..
No they don't. End thread.
I don't think they do... which is why "Well THAT wasn't in the script" is such overused football cliche... cos if there WAS a genuine script, you may as well just watch Escape to Victory, or another 'football film'
...as it is, the 'Narrative' has become the new byword for football.... (as has 'Project') and I think that is generated more by the Click hungry online media, or TV stations desperate for viewers...
(But yes, sometimes it feels like there's a pre arranged agreement for games to go a certain way!
Did you notice the goal times of both Palace v West Ham and Southampton v Arse on Tuesday...? They were almost identical until Palace got their second!!
...and all away wins that night....
If anything, it would be more akin to an Asian betting scandal rather than a league employing scriptwriters!!!
(Remember the Selhurst Park floodlight scandal??)