One rationale I read is that Biden's administration has been keen to leave Putin an 'off-ramp' throughout in the hope a diplomatic solution could be achieved. The reason they acted at this point is not to do with Trump - it's because Putin has called in the North Koreans, building things up...
If anyone tries to tell you his comments mean referees are corrupt, point them towards this. His record on Liverpool games favours them significantly, rather than having some anti-Red agenda. Nothing to see here apart from the usual (in my opinion unconscious) bias towards the bigger clubs...
That line stood out for me too. The stuff later in the article saying that Bloom thinks data is better than humans seems a stretch to make it more of a story.
Considering how many of our recruitment team have gone to other clubs - and how close some of our scouts may have been to them - perhaps...
Fair enough. Personally I couldn't give a toss what any self-appointed motormouth thinks. Prefer to listen to interesting stuff from people with some insight.
I will say one thing in defence of referees and clubs playing the title contenders. It can be the case that the less-heralded team gives away a succession of niggly fouls because they're absolutely at full stretch trying to match their opponents' level. So not big clattering challenges, just...
If you’re a young defender with a great future, you’re not going to tell a legend like Guardiola to piss off because any footballer would love to play for him one day. Which is why it’s totally out of order to be speaking to opposition players at all, whether he’s berating them or tapping them up.
I think the usual suspects all have 3 or 4 players better than anyone we’ve got and more experience of handling important games. However, there’s a bigger drop off in standard to many of their back-up players. We have an entire squad of interchangeable players of a very high standard when they...
Carragher has always been mad about football and I think would respect what Albion have achieved. Disappointing he didn’t challenge this publicity seeking no-mark on a blatantly ludicrous stance.
For me, the defensive stance at Newcastle was a specific tactic intended to work against opponents known to have trouble breaking down sides that sit deep. Haven't noticed us playing like that elsewhere. Tailoring the approach to circumstances seems like a strength to me, rather than playing in...