General Premier League Thread 2023-24 Mod Note in op 27/6/23 And 21/05/24

Terrible change IMHO.

Cooper was doing ok there, had had problems recently but considering where they were less than 2 years ago..... short memories. Also, they took time to get going last season but once the coaching and organization started to work they survived very comfortably.

Nuno did ok with Wolves but they were a front for the Mendes agency, he had some serious talent made available to him, and he was ran out of Spurs after a few months. Think Forest are closer to Relegation now than they were earlier today.

You can expect 6 or 7 Portugese arrivals in January now.

1) treatment has no time limit so play wont restart until the injured player has been safely removed/assessed.

2) Generally it would affect the phantom injuries where a player just buckles for literally no reason.

3) It would also work with what you described, in that if the player drawing the foul actually FAILS to get the foul BUT remains commited to his act and stays stricken on the ground anyway.

After the 15 seconds the ref would then stop play so he can get his obviously seriously required treatment ASAP. (As oppose to the onus being on the defending team who cleanly won possession having to stop play and kick the ball out so that the treatment can arrive).

Then it becomes up to his team whether they substitute him (if he is too badly injured to continue) OR let him sit for 2 minutes before he can return to the match (if he is found fit to return).

Coooer gone. Forest’s next few games are tough as well.

I wonder if Nuno’s contract with Forrest will have similar ‘get out’ language as his Spurs one did…

If so, it could be said that Santo’s Clause is Coming to Town.

if the PL buy arteta's reasoning (a cultural and language difference) i hope they apply that now consistently.

i think the FA/PL just had no appetite after they fucked up so took this easy way out.

How is that not a blatant push in the back

If that’s a foul on the keeper it’s a foul on the striker as well. Jersey nearly pulled up over his head.

Goalkeepers being overprotected again.

Can pull the jersey of an attacking player though.

They haven’t even mentioned it on comms! And I don’t really think you can say it was clearly a foul on the keeper in any case. Milked whatever contact there was.

It was worse than anything on keeper

Oh my god that’s farcical. Pointing at his shoulder 😂😂😂

Seemed a very soft free to pull back play, with a Sheffield United player clean through.

Sheffield utd deserve that based on last half an hour

Jeez 9 added minutes!

Long VAR deliberation over Villa 'goal'...

Shambolic officiating

Bruno and Evans both immediately booked for minor dissent. I've no issue with the rule as there is too much of it in the game, will be interesting to see if its imposed across all games. Arse vs Pool later will likely be chock full of it.

Dreadful from ManU. As usual.

2-0

The continued faith Utd fans have in ETH is mad stuff altogether, like Stockholm Syndrome or something. A lucky draw in Anfield doesn’t cover up for how shambolic they have been at times this season.

This will be West Ham's first back to back victories against Man United since 2007. Commentator was saying Man United haven't had a single shot in the second half after 80 minutes. Up steps Rashford to blaze a shot from distance miles over the bar.

This is also now Man United's longest goalless streak since 1989.

There's a lot of bookings for dissent lately.

We aren't privy to what's being said on the pitch, as the refs are not mic'd up, but is it possible that the players are constantly in the ears of the ref and are giving dissent and that the bookings are for overstepping the mark? As in a 'I've taken enough crap, here's a yellow, now stop' kinda thing.

With Bruno as captain, it's not too farfetched. He's a pure moaner and could be rubbing off on others.

If refs kept this up across games for a couple of match weekends that would virtually stamp it out. Managers would immediately start sending teams out under instructions not to give any lip whatsoever to the officials