Have managers been punished for saying that a ref's had a bad game? I can only remember examples of them claiming dishonesty or bias. Officials have been told to "manage the spectacle". It's not about running the game and making the right choices any more.
I still don't understand why United gave OGS the contract when they did. What was the rush? At least give him a bit more time to prove what he could do. Assuming the result stays the same, this would be his 6th loss in the last 8 games since signing permanently. They had nothing to lose by waiting until the end of the season.
This is what those at the top need to change. It sets a dangerous (and silly) precedent. Otherwise there's no point expecting any fairness in how a game is being officiated.
Who said it would be ?? Statistically the number of game-changing decisions per game that cannot be seen/decided in real time by COMPETENT match officials should be very low. Therefore VAR will infrequently be called upon. Midweek proved it (only two such incidents occurred) . Officials that use it willy-nilly are IMHO incompetent, and therefore should not be on the pitch.
If only for financial reasons (apparently have Man Utd have some sponsors whose T+Cs define the level of annual funding is dependent on things like CL qualification) .
Wonderful strike from Digne. United got battered by Barcelona and now an ex-Barca player scores to effectively kill the game off. The spirt of Catalonia lives on, haunting United.
I love it when the pundits are utterly and completely wrong. They were all saying that OGS should have had the permanent job long before he actually did, and when he got it all agreed that it was the right thing to do. It would be nice to see pundits with different opinions on occasion! It's a shame when we played them the ref was in the "we've got our United back" mode in, for example, not sending off Pogba. Utd have been lucky in quite a few of the games they won, even during OGSs golden patch.
If Everton are going for the EL summer tour of woe, bear in mind that Spurs still have to play them at home.
Should never have been in. As Jenas said "His appointment was an emotional one." Totally agree. No top 4 for Utd. Just who will they get when OGS doesn't survive next season?
When poch goes to utd we can sell them Kane as well that way at least two people on this board would be happy ....
