A match decided by two Anthony Taylor decisions. Cole Palmer was probably Chelsea's most dangerous player. I can see why we're looking at Gallagher, though. He was heavily involved throughout and never stopped running.
The problem is consistency. Clearly reds have been given for similar challenges. Would be interested if anyone on VAR for that decision had been involved in any previous similar incidents where red cards were given.
Michael Salisbury was on VAR for this one. I think he's been on it for two red cards this season. Both were given to Forest's opponents and they lost both games! The first was Rodri's, which involved him grabbing Gibbs-White round the throat. I'd say that was fairly uncontroversial. The second was Dunk getting sent off for abusive language, so he wasn't involved.
It was never a good thing that it was thought of as a working man's game. Sport and culture should be open to all, not restricted by class, sex or anything else. It's the bread and circuses model of society in disguise.
I agree with most of that but public transport hasn't been a viable cheap option for football fans for many years. Most travel by coach I think.
Whether you like it or not that is what it was. Interest from the middle classes only came in the PL era. Football is not now as open to all as it had been. Money rules. How many toff footballers can you name PS? Your arguments are good but sometimes you enter fantasy land.
Quick, honest answer: Gianluca Vialli. This was the house he grew up in: please log in to view this image It's the Castello di Belgioioso in Cremona, if anyone wants to look it up. Our own Hugo Lloris had rich parents, too. His mother was a lawyer and his dad was a banker. Probably not living-in-a-castle rich, admittedly.
Frank Lampard Jr was always spoken about as coming from a higher class than his contemporaries when at West Ham Probably why he dropped the "Jr" part of his name when he joined Chelsea...
Sport in the UK (England especially) reflects the class system. Rugby (Union) and cricket is played seriously only in private schools and the % of international players who have been privately educated reflects this. Football is played in state schools - although time and resources count against it when compared to the commitment private schools can give to their chosen sports. But rugger and cricket are the sports of Empire. They are predominantly played in countries which are former colonies; they remain by and large elitist. We still have a King; we still have a landed gentry; we still have a feudal system to all intents and purposes. This is the U.K. it won’t change. Nothing new revealed; nothing to see here.
