Football Myths and Untruths

We'll take it up again then.! Incidentally, did you know that trials were to start on new referee video aid technology in football, in Holland [I think] next January, but FIFA have put it off for a year.? Presumably more because of their crisis than any techno' problems.

 

"He felt contact so he was entitled to go down"

Or dive, as it might be called.

 

"The lads showed real character.."

(They didn't simply give up after going a goal down-quite good when you consider what they are paid)

 

Let's see... that would be Niall Quinn describing Falcao if I'm not mistaken.

It may interest you to know that none other than talkSport's Stan Collymore thought he'd seen more convincing dives at his local swimming pool.

Which I thought was rather well put.

 

Referees are scared to give decisions to Chelsea

 

"Southampton feel they should have had two penalties "..........Jose replies "I don't want to talk about that".

 

Wish to make clear that the above post made before yesterday's game, has some obvious exceptions

 

Especially when you consider how Jose claimed that not getting a penalty made his whole team collapse into an untalented heap (I may have added the last couple of words ).

 

Myth and untruth from Henry Winter on MOTD2 - Chelsea have a small squad.
Perhaps if they never tried to prevent other teams getting their hands on younger talent by buying players, sending them on loan and stunting their development behind has beens he might have s case. Over 30 players on loan suggests otherwise.

 

I think he meant the core squad, but absolutely, I take your point. Various teams would be sorely depleted without a Chelsea youngster or three in their side.

 

Second game in a row I have heard a commentator say "Mane was running too fast", wtf?

 

Sky Super Sunday

 

He left by mutual consent.

 

Who.? Rupert Murdoch.?

 

I'd gone back to the original theme of the thread.

 

"We dominated the game..."

(Losing the game but having 52% possession)

 

Southampton continue to punch above their weight.**

Actually, anything less than 7th place and we're punching below our weight. Especially when you consider we're anything between the 5th to 7th richest club in the UK depending upon which parameters you use, financially.

Mind you, you only tend to hear it** from pundits with memories from long ago and poor abilities to absorb new information. Am I describing retired footballers or the extreme elderly.?

 

Koeman gets his recruitment right again - Virgil van Dijk.

Err...not quite. It's a few blokes and a black box at Southampton FC who get it right, in the main. The blokes are: Les Reed, Gareth Rogers and Ross Wilson. The black box is imaginatively titled Black Box. Ronald gets a good say on who he'd like from who we're following.

 

They need a manager like Harry Redknapp**

**No one needs a manager like Harry Redknapp

 

He's just the sort of player Arsenal/United//Liverpool need (usually spoken by a twat called Murphy).