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District Line said:
I think it's the scheduling. We know from data that civil unrest generally occurs in summer or hotter conditions. Fans no doubt drinking for hours and doing.... other stuff. I may be naive but I genuinely don't think that's happening on a weekend afternoon KO. The atmosphere at any ground is better and more partisan after 5pm but that comes at a price.
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I also think that the covid lockdowns played a part.
I don't know why, but a substantial chunk of our society appear to have forgotten how to act normally.
It's like somebody's switched off their inhibitions, for some reason.

Driving is probably the most glaring example.
It's never been great, don't get me wrong, but there are so many **** drivers out there now.
It's bizarre.
 
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On the PFA awards i'm sure that a similar thing happened years ago and the reason given by some was that the PFA nomination forms go out quite early , i think sometime early in the new year , and lots of players send them in not long after they receive them hence an over emphasis on the first 2/3rds of the season which probably explains Gallagher .
 
WOW! Actually interviewing Tim Howard on Morning Joe,a very good political tv show over here.Seems the Yanks are getting excited about the Sunday deciders in the PL. Pity their all being played at the same time!!!!? They are over the moon with City and Liverpool. They forget that,like the New York Yankees,they can buy all the best players and win all the bloody trophies!
 
The RDBD said:
Once the players step on the pitch, there is little Conte can do.
The three 'B' games of late have shown there is a
spine/mentality seriously wanting, when things are not going Spurs way.
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Yeah my worry is their mentality. Usually anytime the chase for top4 has been in their hands, they seem to find a way to mess it up
 
Solid_Air 2 said:
On the PFA awards i'm sure that a similar thing happened years ago and the reason given by some was that the PFA nomination forms go out quite early , i think sometime early in the new year , and lots of players send them in not long after they receive them hence an over emphasis on the first 2/3rds of the season which probably explains Gallagher .
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He’s been a decent loan signing for Palace but even at his best this season, he’s never been close being one of the best in the league.

Imo the only reason he’s nominated is because he’s English and a Chelsea loanee
 
KingHotspur said:
Foden is playing for Man City though, probably shouldn’t be in there but imo he’s closer to being poty than the likes of Gallagher and Rice. Rice is pure basic imo and hugely overhyped. Gallagher is a Chelsea loanee who’s done well for a nothing midtable side. Neither deserve to be anywhere near the nominations.
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I think Rice is a Rolls Royce of a player, he would walk into our side without question. Its true that he is no De Bruyne or Foden but that's not his role, he very seldom gives the ball away, his passing whilst not Hoddlesque is top draw he plays forward, he never stops running is rarely caught in possession or out of position he is not a glamorous player or playing for a glamorous club but that should not stop him being considered for these sort of awards I bet he has had fewer 'bad games' over the whole season than any of the others nominated.
 
District Line said:
I think it's the scheduling. We know from data that civil unrest generally occurs in summer or hotter conditions. Fans no doubt drinking for hours and doing.... other stuff. I may be naive but I genuinely don't think that's happening on a weekend afternoon KO. The atmosphere at any ground is better and more partisan after 5pm but that comes at a price.
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The weather thing is quite true re civil unrest. Unfortunately it's not as sexy an explanation as all the experts they trot out with all their psychological theories etc for why these things happen, and why they go on. Fact is that a heavy rainfall is as likely to bring civil unrest to an end as some radical political intervention.
 
The Changing Man said:
I think Rice is a Rolls Royce of a player, he would walk into our side without question. Its true that he is no De Bruyne or Foden but that's not his role, he very seldom gives the ball away, his passing whilst not Hoddlesque is top draw he plays forward, he never stops running is rarely caught in possession or out of position he is not a glamorous player or playing for a glamorous club but that should not stop him being considered for these sort of awards I bet he has had fewer 'bad games' over the whole season than any of the others nominated.
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I just don’t see anything amazing about him. To me he’s a media darling because he’s English and I remember the game against Spurs in particular where Bentancur taught him a lesson.

Being a good DM for West Ham shouldn’t be enough to get nominated for PFA player of the year ahead of Son who has 21 league goals
 
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Everton are as kosher as Chelsea FC, wrapped in pork sausage meat and covered in bacon.

Whilst their financial doping brought them no more than mid-table mediocrity, everybody was too busy laughing to give a damn. Now, their regime faces some greater degree of scrutiny...I wonder whether there's any chance of the PL doing anything about it....<laugh>
 
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KingHotspur said:
I just don’t see anything amazing about him. To me he’s a media darling because he’s English and I remember the game against Spurs in particular where Bentancur taught him a lesson.

Being a good DM for West Ham shouldn’t be enough to get nominated for PFA player of the year ahead of Son who has 21 league goals
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Its the PFA fans player of the year not the actual PFA award. Its all about opinions King, and thats why we get reasonable debate here, I like him and you are right that the England thing does help, but I don't recall him having a bad game for England either and in the Euro final we certainly didn't improve when Henderson replaced him.
 
"Thanks for that Brian" said:
Everton are as kosher as Chelsea FC, wrapped in pork sausage meat and covered in bacon.

Whilst their financial doping brought them no more than mid-table mediocrity, everybody was too busy laughing to give a damn. Now, their regime faces some greater degree of scrutiny...I wonder whether there's any chance of the PL doing anything about it....<laugh>
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no as they did a "deal" with them where the PL board oversee their spending this season though since my guess is they are looking at another loss god knows where that leaves them .
 
Solid_Air 2 said:
no as they did a "deal" with them where the PL board oversee their spending this season though since my guess is they are looking at another loss god knows where that leaves them .
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Clubs who properly administer their affairs don't do deals and have external monitoring. The owner and his backer are as dodgy as ****.
 
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