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What the heck happened with Salah's goal? No ManU players anywhere near him but he wasn't offside.. can't work it out from the replays.
 
I honestly think that football would benefit hugely from the 10 metre rule that rugby employs. Any dissent, the kick moves 10 metres up the pitch. If that means a free kick becomes a penalty, so be it. Players would soon learn.
100% agree. That would be immensely satisfying to do. :)
 
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Went to the recording of The Guardian podcast, Football Weekly last night. Max Rushden, Elis James, Barry Glendenning etc. Lots of fun. Glendenning was off to interview Tiss this morning too, so we had some half decent MLT chat too.
 
I honestly think that football would benefit hugely from the 10 metre rule that rugby employs. Any dissent, the kick moves 10 metres up the pitch. If that means a free kick becomes a penalty, so be it. Players would soon learn.
Ref's need to start standing up to the players and booking them or sending them off. Sick of players reffing the game themselves.
 
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I honestly think that football would benefit hugely from the 10 metre rule that rugby employs. Any dissent, the kick moves 10 metres up the pitch. If that means a free kick becomes a penalty, so be it. Players would soon learn.

The thing is, the ref is the one person has to power to stop it anyway. Rule change won't mean anything if the refs don't enforce it.

It's an area I have little sympathy for refs in - He should have booked the lot of them imo. As it is they've got away with it as per usual.
 
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I can remember the goal against Arsenal at the Dell and my first ever game was against Wimbledon and he scored, can't remember how old I was or when it was, but if I had to guess I'd say about 5.

I think I was about 11/12 when he retired so don't really have too many memories of him
 
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Mate I'm nearly 30 and probably only watched him once!

Blimey, young’un.
I am old enough to remember a customer of mine who used to watch the Saints youth (as well as having a season ticket) and he was always telling me that although Alan Shearer was being cited as the best young player we had, in the youth set up, there was another who was better - Matt LeTiss.
I guess everyone will have their own view on who became the best, but in terms of being the player who pretty much stopped us from being relegated single handedly, Matt gets my vote.
I feel honoured to have watched him from start to finish.
 
That new contract for Potter, just months after signing the first one, continues to go really well.