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Now that Fred has been treated, send your letters literally on everything you want to [email protected] …
Liverpool learn
I am a fan of Liverpool and I am really happy that the Liverpool players have finally started to "let go" and "ask the question to the referee". Liverpool, until very recently, had "won" only one penalty at home for over a year. It's hard to understand because they have a lot of fast and difficult advanced players and usually have the majority of possession. I can only conclude that there are two main reasons for this: a referee bias against "big clubs" and Liverpool players too eager to stay on their feet. Manchester City this season is a good example of the reverse bias. They get far too few penalties that their game deserves, for example this weekend, a penalty Stonewall refused. I think that Raheem Sterling will have to lose a member to win a penalty again. I do not think he intended to go for it, but we are there.
A more badytical approach to this hypothesis would be to watch last season for example, because "everything sways over a season". Crystal Palace, 11th, has received more penalties (10) than the combined second, third and fourth place teams (9), and if you think it's a cherry on the cake, let's take the top five teams ( 20) and compare them at the top. 5 of the lower half (30). It seems to me to be counter to the idea that teams who spend more time attacking than others receive fewer penalties unless they have reverse bias.
In my opinion, an important factor contributing to the dive is the fact that I do not remember an incident in which a player was fouled in the surface, remained standing and was then sentenced to penalty.
This only encourages smart footballers to "ask the question to the referee". Harry Kane, Paul Pogba et al. do it, thank God, Mohammed Salah is learning. Sahko kicked him, missed the ball, asked the question – the moment he chose to make it embarrbading. I think that it should make it more advantageous to stay on one's feet by letting the player play a benefit and bring him back to the penalty if he does not get money. An advantage should be something like a clear shot at goal, not just keeping possession or a tamed shot or slice because the player is unbalanced. Football must increase the chances of scoring if the players are honest.
Fred, London, I enjoyed that. I hope it's going x
Bill (Imagine a world where the punishment for diving was a penalty deal instead of receiving a yellow card)
So, Fred …
Sensational, poor Fred her panties really changed, he did not:
1) How can Liverpool affect the state of an opposition team and when we play them? All players in the league play twice, but the dates and order of the matches are sorted by a computer / TV channel.
2) Yes, we have been lucky on our side so far and a mail was actually published a few weeks ago, in which we explained how I thought the luck was really of our side to the minute. Again, something we can not control, but we have taken advantage of it. I do not know why Pickford missed this or why Gross made a useless tackle, but just thinking about those moments makes it a bit more like the player's negligence in the key moments of the games than luck. .
3) Almost all the league played against United when they were catastrophic, as Jose was sacked only about 2 games in the mid-season, including Tottenham.
4) I do not really want to understand the comparison you're trying to make with Rondon because it makes no sense, so I'll leave that.
5) Salah diving. Kane cough, Alli cough. Given the dive so little that you can not be so capricious when the shoe is on the other foot. Diving is bad, but I think the opinion of most fans seems to change to find out if a decision is made for them / against them / for someone that they do not know. Do not like it. I leave that for another mail.
6) I really could not make fun of the question of "neutrals" and the number of Non Liverpool fans who want / do not want us to win the championship. I have many friends and family in Liverpool with whom to share memories and opinions, and believe me, it never happens in a conversation what others want or do not want us to do.
7) A converted blue? Have you already abandoned? 9 points and a little less than half of the season to go. I mean, you seem so bitter in this mail that you either have to be a disguised fan of Everton, or you're a perfect example of why I know so many of your "neutrals" can not stand the Spurs.
Ryan, Liverpool
…Fred – Your outrage and feelings of blatant injustice are exactly what I felt when Chelsea won leagues with deflected strikes from Lampard or Arjen Robben dives. After reflection, it is obvious that they were the best team most of the time. Liverpool may not be clearly the best team like Chelsea and we have had a bit of luck this season, that's for sure (and I doubt that all Liverpool fans can dispute it). But your selection of evidence knows no bounds. For every chance (or incompetence of opposition) of which you speak, I can have an equal and opposite chance. To mention only your comments on the match Palace: Another day, Liverpool might have had at least a penalty handballs Townsend / Tomkins in the area. Secondly, Mane's goal seems decisive because of what followed: Palace's third goal came from relaxed Liverpool and Keita who was trying to dribble the ball in defense in the 95th minute – he would not have it. not done s? It was 3-2, he? I l larruped the field. Finally (to borrow a little of your cry), Liverpool was missing 2 right-handed FIRST CHOICE and had to play the former Milner against the biggest offensive threat of Palace. He duly allowed Zaha to overtake him to create the first match of Palace and was rightly dismissed. He will be suspended. (By the way – one of the back limbs is wounded standing on a ball during a warm up, the other has had his leg broken by a defender from Burnley, so jammie!
Although we all know that statistics can not prove anything (especially to a blind selector), an objective way to look at luck is xG and xPTS. It turns out that Liverpool is one of the luckiest league in the third place. They sit right behind Arsenal and the runners are lucky this season … Spurs.
Shappo, CFL
…Ok Fred, I will play.
First of all, I notice that you conveniently forget the misfortune that Liverpool has experienced this season;
Townsend's handball in the area of the last match went unpunished, just seconds before his first match.
The "post and out" in the city, as opposed to their "post and at" the same end.
The goal is perfect for Arsenal, offside (a game we ended up shooting – 2 points were lost!)
The innumerable injuries that we have also suffered among the first players, they are less covered than others because a) we always get away with it and b) we do not neglect it like the supporters of the other teams.
You also forget that 2 of Salah's penalties (against Arsenal and Brighton) were considered a stone wall by all, with the exception of Martin Keown and those who decided from still pictures on Twitter or on the last page of The S * n. Or that Salah stood up to score against Bournemouth while he was clearly fouled.
Secondly, I thought you might appreciate some radical generalizations about other teams, similar to your email;
Man Utd beat Liverpool only the title in 08/09 due to a goal from Macheda in Fergie's time and subsequent recovery, if any.
Liverpool lost the championship to City only in 13/14 because Sterling was declared offside by City while the match was clear (the day after Christmas, when we were at the top of the standings, we are looking to extend it further)
The Spurs only became the top 4 contenders because of Bale's insistence on speculative shots from distance one way or another (surprise) to repeatedly surprise the 'opposing goalkeepers'. .
Arsenal beat only season because of Pires' dive at Portsmouth
Man Utd won the hat-trick because of Fergie's goals against Munich and Liverpool (we forget this – also from Solskjaer, in the F.A. Cup).
See Fred, it's easy to generalize, the fact is that it's not very big or clever to do it.
I understand your frustration, after all, as your fans keep repeating, the Spurs were supposed to be the team that will train the right team in the right way and show the richer clubs how it's done. I'm sure Pochettino will win trophies. They will be just settled in Manchester or Spain.
Dom (do not forget we've already conceded a goal to a beach ball) Littleford
… Renouncing his ambivalence in the current title race in favor of the new support found for Man City is cowardice. It's cheap and it's codswallop.
Stop covering your bets. We know that Liverpool wins the title is the last thing you want. We know you hate us. We do not care. But when we win the title, whether this year or the following year, do not expect any humility.
Feed the Scousers, Slippy G, Scouse Maths.
Continue like this, once the immense joy of finally reaching the top will be dispelled, we will ensure that you hear about it at least for another season.
Harry (oh, look at a Liverpool fan saying that next year will be our year … zzz) London (say what you want but Sakho has kicked him, we've seen him quite often)
… I loved Fred, the London letter from the previous mailbox. He is absolutely right with everything he said, but rather than get angry, I sit and wonder what will happen in the next CFL games. Until now, I have:
0-0 after 92 minutes, the CFL defended a corner, the VVD beating it from his own bar and the ball ricocheting in the opposing midfield, leaving Salah, Sané and Bobby three on a free kick causing the inevitable.
Robertson's last-minute shot was deflected by a seagull.
Man City wins the league by two points but then gets three deductions for irregularities ffp.
Another beach ball incident.
Losing 3-0 but then a snowstorm / projector failure / a swarm of freak grbadhoppers leading to a game abandonment. The victory of the CFL was postponed 1-0.
Everton the victims of lasagna door part two just before the derby.
Extraterrestrials.
Do not be angry Fred, relax and enjoy the absurdity of it all.
Bill, Aberdeenshire
A plea for Ole
After a few weeks spent watching United under OGS, I have completely changed my mind about it. I went 100% against him to get this job and I am now convinced that if things go on with anything that approaches the current levels of performance, he has to get the job.
I did not want his reputation as a club legend to be ruined by the fact that he was a horrible manager for us. He is a hero for United fans and the idea that he is booed at Old Trafford or that his star loses his luster due to a questionable curse of management was painful to contemplate. I was scared.
But now, there is an emotion more powerful than fear that has changed me in my opinion. Love.
I would love it if Ole came out well. It would be an incredible, wonderful, fantastic and romantic story to see him succeed at United. Sent from the tiny Molde for a short-term loan, the legend of the club on the field becomes a star of management. Not only that, but it would do so to further enhance our personal vision of United as being different from other clubs – we are a big family with the sense of doing things in a certain way, based on a shared understanding of the benefits of a positive, enjoyable and entertaining football, the benefits of promoting from the inside and a preference for longevity and consistency of management where possible.
I'm not saying that's true, but it's something we, United fans, love to believe and it's certainly something we cherish. We are supposed to trust the youth and the potential – so why not try it with our manager too? Ole did a management apprenticeship. He is not very well known but he is not an amateur. The skills he used at Molde as a player, when he was supported by United's best players, were a match for the best in the world. Why not as a manager?
Of course, he may not be good enough and others have a better resume. But if he can do it, it will add a wonderful layer to United's legend and romance as a club. Ole gave United fans the opportunity to enjoy football again. Playing well is great. Play well under Ole, it's even better. Winning things, that's great. Winning things under Ole would be even better. Having a club legend manage your club is like watching a player from the youth team do it. It means more.
Who knows, maybe it's a new tradition that we can aim for: the ex-player as a manager. Why not look also towards the next generation of managers? Sit on the bench of the first team for two seasons. Make the youth teams for a few seasons. Go around the world for a few years and know that United could call in the future and look favorably on you if you demonstrate to preserve and maintain its traditions. For no other reason than that I think they could be good managers, I could see Carrick take over in 10 years. Herrera a few years later. Why not?
The opportunity to succeed under Ole is so exciting that I wish it, no, I have to put aside the practical reasons for not pursuing that dream. I have to ignore the rational and the reasonable and tend towards the romantic and the fantastic. Much of the non-football world is full of hard-hitting decisions that really matter and where it's crucial to make informed decisions, taking into account the likely outcome. But football is a game. So let me dream of the beautiful but improbable. Aim for the gloriously improbable. Give us a chance to dream. Give it to Ole.
Andreas Hunter, St Albans
Kante-ball> Sarri-ball
I liked 16 conclusions, another good record of both teams and their respective dynamics.
One point you touched on was bringing Kante back to the midfield base. Looking at Chelsea, I think Jorginho and Kante should swap roles. Listen to me:-
1) If you have David Luiz in defense, he needs a guardian. We all know that
2) ALL participants from the last 2 years reported taking snapshots in a hurry because Kante was present or thought he was present. It's powerful. Now they know he is 30 meters away and they just have to pbad Luiz.
3) Chelsea needs defensive solidity and also needs Luiz to move into space and find the pbad. He can do it with Kante there
4) If Jorginho is so calm and precise, all the sighted pbaderby put him between the lines higher up in the field. Willian Pedro and Hazard do great races and Jorginho can find them
5) Forget Higuain and Carroll, Pedro and Willian are of quality. Loftus-Cheek can cover one, as it would also be more dangerous to use his energy and motivation.
Sarri-ball has been discovered, change Kante-ball and see what happens ……
Ian (currently unemployed, reading all the articles you post, keep going !!) CFL
Kovacic pulls like that
There have been a lot of letters and comments about the Chelsea midfielder recently, after they realized a new tasteless performance. Most of them seem to understand that Jorginho absolutely refuses to play risky pbades to protect his precious pbading statistics (it was hilarious to watch him throwing the ball literally to score the goal in the lapse of time since the single try pbad in the last third). It does not matter the quality of your pbadage in the central circle. If he does not have the vision of someone like Fabregas, he will not unlock the defenses.
Other comments on the midfield (including in 16 conclusions) seem to focus on the fact that Kante plays out of position but it's surely on Sarri and not on the most immune player against any type of yellow card, no matter how many mistakes he made. accumulates and gets in with it.
But for me, the real problem is the gaping hole at LCM. Kovacic is extremely lucky that Jorginho seems to be finishing with all the flac. He is incredibly player. I do not mean that it is necessarily bad, but only that it poses no threat to the opposing goal. Despite all the hype about him, he can not and will not shoot, he can not play the pbades with the defense. He's a good dribbler, but he seems allergic to the back (it was painfully obvious how much Chelsea desperately wanted someone to make his way into the surface in the middle of the field). It is essential that the midfielder supports the attack when playing with a fake 9 (as when Hazard played the ball through the penalty area). Yet it was Kante, not the famous Kovacic who appeared anywhere near the surface whenever Chelsea attacked. He is a good tackle, but he does not press particularly well and he dribbles a lot. Worse still, it makes absolutely no sense of the game to take positions when gaps are widening in the middle of the field (as when Arsenal dropped deep towards the end and there were plenty of positions to stand in front of them). and shoot). Even Barkley, despite all his inconsistencies, seems at least wanting to leave the midfield and have at least one shot on goal (blocked by Koscielny's balls). The best feature of Kovacic seems to be just to keep the ball, to recycle it in the middle of the field. The hype on his signature as a coup, even on loan, seemed ridiculous at the time, knowing he would become another player blocking the way to the first Chelsea youth team, and seems even more ridiculous now.
Unfortunately for RLC, this hype does not seem to run out and he is unlikely to become a starter at the club. Playing their young players is simply not in Chelsea's DNA, the best youth academy in the country is completely wasted on them. Similar to the situation of CHO, all he can hope for is a few symbolic minutes towards the end of the matches.
Falooda in New York
It's definitely coming home
Peter, Andalucia: good news! You are certainly not the only one to be excited about the next generation of England. It's been a while since I think about it and wonder what could be the eleventh departure of Gareth at the World Cup.
In goal, we have Pickford, with decent hope for McCarthy, Butland, Gunn, Bettinelli, Pope and even a long shot for Heaton to make a glorious comeback.
At the back we have Walker, Trippier, Alexander-Arnold, Wan-Bissaka (which could be the best of the lot). On the left back, we have Shaw and Chilwell, maybe Sessegnon (probably more of a winger). In the center, we have Stones, Gomez, Maguire and … Well, we are a little short in the center.
Midfielders, we have tons of options of the same talent in the hope of making some breakthroughs. 3 could be Rice behind Foden and Oxlade-Chamberlain. If their development continues as we hope it could be from a world clbad midfielder. In reserve, Henderson will still be there, and Dier, Alli, Barkley, Maddison, maybe Ward-Prowse could kick, who knows?
Many talented young wingers with Sterling, Lingard, Sancho, Nelson, Hudson-Odoi (apparently), probably Sessegnon, Gray and Barnes in Leicester … Even if half of them do not reach the mark, it's still beautiful. And with Kane, Rashford and maybe Wilson or Abraham on the rise, our offensive options look pretty good.
I do not know how promising young people are for Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and all other peoples (except France, in the hope of a post-successful implosion usual), but the group of young English is really impressive.
In conclusion, forget the Premier League. It's hogwash. Huddersfield is in it. Take the fashionable train for the international break!
Harry, THFC (apologize to everyone I've forgotten, that's a good one)
Jack (the bloody love Rashford) Manchester – Maybe they were distributing 11,000 tickets to schoolchildren in Sbaduolo and the surrounding area and were paying for their round-trip transportation, that would be fair, as they would be punished a) to have to pay about 500 coaches and b) they would basically play a game at home.
I think if you want to make a situation like this 100% fair, you have to make sure that the home game wins Napoli next season. The match forbids stadium supporters and the above scenario is over.
Either that, or if you want to say that you want racism to make them pay for a group of underprivileged children in the country whose player is the victim of racist violence (in the case of Koulibaly in Senegal) to watch the same game the season next. This would give them plenty of time to organize the logistics, give a group of children a memory they will never forget, excite the racist supporters of the club and force clubs to deal with racism more seriously, because costs would be higher than the costs BS fines that are currently distributed.
Andy, Melbourne (Oldham)
KPB WTF
Just when you think the game went crazy, when Bournemouth quotes 75 million pounds for Callum Wilson, when Gonzalo Higuain, 31, will cost 50 million pounds, while Alexis Sanchez earns £ 350,000 by week, when Dominic Solanke is looking for £ 19 mil, when the center halves cost as much as luxury yachts and the back of the boat costs the same as building a mall …
Barcelona will sign Kevin Prince-Boateng and make us smile and remind us how wonderful football can be!
A special mention for Ryan Babel in Fulham too.
DC, LAC
Footballers football website
Like many others here, I visit the site several times during a day. It's part of my daily routine. I often ask myself the same question. Namely, are there high level footballers (or referees ?!) Who often visit this site and read it as we all do?
Maybe you can not say, maybe you do not know – but it would be interesting to know if you (or readers) know someone who knows it? (Even though the names can not be used, it would be interesting to know something, such as "Premier League Defender")
Thank you
R (football fan exiled from the other side of the pond)
Brexit, that
Congratulations, John Nicholson – You have managed to remove the unforgettable spell of ageism, the demonization of the working clbad and the connivance in the hysterical idiocy of the Fear Mark 2 project. All the available data suggest that the majority of the Brexitians voted for reasons of sovereignty and democracy, not racism. I also did not see any poll suggesting that a significant number of voters who left the system thought the country would be better off economically after Brexit. They simply wanted British citizens to have a say in who was governing them. For a man who makes a lot of noise about his ordinary roots in northern cities, it is odd that you deprive your working-clbad comrades of one of the most basic human rights – the right to a significant vote. This letter does not really concern football, but neither was your article before you lost interest. I will still read your texts because I think you are a writer of high quality, but you really piss me off today.
Matt Pitt
Postcard from Japan
Japan worked through its Asian Cup group but finished first. They came from behind to beat Turkmenistan (3-2) and Uzbekistan (2-1), using a second-string team in the last match, and won 1-0 against Oman with a goal of A questionable penalty. This set up an eighth-final match against Saudi Arabia.
Since Hajime Moriyasu took over as manager after the World Cup, Japan's exciting and highly successful offense has made up for their fragile defense, but I felt the team had always seemed able to take off by the following. Saudi Arabia tested my theory last night, but Japan made an excellent defense to win 1-0. For the first 20 minutes, Japan could barely get out of the match, as Saudi Arabia continued to attack them, but could not find a way to cross it. There were two chances to score in this opening period, a curling player who has just spread, and the other a half-volley that Maya Yoshida has blocked with her face at close range.
Japan's first real tour in its other half led to the only goal of the match. A cross pbad on the left side, Genki Haraguchi, allowed him to take the advantage on a corner taken by Gaku Shibasaki and defender Takehiro Tomiyasu was returning home. Japan spent a little more time in the opposing half, but after that, it was mainly Saudi Arabia, especially in the second half: they continued to come, putting pressure and creating good pbades, and have created many good opportunities, but both have been touched. , wide of the head, or blocked by desperate Japanese defenders. A few times, when Japan ventured to the other end of the line, it is nothing and Saudi Arabia has countered. For most of the second half, Japan had 11 men in defense; Indeed, during most of the match, Japan was in defensive mode.
However, they held firm and the defenders deserve all the credit for the victory. This victory seemed to show that Japan could put itself in a defensive position and withstand long periods of pressure. It could have been one of those opposing victories that proves the team is a champion. Again, this could have been one of those victories that shows that the team does not seem able to balance defense and attack in the same match. What is it that I know? Not much: in my last post, I confused Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi (for my defense, I was very tired and they both have an L in their names). Anyway, Japan will face Vietnam in the quarterfinals on Thursday, and I can not wait to see what this young team will do next.
Regards,
James T, Ishikawa, Japan
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