06 May 2025 13:15:15
It was ludicrous that Mad Andy Madley the Maddest Man in Madsville should book 11 players last night, 8 of them ours, in a game played in a competitive, entertaining but good spirit.
I am genuinely concerned ( or perhaps paranoid) that the football establishment, refs, VAR, pundits, commentators, and the Premier League are against us upstarts particularly if it comes down to the last game with Chelsea, one of the favoured teams.
Rather than a Churchillian speech pre match I'd go for Lord Friths words to the first created Rabbit Al Areirha in Richard Adam's brilliant " Watership Down".
"You will have the gifts of speed and cunning, Oh digger, listener, Lord of tricks. You will have a thousand enemies and when they catch you they will kill you. But, first, they have to catch you. "
I'm not sure Sir Alex would have gone down that route but he made sure his players believed the whole world was against them and to adopt a certain strong mentality.
06 May 2025 13:57:24
Agree stokey as he made the game all about him, one foul straight in the book, the ones he had to give yellow were dominguez, Yates and sangare and sels.
06 May 2025 16:19:38
Same as the ref against brentford, so quick to give yellows but bottled on giving 2nd yellow twice.
06 May 2025 17:59:48
Do we have a decent Official in the Premier League? If so where is he hiding?
06 May 2025 20:54:00
Var ruined refereeing
Undermines them for starters, get rid of it spoiled thr game.