I’m increasingly of the view that we need a new skipper. Zouma is never near the ref, players in trouble or vocal on the pitch and we lack that. Can’t see any candidates in the squad. Alvarez maybe, but he’s got a fuse shorter than Coyote chasing Road Runner. Zouma can't really afford to be near th...

From here: https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/the-players/#number-of-substitutions From uefa site. Cheers guys, I found it eventually. I had Googled "How many times can you substitute players in a UEFA club football match" and for some reason the top results were for FIFA World Cup, the ...

"Teams will be able to make five substitutions but, to limit the number of stoppages , they will only be allowed to make these changes at three points in the game. These three occasions do not include changes at half-time, between the end of normal playing time and extra time, and at half-time...

I don't think half-time counts as a sub window. I wondered about that, but I looked it up and the World Cup 2022 guidelines suggested it does count. Perhaps they have changed the rules again. I can't keep up with them these days. EDIT Found the Champions League regulations for this season - Article...

some of the fouls he HAS given opposed to those he HASN'T given are unfathomable.... Absolutely true. And some of the cards too - Wirtz was a yellow from being suspended from this game and escaped a b&w caution in the first leg. (I know it's a different ref). He stood on Alvarez 10 mins into th...

Agreed, Alonso biting the bullet and taking a player off before halftime was what, for me, made the difference. On the subject of substitutions, I thought you could only make them three times. Leverkusen made: a change in the first half (Tapsoba in the 29th minute), two at half time (Frimpong &...

Patsy Belgium wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:06 pm Bet f*** ing Dublins gutted us and the Dippers are no more.

Are you being sarcastic?

The idea is to limp along until the end of the season, try and stay in the PL, and, I believe if they are 10 points clear of the drop zone decide whether Administration may be the best option. That could be a dangerous game to play - when Boston United realised knew they were going to be relegated ...

Absolute shocker in the Chelsea game too. Tarkowski gets the ball, ref gives pen, var don't overturn it 🤣 Not sure which of the incidents the penalty was actually awarded for, but don't look at Tarkowski's feet, look at his arm - he follows with a big push, might even have been in the face. In wres...

Loose aerial ball, him and Alvarez went for it, looked like he fell hard on his neck as didn't have his hands down to break his fall, might have got knocked out mid collision and not been conscious to get his hands down, not good at all. Everyone stopped and immediately got medical attention on. He...

Wasn't his head raised by one of our players? I haven't rewatched it, but that's what worried me. If he had a neck injury my understanding is that his head shouldn't get touched. I'm probably way off base on all points because I am completely unqualified to say or judge anything, understanding that...

There's a clip on twitter of the earthy fall, not going to post it in here but it makes for pretty bad viewing, fingers crossed it's just a concussion but he went down hard after the collision and his arms went up after he went down in an involuntary fashion.. Horrible viewing. Haven't seen that cl...

alf git wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:58 pm Didn't even manage to foul the right player

He didn't get the wrong player - Lukic niggled him, left a foot in and scored little kicks on him the whole game.

Based on that performance you would snap him up and Muniz but we all know playing well against us is not a good benchmark of future quality Pereira was pretty lucky not to be sent off yesterday. Could have had a straight red for his high follow through on Paqueta - a few minutes later he pulled Sou...

the one that takes the biscuit for me is Ben Johnson, he comes on and we lose all impetus down the right, He hangs so far back. If we are not in Europe I don't think the club home grown thing matters and the kids coming through have got to be better than him. You can only have a maximum of 17 non-&...

the best team of theirs I've seen was David pleats side of 86/87 . Is that you Billy? Bonzo signed half that squad - Clive Allen and Mitchell Thomas were first-choice starters, plus Chris Hughton, Tony Parks, and John Moncur. 'Arry added Neil Ruddock, and he and Moncur were in our highest-ever fini...

davids cross wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:53 am Hats off to Alvarez who was the first to understand the seriousness of that collision....and his challenge.

Earthy got a helping push into Alvarez's path by Wilson.

I've never seen a football match where you win or draw from your own 16 yard box. In this day and age of football, you're bound to lose. And we deserved to lose because we didn't put anything into the game to even come close to winning. Or do you win football matches by losing? As with the first le...

Humbug wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:46 am How about Scamacca?

That's aged well