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Pagan…fair point but a way needs to be found to stop the fakes, you know the ones, rolling all over and minutes later sprinting down the field. I dislike these players and they do it too often. I do not want the game to be a non contact sport either but I hope somebody has an answer to what I see as spoils the game.

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I think I take Mikus view on this, it was a young side and we should encourage that and be patient. I only switched on just when we scored the second goal but it appears to me we played in a frenzied style and how I wish we had somebody that put there foot on the ball and just thought about direction of play. I am not a lover of internationals but I do like the thought of playing more youngsters and let them develop but it still need at least one “steady Eddie”

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Well I can see the points raised to (4) but time wasting with fake injuries can easily be controlled by good firm refereeing, more training needed!!!! For me, any injury, get them off the field pronto, simulation equals time off field, sin bin. 5 minutes. Not really in favour of sin bins but they may come in eventually. If it means a stretcher coming on, OK, but get it done for all injuries, no messing about, get them off the pitch. as soon as possible, let the game carry on. How many times do we see fake injuries or a rest time to take pressure off? I suspect nothing will get done but it is interesting to read what you think about any changes.

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Nil….I would agree with that, then what is needed is a higher quality of officials, this is needed with /without VAR. Our Ref standard in particular have not kept up with the progress of the game, I know it is not easy for them particularly with the rule changes constantly interfering but it should be better AND Stricter. Mistakes will always happen, no game will ever be from them happening at some point, i am just maleing the point that standards need lifting
The important aspects to the game for me would be

1. keep the game flowing
2 Act swiftly on diving
3.A foul committed on a player who has to leave the pitch for treatment or replacement then the team committing the fould should also be reduced until both teams are balanced. The foul benifits the person fouling too much in case of the team loosing a player because of it
4 No extra time, the time is set from off pitch automatically and a hooter the second it reaches 90 minutes…thats it..over. No determination by on pitch official. No need for extra minutes

What do you think guys???

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maybe true Blaze but I can see Managers not being to worried about a player being in what is now deemed an offside position. A good tactical manager will find it more to the teams liking because they would have the players to exploit the “man less in midfield or wherever then the opposing team adopting the tactic would be more worried about being overloaded. Depends very much on the teams abilities, of course there will be always a team that can exploit it but I think this maybe a few.
I still think it is worth a try, failing that, I think the whole body would have to be in an offside position not part of, which is a nonsense in human mechanics

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Do not usually watch international’s but just interested in how the city boys played. Thought Mount and Chilwell played well, Lingard as well but for chances created we should have scored more. Some good goal keeping though
Training match status, lets see what they do against tougher opposition
However, they did what they have to do so cannot be too critical

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Nine….it is bound to go wrong now!!!!!!!

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PS. I would also bring back National Service…mandatory..no excuses

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Technology maybe convenient but not always right. I would ban phones for under 18’s. and I mean years not months, although I have seen some parents letting there young ones have phones some as young as 5/6Yr!!!
Crazy world. You are right football and cricket in the park or on any old site you could find was enjoyable

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Adlab….good post

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Pagan…that could be good but would we not have the same problem with more line decisions to be made. The existing lines are flawed by officials as it stands but I can see some sense in working around this. However, I would still like to see “no offside” given a trial with a proviso that a player could not camp out in the opposing half. It is the tight decisions that are giving the problem which I maintain that the human managing the technology are not capable or good enough to manage

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Ed, well you are right about what the future may hold for City but here is my problem. I think the media promote this to sell the chip paper, left to fans it would not be as bad, still be there, but not as tribal or bias. This part of football depresses me. Fans, years ago, went to a game to enjoy football watch star players, from both teams and the media was responsible and articulate, alas all this has deteriorated over time. I sometimes think back and check if I am not remembering rhings through rose colored glasses but I still remember detain thankfully for my age!!! It was a better experience. Of course those days will never return. One thing I am thankful for is the modern stadiums. can any really be interested in all the statistics that accompany a game now?? This has become an industry within an industry. The laws of the game are so confusing because of there interpretation by players, match officials Var thats before you get to the “experts”
This may also impact on the potential for a global game because what we see here is different from Europe, Middle East. Far East and the Americas in the way games are interpreted by officials. What I do like though is the modern game has become more athletic, tactical (defense or attack) as against the old styles. Revie plan included, although it was never about Revie really

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Agree about the lack of excitement and pandemic but Kane, Henderson and Sterling are not the future, we should be looking at the options now, although not many are obvious, probably about half a team as it stands

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Blaze…nothing short of a ruthless, mentally tough approach to this game is required, particularly with the opposition in mind
They should not treat this game as a training game.

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I stated previously they should scrap the offside rule. Yes it would change the game, I think for the better and it would bring more tactical game/. The danger though is I think the game will become faster and more injuries will appear but well worth a try for a season

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ED…we are not going to fall out over this but you say you do not understand the reaction of the City fans…well that to me…is NOT the majority of City fans. We have always had a sceptical press as long as I have followed football and that will not change, I really do not care one iota about that and the City fans I know do not care about it either. I suspect you have listened to a few over sensitive City fans..this is not the majority of them. City’s biggest critics are there own fans not the media and where that comes from I do not know but I suspect “globalisation”. Peps era will pass soon enough and the wheel will keep turning….you never know…you maybe in for a OJS era with full presss backing!!!!!!

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PS. sorry about the typo’s. would never make a journalist but hope you understand it

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ED…a bit rich coming from a Utd fan after all the years od sdulation the media and still have with Utd. I am not complying or do I agree with you about City fans, like I have said recently Most City fanns I know are neither optimistic or pessimistic but have a sense of reality and I probably know more City fans than you do. Nothing to worry about RD, we will just keep plodding along and I would like to see Utd in the top 4, being a Mancunian. Matt Busby certainly built something at Old Trafford

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I would not hold your breath on a Super league Nine. maybe not next season but after that?????? I do not like that either!!! If you ask me what I really, really want, it would be, somehow there would be a leveling out of all clubs in England, I just like the though of the Prestons, Carlisle etc having a fighting chance. I do not know how it could be done, probably never happen but we have a good league system in England that just needs a little help to get better, not richer.
TV will have its pay /view audience but fans going to matches need lower prices to generate better atmosphere and get them back in grounds when Covid is clear to do so

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Adlab…you are perfectly right..a media build up so they can have bigger headlines when it does not happen to the ill thought out prediction. and to think…they get paid for it as well.

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