25 Apr 2021 17:53:49
Bare with me with all the furore of the esl and how the 12 teams are going to ruin football with there greed
I actually loved the way everyone in football got together and caused such a stink they backed down FOR NOW
yes the cheiif execs and chairman are ruining the spirit of football with there money and greed and always wanting more and more a nd we all said enough is enough
I think it's time we did the same with the players
I find tthey are as worse in ruining the spirit of the game yes they get paid stupid money that's fair enough none of us would turn a good wage down
My point is we need to do something about the blatant cheating that is ruining football if not ruined already
I'm not one for going back to 70s when it was dangerous but we have got rid of atotal tactic in tackling. some teams had a chance by getting stuck in and trying that way made for really good watches now everyone is the same boring tika taka but please don't touch me
But the screaming cheating diving deceitful Ness conning the ref waving fake cards pretending your injured going down like Tom daly in the box because someone's breath smells it's PATHETIC
Kdb was hit in the chest against Leicester screamed at top of his voice went down holding his face
Arsenal pen on Friday night was a disgrace not because it was given watch the player who got tapped how in gods name would that warrant hit the floor and rolling about
Think about it they get a slight contact scream at the top of there lungs face in excruciating agony rolling about and as soon as whistle is blown for foul there straight up and running about
Now correct me if I'm wrong but no one in the history of mankind can make a recovery like that unless it is false
Which is cheating and it needs to stop because its ruining the sport as much as money in everyway
I know var is crap but at least if a player has dived cheated or deceived the ref we can usually all see it, and book him fake card waving book him
No contact fake foul book them
My favourite the boot up high and they grab there face but there was never going to be contact but they still scream
Were do they learn not to just dive scream and roll about
But to be unsportsman like and so soft and trying to find a pc word for being a big bunch of ffing tarts man up stop cheating and play the game how it was meant to be played
What is funny about it is the woman's game which is come on leaps a bounds I've watched a lot in lockdownis so much tougher
No diving cheating funny no screaming just hard fought matches played fairly and squarely
Sorry for rant but it's as bad as money in ruining the game as I'm typing jao cancelo has just jumped in the air because someone trod on his toe that defies physics
Anyway it's off my chest now lol.


1.) 25 Apr 2021
25 Apr 2021 18:20:48
Enjoyed your post gola.

I agree with almost everything in it.

I would just add that the standard of refereeing doesn’t help. You would see less attempts to con the officials if refs ignored some of the tackles and let the game flow.

Oliver is about the only English ref I have any time for.

Also, teams like City who go in for blatant tag team fouling need to be punished in some way.


2.) 26 Apr 2021
26 Apr 2021 10:07:08
COmpletely agree with you GG . its sad to see lack of physicality in the game cause some make the most of soft contact. its getting more and more these days and its up to the refs and also the players and managers to stop this.

Harry Kane when he backs into a player when the ball is in the air or Salah when he goes down like he is shot . there big players have to set examples for all to follow.

the onus is on the managers footballers and the refs to clean this game of what i would say cheating.


3.) 26 Apr 2021
26 Apr 2021 10:46:14
Jumpers for goalposts?

I'm sorry but many fans have their heads in the sand - change will come whether it be an ESL, a World Club competition or a completely revamped CL - it is a financial necessity as well as a needed protection of the players' physical well-being.

And can I pose a question about the greatly vaunted 'competition', a word we have heard often over the past week: taking Leicester as an anomaly, how many clubs have won the PL in the last 21 years?

Competition my arse!

{Ed001's Note - it is not a financial necessity nor is it needed to protect the players' physical well-being. Utter nonsense I am afraid and not even slightly true.}


4.) 26 Apr 2021
26 Apr 2021 11:59:41
Ed001, right back at yer - you are talking utter nonsense as are the vast majority of fans.

How are clubs supposed to continue to pay the ever increasing wage and bonus demands from the top players? How are clubs supposed to stay in the black? How many clubs will need to go bankrupt before you remove your head from the sand?

Do you expect players to continue to play twice a week for 11 months of the year? Or are you not bothered about the long-term effects of such physical demands on the body? Will you be suggesting that EUFA and FIFA pay for the wheelchairs / knee and hip replacements / long-term medical care for all ex-players beginning in their 40s?

Just how much do clubs have to go into debt to assuage your beloved 1970s attitude to football?

Are you going to continue to promote the PL as the exemplar of competitiveness regardless of the facts that prove otherwise?

And just in passing, the proposed ESL DOES allow ANY club to join the league dependent upon their performance in their respective domestic leagues. The proposed ESL DOES have an element of relegation. The proposed ESL does NOT interfere with the present set-up of domestic leagues and does NOT propose that clubs leave their domestic leagues to join the ESL.

But 'facts' are not the currency of you Trumpian-like anti-ESL evangelists, are they!

(And will you be posting this comment or applying your Soviet-style censorship? )

{Ed001's Note - they already make plenty of money, their income grows year on year. You really do not have a clue. Clubs don't go bankrupt because of a lack of money in the game, they go bankrupt because they are choosing to spend more than they make. You are embarrassing yourself now. I don't need to remove my head from the sand, I fully understand that the problem is clubs being badly run and chasing the dream of gloryhunting fans.

What on earth is playing twice a week for 11 months got to do with this? It is irrelevant. Nothing in the plan was about players' welfare, which is why almost every single player in the game was against it.

My beloved 70s attitude? You really are wasting my time with your stupidity now. Nothing I have said is related to the Prem, nothing I have said called it any kind of exemplar of competitiveness. You are just flat out lying now. If you can't even make a case without lying about what others have said then it just shows you have no case to argue.

The ESL does NOT allow ANY club to join dependent upon their performance in their respective leagues at all. You really need to check your 'facts' Donald. You are again lying. It is getting sad now. The 'element' of relegation only applies to five clubs. It is not really much of an element when the vast majority of the teams cannot be relegated. The currently proposed ESL might not propose they leave, but that is the long term aim of those setting it up.

None of your post is related to anything but your ignorance and I am done bothering with you and your bull****. You and your moronic attitude is why no editors want to deal with the Chelsea site. I am not Trumpian, you are the one spouting ignorant lies as gospel truth. Soviet-style censorship? What is wrong with you?

Just in passing you really do not know anything about the plan but you are typical of the Trump you clearly worship - shout a lot of crap and if you say it enough people will listen to you.}


5.) 26 Apr 2021
26 Apr 2021 16:20:39
Ed001, no apology? Pathetic!

And maybe you and Ed002 should leave commenting on the Chelsea site to Eds who can deal with debate and not just Yes men!

{Ed001's Note - why would I apologise to you? You have done nothing but spout ignorance, even the idiotic attempt to talk about Soviet-style censorship, like you know what that is! How many times have we sent someone round your gaff to drag you off to a gulag? Let me guess, is it none? So certainly no Soviet-style here. Just you lack the intellect to make a point without lying and twisting words no one has said. In other words you are nothing but a troll.

If this is what you call debate, you really need to work on it as the only thing you have shown is an ability to be a mass-debater and have offered nothing in terms of points or counters, just whines and mistruths.

As for leaving it to other editors, no one wants to edit your trolling posts as they all think you are nothing but a troll who should be banned. But fine, if you don't want me to deal with your posts, I won't. No skin off my nose, you are not worth my time, I will just wave at you under the bridge as I pass.

Take care Miss Donald Trump!}


6.) 27 Apr 2021
27 Apr 2021 06:43:44
MWD, you have a point and your point is way out of order. Atleast with the current system the anomaly of LC has an opportunity to happen. With the ESL it doesnt.

as all things in this world . the rich and the powerful want more but it should never be at the expense of the lesser.

im sure there is room for improvement but a closed competition is not . no one should be entitled.

i also disagree with your rant here . can pick the bones out of your post but you don't seem open to fairness . so ill leave it here.

i don't think youve made your argument very well . i think you can do better :)

{Ed014's Note - sadly he can’t do better as he’s just a moronic troll with the intellect of a gnat!