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Completing a VAR review in the shortest possible time is not about skipping steps. And it was a critical mistake by Donohue and Antrobus.
Speed is a factor, but the most serious error in process came before Donohue tried to rush through the attacking phase.
Donohue asked the replay operator to stop the video on the first replay when Josko Gvardiol touched the ball to cross into the area. He
At the Kirkby training base, the players spent the first couple of days undergoing the usual individual tests before getting on the pitch with the ball on Thursday and Friday.
Iraola is heavily involved in these sessions and often says “bravo” when he sees something he likes. The intensity is evident to see, particularly in the training videos uploaded by Liverpool‘s official channels.
Iraola and his coaching staff spend
The debate over West Bromwich Albion’s out‑of‑contract players depends on whether you’re thinking with your heart or your head.
The heart will tell you Jed Wallace should be offered a new deal because of how important the captain is in the dressing room and on the training ground.
When lesser characters have hidden, Wallace has stepped up in public, speaking to me on multiple occasions during one of the toughest
The five-hour round trip away to Wrexham on Tuesday was exactly as you’d imagine on a cold, wet night in January.
Football is supposed to make those kind of trips worthwhile, but sadly it just added to the misery of the evening.
The fans were muted for the most part, likely stunned into silence by what they were witnessing and have witnessed from our performances these past few months.
The
Postecoglou brought off the struggling Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson at half-time against Fulham and sent on Bergvall and Son Heung-min.
The Spurs boss confirmed Bissouma was taken off due to his poor performance, saying: “I just feel Biss can sometimes let the game drift by him.
“He needs to be a little bit more dominant in the way he gets on the ball. At times I think the game
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder was left frustrated by refereeing decisions after his side were beaten 2-0 by Burnley.
Goals from Josh Brownhill and Zian Flemming either side of half-time condemned the Blades to a first home defeat of the season.
Wilder believes his side were “unfortunate” to lose but admits he was not happy with some of the decisions, particularly awarding the free-kick which led to Flemming’s goal.
“I
Ten Hag had been handed a contract extension in the summer after a post-season review before being sacked in October.
“I know we get criticism in the press but we do need to challenge the cost of running this club because what I want to be free for us to do is buy really good footballers, not spend so much of the money on infrastructure,” he said.
“We can’t run
In the same briefing document, the Premier League accepts there are issues with VAR which it is attempting to sort, including the amount of time it takes for decisions to be made.
The document says the average delay to a game for a single VAR check lasted 64 seconds in the 2023‑24 season, up from 40 seconds in 2022-23.
One expected change is the use of in-game VAR announcements from
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino says moving to England was “one of the best decisions in my life” as he approaches 400 games as manager in the country.
The match between Chelsea and Pochettino’s former club Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on Thursday will be the Argentine’s 400th in English football.
The 52-year-old had spells at Southampton and Spurs before taking charge of the Blues at the beginning of this season.