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Maybe, maybe not. I think he would have needed the experienced assistant, but by that time confidence with King was obviously lost so it was inevitable to part ways at that time.

No question it's worked out well but I was always convinced he'd turn it around anyway.

I don't think they quite understand the nuances to @Otis posts 🤣

Excellent performance, controlled it from the very first whistle. Nothing daft in these remaining games now. 🩵

Well well well... Utterly bonkers this is 🤣

Was just going to say, quite admire the way they've gone about this. Going to the Bernabeu with that kind of lead, most teams would sit back but that just invites pressure.

It's tactical. The idea is being high & narrow meaning we compress the space they have to play in. Given that they showed absolutely zero evidence of the ability to play through us all night & their only threat was the long ball into the right channel, it's a bit naïve in my opinion that we...

Impossible to tell from that angle, was mighty close though. The foul on Sheaf should be a penalty in my eyes. The argument will be because he's managed to get the shot away then the challenge had no real impact. In truth, you almost never see them get awarded in real time but occasionally...

Frustrating. Played well on the whole, got to be making more of those chances. Both hit & miss tonight but pleased to see the threat we offered with Wright & Simms together. We're still in control of our destiny.

Panic over, the Coventry King has spoken.

This is the key for me. You have 22 grown men out on the pitch actively cheating, pure & simple. 22 men all out to con 1 referee. We are then apoplectic when a referee falls for it if it goes against us, but mostly silent or having a laugh about it if it's to our advantage. Until players are...

Offside is subjective. When was the ball played? Is a player interfering/gaining an advantage? etc. etc. Everything about football is subjective & emotional, that's what makes it so good & so popular. VAR trying to sanitise it has made it infinitely worse.

Yeah 100% I can live with mistakes & individual decisions being wrong, we're all human. It's when they have a complete lack of control & a failure to see when they're being played that infuriates me. The Burnley ref's performance was indefensible. They did everything possible they could to...

In theory, yes. Would likely need horrendous positioning from the ref but that would hardly be a surprise!

Yes

The drop ball being given back to the keeper & the no booking for the foul on Sakamoto are stupid quirks of the laws rather than mistakes by the ref in fairness. The drop ball one is actually being tweaked for next season. He was still poor though, the failure to award the penalty & the...

Wow. Far from pretty but points all that matter at this stage. Different game if we get that stonewall pen after 15mins tbf.

That is literally the law, the reasoning being that, by default because advantage is played then it hasn't stopped a "promising attack". The penalty decision is absolutely atrocious, he's almost caught the thing. You won't see a clearer handball than that. The lack of stoppage time again...