Heinzesight
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In a big match, the team with a player who has a bandaged head always go on to win the game.
That's a good one.In a big match, the team with a player who has a bandaged head always go on to win the game.
Partly because our first one was in 68 so we’re used to long waits, part because they’re new money so it’s maybe more likely/less impactful and earned and part because football in 99 and 2008 was so different whereas 12 and 21 don’t feel like different generations?It took 9 years for Chelsea to win their second Champions League title, the same amount of time as Man Utd for theirs. For some reason it seemed more like 15 years for United and 5 for Chelsea.
The time between 99 and 08 seemed longer than the time between 2012 and 2021.
I assume you're a United and were waiting for them to win another one while you weren't waiting for Chelsea. It's like a watched kettle.It took 9 years for Chelsea to win their second Champions League title, the same amount of time as Man Utd for theirs. For some reason it seemed more like 15 years for United and 5 for Chelsea.
The time between 99 and 08 seemed longer than the time between 2012 and 2021.
Time moves faster when you're older.It took 9 years for Chelsea to win their second Champions League title, the same amount of time as Man Utd for theirs. For some reason it seemed more like 15 years for United and 5 for Chelsea.
The time between 99 and 08 seemed longer than the time between 2012 and 2021.
Hope he plays every week then.City lose every time Nathan Ake plays.
I think we all do!Hope he plays every week then.
True but it felt like completely different era’s of football from 99 to 08. The 99 team I associate with shit pitches and the earlier PL years. The 08 team feels closer to 21 than 99 in my mind. Just better quality pitches, and the presentation of football on tv just having a more polished feelTime moves faster when you're older.
I think a lot of it is due to the switch to HD broadcasts circa 2006-2007. And the massive amounts of money that started flowing into the sport (and the PL specifically) around the same time period.True but it felt like completely different era’s of football from 99 to 08. The 99 team I associate with shit pitches and the earlier PL years. The 08 team feels closer to 21 than 99 in my mind. Just better quality pitches, and the presentation of football on tv just having a more polished feel
HD is an excellent point. It really does seem to be the switching point in my mindI think a lot of it is due to the switch to HD broadcasts circa 2006-2007. And the massive amounts of money that started flowing into the sport (and the PL specifically) around the same time period.
This is exactly what I feel about the surprise Matic selection.In the opening games of the season a manager will rotate in some of the deadwood... Not for match fitness but to highlight glaring weaknesses in the squad in order to pressure the board into extra transfers before deadline day - even if it results in dropping points.
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We never won either.Man United never played Southampton at OT in the 1990s. The fixtures were always played at The Dell. The first time somebody noticed and arranged a home fixture against S'oton was the game where Taibi committed his gaff.
This is easily explainable by the fact you were younger in 99-08. Perceived passing of time gets much faster as you age.It took 9 years for Chelsea to win their second Champions League title, the same amount of time as Man Utd for theirs. For some reason it seemed more like 15 years for United and 5 for Chelsea.
The time between 99 and 08 seemed longer than the time between 2012 and 2021.
This is less of a conspiracy theory and more like a reasonable perception that might have a lot of truth in it.In the opening games of the season a manager will rotate in some of the deadwood... Not for match fitness but to highlight glaring weaknesses in the squad in order to pressure the board into extra transfers before deadline day - even if it results in dropping points.
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I recall one day seeing the linesman drop his flag out of the blue. Had never seen it in my life. Same day, different match, saw it again. Never seen it since.Every time a rare or unusual incident happens in a football match (either on the pitch, or off)... an eerily similar incident will either have occurred at another match being played at the same time, or occur in the match played straight afterwards, or occur in the match played the very next day! And then those types of incidents will not occur again for a very, very long time! Plenty I can remember...
The penalty red card decisions involving both Luiz (Wolves vs Arsenal) and Bednarek (United vs Southampton) in more recent times.
The day the Birmingham "fan" attacked Grealish... there were two other less severe incidents in other games, an Arsenal fan putting his hand on Smalling as he run past him to celebrate a goal, and a similar incident in a Scottish league match too! All either on the same day/same weekend!
Crowd trouble in the stands with police in the Roma/Man Utd first leg back in 2007... anyone remember that? Before Roma got spanked 7-1 in the second leg... anyway the very next day there were very similar scenes in Tottenham's away UEFA Cup tie in Seville (I remember them showing it live during the game!) Of course the Roma-Man Utd stuff could have been on the Sevilla/Spurs fans' mind and kinda encouraged it in a way...
However I think one of the strangest I remember, was one day in the Premier League where there were three separate incidents (from three different games) involving teammates squaring up to each other... very peculiar... rare to get that at any time (on the pitch) but three on the same day was super weird!
I'm sure those on the Caf have many more of these types of things!