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Varane expresses Serious concern for players welfare
Manchester United defender Raphael Varane has expressed his concern for players welfare in light of new refereeing guidelines which the French international described as ‘dangerous’.
Manchester United defender Raphael Varane says new injury time and dissent rules are
“damaging our game” and players are “not being heard”.
Matches will have more injury time this season to more accurately reflect stoppages in play, while
players and managers have been warned they face tougher punishments for poor behaviour at
games.
On Sunday the new added time rule was criticised by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.
He claimed the “big brains” did not consult people in the game after his side conceded in the 101st
minute of the Community Shield, which they went on to lose on penalties to Arsenal.
Player make a lot of money and they have a lot of power. If they are really concerned about fixture congestion and extra games and tournaments, they can boycott them. If its one thing people hate to lose, its money. This is why the FA and FIFA dont listen to them, because despite what they say and type, they still turn up to play every game and every tournament etc
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Also in that match, Arsenal’s Thomas Partey and City’s Julian Alvarez were both booked for kicking
the ball away after the whistle was blown for a free-kick, while Gunners boss Mikel Arteta was
shown a yellow card after asking for Rodri to be booked as new conduct rules from the Football
Association kicked in.
“We had a meeting last week with the FA. They recommended from the referees new decisions and
rules,” former France international Varane, 30, wrote in a post on social media on Monday.
“From the managers and players, we have shared our concerns for many years now that there are
too many games, the schedule is overcrowded, and it’s at a dangerous level for players’ physical
and mental well-being.
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“Despite our previous feedback, they have now recommended for next season: longer games, more
intensity, and less emotions to be shown by players. We just want to be in good condition on the
pitch to give 100% to our club and fans. Why are our opinions not being heard?
To be fair, he’s not wrong. The top half of the Premier League clubs are competing in the League, the EFL cup, the FA Cup and the upper half in some form of European football. Add in International games and the insanity of the Summer Series and the Club World Cup and it’s a relentless schedule which is far more physically taxing than most sports.
I agree that stoppage time needs to reflect time wasted in matches, but there needs to be consideration given to how little rest that top flight players currently get and the amount of injuries arising from that.
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Only teams that play in europe suffer. Other teams in the league are fine. 38 league games and a couple of games in the cup before being knocked out. This is the previlage you get when you play at the top, you have more games and a bigger squad to rotate. Some games are too close together, so they just need to space them out properly. That’s why football is a team sport, it is like life as well, alone we are good but together we can become immortal. Alone you have a one way mindset together we have infinite wisdom.
new age football.. squad depth is more important now than it has ever been.. that was why manchester city managed to win treble last season.. other team which competes in european cups have to keep up with that.
My take is simple. Most teams want to always boast the best 11. But that should have never be the case, football has deteriorated because of it. The bigger teams have to find ways to actually make a team as a opposed to just a starting 11 and maybe 4 more players that get into the rotation. It’s pathetic having players like Van De Beek are bought and then misused or not at all. This shows how much the “winning” has brought down football since teams were not always at their best and therefore, the game was fiercer and better since smaller teams had greater chances and younger players had more mobility because of it.
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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job
Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
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How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
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For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
