Remind me! 9 months

Isnt it common practice in South America?

He was what Antony is now. A lot of us used to celebrate when we saw him coming off the bench. Was just a step-over merchant. Then he became Ronaldo and shook the whole world with his breakout. Crazy times.

Yeh can’t help but agree with your sentiment. Bro has started his Chelsea career well but let’s not heap on insane pressure so early into his career. Let him marinate and develop, he just got his first Intl callup and it was as an injury replacement. We aren’t under any obligstion to crown him already. He is doing good, let’s hope he continues to do more.

Refreeeing decisions wont improve just because of this.

I mean, I disagree with this mostly even if I understand what you are saying. Refereeing decisions won’t improve as long as they keep the white, bald, Mancunian boys club alive that has more interest in protecting their buddies over being self-accountable and wanting to improve their craft.

I also do believe that refs are in a bit of a no win situation as the rules keep changing from under them and they struggle to implement and enforce the integrity of these new rules. I also been banging on for the longest that some of the rules make no sense from a incident/ punishment perspective and should be overhauled as it causes fans, players and managers ire but my opinions aren’t appreciated on these so I won’t get into them lol.

In the end, refs need to protect the players first and foremost, then maintain the integrity of the game by stopping obvious cheating. Players should be encouraged to play more physically with each other as it makes for a better spectacle and maintains flow in the game without the need for 15 minute injury time added every game.