Barrington Womble

You can't see the ball being played in the same shot there though.

Fuck him the manc cunt.

Maybe I misunderstand what you're saying, but you think forest are wrong here?

What does he mean by "keep" though? Didn't he just go half a season with someone else's team, they sold a few and started again? He must know when he joined Brighton they can't turn down 110m+ for players. And Mac Allister was a clause. This hasn't been a multi year journey, he's barely started.

That is a worry of mine. And he'd probably do it for free or a pure bonus deal. Or maybe he's flying for an interview to get his photo taken to try and force other people's hands. Although I don't really see that as something that'll make fsg jump.

New York is brilliant too, but I prefer drinking and eating in Chicago.

It's a brilliant city for boozing. In fact maybe my favourite.

Webb introduced it as far as I know, because he brags about it. He thinks it's a good thing.

I think i know that place, pulled a bird in there once if it's the same one. Just the South side of the river at the loop isn't it?

I do recall Michael Oliver getting involved in the Manchester derby for hojlund brushing someone with his arm on a set piece. Weird that. I don't recall these conflict of interests being an issue before Howard Webb presided over PGMOL. Refs weren't on the payroll of states which own clubs in this country - something he not only promoted, he also subsequently said it wasn't an issue when it was raised and said will continue. The idea of refs not refereeing their clubs or rivals existed in the entirety of football in my life. It was relaxed during COVID for obvious reasons. But since Webb has taken over, it has been completely disregarded, except when it's not. Standards of refereeing and VAR have dropped significantly in his time as head of PGMOL. And he followed mike fucking Riley, who had been widely seen as a disaster. Of course he should be fired, as would happen in any other walk of life after such abject failure.

Are you still in Chicago for it Stig? AJ Hudson's should be good for it if you are. It can be mental in there of a weekend, but manageable through the week. And if you want something quieter and more central, the Kerryman is decent too.

He always does something like that. I hate a celebration where you think you're too cool to actually celebrate it.

And of course collymore like loads of them completely missed the point. There doesn't have to be corruption. There only needs to be a conflict of interests. I feel like getting out there and shaking them all till they understand this basic principle, that applies across every industry. We can't assume at all times there is no impropriety, the question really is why we think referees in PGMOL would be different to say referees in other countries or for instance the police or politicians, who are people who've had the same (if not more) trust put in them, but there have always been bad apples. And which industry in the world is free from corruption? Corruption is a global problem, which is why it is absolutely crucial that any impression of a conflict of interests should be eradicated from the game. It's frankly absolutely mental to make your starting point that there can't possibly be bias from referees and everything should be done to remove accusations of corruption. It's essential conflicts of interests are removed. It's essential that they don't "mark their own homework" in the way they run var. The appointment system should be transparent, including firm restrictions on club and regional conflicts, applies equally to all teams and regions. They shouldn't be on the payroll of any organisation that is connected to owners of clubs in this country. And most of all, the bald copper who's dragged PGMOL this low should be fired.

I don't think I've seen quansah play that badly yet.