Morning all.
Ronald Koeman has told Jose Mourinho that he should take football lessons from his nemesis Arsene Wenger. That is according to Mirror Football’s Simon Mullock.
The Southampton boss believes Chelsea have lost their killer instinct by choosing to defend rather than attack during matches. He should know, his Southampton side battered Chelsea at the Bridge…
Chelsea prefer to defend when attacking is also an option. Mourinho always chooses to defend. Even if his team goes 1-0 up, they would rather defend their lead than try to score more goals.
Yet Arsenal can kill an opponent. That is why their victory against Manchester United was so impressive. Attacking-wise, they completely destroyed United. For 20 minutes, they played the most fantastic football, while Chelsea do the opposite thing.
By defending, Chelsea give their opponent a chance to come back in the game. It was a shame that Mourinho was putting attention on the referee after we beat them.
He wanted to have a penalty in the first half. But, in the first half at Stamford Bridge, Southampton should have had two penalties.
I watched a lot of that match and Koeman is right, his team were denied two clear penalties but thankfully, the decision not to award either didn’t cost them points. I love it when Chelsea lose, especially at home. Our match against them still riles me as I’m sure we’d have got something from that game had Dean not stolen the show for all the wrong reasons.
Events like that might soon be a thing of the past. Jeff Agoos, MLS vice-president has been talking to The Times.
Here’s the article in full:
Major League Soccer have confirmed they will start trialling the use of a video referee in friendly matches with the view to design a system that can be operable across football worldwide within 12 months.
FIFA, faced with mounting pressure to catch up with other professional sports who have adopted the use of video-officiating, earlier this year rejected an application from the Dutch FA (KNVB) to run their own trial.
MLS, however, plans to circumnavigate FIFA’s block on trials by staging them in 10 to 15 non-competitive fixtures at the end of October. Officials in the U.S. have said that the trial will focus on reviewing decisions in three areas; penalty kicks, red cards and the awarding of a goal.
In all those cases, there is a natural stoppage.
Our findings show there is ample time to give information to the referee. Depending on the incident, there can be from 40 seconds to well over a minute, plenty of time to review a decision.
The Dutch trial proposed a 15-second timespan for the video official to intervene in such decisions but Agoos insists that no mandated period should be set to help the flow of the game.
We are huge proponents of using technology to improve the game without disrupting the flow. It’s about marrying those two things. Ultimately, we believe the referee should have as much, if not more, information than the fan who goes to the game. At the moment the fan has more on his smartphone. We don’t think that makes sense.
The discussion in football, ‘That it’s always been that way,’ doesn’t hold water with us. We are not looking for perfection. It doesn’t exist. There will always be the human element but the game is so fast now that it’s impossible for the officials to keep track.
Agoos confirmed that MLS club owners have backed the trials and if they prove successful plan to wheel out the video referee system ahead of the 2016 season. That is, if FIFA are convinced to allow it.
The MLS would be very happy to take the lead for the rest of the game.
Football’s culture is to be conservative but for us, the technology is natural. It’s in our sports, the norm here. It’s going to be implemented in football. Once the door is open, it’s just a question of how wide.
Technology has to be the way forward in football surely as there are far too many errors made each week by referee’s and their officials, the worst perhaps being the sending off for Costa which didn’t materialise at the time but video evidence on review ensured the right punishment was dished out. Not that it did us much good as the points had already been lost but had Chelsea played majority of the game with ten men, I’m sure we’d have earned a point at least.
The sooner technology comes into the game, the better imo.
Internationals:
Ollie is back. Last night he scored twice for France in their 2-1 victory over Denmark which is great news for Arsenal. He’s been struggling this season both for club and country, so getting back in the goals will do him the world of good.
Ramsey and is team-mates lost their second European qualifier 2-0 but regardless of the result, Wales are through to the European finals for the first time in years. German huffed and puffed their way to a 2-1 victory over Georgia, securing top spot in their group. Mesut Ozil set up Max Kruse for the winner. Spain face Ukraine and England play Lithuania tonight, both matches are away from home and Walcott, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gibbs could all feature. Hopefully, with both sides already having qualified, all four will watch from the side-lines.
That’s it for Monday, have a good day guys…
Morning rico, House, interesting read. Good old Ronald, you got to admire Southampton, lose players each year, Managers, and still roll along nicely.
Good read Rico.
And I agree with Ronalds’ comment with regards to anti-football Hoe-say approach to football…; Considering this is coming from in my view one of the very best defensive players Holland has ever seen and Europe has ever produced…
Holland vs CCCP in 1988 Euros’ final always comes to mind when I think of Koeman, Wouters, Rijakaard, Van Basten, and Gullit.
Morning Andrew..
Agree re Southampton, they never quite make it into the top four though, unlike AW over the tough years… 😉
Saw Krychowiak against ROI last nite! Definitely someone we could do with! Good ball winner distribution ain’t bad either! Nice goal 2
If technology is found to be effective and efficient how can anybody deny its use? We live in the 21st century not the 19th! Time to embrace the available machinery, refine it, make it fit for purpose and move on to a more level playing field.
Why on earth would we bother to wait for FIFA to sanction its use? The franchise is totally broken, totally anachronistic and completely out of touch with the realities of contemporary issues.
FIFA as an organisation is completely discredited. How can any FA regard their findings with any sense of rectitude? They can’t! Time to pull the walls down and start all over again with a completely new organisation, composed of all new ‘delegates’ who have all been ‘crb’ checked, or its equivalent! Then we might be able to renew our faith in a new governing body.
In the mean time, we should applaud the MLS stance, support it and if it proves acceptable, we should embrace it with open arms!
Not usually very fond of the US and its need to update and interfere with operating associations but in this instance I think they are absolutely fight to grasp the nettle that all other large and small FA’s are too frightened to confront. Good on ’em! Go for it! Whilst the cats’ are in disarray the FA’s should play and change the so called running of the world’s most popular game.
Nice one Rico, great opener to this week’s dull blogging interlul break!
Oh, and morning all.
Selling Bale, Walcott and Oxlade in previous years then more recently Lambert, Shaw, Lovren, Clyne, Lallana, Chambers, and Shneiderlin amongst others, they do well to be top half. In fact they sold 135 million worth of players in the last 12 months up to this summer!
Wonder how AW would do with those sales rico?
Well said Wavy. Let’s hope Platini and Blatter are soon gonners and the world of football has a massive shake-up, perhaps whoever takes over would like the game to be clean…
Technology all the way for me…
Good morning all, very interesting article Rico.
I just hope the Americans push hard and fast for the technology thing in football, especially at this time when Blatter and company are being tossed and roasted….it could be a very good time so that the cannot bring their lame excuses as to why they can’t bring technology use in football. It’s very strange indeed!
The only reason why they don’t want technology is that it might be very difficult for the them to get corrupted and consequently corrupt referees and other decision makers in football
As for me the use of technology in football is way overdue.
Morning, Technology for me too, cant believe trials are being rejected! Trials! Dont even want to know if it works and build up a body of evidence… Rugby world cup once again shows the value of technology in game changing situations. (Also highlights politeness to referees)
So much corruption all over the footballing world, I think America with the power of the sponsers were the only ones able to take on Blatter and his cronies. Even our FA were clinging onto Platini, which seemed daft.
We have lost better players over the years Andrew..
Henry
Overmars
Edu
Paddy
Pires
Petit
RvP
Fabregas
The list goes on….
Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas Andrew. With the amount of money sloshing around in our game it would be folly not to believe that there are a few skeletons hiding in our own F.A. I was trying to do a post on corruption in our game but I thought we would all get bored when even after precis it went on for the best part of 5 A4 pages.
Totally agree Simon re the corruption..
Funny though isn’t it how America are on the ball with taking the game forward, yet they are hardly the most well known for their ‘soccer’ or being successful in the game…
Maybe they have hit brick walls trying to advance the game in the States and feel that they have been treated unfairly . Or maybe Blatter and his cohorts double crossed them or just asked for too much money.
Taking my last comment on a bit. It was probably Warner that persuaded them to withhold their bid for the world cup in 2018 and go for the 2022 one which after a few shall we say unkept promises went to Qatar .
Morning all.
Technology……..it’s so easy to get wrong and stop the flow of the game, so as long as the powers that be get it right, all is well.
Be warned though, if they don’t, it’s woeful.
I just think America just have what it takes to stand up to others..
Scott, I know it’s been talked about here before but every other sport has it and it works well. Only way football will have a chance to be fairer imo, and that’s something which all clubs will benefit from, especially us…
Rico, it really does come down to how it’s used.
Rugby League here still can’t get it right but other sports have, so here’s hoping Football sorts it.
I’m sure they will Scott… After all, it’s the Americans 😉
True 🙂
Perhaps they’ll be a app in itunes…. 😉
Funny how we want the Americans to save us! Shows just how crap FIFA has become. Money and bribery has spoken for too long, good in the long run its come out so bad now.
Shame the tech didn’t come earlier and include FergieTime 😉
I honestly think this would help Arsenal a hell of a lot, even though all my non-Arsenal friends think I as so biased complaining about refs too much.
But then they think I’m the the most ungrateful fan in England moaning about Wenger. Do others get this from rival fans?
Think how many titles Fergie wouldn’t have won….
Bet they wouldn’t have got the treble, that’s for sure…
Off for a while, lata’s…
Blatter stood stoutly in the way of technology, because there wasn’t anything in it, for him…
The same goes for the majority of other crooks who work at FIFA and UEFA…
It’s like letting Stan Flashman run the FA…
Afternoon All…
Good post Rico…
Nice to see Giroud get a couple of goals…
If Theo can up his game, then there’s no reason why Le Quiff cannot…
Evening Rico and all. Quiet today. Is it the lack of Arsenal action?
Evening Adam and all..
It’s certainly quiet but I think it’s mixed reasons, no Arsenal, many many blogs and there’s nothing really to talk about….
Oh well. 🙂
Sad eh…..
It’s so quiet I’m off…
Night all…
Night Rico.
Ox and Gibbs both playing…
As expected Carl walker gets turned inside out…Lol
Only a speeds player..
Can’t believe 2 or so years back he was voted as young player of year…
Ross Barkley quality
Night Rico. Evening TS. I managed to resist the temptation to watch our national side. 🙂
What Adam, you have passed up the chance to watch the Three Lions take on those European giants Lithuania???
I am stunned…
What’s the score btw..? 🙂
Just switched on radio and heard Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain score…
3-0…
Should go for 2 or 3 more…
Morning Rico, Kev, Adam and all…
That was a ‘borefest’…; still based on this form we will be winning the Euros’. 😉
Morning Ts and all…
Be glad when tonight is done and the boys are all back unscathed…
agreed Rico.
An interesting week ahead
Morning guys.
Damn it’s a slow period.
Id even take the TW over this lol
lol Scott..
Go to the beach or something Scott.
Very Ts. Watford will be tricky, the other match should be a breeze… 😉
So would I Scott, at least there’s hope we might sign someone… 😉
New post up now…