18 Oct 2024 14:26:59
Harsh bans for Nuno and Gibbs White, but with MGW he was probably not going to play this game so no great loss! As for Nuno I'm not sure that there is much difference if you can communicate from the stands? I would like to see consistency in the FA rulings, it's like saying that common sense still exists, it's a hope and memory of long lost beliefs!

1.) 18 Oct 2024
18 Oct 2024 16:39:55
Time for a whip round lads, got fines coming in almost daily. Don't give me I can't afford it, now I've lost the winter fuel allowance ?.

2.) 18 Oct 2024
18 Oct 2024 17:16:11
Go in Spoons for a warm MV. It's only £1.49 a pint ??.

3.) 18 Oct 2024
18 Oct 2024 17:43:32
It's a load of bull. gibbs white gets 2 game ban and a fine for a tackle not given by ref lino VAR and even reviews panel agreed not a 2nd yellow but because of you knows interference

Nuno 3 game ban be interested to see last Manager to get that long.750k fine for stating a true fact

As the song goes premier league corrupt as something.

4.) 19 Oct 2024
18 Oct 2024 22:10:55
MGW has a one match ban as I read it? Where does it say two?

5.) 19 Oct 2024
19 Oct 2024 05:43:08
The Fulham game.

6.) 19 Oct 2024
19 Oct 2024 10:20:22
Just wondering what a touchline ban actually means? Perhaps we could benefit from your usual expertise Ed 1. Obviously Nuno will pick the team and decide the tactical plan but can he communicate in real time to his bench regarding substitutions or other changes. For example is he allowed mobile phone or radio contact from the Executive box?
I remember reading somewhere that Jose Murinho ( Nunos mentor) was smuggled into Chelsea’s changing room in a laundry basket, gave his team talk then left the same way. …… I’m not for a minute advocating this …. ??????.

{Ed001's Note - the original idea was that they were not allowed contact, but that seems to have dropped away and they tend to be in constant contact now with the bench. It is really a pointless punishment now.}

7.) 19 Oct 2024
19 Oct 2024 13:26:25
Many thanks again Ed. I’ve always thought a coach could see more from the stands than at pitch level. I guess they need immediate control and consultation with the assistants, subs and match analysts. Plus, the players knowing the boss is watching them.
I remember years ago when Steve McClaren was coach of Forest in a third tier game when he left the dug out and spent a long time on the scaffolding ( no jokes about hanging himself please) of a building site of a stand being renovated but I can’t remember which ground.

{Ed001's Note - many coaches have spotters high up in the stands anyway. McClaren used to often watch the first half up high and then come down for half time and stay in the dug out second half.}