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       #Post#: 62173--------------------------------------------------
       S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: Adam
       Date: April 2, 2023, 10:53 am
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       Attwell needs to do what Hooper did yesterday otherwise this
       will get ugly and out of control very quickly.
       HT: I think he's done well so far. No cards yet which is good.
       Nothing major wrong, very similar performance to Hooper
       yesterday.
       FT: Well done Stuart. He kept a lid on everything and had a much
       quieter 2nd half. And ZERO yellow cards!
       #Post#: 62179--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: dave26
       Date: April 2, 2023, 2:06 pm
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       I thought Attwell judged the match perfectly ,  let things go
       was consistent and stepped in when he needed to , very little if
       any of players surrounding him today as for Utd another poor
       performance our season is in danger of finishing like a lead
       balloon
       #Post#: 62180--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: Hendo
       Date: April 2, 2023, 2:38 pm
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       How strange to see Rashford withdraw from England duty last week
       through “injury” but miraculously restored to fitness for today.
       And not the first Utd player to have done so. I smell something
       fishy (and it’s not the contents of Baldricks apple crumble) and
       if Southgate has any b**** he should leave him out of the next
       England match as we did ok without him thankyou very much
       Mind you the lay off didn’t do him any good as he was c*** today
       #Post#: 62185--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: Boggle
       Date: April 2, 2023, 5:07 pm
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       Probably a much easier afternoon for Attwell than  he could have
       imagined. He was aided by the fact that one of the teams was
       seemingly entirely disinterested in proceedings.
       On the point regarding international duty, there used to be
       (perhaps still is) a process through which national association
       could apply to FIFA to have players banned from playing for
       their club for a period after the break if they felt that their
       withdrawal from the squad was questionable. I recall the
       Senegalese authorities imposing such a punishment in Papiss
       Cisse meaning he missed Newcastle games when they doubted the
       validity of his withdrawal from their squad. I assume that the
       England hierarchy would be reluctant to upset the clubs by using
       this, but I assume it’s still there if there are doubts about
       the veracity of a withdrawal from international duty.
       #Post#: 62186--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: ajb95
       Date: April 2, 2023, 5:18 pm
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       --- Quote from: Boggle link ---
       >
       > Probably a much easier afternoon for Attwell than  he could
       have imagined. He was aided by the fact that one of the teams
       was seemingly entirely disinterested in proceedings.
       >
       > On the point regarding international duty, there used to be
       (perhaps still is) a process through which national association
       could apply to FIFA to have players banned from playing for
       their club for a period after the break if they felt that their
       withdrawal from the squad was questionable. I recall the
       Senegalese authorities imposing such a punishment in Papiss
       Cisse meaning he missed Newcastle games when they doubted the
       validity of his withdrawal from their squad. I assume that the
       England hierarchy would be reluctant to upset the clubs by using
       this, but I assume it’s still there if there are doubts about
       the veracity of a withdrawal from international duty.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Sounds like a overreaching of FIFA’s responsibilities for me
       #Post#: 62189--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: Microscopist
       Date: April 3, 2023, 2:57 am
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       --- Quote from: ajb95 link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Boggle link=topic=4734.msg62185#msg62185
       date=1680473222]
       > Probably a much easier afternoon for Attwell than  he could
       have imagined. He was aided by the fact that one of the teams
       was seemingly entirely disinterested in proceedings.
       >
       > On the point regarding international duty, there used to be
       (perhaps still is) a process through which national association
       could apply to FIFA to have players banned from playing for
       their club for a period after the break if they felt that their
       withdrawal from the squad was questionable. I recall the
       Senegalese authorities imposing such a punishment in Papiss
       Cisse meaning he missed Newcastle games when they doubted the
       validity of his withdrawal from their squad. I assume that the
       England hierarchy would be reluctant to upset the clubs by using
       this, but I assume it’s still there if there are doubts about
       the veracity of a withdrawal from international duty.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Sounds like a overreaching of FIFA’s responsibilities for me
       [/quote]
       Not really - if a player is genuinely injured and there is no
       international break then the player, lets call them "Sicknote",
       misses one or two games for their club anyhow.  Unscrupulous
       clubs have phantom injuries so that "Sicknote" can rest and go
       on holiday whilst rival clubs are Conscientious and send their
       players on international duty - one of their players, lets call
       them "Honorable", is injured and misses the next one or two
       games for their club.  In other words some clubs are looking to
       gain an unfair advantage by holding their players back from
       international duty.
       #Post#: 62200--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: jacksamuel21
       Date: April 3, 2023, 8:34 am
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       --- Quote from: Microscopist link ---
       >
       >
       >
       >
       > [quote author=ajb95 link=topic=4734.msg62186#msg62186
       date=1680473915]
       > [quote author=Boggle link=topic=4734.msg62185#msg62185
       date=1680473222]
       > Probably a much easier afternoon for Attwell than  he could
       have imagined. He was aided by the fact that one of the teams
       was seemingly entirely disinterested in proceedings.
       >
       > On the point regarding international duty, there used to be
       (perhaps still is) a process through which national association
       could apply to FIFA to have players banned from playing for
       their club for a period after the break if they felt that their
       withdrawal from the squad was questionable. I recall the
       Senegalese authorities imposing such a punishment in Papiss
       Cisse meaning he missed Newcastle games when they doubted the
       validity of his withdrawal from their squad. I assume that the
       England hierarchy would be reluctant to upset the clubs by using
       this, but I assume it’s still there if there are doubts about
       the veracity of a withdrawal from international duty.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Sounds like a overreaching of FIFA’s responsibilities for me
       [/quote]
       Not really - if a player is genuinely injured and there is no
       international break then the player, lets call them "Sicknote",
       misses one or two games for their club anyhow.  Unscrupulous
       clubs have phantom injuries so that "Sicknote" can rest and go
       on holiday whilst rival clubs are Conscientious and send their
       players on international duty - one of their players, lets call
       them "Honorable", is injured and misses the next one or two
       games for their club.  In other words some clubs are looking to
       gain an unfair advantage by holding their players back from
       international duty.
       [/quote]
       Can you blame the players though? They are paid by their clubs
       and don't want to risk getting injured in some irrelevant
       friendlies and qualifiers. Maybe if Southgate actually picked
       inform players rather than those who haven't played all season,
       they might stop faking injuries.
       #Post#: 62214--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: bmb
       Date: April 3, 2023, 10:45 am
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       --- Quote from: jacksamuel21 link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Microscopist link=topic=4734.msg62189#msg62189
       date=1680508631]
       >
       >
       >
       > [quote author=ajb95 link=topic=4734.msg62186#msg62186
       date=1680473915]
       > [quote author=Boggle link=topic=4734.msg62185#msg62185
       date=1680473222]
       > Probably a much easier afternoon for Attwell than  he could
       have imagined. He was aided by the fact that one of the teams
       was seemingly entirely disinterested in proceedings.
       >
       > On the point regarding international duty, there used to be
       (perhaps still is) a process through which national association
       could apply to FIFA to have players banned from playing for
       their club for a period after the break if they felt that their
       withdrawal from the squad was questionable. I recall the
       Senegalese authorities imposing such a punishment in Papiss
       Cisse meaning he missed Newcastle games when they doubted the
       validity of his withdrawal from their squad. I assume that the
       England hierarchy would be reluctant to upset the clubs by using
       this, but I assume it’s still there if there are doubts about
       the veracity of a withdrawal from international duty.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Sounds like a overreaching of FIFA’s responsibilities for me
       [/quote]
       Not really - if a player is genuinely injured and there is no
       international break then the player, lets call them "Sicknote",
       misses one or two games for their club anyhow.  Unscrupulous
       clubs have phantom injuries so that "Sicknote" can rest and go
       on holiday whilst rival clubs are Conscientious and send their
       players on international duty - one of their players, lets call
       them "Honorable", is injured and misses the next one or two
       games for their club.  In other words some clubs are looking to
       gain an unfair advantage by holding their players back from
       international duty.
       [/quote]
       Can you blame the players though? They are paid by their clubs
       and don't want to risk getting injured in some irrelevant
       friendlies and qualifiers. Maybe if Southgate actually picked
       inform players rather than those who haven't played all season,
       they might stop faking injuries.
       [/quote]
       My opinion - if they are willing to fake injuries because they
       consider the game beneath them because it is just some friendly
       or qualifier then they should not be picked again - ever,
       whoever they are. They should be replaced permanently by the
       players who still consider it an honour to pull on their
       national kit regardless of the game. You don't want to do the
       qualifiers, fine, you don't then get the reward of doing the
       tournaments as you played no part in the team qualifying for
       them. I bet they would no longer be spending a week-10 days
       recovering and rehabilitating in Dubai, or wherever, during the
       International breaks.
       #Post#: 62236--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: MCPridz
       Date: April 3, 2023, 3:54 pm
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       He probably knew he he probably wasn't going to get a game over
       some players ahead of him he on current form don't deserve to be
       ahead of him so binned it off
       #Post#: 62239--------------------------------------------------
       Re: S ATTWELL: NEWCASTLE V MAN UTD
   DIR By: Jake the Peg
       Date: April 3, 2023, 4:20 pm
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       Rashford was so badly injured he went on holiday to New York.
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