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The game should be stopped. Health and safety. The difference in pain between cramp and a muscle strain is? Not much. Really there is little difference. The difference in consequences are very different. Injury should be assessed on the pitch.

There should be a immediate stoppage for a head injury. There will be occasions where it isn't. Cramp. Health an safety. The part that doesn't always get applied is that the player has to leave the pitch and the player does not have to return to the pitch immediately, the ref can use their discretion till there is a break in play. This was created to cut down on feigned tactical injuries.

Play does not continue for a head injury. Play can be stopped instantly if the ref thinks there is a significant/serious injury. Play is stopped for injuries to keepers. Cramp game is stopped when ball is dead, time is added on.

I would not advise this but I have seen an injured player transported off the pitch in a wheel barrow at a AYL game. There are worlds of court cases out there.

Its a health and safety issue. In a fast moving mobile game. Players safety comes first.

Thats is not in the laws of the game.

The answer is no. I cheated. IFAB rules show Rangers vs Celtic penalty was called right by Beaton | The Herald (heraldscotland.com)

Opinion, as somebody who has defended Liam Manning and wrote about development, and where obvious linear improvement can be made I wouldn't place any emphasis on this game. Blackburn were startlingly poor. The first two goals came from balls that hit the opponents not channels, and opponents who were the startlingly poor. The first was a goal from rubbish chucked up the pitch. Blackburn couldn't deal with that, that was representative of the opponents performance. Low quality was good enough to create goals. Tactics and shapes barely came into it. Good energy, decent intensity, well done, move on.

First was an out ball stuck out the exit. The second resulted from an attempted pass. Tactic executed excellently. Not really.

I support (my employment) people who don't possess a card, find it difficult and challenging to use them.

And in a changing and evolving world you would hope that world would become more inclusive. Cashless and paperless services discriminate. Bristol City via the Robins foundation offer access to disabled people to play football. Are payments solely cashless and paperless? No. Cashless and paperless services discriminate.

It was Ian Wright. Dion Dublin thinks the Keeper should be losing his marker. Gary Linker thinks the rules should be changed. Match of the day pundits opine regularly that ex pros should be a part of VAR decision making. Gary Lineker slams Wolves VAR controversy and calls for major rule change after West Ham decision (msn.com)

Positional play does not exclude running with the ball. The team is playing positionally to get the ball to a position where Doku can take advantage of the opportunity created. A feature of positional play is seeking to create numerical advantage 3/4v 2 etc, and isolating opponents 1v1 - There's is the advantage for Doku.

I may have some understanding without understanding! Multitasking does not aid cognitive performance, it can induce stress and mental fog, and causes the brain to use energy (glucose) faster creating poorer cognitive performance.

I know that BCFC from the academy up to the first team use approaches I outlined. I have had family members at BCFC in the academy, and a ex player in the U18's v Man City this week. It is basic football fundamental approach. Being frustrated when players don't get it is normal ... I do not think its beneficial to put that frustration in public. My brilliant coaching mentor at the FA said to me " Look closer to home, is it their fault or yours, review what you do and assess".

Football has always been a thought process. Football is an overtly psychological sport. We choose our mindset, to fight or flight or work hard, or not, to be open or closed, to look at challenges as exciting, or threats. Losers go for the latter. Understanding that we all learn differently has been part of football for decades. The tools we used were blackboards, and white boards and cones, now we have more tools and understanding to aid what we do.

Do you know what cognitive load theory is? Although I have qualifications in psychology directly relating to football I don't. An answer to how do you assess? By players performances and actions, and talking to them. Frequently because of differing learning styles individuals will not have internalised all information, some will have misunderstood, and some will take information literally as it was presented and that leads to challenges. In any group of eleven, or twenty plus (a squad) it should be expected that people will display differing learning styles and difficulties like ADHD. So, in order to promote deeper understanding information needs to be in differing forms, and repeated, repetition is the key to deep learning and competency. Periodized and repetitious education on task beats episodic jumping from task to task.

Hazard is being a Hazard. He is seeking to impede/trip an opponent/draw a foul. I think there is foul play on Hazards behalf, I don't know it is. I was enquiring if a ref can provide an answer.

Man City are constantly evolving. Haaland being incorporated led to more than a tweak, Haaland led to City front to back covering far more pitch, and in the space this stretches Man City included extra players like Stones moving from CB to CDM and higher, Walker leaving any traditional role and inverting and over lapping, and a team that won three trophies. This season in comes Doku to the high, wide and deep shape. Two years ago .. All day long. Kane now at City? There are things Haaland does Kane can't. The above gets turned back without Haaland.

He does not in this side. Kane would be occupying spaces occupied by Foden and Du Druyne and Silva. Man City are not playing with a false nine. This sides nine is pushed right up to create width x depth (front to back) in the extreme. This sides shape has altered to include more attacking players behind the CF. This side does not want a Centre forward that comes off the line and away from the oppositions box.

Is Hazard committing any fouls? I am going yes he is deliberately tripping (impeding) opponents.

Foul or no foul?

You put Harry Kane in that Man City team and? He would have to play entirely differently. Haaland is pushed up very high. Haaland does not take much part in link up play. Haaland does not drop off into the zone where Foden and Du Bruyne are playing centrally, and the half spaces Bernardo Silva uses. Haaland plays up top on the last man for Man City and can run in behind with pace, he is properly quick and gives Man City extra options with an ability to utilise Edersons exceptional ability to distribute the ball at distances and accuracy that are remarkable. Now do Harry Kane.

You Dave? That was not answer to the question. Not every individual relishes change, not every individual instantly adopts challenge and growth states. Change does require a change in mindset. Players appear to have struggled with change, the performance levels, the intensity of their sorry sorry behaviours has not been on a consistent level, and that is from observation of some games, not all. This does not make players soft as shite.

If a new coach came to a side you played in and significantly altered how the side played would this require a change in mentality?