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do you think they get paid millions ? I know tons of uni professors and researchers who took massive side contracts to work temporarily in rich middle eastern universities, it’s purely a money thing
Theres a conflict of interest at the very least with refs as the royal family of the UAE own Man City as well.
Just goes to show that the opinion from the majority of this sub isn’t always a good/correct one
I genuinely thought he would be amazing for us last season, forgive me for that
Think he is one of those players who looks great on highlights playing for other teams but his lack of workrate would drive you mad playing for your own team
I still think he could be good for us. He could come in to replace Elneny. Crazy long shooting technique and a killer final third pass
Can he fix his stamina issue?
It would need a loan, but he’s too old for that. Like clockwork, his Huddersfield manager also mentioned the same problem. But if wishes were horses, we’d loan him to a midtable championship team with huge stakes and minutes. That’s what we are doing for Patino.
Loan. Game time. Gym. Mental. Luck with fitness.
He’s too good for the championship, he’d be a key player at a number of prem teams. Villa, Chelsea and now Newcastle all showing interest. He’s a fair bit older than Patino and should be entering his prime years.
No X factor. Small teams can’t play a “team” sport( for lack of a better word). They need an X factor. Someone who stands out and gets you those 10 goals. They don’t have a “front three” or a midfield “3”. They have no solutions off bench.
They don’t have that man.
Proof that player quality is everything. Arteta with shit players: 8th. Arteta with good players: title challenge.
Lack of pragmatism
You would’ve thought he had some Xhaka vibes to him. Slow but amazing with the ball. Don’t watch him that much so don’t know where it went wrong for him
He was amazing in 2021
Has one of the best killer passes from deep in the world. I’ll never forget the game we played at the King Power in 21/22 when he came off the bench, was cutting our defence open from anywhere.
Shame about the physicality.
It’s different when it is their job to remain impartial. If a professor of Human Rights got paid his twice annual salary for a six-week stint at King Saud University and a year later authored a paper called “Saudi Arabia: Extremely Chill For Women And Gays, Actually”, you’d rightly look at it with suspicion.
on the flip side a ref’s job is easily prone to errors, different rule interpretations, and like dear old Howard said yesterday just the need to keep things interesting (lmao). Whereas if that paper got published, everyone would look at the numbers and sources provided, and those are quite objective.