Category: Debate
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Debate: January Transfer Window
Since the January transfer window came in for the 2001/02 season, which January transfer stands out for you as the best? Richard Pike: Both Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidić proved to be excellent winter transfer window additions for Manchester United. However, the January transfer that stands out most for me is Luis Suárez’s move from…
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Debate – The modern game
1. Fan Cams have exploded into the mainstream conscience in recent years; are they a parasite exploiting the clickbait culture, or a genuine voice of the fans? Richard Pike: Whilst some fans on the programmes do make some decent observations and I understand why they exist, Im not a huge fan of the Fan TV…
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Debate – VAR
1. Did football need to move with the times and improve decision making by using technology in the first place? Simon Toye: I think VAR was always going to be the next logical (debatable) step. In some form or other it has a position in other sports – rugby, tennis etc. So it was always…
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Debate – Cups
1. What is your fondest personal memory of the FA Cup? Does the competition still hold the importance nowadays that it once enjoyed? Simon Toye: I have two FA Cup experiences; weirdly they both involve Man City. The first as a boy going to Man City vs Halifax at Maine Road in 1998 (I was…
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