Pretty sure there’s no permanent speed camera there. He must just have been caught every time they set up a mobile one.
At best it sounds like he has poor impulse control
Unverified rumours that big T is in an induced coma. Jeez.
Taiwo in an induced coma I've just read (think it was sourced from Daily Star so pinch of salt maybe requires)
Edit as above.
But at least the gamblers got the reassurance that the flag didn't go up too early and risk ruining their parlays.
TalkSport also reporting it, not sure if that's more credible though.
Paul Taylor has it on the Athletic as well.
Update: and not to downplay the seriousness, but it sounds like it's a two-part procedure and the induced coma between the two parts may have been planned. Remainder of procedure scheduled for tomorrow.
Really hope that means it's less serious than it first sounded.
I agree. Fucksake. Russian bot farm PR?
Unless there’s some inherently greater risk to players when in an offside position, I’m not sure blaming the rules or the linesman makes much sense. It’s just an injury that can happen in football - the fact it was in a dead phase of play doesn’t really change anything.
You mean apart from the fact that it was Elanga who was offside, not Taiwo?
Raise flag; stop game; no cross; nothing for Taiwo to attack; no hitting goalpost; no injury. Which is exactly what would have happened before they started wanking around with the rules & their implementation.
Sure, it’s an injury that can happen in football, but why needlessly expose players to risk of injury in phases of play that are dead but arbitrarily prolonged?
Correct....but it's not the only issue with the way the game is officiated in this regard. It's a dead phase of play, that takes time, that the fans will never get back. It's a mugging value wise. There are many examples of decisions not being made, with no first phase outcome, then a second phase of play (or a corner or something ) occurring where a goal is scored, that should never have come about, and that standing. Also, and perhaps the most important, an attacking team, gaining an advantage to run in behind (by being offside) causing the defenders to have to sprint (because who knows what the ultimate decision will be) with inevitable material impact on the attritional aspects of the game, and the fact that coming from behind the (illegal) play, they are more likely to stretch from out of position causing injury to themselves or the offside (or other) attacker.
It's a massive diminishing of the integrity of the game, in play, and a blight on it.
Because sometimes linesmen flag incorrectly and people get very angry when that happens when a player is through. That, as I assume you know, is the motivation behind letting play carry on.
I watched the incident on a phone from a Spanish clubhouse, so didn’t have the best view (although i was expecting it to be called back). Haven’t seen it since but I’ve read that because Elanga was running towards their goal and the defenders away, it wasn’t as big an off as it looked on first viewing.
It was very obviously offside the moment it happened.
100%. It was so clearly offside I didn't even get my hopes up when he was looking to square the ball. Everyone knew.
