General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Was klopps not for abusing the 4th official or was it for leaving his technical area?

Not making this about Klopp... Just pointing out Arteta ain't the 1st manager to be vocal/animated on the sideline.

No point talking about referees punishing coaches when lads like Madley last night can't control or tackle the players on the field. It was clear that both teams, but especially Newcastle had identified beforehand that he was a weak referee, and bullied him from the start. He was lost, completely out of his depth.

Both benches were outside the pale last night, as well as Arteta being outside his area both Tindal and Howe were up and about at or over the edge of their box all through the game, and both, Tindal in particular very vocal throughout, with plenty of interaction toward the Arsenal bench. This is not normally allowed as far as I know, certainly at LOI level only one coach is allowed stand outside the dugout.

Has to laugh at the treatment of Newcastle among the media and journalists, with their "sh1t housing' tactics of time wasting, diving and other cheating methods either ignored completely or treated as a source of mirth, eg on today's Athletic podcast. They are basically a slightly upmarket version of Burnley, but aren't treated like Burnley by the media at all (one would almost think that the journalists had something to fear from criticising the Newcastle owners or something 😉)

Kane was exceptional. Really needs to force that move in the summer.

Palace really are starting to stagnate.

Position wise it's about the same which is kinda why I used the term stagnate. They have no European goals or relegation fears to get them going.

The individual results this week are poor by their standards though.

It's just because refs didn't literally give a manager a yellow until a few years ago.

Before it was just verbal warnings or sent to the stands.

What about Kane to Newcastle at some point?

Newcastle, barring a spending spree in January, won’t make the top 4. Their lack of desire to win the big games will see to that.

Cancelo & Walker off at HT.

Cancelo has quietly been having a very poor season. Not highlighted near as much as other RBs would be though.

He was dropped by Portugal for the knockout stages of the World Cup and is struggling to break into the Man City team since the club season resumed. So obvious his coaches are not happy with his performances either.