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Mark Clattenburg says he ‘allowed Spurs to self-destruct’ and hand Leicester...
Mark Clattenburg has said he went into Tottenham’s match at Chelsea with a ‘gameplan’ which would avoid him being blamed for deciding the title
me too
In many ways it is the game reaching its logical conclusion .
They haven’t won a Premier league game or even scored a goal since New Year’s Eve. They’re 1 point above the relegation zone, 2 points off bottom and heading in the wrong direction. They had to do it before it was too late
Playing I get, watching I don’t but it seems be huge that tweetypie or whatever his name is making something like €10m a year from playing games and people watching. It’s insane
Ah ummmmmmmmmmmmm.
Dillydong Dillygone.
That the Athlone lad?
The sensible soccer guy?
This guy. Reportedly makes 7.5m a year playing games on YouTube. Only 25 or so.
The first time Fran has an opinion on something. And he’s wrong. Sad.
It’s not like you to be patronising like that, maybe you should expand on your opinion
I assume some horrible cunt gambling company will make hay off this.
This could be the greatest thing for the industry since bookies filled the gap between real races with fuckin virtual races.
Oi, check out these odds on this gamer.
Ave a bang on that.
Gamble responsibly.
Cunts to a man.
PS, fifa is shit. Pro Evo is back, baby
That the Athlone lad?
No he’s Swedish Disney signed him up on contract but he was dropped recently for anti Semitic remarks, which coming from Disney…
Not to mention the fact you would be watching Barcelona V Barcelona at least 90% of the time. I’ve started playing Pro Evo online a bit recently, I’d say I play against Barcelona in 8 out of every 10 games…It’s boring as fuck but makes beating them all the sweeter.
The FIFA gamers spend more time squad building and trading than playing matches.
The ones who have learned the system know more about market economics than they would ever learn in school or college.
Computer games are for children and weirdos.
Agreed…Pro Evo was unreal 10-12 years ago though.
“I allowed them [Tottenham] to self-destruct so all the media, all the people in the world went: ‘Tottenham lost the title,’” Clattenburg told NBC’s Men in Blazers podcast.
“If I sent three players off from Tottenham, what are the headlines? ‘Clattenburg cost Tottenham the title.’ It was pure theatre that Tottenham self-destructed against Chelsea and Leicester won the title.”
Tottenham led 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and needed to win to retain a chance of overhauling Leicester. Their midfielder Mousa Dembélé received a six-match ban from the Football Association for gouging one of the eyes of the then Chelsea striker Diego Costa. Spurs were two goals ahead when that incident, which went unpunished on the night, occurred. Both clubs were fined for failing to control their players.
“I helped the game,” Clattenburg added. “I certainly benefited the game by my style of refereeing. Some referees would have played by the book; Tottenham would have been down to seven or eight players and probably lost and they would’ve been looking for an excuse. But I didn’t give them an excuse, because my gameplan was: let them lose the title.”
Mark Clattenburg has said he went into Tottenham’s match at Chelsea with a ‘gameplan’ which would avoid him being blamed for deciding the title
That must bring back a lot of painful memories for you. You were supporting Spurs back then.