Steve Kirkham

@PhilBlundell Well we spent £225 million to have one so I think it’s ok to expect one

Heard people talking about us having no attacking structure all season but then you watch Arsenal and just wonder if matters. Cos I have no idea what their plan is here.

@BenBoardma97122 @Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ I haven’t, it’s not for sky, it’s content aired by sky. My point is that refs need to be better and quieter. The product is about the players not the refs, I don’t want to know who they are and I don’t think most football fans do either. Take them off the tv and newspapers

@sk_lfc @Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ Youve just ignored my point. Its SKY dictating to the PGMOL. If they git offered a job of course they'll take it, same as ex players an managers.

I've been screamed at by Jurgen Klopp. I've been chased around by Jose Mourinho. And Wayne Rooney. I've fallen out with Harry Kane (repeatedly). I've been an official for more than 400 Premier League games and a video assistant referee (yes, the dreaded VAR) more than 100 times. My name is Graham Scott and now I'm part of the The Athletic. I'm here to explain refereeing decisions and provide unique insight on the most popular sport in the world. 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/71835…

@BenBoardma97122 @Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ We all know refs want the limelight, Webb has loved it for years and the minute they all retire they go into media. It’s nonsense, no one cares, just be better at refereeing

@sk_lfc @Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ Yes he does, for Sky Sports!

@BenBoardma97122 @Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ Their leader Webb, literally does interviews with Michael Owen

@sk_lfc @Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ The PGMOL cannot push refs into the limelight, nor would they want to. Its the media wanting access to refs, not the other way around

@Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ I think don’t do it at all

@sk_lfc @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ He's writing the articles to explain referees decisions? Do you want him to do it anonymously?

@Robbouts @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ I think that’s been exaggerated, PGMOL have pushed themselves into the limelight of the game, most fans just want good refs not ref commentators and writing athletic articles

@sk_lfc @TheAthleticFC @Simon_Hughes__ I thought fans wanted more accountability and refs to explain their decisions and rules of the game...

@slbsn Wonder what palace think of this after their red card vs United….

This is what happens when the ref has the audacity not to give United yet another borderline penalty/weak decision to an exaggerated fall. Stomping feet nonsense.

@PhilBlundell Also, galatasaray are absolute garbage

I’m one of the people more sympathetic to the manager and last night is sort of why. It looked better last night primarily cos it’s close to what it looks like the plan is. Most of the season has been, for various reasons, cobbled together rubbish. That was more cohesive.

@PhilBlundell They are a horrid watch back to front

Running fast is underrated

@Benjanijohnson Games like that get you the sack

You can not moan that you have hard lines when you do fucking nothing all game until you are getting beat. Too passive.

@PaulSenior1 Gakpo is a bigger issue, he’s so predictable and basic it’s untrue

Could be argument Gravenberch is a bit of an issue for us

Playing an extra man in midfield than originally selected and still being walked through Shocking

@PhilBlundell I think the question more to ask is why we have stated the season with a squad of which so many ‘1st team’ players Slot has absolutely no interest in using, however bad a situation gets. Then we are surprised when we concede so many late goals given he’s only playing 14 players

Imagine we’d signed someone who couldn’t get in Wigan’s squad in January and started playing him. Everyone would lose their minds.

Mystifying why he’s even being discussed by anyone.

@PhilBlundell He’s so one dimensional it’s wild

Does anyone actually enjoy watching Gakpo? His attitude to Kerkez is insane no matter which one of them has the ball. Either a bad pass or a bad run.

@Vic_Short Can see meet merv a mile off 😂

Just been sent this photo of my brothers Littlehampton Foresters team from the late 60’s.Can name them all and there a lot of very good players amongst them who played for the local county sides.Played with most of them and all top blokes 👍

@90sfootball He was so much better than Cantona that day, but never got the headlines

Robbie Fowler vs Manchester United, 1995.

@PhilBlundell But none of this was as bad as what Liverpool served up. Dire.

The lad who went off by straddling the touch line to waste a minute who he gave an escort to the highlight.

One of the best displays of shithousery, time wasting and disruption of a game I’ve ever seen that. Fair play. Ref buying every last bit of it a lovely touch.

@DistanceCovered Why start the season with them then?

Keep seeing mock sides with Gomez and Chiesa painted as starters. Guys, they’re a) crocked and b) incapable of playing every three days.

@DistanceCovered He in trouble you think?

Ended up being a bad one, that. Total head loss after conceding first. So fragile on the mental side.