I've been noticing that too.Chelsea should have done better on that counter.
In all of these games the players look pretty gassed, but I haven't seen anyone dip too deeply into the bench or the academy.
And then head straight to the EurosI've been noticing that too.
And its going to get so much worse, especially for clubs in Europe. Those teams are going to be playing twice a week most weeks from now until April.
That should work out well.
They should do away with international play altogether until the pandemic abates, just for pandemic reasons. It's sheer lunacy.And then head straight to the Euros
Gomez didn’t leave England. His fitness fell off pretty precipitously as well.With regard to fixture congestion - since I follow Everton, I could see that Richarlison, Allan, Mina, and James all had their form fall off and their fitness levels go down after the last trip to South America and back
https://theathletic.com/2276645/2020/12/22/nuno-rant-referee-wolves/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12169721/nuno-espirito-santo-referee-lee-mason-is-not-good-enough-for-the-premier-leagueHe started by questioning Mason’s basic actual ability to purse his lips and physically blow a whistle (OK, this was perhaps an expression meaning “to referee”, but still).
“The referee is not good enough to whistle.” What a start.
“It is his job. He has to improve, he has to get better. It isn’t about the major, crucial decisions. It is the way he handles the players – both teams lose their focus, they are always arguing the decision.
“I just don’t want to see him more, I told him I hope he does not whistle a game of ours again. He cannot control the players, he does not have the quality to whistle a Premier League game.
“All the games we have with Lee Mason is always the same. The players get nervous – he whistles from the noises from the players. We are talking about the best competition, but he does not have the quality to whistle the game. The other referees let the game flow.”