Episode 645 - Refereeing fluidity
Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast
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4.8 • 6.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
On this week's show I'm joined by Rory Smith of the New York Times to talk about the new edict to referees from on high for them to 'let it flow'. Is this going to lead to a rise in injuries as players push the boundaries, realising they may not get the kind of punishment they did before. We talk about the underlying culture of physicality in English football, how this is not a new thing – something Arsenal fans know only too well – and the way that refereeing and officiating appears to have a make it up as you go along element to it. We also chat about the proposal to make the World Cup biennial.
After that it's some quick Arsenal chat with Andrew Allen as we face a non-European season, and how we have to make that 'advantage' count, particularly for games like the weekend trip to Burnley.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a brand new R-Splug R-Scast right here on R-Splug.com. |
| 0:27.3 | How are you? |
| 0:28.3 | Hope you're well. |
| 0:29.3 | Hope your week was good. |
| 0:30.3 | How was it? |
| 0:31.3 | Quiet. |
| 0:32.3 | Yeah, pretty quiet. |
| 0:33.3 | Not much going on from an arseil perspective. |
| 0:34.3 | And that is something that we're going to have to come to terms with this season because |
| 0:41.3 | of our lack of European football normally. |
| 0:44.6 | We will be preparing for the kickoff of our European season at this point. |
| 0:49.2 | But as we all know, that is not the case. |
| 0:53.0 | The only midweek football we've had is an early entry into the EFL, Carabao, Milk, Rumble |
| 0:58.3 | Lowe's Coca-Cola Cup and we've got another game next week against AFC Wimbledon. |
| 1:03.6 | So that will be a nice welcome distraction. |
| 1:06.1 | But we're not preparing for Europa League. |
| 1:08.0 | We're certainly not preparing for Champions League. |
| 1:10.3 | And it does make the midweeks feel a little bit empty. |
| 1:13.3 | That's cycle that we've become so used to, primarily post match stuff. |
| 1:18.9 | Then you've got pre-game stuff for the midweek game. |
| 1:21.1 | Then you've got press conferences and the game and then post match stuff again. |
| 1:24.8 | And then just a little bit of time for some more pre-match stuff, etc. |
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