It was of Southampton manager Ted Bates. The new one was much better but they discussed taking it down again after his name cropped up in an FA report about child sex abuse.
It will never go away, because broadcasters (and a surprising number of fans) tend to prefer talking about referee controversies more than the actual game, and VAR is a great way to increase the number of controversies. This is exactly what these people want.
Plus the loudest voices in the game...
There’s no complaints about the exact same issue with goal-line technology, mainly because that works great whereas VAR is a disaster. It’s never going away though.
I promise this isn’t me trying to be negative/ungrateful etc…..but given how much we battered them today, did we really need to play Tats/MVE etc? Or would a week’s break just have interrupted the momentum?
I’m not saying everyone has to agree with the argument that Simms is doing a good job of occupying defenders and creating space for the other forwards - feel free to show stats that show the current forward line is struggling with him in it etc. But coming out and saying “Actually no he’s just...
Still not entirely sure how one even does a helicopter gesture….seems like a pretty abstract way to try and troll rival fans over something that happened years ago.