Ciaran Lennon
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So he's obviously made a conscious decision.
We're not playing that way.
Yeah.
But I think from an adaptability point of view, how do you not fit one of those players into your 26?
Form.
Can we just have a moment for how the threshold for fouls seems to have changed enormously?
And penalties particularly.
Yes.
It's nearly eradicated diving in some ways because you're going to get kicked and you're not going to get a free kick.
I haven't noticed this really.
It's the general physicality.
Let the game flow.
50-50 challenges that are so robust.
In general terms.
In general terms, yeah.
And the referees are swallowing their whistles.
It's the old play on.
Which is no bad thing from a spectator point of view.
But I found myself watching the England-Ghana game admiring a very physical tackle.
I think it was on Matueke and thinking, jeez, the Premier League, that's a free, but I'm enjoying this.