The Exploding Heads review the weekend in the Premier League, including Swansea forgetting to turn on VAR and Millwall fan’s actually caring.
The Premier League remains Europe’s most international, multicultural top-flight league in terms of players and managers, and yet somehow there often seems to be a distinctly old-school feel to the football. For instance, Pep Guardiola has spoken of the importance of coping with winning second balls, while Jurgen Klopp has spoken about the need to deal with the inclement weather.
Tactically, things are somewhat different: we’re in the age of false nines and gegenpressing, rather than long balls…