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The Australian has also lashed out at VAR for ruining football as a spectacle, in a diatribe I’m sure many of us get behind. During his side’s defeat at Stamford Bridge, officials took a combined nine minutes to make just two decisions, both of which were ultimately correct.

“No doubt,” he said, upon being asked if the curtain-twitchers based in Stockley Park are having an adverse effect on top flight football. “It is not the game. Maybe I was influenced by England and the old First Division. I loved the frenetic pace. I could have watched other divisions but it was always England, end-to-end stuff, speed and tempo, I loved that.

“I’ve tried to design a game plan that has tempo and energy because I feel if you want people in there, you want them off their seat. There was 12 minutes of extra time yesterday that’s not why VAR was brought in. I am the lone voice. I don’t hear anyone else saying. That’s why I am sat here and saying maybe I am disconnected. When I retire, I will probably watch less football and find another hobby.”