Meat Wall Apotheosis

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a disallowed goal in a match between West Ham and Arsenal, focusing on the new corner kick tactic known as 'the meat wall'.

Has the moment finally come? With West Ham's disallowed goal in the closing seconds against Arsenal, the football discourse has returned to the question of the new corner kick tactic, which this podcast has somehow managed to name "the meat wall". We discuss what happened in the Arsenal match, but our goal is not to referee the moment over. Our focus is on why this seems likely to drive some degree of change in refereeing standards or even the rules of the game, why we think that an assertive...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Goodman, Michael Caley

Topics covered

• refereeing standards
• corner kick tactics
• football discourse
• rule changes
• match analysis

Keywords

• meat wall
• corner kick
• refereeing
• football rules
• West Ham
• Arsenal
• disallowed goal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: West Ham, Arsenal

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