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57 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

I totally agree that in Sunday league or any lower level footy that Mo would not have been given a pen for that and I also agree that he shouldn't get it. Football at that level is a lot less cynical and more honest. 

 

In the Premier League though, it's 100% a pen all day because they play almost a different sport in terms of contact and what is and isn't a foul. If a player is kicked and he goes down (regardless of whether he throws himself or is genuinely felled), he's getting a pen almost every time in the professional game.

 

Not saying it's right, but that's the way it is.

Would agree with you but, his opening  gambit is the new handball rule, quick leap to Salah's pen which is not related.

Maybe he's just a thick bitter twat?

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Always a great read, with you all the way on what is happening to the game and how it's being strangled, all the joy and emotion with it.

It was a good point, fair result. It's sad to see Bobby devoid of confidence, he had a chance to chip the keeper first half and just took another touch. But then we do seem reluctant to hit it sometimes and look for one pass too many. 

 

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3 hours ago, dave u said:

Yes, yes you are.

 

I genuinely haven't heard ANYONE else say it was!

Don't listen to Steve Nicol on ESPN then Dave, apparently  it is Gomez who should be quick enough to get out the way of a ball coming at him at 100mph. He would need to be a cross between Paul Daniels and my brothers fucking cat 

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35 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

Seems you've got Stevie Nicol for company!

I think it’s the same point you make for Mo’s penalty. In grassroots footy that handball isn’t given but the Premier League is now obsessed with slowing down footage and looking at everything to the nth degree. I had exactly the same reaction to you when I saw the replay - oh shit, they’re going to give that.

 

Still, it could be worse if that hairy fuck-bucket Richard Keys had his way. He said they should just change it to any handball was a penalty. The looks on the faces of De Jong and Gray when he said players would be honest and not just boot it at an opponents hand! 

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We should have gone 433 when Bobby went off with Keita coming on instead of Shaq. It felt like we were being overrun in midfield the whole of that second half.

Also, it might have been missed because De Bruyne stuck the pen wide but Allison dived the wrong way again. It's uncanny how he does it.

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13 minutes ago, Jenson said:

We should have gone 433 when Bobby went off with Keita coming on instead of Shaq. It felt like we were being overrun in midfield the whole of that second half.

Also, it might have been missed because De Bruyne stuck the pen wide but Allison dived the wrong way again. It's uncanny how he does it.

He should toss a coin before each game to decide which way he's going. At least he'd have a 50/50 chance of going the right way. 

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7 hours ago, index1000 said:

Don't listen to Steve Nicol on ESPN then Dave, apparently  it is Gomez who should be quick enough to get out the way of a ball coming at him at 100mph. He would need to be a cross between Paul Daniels and my brothers fucking cat 

If he had of, the same Steve Nicol would have been slagging him off for moving out of the way of a cross. 

It seems you either let the cross come into the area or run the risk of a soft penalty, absolutely stupid interpretation.

 

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It's completely irrational but I 100% blame John Terry for the fuckery around handball. 20 years ago it used to be that unless you moved your hand towards the ball then handball wasn't given as it would be seen as accidental. Then Mongo starts doing Schmeichel-esque star jumps in the penalty area whenever someone has a shot and then claims that he didn't move his hands towards the ball, his hands were already there when the shot was taken so it's not a penalty. So then the authorities have to start weaving in all this shite about "unnatural silhouettes" and that.

 

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I'm perfectly happy to blame the FA and PGMOL for the fucked up state of decision-making at the moment, but let's not be accused of not sharing the blame out and include Chelsea in this...

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