Other Football 2023/24

[sir roger]

The Grealish thing is being talked about as if he was about to pop it into an empty net, he was about 40 yards out and chugging like a steamer.

[Special K]

I'm sure ask if the City players involved will get a ban, right? Just like Virgil did. Right?

[polymerpunkah]

2 hours ago, sir roger said:

The Grealish thing is being talked about as if he was about to pop it into an empty net, he was about 40 yards out and chugging like a steamer.

He's not the fastest player in the world (or he wouldn't be back on the bench watching Doku) either of the defenders chasing him scythe him down, take the red, and the match ends 3-3 anyway.

 

 

[Paulie Dangerously]

Some of those City players putting their hands on the red, surrounding him like that and screaming will, no doubt, be subject to the same zero-tolerance treatment as Virgil at Newcastle. 

 

 

[joe_fishfish]

Van Dijk basically refused to leave the pitch against Newcastle, I don’t think the City players’ protestations were on that level. Haaland actually got booked for his which is more than I thought he’d get.

[joe_fishfish]

Speaking of Haaland though, that miss in the first half was unreal. Looked easier to score.

[Scott_M]

Simon Hopper loves Spurs.

 

That decision is hilarious.

[Scott_M]

9 hours ago, sir roger said:

The Grealish thing is being talked about as if he was about to pop it into an empty net, he was about 40 yards out and chugging like a steamer.

I get that, you’d still fancy him to get a shot off.

[Pete]

13 hours ago, KMD7 said:

This, and the wider image showing the other players haranguing the Ref will become as 'iconic' as the iamge of the Ref Mancs doing the same to Andy D'urso (?) in the late 90's/early 00's.  

ETA: He really is an ugly fucker. 

[Scott_M]

[Scott_M]

13 hours ago, KMD7 said:

Fuck off ugly.

[Shitty Arse]

39 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Pair of dodgy cunts. 

[Bad Red Bull]

[Pidge]

Does anyone know the PGMOL guidelines on advantage? Always seems like they never want to pull it back, so I'm guessing there must be a pretty tight timeframe where they deem that acceptable. He jumped into a bad decision but, knowing this league, I'm assuming there's a structural issue leading to the bad decisions. There usually is...

[an tha]

Surely a ban incoming....

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67609651

[Scott_M]

33 minutes ago, an tha said:

Surely a ban incoming....

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67609651

If VVD got done for calling a decision “a fucking joke” then Shirley this is a ban as well? 

 

 

Add in his man handling of the ref and getting in his face…

[El Rojo]

Pleasantly surprised Kulusevski's brilliant header wasn't scratched out for the contact on Ake. 

 

It shouldn't have been, but would anyone have been surprised?

[El Rojo]

The big losers over the bad call at the end of the City game will be Aston Villa in midweek. 

[Jairzinho]

3 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

The big losers over the bad call at the end of the City game will be Aston Villa in midweek. 

 

Completely unrelated, but does anyone know the most penalties a game has ever had?

[DaveT]

18 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

The big losers over the bad call at the end of the City game will be Aston Villa in midweek. 

Think I read somewhere that Rodri is suspended, which could make a big difference.

[aws]

TLW Rule No. 173 -  never, ever rely on Villa. 

[polymerpunkah]

4 hours ago, El Rojo said:

Pleasantly surprised Kulusevski's brilliant header wasn't scratched out for the contact on Ake. 

 

It shouldn't have been, but would anyone have been surprised?

Ake knew he was coming, and just shat out of the challenge.

 

Was a great header.

 

 

[Curly]

Just watched motd2 from yesterday on my lunch. I’ve got a couple of thoughts on the contentious refereeing and seem like I’m alone on them listening to the commentators/pundits.

 

Firstly I think the Chelsea penalty was defo a penalty. Milly dived across the man and was never getting to the ball, whether he’d overrun it or not. Anywhere else on the pitch and that’s a definite foul. The VAR on that one shows him playing the man only with no chance of getting to the ball, and also his feet take out the Chelsea man’s legs - twice!

 

The other is the city one - genuinely think the red has made a completely honest mistake there, but I would be absolutely fuming if that had happened against us. It is a prime example as to why the refs should be able to either speak afterwards or put a statement out explaining, honestly, why they made that decision. 

[an tha]

[aws]

Haaland and Pep - Munch and Munchausen