Rushies tash

Started going in the mid eighties. Was lucky enough to see Kenny play before he retired. Even though I was (and still am) a short arse, absolutely loved the shared experience of standing on the Kop. Never ended up in the spec I started in and missed half the goals, but would take that over sitting in the stands any day.

Ha ha, you cheeky cunt. It's bad enough I can remember £2.80 tickets.

My eldest was born in the early hours the day before he scored on his debut against Chelsea. Mrs Tash kicked me out of the maternity ward to go and watch it in the pub next to the hospital.

Paying £2.80 (or something close to that) for a child's ticket on the Kop. To watch the current champions.

When I lived in Acton, we used to drink in a little pub by the station called The Albion. First time in there, we got invited to a stay behind and didn't get home until 6 the following morning. Was rough as houses, but the people in there were sound. Living in London, finding a friendly place to drink where strangers will strike up a conversation and the barmaids remember your round after only a couple of times going there is like gold dust. It's a fucking beauticians now. Cunts.

There is too much money in the Premier League, an obscene amount. But I do find it amusing that the government is arguing for, what appears to be, a form of footballing socialism.

They'd have noticed all of this had the check not been concluded with the same speed as Diaz's offside check against Spurs.

The last thing I remember buying here was a load of massive T shirts in the early 90s (to wear over my baggy stone wash jeans). The whole place stank of meat.

But their small squad are definitely playing two more midweek games.

Another thing pissing me off about this Arsenal side is that, besides their set piece obstruction shenanigans, nobody wants to call out the diving shit bags in their team either. The past two games have seen some outrageous tumbles with barely a mention from the commentators.

Extra time and a late, spawny Arsenal winner. Don't want pens, too much of a lottery. Porto might win.

Haha, I looked that up. Any team who forfeit a fixture get kicked out of the competition. Would be funny as fuck taking a 3-0 loss for not playing and going through anyway.

He was also allowed to take as long as he liked for every fucking throw in.

I can guarantee it will only become a problem for the integrity of the game once we start to do it.

Guardiola was saying stuff along the lines of hoping the atmosphere doesn't get to the ref etc. I thought he'd gotten away lightly with that as well. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/03/09/pep-guardiola-man-city-vs-liverpool-anfield-referee/#:~:text=“You can't control what,to do is perform better.

Said in another thread if they're making no effort to play the ball and are instead moving to block another player, then it's obstruction. 1. Direct free kick A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences against an opponent in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force: charges jumps at kicks or attempts to kick pushes strikes or attempts to strike (including head-butt) tackles or challenges trips or attempts to trip If an offence involves contact it is penalised by a direct free kick or penalty kick. Careless is when a player shows a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or acts without precaution. No disciplinary sanction is needed Reckless is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force and endangers the safety of an opponent and must be sent off A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences: a handball offence (except for the goalkeeper within their penalty area) holds an opponent impedes an opponent with contact bites or spits at someone on the team lists or a match official throws an object at the ball, opponent or match official, or makes contact with the ball with a held object

The Romans had the arena to keep the plebs distracted - we have VAR.

He doesn't win the ball first though. It comes off MacAllister's chest, onto Doku's leg then up into the air. VAR would have seen that, but chose for whatever reason to avoid sending Oliver to the screen.

Don't even know why it's an argument - you can't be offside from a corner, throw in or goal kick. Fuck knows what that's got to do with quadrants.

What minute was that?

I agree - it's this parroting of something that clearly isn't there that I find weird. And by weird, I mean bollocks.

Endo was offside when he did it, so was considered to be gaining advantage from being there. Ake couldn't be offside from a corner. They need to do something about this deliberate blocking though. If you're not trying to play the ball, you shouldn't be interfering with an opponent. It's obstruction, simple as.

The usual pundits are all convinced that Doku won the ball first, when the evidence of my eyes suggests otherwise. Am I looking at it wrong? He doesn't touch the fucking thing.

Stepping back from this a bit, it's clear that we need to start twatting a few teams to sort out our goal difference. We'd still be top if it weren't for this streaky run Arsenal have put together.

You have to be proud of that, I have to say. Whatever happens at the end of the season, these lads have given their all.