Premier League 22/23 Thread

[theforceuk]

I think they should just use VAR for off sides and goal line technology. Also change the off side rule to favour the attacker. Most of the problems come from off sides though.

 

[lejackal]

The beeb should've stayed til the end

 

[weasel]

Whatever you think of Arsenal being "lucky" to be top of the league

A stoppage time winner that hits the bar and deflects in off the Villa keeper.
With luck like that you can't NOT put in a title challenge.

Don't get me wrong, given a choice between City or Arsenal, I'd take Arsenal, and that's before the FA charges against City. Needless to say I would rather the paedophile and mass murder select 11 won the title than that other shower from the red half of Manchester lol. But feck me Arsenal have had some luck this season, or the teams they have played against have had bad luck (the two aren't necessarily the same). Weird that when their luck reverts to normal they drop points. Granted all teams at the top can point to "luck" in certain games (even the like of Fulham robbed Brighton yesterday, that was "lucky") but Arsenal using up a few season's luck.


I'm sure a totally neutral and dispationate person like @edd_jedi will back me up here! lol

 

[edd_jedi]

Yeah I was going to say exactly the same thing, how many stoppage time own goals can you think of although granted they did score another later.

Speaking of luck (or lack of it) apparently this isn't a handball if you're playing against Spurs:

 

[weasel]

Yeah I was going to say exactly the same thing, how many stoppage time own goals can you think of although granted they did score another later.

Speaking of luck (or lack of it) apparently this isn't a handball if you're playing against Spurs:

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Aye, the 4th was in the 99th minute when Martinez was up for a corner and all Martinelli had to do was run faster than the defender and control the ball.


As for the Spurs incident above, they are probably just evening it up for all the soft as **** pens that Harry Kane has "won" by "being clever*"


* If he was foreign it would be diving or cheating but he is Engerlund captain, so it's ok!

ps, Mo Salah has never dived, nor has any Liverpool player I can think of. Stevie G definitely never did it.

 

[weasel]

Football's a ****ing **** sport

 

[lejackal]

Was there football on last night? *Runs for cover*

 

[edd_jedi]

Wish I'd put a tenner on Real when Pool were 2-0 up! It was a good game though (as a neutral) in the second half Real just looked so slick, it was almost like an exhibition match. I guess you can play with that confidence and lack of fear when you're leading by 3 goals, I wish we saw more of it

 

[weasel]

I didn't see any of it. I'm still refusing to watch Pool. Tiz too depressing. Idid have a lovely Utd fan giving me an unwanted running commentary on how **** Pool were. Even when it was 2-0 I said Real would win.
I dunno what it is but they always seem to beat Pool, before last night most of the time they had had large slices of luck, or Pool had had back luck, last night was men against boys from what I heard though.

 

[theforceuk]

Crazy the drop off from Liverpool, could still get top 4 though! Real Madrid haven't lost a European final since 1983 when Aberdeen beat them in the Cup Winners' Cup final. Certain Alex Ferguson was manager.

 

[weasel]

So, they are due losing the next 15 or so!!!!

 

[edd_jedi]

RIP John Motson, the voice of football

 

[theforceuk]

Yeah so sad the voice of football growing up for me. RIP a true legend of broadcasting.

 

[edd_jedi]

I'm just going to put this out there now, after losing to Southampton and Fulham and failing to beat West Ham or Forest in the last month, Chelsea are a dead cert to beat Spurs this weekend! you heard it here first

 

[weasel]

And after being shite for most of this season and getting their pants pulled down by Real, Liverpool will do well to nick a point from Palace

 

[edd_jedi]

Nice to be wrong for once!

 

[lejackal]

I feel a bit sorry for Potter, he's clearly going to get the boot but I'm not sure what he's supposed to do with such a massive mismatched and unbalanced squad

 

[weasel]

I feel a bit sorry for Potter, he's clearly going to get the boot but I'm not sure what he's supposed to do with such a massive mismatched and unbalanced squad

Agreed. Do they nt have a striker coming in the summer? That should help their inability to score. Albeit too late for Potter. Selling some of their 97 players will help too

Nice to be wrong for once!

At least one of us was. Sounds like neither Pool or Palace deserved a point from last night's game

 

[edd_jedi]

Potter seems like a nice bloke but I never have much sympathy for any player or manager that makes a move purely for money or prestige, he was doing really well at Brighton and building something special, he knew what kind of club he was going to. I don't buy the "I can't turn down this opportunity" BS they all come out with - you're a PL player/manager, how many more millions do you need!?

 

[weasel]

And how many more does he get when they sack him? How many yrs was his contract, and what is his salary? Did I see somewhere he is on a daft salary, like more than Pep and Klopp?