I knew City had never won at the new Spurs stadium, but I didn't know they had never even scored a goal there. That's some record against one of the world's best teams. Kind of sums up my frustration supporting them, can beat City no problem and then we'll get knocked out of the FA Cup by a third tier team in a few weeks.
Premier League 22/23 Thread
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It's almost like you've seen Spurs play before...
Still, I'll take a win over City any day. And we actually deserved it too, which was nice!
I bet you fancy City less now your second favourite north london side did you a favour! Lol
Aye the only way Klopp leaves is if he walks. And if FSG don't give him the money to spend I wouldn't blame him. He's worked miracles on a shoestring. No on else could do what he's done. And yes, luck has played a part. Coutinho for 140m anyone?
Aye the only way Klopp leaves is if he walks. And if FSG don't give him the money to spend I wouldn't blame him. He's worked miracles on a shoestring. No on else could do what he's done. And yes, luck has played a part. Coutinho for 140m anyone?
City charged with over 100 counts of breaching FFP by the FA/PL.
What odds the worst that happens is City get hit with a fine of…..30k. Or if they are really unlucky 300k. Something the equivalent of one week's wages for KDB.
That'll definitely teach them and is a totally fair punishment for breaching FFP that often.
The only way FFP rules will be stuck to is if the FA/PL grow and set and retrospectively dock them a lot of points, and I mean 30 odd. Thus stripping them of their titles. I'm not saying that cos I want Pool to be awarded them (I'm jot sure if it relates to the years they beat Pool by a point or other years), leave them as no one won it that year cos the winners cheated. The only way clubs will take FFP seriously is if the punishment fits the crime. A fine is a total waste of time.
It's like say,ing here Bill Gates your taxes are wrong so we are going to fine you 10k. He makes that in 3 seconds, dafuq does he care. City's owners have bottomless pits of money. Fining them is a total waste of time. Points deductions, relegations and or European bans (UEFA will probably have to agree to that) are all that will work.
I'd say there is more chance of Pool doing a PL and CL double this season than that happening though.
What odds the worst that happens is City get hit with a fine of…..30k. Or if they are really unlucky 300k. Something the equivalent of one week's wages for KDB.
That'll definitely teach them and is a totally fair punishment for breaching FFP that often.
The only way FFP rules will be stuck to is if the FA/PL grow and set and retrospectively dock them a lot of points, and I mean 30 odd. Thus stripping them of their titles. I'm not saying that cos I want Pool to be awarded them (I'm jot sure if it relates to the years they beat Pool by a point or other years), leave them as no one won it that year cos the winners cheated. The only way clubs will take FFP seriously is if the punishment fits the crime. A fine is a total waste of time.
It's like say,ing here Bill Gates your taxes are wrong so we are going to fine you 10k. He makes that in 3 seconds, dafuq does he care. City's owners have bottomless pits of money. Fining them is a total waste of time. Points deductions, relegations and or European bans (UEFA will probably have to agree to that) are all that will work.
I'd say there is more chance of Pool doing a PL and CL double this season than that happening though.
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I bet they would
Or lose to Leicester
Spurs were abysmal today. Quite the worst performance I've seen from them for quite some time; even worse IMHO than that dreadful 'effort' away at Utd early in the season. We have AC Milan on Tuesday in the CL, so that's going to be interesting...Or lose to Leicester
My sympathy for Arsenal disappeared after the game against Liverpool.
The problem isn't VAR, as such, it's the morons who work it. Not drawing lines on, drawing them from the wrong man (was that the Brighton game) and checking ABC but missing the blatant other incident (ie Pickford on VVD, and a couple of others) it's just piss poor. But then it's all done by referees who aren't great in the first place and who get zero punishment and zero public scrutiny/hassle/abuse.
I don't the buy the line of 'it needs and ex pro to be able to tell what should and shouldn't be given.' Especially as it is spouted mostly by Ex pro's. Any one of us could do a better job, we would know where to draw lines from and what to check. Granted we may not know the intricacies of the obscure laws (or understand quite what the **** is and isn't offside) but surely a group of, say 3, people watching it, one of whom is a ref, should be enough to correct the continuous stream of **** ups. If there is any disagreement between the 3 the majority opinion has it. That removes any referee BS of "ohhh but rule 37 section B sub section…." **** off. It's a foul/offside/handball, now give it.
As it stands, I would almost rather go back to no VAR.
Oohh and Everton to win tonight's tallest dwarf contest between two truly **** sides.
The problem isn't VAR, as such, it's the morons who work it. Not drawing lines on, drawing them from the wrong man (was that the Brighton game) and checking ABC but missing the blatant other incident (ie Pickford on VVD, and a couple of others) it's just piss poor. But then it's all done by referees who aren't great in the first place and who get zero punishment and zero public scrutiny/hassle/abuse.
I don't the buy the line of 'it needs and ex pro to be able to tell what should and shouldn't be given.' Especially as it is spouted mostly by Ex pro's. Any one of us could do a better job, we would know where to draw lines from and what to check. Granted we may not know the intricacies of the obscure laws (or understand quite what the **** is and isn't offside) but surely a group of, say 3, people watching it, one of whom is a ref, should be enough to correct the continuous stream of **** ups. If there is any disagreement between the 3 the majority opinion has it. That removes any referee BS of "ohhh but rule 37 section B sub section…." **** off. It's a foul/offside/handball, now give it.
As it stands, I would almost rather go back to no VAR.
Oohh and Everton to win tonight's tallest dwarf contest between two truly **** sides.
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VAR for offside is so simple it should be automated, line starts at the goalmouth and moves back on a still frame of the ball being kicked, then stops if there's an infringement. The human (or ref) in from of the screen validates and says yes or no
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Yeah I reckon artificial intelligence will be doing the offside thing one day.
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Better than the current zero intelligence for sure
