Premier League 25/26 Thread
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I heard richarlison's goal was good though And then they go and get fisted by PSV.
Lost consecutive home games, to Forest and PSV, by a combined score of 1-7.
Worst run since the 1950’s.
I THINK I’ll give the game this weekend a pass. I’ll maybe ask the wife to tell me some of her ultra interesting work stories for two hours instead. That’ll be much more fun
plenty of goals, just most in the wrong net! I would love to watch a nice boring 0-0 draw, 125 games since the last one apparentlyI guess I asked for that
2-0 down after 10 minutes at home to Fulham, unthinkable a couple of seasons ago but as hard a pill it is to swallow, I don't see much quality in our squad at the moment. While I'll always think the Kane/Son/Dembele/Bale/Vertongen etc team spectacularly underachieved, I can't help but admit that the bottom half of the table is about right with the current squad. It's going to take some getting used to, and is not much fun to watch! I quite like Frank as a manager but it looks like a complete rebuild at this point. Not looking forward to Newcastle away tomorrow, what was it last season, 6-0 down after 25 minutes 
Amazing game!
Another atrocius VAR decision last night, I was so angry I turned the TV off when the penalty was given so didn't even realise we scored a late equaliser until this morning 
Honestly though this **** is really ruining football, why can't a ref occasionally grow some balls and say actually no I've looked at the monitor and still think it was nothing
if that's a penalty then there should be five or six every match
Honestly though this **** is really ruining football, why can't a ref occasionally grow some balls and say actually no I've looked at the monitor and still think it was nothing
if that's a penalty then there should be five or six every matchI saw the last 5 mins of stoppage time. Garvial (spelling) cleared one off the line with only a few minutes to go as well. Must have been a great watch.
As for the Newcastle penalty, I can see why it was given. Bentancur isn't looking at the ball, at any stage, and grapples with Dan Burn for the duration. It falls in that grey area of ‘is it enough for a foul?’
If it happened on the half way line it’s a foul all day long.
BUT….you see **** like that four or five times a week, if not in every game and Refs dont do anything. I have no objection if they are going to give a pen every time something like that happens, but you know for sure there will be a dozen examples NOT given this weekend alone.
Ohh and Howard Webb will come out and defend the Ref/VAR and say they got it right.
It’s the inconsistency that ****s fans off as much as daft interpretation.
If somebody who doesn't follow football asked me to explain th difference between Arsenal and Spurs, this weekend gives the perfect example. Both teams opponents scored three goals without them scoring any, however Arsenal's opponent put two of those goals in their own net.
Also, how is it possible to make Sean Dyche look like an attacking mastermind
Also, how is it possible to make Sean Dyche look like an attacking mastermind
I saw the Arsenal game. **** me they were shite. More cutting instinct from an unset jelly.
Their first shot on target came with about ten to go and they were already one up.
Don’t get me wrong, they were the better side, but Wolves dug in really well and the few decent chances there were evenly split. Yonder Korean forward formWolves should really have scored late in the first half.
That first goal was the definition of a fluke.
A corner that came despite Saka being offside* and then the ball hits the post and keeper and goes in. Wolves were really really unlucky not to get, what for them would have been, a massive point.
Yes, yer Wolves boy could have seen red for that tackle. He is trying to pull out, his leg is bent and not straight, but I have seen them given. Probably a good example of what the German’s call an “orange card”. More than a yellow but not quite a red.
I have to say I thought Eze was lucky to escape unpunished when he kicked yer man in the head. An accident, but I have seen boys sent off for that too.
Ditto for yer man who decided to kick Florian Wirtz square in the chest in the Liverpool game, that was a LOT more a red than Eze (his was a yellow for me). How VAR looked at the Wirtz one and thought, “nah, free kick is fine, he only plants his studs on his chest, that’s allowed” is beyond me. But then……VAR innit.
* Returning to that first Arsenal goal, this isnt an anti Arsenal dig, it’s more a dig at that rule. I know VAR don’t go back for corners and overrule them in situations like that, but for me they really should.
There was a goal against Pool a few years ago, I can’t even remember who they were playing, the opposition hoofed it long, their CF was stood 3 or 4 yards behind VVD, probably 25 ish yards from goal. VVD heads it clear cos no sane CB is going to leave it and assume none of his team mates have fallen asleep. He’s going to take no chances and clear it. VVD’s header drops straight to one of the other teams midfielders who rifles it first time into the top corner. Goal. No offside cos VVD played it.
How does that make sense? VVD ONLY played it cos the CF was there. That is the literal definition of interfering with playing. If there’s no advantage gained ehhh how come the ball is in Liverpool’s net?
Similarly the Arsenal goal, they get an advantage from the offside, the corner, so they have benefitted by it. Offside is black and white. There is no subjective element to it. You are either on or off. Something like the Saka one could have been checked and over turned long before the corner was taken.
But that would be too sensible. Let’s just use VAR for stupid **** and let the moron in stockleybpark show everyone he knows rule 457 part B section 3 clause 4.
And yes, Sam Johnstone didn't cover himself in glory dealing with that corner.
Their first shot on target came with about ten to go and they were already one up.
Don’t get me wrong, they were the better side, but Wolves dug in really well and the few decent chances there were evenly split. Yonder Korean forward formWolves should really have scored late in the first half.
That first goal was the definition of a fluke.
A corner that came despite Saka being offside* and then the ball hits the post and keeper and goes in. Wolves were really really unlucky not to get, what for them would have been, a massive point.
Yes, yer Wolves boy could have seen red for that tackle. He is trying to pull out, his leg is bent and not straight, but I have seen them given. Probably a good example of what the German’s call an “orange card”. More than a yellow but not quite a red.
I have to say I thought Eze was lucky to escape unpunished when he kicked yer man in the head. An accident, but I have seen boys sent off for that too.
Ditto for yer man who decided to kick Florian Wirtz square in the chest in the Liverpool game, that was a LOT more a red than Eze (his was a yellow for me). How VAR looked at the Wirtz one and thought, “nah, free kick is fine, he only plants his studs on his chest, that’s allowed” is beyond me. But then……VAR innit.
* Returning to that first Arsenal goal, this isnt an anti Arsenal dig, it’s more a dig at that rule. I know VAR don’t go back for corners and overrule them in situations like that, but for me they really should.
There was a goal against Pool a few years ago, I can’t even remember who they were playing, the opposition hoofed it long, their CF was stood 3 or 4 yards behind VVD, probably 25 ish yards from goal. VVD heads it clear cos no sane CB is going to leave it and assume none of his team mates have fallen asleep. He’s going to take no chances and clear it. VVD’s header drops straight to one of the other teams midfielders who rifles it first time into the top corner. Goal. No offside cos VVD played it.
How does that make sense? VVD ONLY played it cos the CF was there. That is the literal definition of interfering with playing. If there’s no advantage gained ehhh how come the ball is in Liverpool’s net?
Similarly the Arsenal goal, they get an advantage from the offside, the corner, so they have benefitted by it. Offside is black and white. There is no subjective element to it. You are either on or off. Something like the Saka one could have been checked and over turned long before the corner was taken.
But that would be too sensible. Let’s just use VAR for stupid **** and let the moron in stockleybpark show everyone he knows rule 457 part B section 3 clause 4.
And yes, Sam Johnstone didn't cover himself in glory dealing with that corner.
Don’t worry, you’ll be back to peak Barca next Saturday evening!If somebody who doesn't follow football asked me to explain th difference between Arsenal and Spurs, this weekend gives the perfect example. Both teams opponents scored three goals without them scoring any, however Arsenal's opponent put two of those goals in their own net.
Also, how is it possible to make Sean Dyche look like an attacking mastermind
