8MileBU Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 To be fair they are missing Ederson, Laporte and Sane. For me, Laporte is their main issue. Not even so much that he is a very good defender, it’s the resulting loss of Fernandinho from their midfield. That guy is an absolute monster in the middle of the park and a massive loss. Fernandinho does a job at centre back but nothing near what he does in the middle. Rodri looks decent but it’s still early days for him. At the same time though with the money Man City have Laporte shouldn’t be the only decent centre back they have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Man City 2-1 up in a must win game at home in an end to end encounter, and there were still home fans leaving with 10 minutes to go. English football is weird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Then, when a goal goes in with 30 seconds left, they spend a minute debating it then rule it out because a players armpit was a millimetre further forward than a defender. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Another stupid var decision, but in this case it made no difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 f**k VAR = Death of Football.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 f**k VAR = Death of Football....This. Even in the cases where it is coming down on the right side of a razor thin margin decision, the effect it has on the game isnt worth it, despite the "BUT IT ARRIVED AT THE RIGHT DECISION" wailing. Just watching the youtube highlights of todays games and even in these short videos var has me seething. Shite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Marco Silva must be close to getting sacked. Rafa Benitez in please! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Marco Silva must be close to getting sacked. Rafa Benitez in please!Or Poch? (Unlikely I’d imagine) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 The boy "fouled" was about 6 yards from the goalscorer and it had absolutely no impact at all on the goal. You see that contact at every single set piece put into the box. How they're using VAR is just stupid. Theres the "foul". The goalscorer isnt even in view, and his header is already heading towards goal. This is far too pedantic for its considering they wont do it consistently, and not what I expected VAR to be used for. The goalscorer isn't in view correct, but his header isn't "heading towards goal" - the goal was touched in from about a yard after the push. It's unlikely but Loveren could have cut out the initial flick on header (the one that has just happened in the screenshot) so it's pretty clearly a foul and would have been even if that wasn't the case. VAR is shite and I'm no fan of Liverpool, but there does seem to be an awful lot of conspiracy theory bollocks and nonsense about decisions only ever going for Liverpool floating around. If they do win the league it will be deserved, not because VAR somehow favours them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Liverpool, yet again, get an absolutely horrendous VAR decision in their favour. If they dont win the league this season, when it's literally being handed to them, they never will.Agreed - watching it again - Loveren could be be 7tf tall and wouldn't have headed that - utter shite!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 The amount of luck liverpool get is something else, I must sayJust fucking detest them. A sense of entitlement that would make an Old Firm fan blush.If they do fail to win the league it will be fucking hilarious!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 7 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: The goalscorer isn't in view correct, but his header isn't "heading towards goal" - the goal was touched in from about a yard after the push. It's unlikely but Loveren could have cut out the initial flick on header (the one that has just happened in the screenshot) so it's pretty clearly a foul and would have been even if that wasn't the case. VAR is shite and I'm no fan of Liverpool, but there does seem to be an awful lot of conspiracy theory bollocks and nonsense about decisions only ever going for Liverpool floating around. If they do win the league it will be deserved, not because VAR somehow favours them. It goes about 3 feet over the Number 5 in that photo, so I've absolutely no idea why you think Lovren could cut it out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juantwothree Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 It was a foul so free kick awarded cant see the arguement here tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 This should spell the end for Silva. They have some run of fixtures over the next month too, cannot see him lasting until the New Year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: It goes about 3 feet over the Number 5 in that photo, so I've absolutely no idea why you think Lovren could cut it out. Are you aware all this has absolutely no relevance to whether it was a foul? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Juantwothree said: It was a foul so free kick awarded cant see the arguement here tbh 13 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Are you aware all this has absolutely no relevance to whether it was a foul? My point is that it had zero effect on the goal, and happens at literally every corner, so it's a bit shite that the only time its punished all game is to rule put a goal that it had no effect on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 My point is that it had zero effect on the goal, and happens at literally every corner, so it's a bit shite that the only time its punished all game is to rule put a goal that it had no effect on.I see where you are coming from here RG as corners are my biggest bugbear with regards to the number of fouls that are happening simultaneously, utterly inconsistent but still correct within the IFAB guidance unfortunately. It is a bizzare absolute, but imagine a defender from the attacking team punching another player in his or her own half while a goal is being scored, the correct decision there is to send him off, award a free kick & rule out the goal even though he or she was 80 yards away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juantwothree Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: My point is that it had zero effect on the goal, and happens at literally every corner, so it's a bit shite that the only time its punished all game is to rule put a goal that it had no effect on. Just another instance that VAR was brought in for and plus I couldn't give a f**k because I support liverpool so I'm probably wearing red tinted specs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Brilliant double save from De Gea. Good start to this game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 De Gea a bit unlucky with that. Superb stuff from Sheffield United though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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