EPL 20/21

[Bairnardo]

Another belting weekend for the "football is too big a business to have refereeing mistakes" types.

Eye bleeding shite over 3 days

[David W]

1 minute ago, harry94 said:

2 minutes ago, jagfox BLM said:

Ref should have sent of McTominay following the review...

It should have been a Man Utd free kick, Son committed the first foul by brushing McTominay lightly.

Due to it going back because of VAR, I'm not sure it could be given as a Man U free kick. The review is deciding whether or not Son was fouled; they can't check whether McTominay was.

I think it is a foul. The SKY pundits say he's just holding him off ignores the fact he's holding him off by pushing a hand (lightly) into his face, not his chest. I'm surprised the referee didn't give it initially.

[GordonS]

3 minutes ago, harry94 said:

4 minutes ago, jagfox BLM said:

Ref should have sent of McTominay following the review...

It should have been a Man Utd free kick, Son committed the first foul by brushing McTominay lightly.

Genuinely... if that had lead to a goal for Spurs they could have legitimately have chalked it off for Son's hand across the front of McTominay.

Main point here is that what happened could reasonably have been called a foul or not. But the ref decided it wasn't a foul at the time, and that was not a clear and obvious error.

VAR should be used to overturn wrong decisions, not re-adjudicate every possible call in the run-up to every goal.

Definitely better off without it if they can't do it better than this.

[Theroadlesstravelled]

Players like Duncan Ferguson or Roy Keane wouldn’t stand a chance in today’s football.

[Jacky1990]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

That doesn't mean it wasn't a foul. 

Do you honestly think that should have been a foul to Spurs?

Because I cant comprehend any fan thinking that something like that is, or should be, a foul. 

Imagine you were playing fives and stopped and demanded a freekick for that. Youd get slaughtered.

At the risk of going all yer da...its a contact sport, contact happens. Its pathetic.

[jagfox]

Saucy better watch out or he could be getting a red!

[Derry Alli]

1 minute ago, Jacky1990 said:

Do you honestly think that should have been a foul to Spurs?

At the risk of going all yer da...its a contact sport, contact happens. Its pathetic.

It is a free kick, yes. He's flicked his hand out and caught his opponent with it. He should have been booked for it, too. 

It is a contact sport, you're correct. Where are you drawing the line here? Are we all allowed to go about elbowing people in the face when we jump for headers because "it's a contact sport"? 

[GordonS]

6 minutes ago, Baptiste Bourgeois said:

Last season they were in the top 4 most of the season and had an 8 point gap to 5th place after 29 games. 

 

Trying to paint that as not a bottling collapse is complete nonsense from yourself I'm afraid. 

Leicester can't control the points other teams get. They got overhauled by Man Utd and Chelsea sides that started poorly but finished strongly.

Leicester had a good opening 16 matches and a much lesser remaining 22 matches. Why is that a bad finish and not a good start?

I didn't see anything that happened in their matches that I could call a lack of "bottle", and their form in the 9 games after the Covid break was the same as in the preceding 8 games. What I did see was a team that couldn't cope with injuries, and maybe weren't as fit and prepared after the Covid break as others around them in the league.

[Derry Alli]

Recently, Rashford seems to want to try that little bit too much. That extra touch, turn or flick. I don't know whether it's with his growing reputation off the field or what but he's in danger of becoming a bit of a show pony. He had a few glimpses there at goal and kept trying for another angle. 

[Derry Alli]

Again, refereeing standards here : why wasn't Shaw booked there for not attempting a tackle and instead just pushing an opponent with two hands to the chest? 

[Jacky1990]

1 minute ago, Mr. Alli said:

It is a free kick, yes. He's flicked his hand out and caught his opponent with it. He should have been booked for it, too. 

It is a contact sport, you're correct. Where are you drawing the line here? Are we all allowed to go about elbowing people in the face when we jump for headers because "it's a contact sport"? 

You are aware that your arms move when you run, arent you?

McTominay was running and trying to fend Son off. A move that happens hundreds of times a match. Are all of those fouls as well? 

Huge leap from elbowing someone and what happened there. I dont know why you are comparing the two.

[Derry Alli]

Just now, Jacky1990 said:

You are aware that your arms move when you run, arent you?

McTominay was running and trying to fend Son off. A move that happens hundreds of times a match. Are all of those fouls as well? 

Huge leap from elbowing someone and what happened there. I dont know why you are comparing the two.

You are aware that your elbows are out when you jump? 

It doesn't matter if he has meant to catch Son, he's hit his opponent in the face with an outstretched arm. It's a clear foul.

[Grangemouth Bairn]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

Recently, Rashford seems to want to try that little bit too much. That extra touch, turn or flick. I don't know whether it's with his growing reputation off the field or what but he's in danger of becoming a bit of a show pony. He had a few glimpses there at goal and kept trying for another angle. 

You are spot on mate - he’s more interested than his off field image than his football.

[Comrie]

West Ham and  County this weekend did horrible things to my stress levels.

[Barry Ferguson's Hat]

 

[Ro Sham Bo]

Nice goal. 

[Distant Doonhamer]

Excellent 2nd half by Man U.

[peasy23]

I'm old enough to remember when Jose could send out a team that could defend.

[DrewDon]

Pogba's second half performance there was one of the most impressive I have seen from an individual player in the Barclays for a while. 

[Chewing Taffies]

2 minutes ago, peasy23 said:

I'm old enough to remember when Jose could send out a team that could defend.

That's because he always had good defenders. The current Spurs defence is arguably the worst in the league. They are only where they are in the league because they have very good attackers.