#Barclays 23/24

[Miguel Sanchez]

Thank you.

[DrewDon]

That was absolutely outstanding from Simon Hooper, by the way. The timing of the whistle, the initial advantage, the manner in which he swats away the City protests. 10/10. 

[DrewDon]

Also a huge admirer of the Fulham fans sitting down at Liverpool away. Superbly on-brand. 

[velo army]

16 minutes ago, DrewDon said:

That was absolutely outstanding from Simon Hooper, by the way. The timing of the whistle, the initial advantage, the manner in which he swats away the City protests. 10/10. 

He obviously wanted to play advantage, but once he became aware that it was a clear an obvious Jack Grealish who was through on goal it's an easy decision to make. Strong refereeing.

Incidentally, Drury is quickly descending to Crocker levels of asininity. "He feasted on his moment". Ooft. And in case we didn't get his point "he was hungry for that" was added seconds later. Pish.

Not fishing for red dots or anything, but not a fan of a female commentator and having two of them for the Liverpool game sounded awful. Whenever anything exciting happened the sound was like seagulls round a bin. Dreadful.

[SH Panda]

Chelsea fans were applauding Gilmour during the Brighton game, he had a good game too.

Sure they would have much rather kept him than the uber donkey Gallagher.

From a fantasy perspective, taking Watkins out for Nunez was a painful experience.

[Salvo Montalbano]

1 minute ago, SH Panda said:

Chelsea fans were applauding Gilmour during the Brighton game, he had a good game too.

Sure they would have much rather kept him than the uber donkey Gallagher.

From a fantasy perspective, taking Watkins out for Nunez was a painful experience.

It's weird how Gallagher now seems a mainstay for both Chelsea and in the England squad, because I really don't see what he offers. He runs around a lot and he's technically reasonably good but surely there must be more than I'm not seeing. It's baffling. 

Just caught their game this morning and their winning penalty was a stinker I think. Mudryk overruns it, Milner comes across him to make sure the keeper can collect and there's a slight coming together. Surely that isn't enough for a "Clear and obvious error" when the referee has seen it? Also, why did they send Pawson to the monitor for the handball shout at the end? Surely the VAR just says "it hit his head, no pen, just a corner" and they'd have saved a few minutes?

[D Angelo Barksdale]

Hecky for the chop in the next 24 hrs apparently.

[Bairnardo]

3 minutes ago, Chris Partlow said:

Hecky for the chop in the next 24 hrs apparently.

With his side rooted to the (Hecking)bottom

[accies1874]

Would you rather be rooted to the bottom or rooted to Heckingbottom? I'd opt for the former tbh. 

Edited December 4, 2023 by accies1874

[2426255]

12 hours ago, velo army said:

Incidentally, Drury is quickly descending to Crocker levels of asininity. "He feasted on his moment". Ooft. And in case we didn't get his point "he was hungry for that" was added seconds later. Pish.

They must pre-prepare that crap, which probably makes it worse. It's cringy and trying to hard imo.

Edited December 4, 2023 by 2426255

[jagfox]

De Gea could be returning to the Barclays with Newcastle as Nick Pope will be out for a fair bit.

[topcat(The most tip top)]

15 hours ago, DrewDon said:

That was absolutely outstanding from Simon Hooper, by the way. The timing of the whistle, the initial advantage, the manner in which he swats away the City protests. 10/10. 

If he'd only let play continue a bit longer the Spurs player would have had to cynically chop him down. Man City would still have dropped points and Spurs would have a player suspended which would arguably be a better outcome overall

But somehow not quite so dramatically pleasing

 

 

[Bairnardo]

17 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

If he'd only let play continue a bit longer the Spurs player would have had to cynically chop him down. Man City would still have dropped points and Spurs would have a player suspended which would arguably be a better outcome overall

But somehow not quite so dramatically pleasing

 

 

Your scenario is good but I feel you haven't emphasised the specific hilarity of it having been Grealish that would have had to be cemented whilst staring down the barrel of a Barclays glory moment. 

[DrewDon]

Rashford is "bored shitless" going to work for the Dutchman every day. 

[senorsoupe]

4 hours ago, jagfox said:

De Gea could be returning to the Barclays with Newcastle as Nick Pope will be out for a fair bit.

How many goalies do they need?  Even if Pope is out they still have Dubravka, Karius, and Gillespie on their books

[senorsoupe]

5 hours ago, Chris Partlow said:

Hecky for the chop in the next 24 hrs apparently.

You know you are a bad manager when you are being sacked by a team not even trying to stay up

[doulikefish]

The seethe on social media is fantastic over the grealish thing , I honestly think that half of them think he was about 2 yards from goal and not about 5 yards over the half way line when the ref blew his whistle

[eindhovendee]

You heard it here first Barclays men and women.

 

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[jagfox]

 

[s_dog]

 

I liked the comment I read that after his glaring miss in the first half, maybe Haaland thinks it'd be acceptable for the ref to scream into his face for making a mistake