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  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    elbowloh said:

    I honestly have no idea what constitutes a penalty nowadays.

    The Harry Kane penalty yesterday, Adan Lallana is clearly just trying to win the ball. Harry Kane, looks at the man and his only intention is to get in the way and impede him He has no intention and makes no effort to win the ball. If anything he fouls Lallana in my view and the way he bends over means lallana goes over him and falls dangerously. I honestly don't know why its a penalty.

    You see other "fouls" where a player get to the ball first, but then clears the player out with their follow through and a penalty is given. However, when an attacker gets a shot in, but is then cleared out after the ball has gone it is never given as a penalty.

    It's bizarre. So you can win the ball, but its given as a penalty, or you can arrive really late, get no where near the ball and it's not!

    Have you noticed the match commentary on the BBC is now heavily sanitised to the point they don’t offer an opinion that the player went down rather easily.

    Kane should be ashamed of himself considering he’s supposed to be Captain of England rather than a cheating cunt . Salah has always gone down easily

    It’s about time the refs started clamping down on this behaviour. It’s embarrassing.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,560
    edited November 2020
    Or if your name is Jack Grealish you fall over if a player comes within a foot of you and the ref gives you a free kick.
    What gets given and what doesn't is utterly baffling. Look at what Harry Maguire gets away with!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
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  • motogull
    motogull Posts: 325
    elbowloh said:

    I honestly have no idea what constitutes a penalty nowadays.

    The Harry Kane penalty yesterday, Adan Lallana is clearly just trying to win the ball. Harry Kane, looks at the man and his only intention is to get in the way and impede him He has no intention and makes no effort to win the ball. If anything he fouls Lallana in my view and the way he bends over means lallana goes over him and falls dangerously. I honestly don't know why its a penalty.

    You see other "fouls" where a player get to the ball first, but then clears the player out with their follow through and a penalty is given. However, when an attacker gets a shot in, but is then cleared out after the ball has gone it is never given as a penalty.

    It's bizarre. So you can win the ball, but its given as a penalty, or you can arrive really late, get no where near the ball and it's not!

    It wasn't the first time he's done that either. For someone with all that talent, he's a pathetic cheat.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    Not a bad weekend of PL footy :)
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Today we've got 2 defenders penalised where the ball strikes their arms. Both have their arms in "natural" positions, they're running and both try to get out of the way, but aren't able to. The only thing they could have done is to try and run with their arms behind their backs...which is totally unnatural and they'd end up falling over and not being able to run back as fast.
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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    Reading still top of the Champ after 3 straight defeats! The defeats feel normal, the league position not so much!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    Time for a Bump. Apparently this is on sale in the Liverpool club shop. Looks great in the middle of the table :p


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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    The old one's are the best.


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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,153
    Apparently the players left the club car park at 100mph

    There only chance of getting 3 points 😢
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,673
    Funny how Stevo gets more vocal when Chelsea seem more solid 🤔

    Watching more footie lately. Don’t support either but seem to tune in more often when Tottenham or manu are playing. Interesting to see how bale has progressed. I’d written him off as disinterested and happy to just take his 500k a week but looks to have his confidence back now.

    Watched a bit of Bayern vs Dortmund at the weekend. Lewandowski is still ‘the man’ but if I was a manager anywhere I’d be breaking my @rse to buy Haaland. Brilliant player, speed, strength, skill, can score from anywhere but best of all is his attitude, he expects to score and really beats himself up when he misses an opportunity. He wants to be the best and will be. Mbappe has even more talent but too many years spent looking up to Neymar might have turned him into a Prima Donna.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    pinno said:

    The old one's are the best.


    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........................................................................

    Its tragic for Liverpool when they're nearly (but not quite) as shyte as Arsenal. How the mighty fall :)
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I mean Liverpool fans were right. It was their year.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    30 years until the next one.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    Not a bad evening of football :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Stevo_666 said:

    Not a bad evening of football :)

    this x 2

    cracking result.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,153
    Hope Man Utd and arsenal do well tonight, as much as it pains me to have no Liverpool there, 4 x uk clubs in the European finals is a very, very, very slight comfort
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,560
    How Chelsea only managed to keep it down to 2 goals I have no idea!
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,673
    Stevo_666 said:

    Not a bad evening of football :)

    That’s weird. Stevo is posting on a football thread for the first time in 4 years, I wonder why 🤔
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Not a bad evening of football :)

    That’s weird. Stevo is posting on a football thread for the first time in 4 years, I wonder why 🤔
    I've not yet worked out which bunch of trophy dodgers you support Seano? Please don't tell me you're an Arsenal fan :)
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,673
    Stevo_666 said:

    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Not a bad evening of football :)

    That’s weird. Stevo is posting on a football thread for the first time in 4 years, I wonder why 🤔
    I've not yet worked out which bunch of trophy dodgers you support Seano? Please don't tell me you're an Arsenal fan :)
    I’ve told you before you senile git. Wimbledon, not AFC but the original crazy gang. I was there in 1988 for the greatest triump in football history.

    As my club is no longer in existence (a piece of me died when they moved to Milton Keynes😢) I am untouchable and can throw Sh!t happily without retort 😃
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Not a bad evening of football :)

    That’s weird. Stevo is posting on a football thread for the first time in 4 years, I wonder why 🤔
    I've not yet worked out which bunch of trophy dodgers you support Seano? Please don't tell me you're an Arsenal fan :)
    I’ve told you before you senile git. Wimbledon, not AFC but the original crazy gang. I was there in 1988 for the greatest triump in football history.

    As my club is no longer in existence (a piece of me died when they moved to Milton Keynes😢) I am untouchable and can throw Sh!t happily without retort 😃
    At least your team is/was better than Arsenal :D
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,673
    Don’t tend to watch Chelsea often but caught a bit of the second half and they were playing very well, plenty of pace, crisp passing and good movement. Might be a close final. I’d prefer a team in the final from one of the other European leagues as its more exciting and less like a standard premiership fixture.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    seanoconn said:

    Don’t tend to watch Chelsea often but caught a bit of the second half and they were playing very well, plenty of pace, crisp passing and good movement. Might be a close final. I’d prefer a team in the final from one of the other European leagues as its more exciting and less like a standard premiership fixture.

    We wasted a few decent chances - could have had them dead and buried well before Havertz scored.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Lampard's reputation as a coach wasn't too bad until Tuchel showed what that squad were capable of.

    Huge game at the weekend for my lot Derby against Sheff Wed - could be literally winner takes all though Wednesday need Rotherham not to win. Pains me to say it but I can't see Sheff Wed not winning and odds of 10:3 on them staying up look very attractive given Rotherhams recent results. Lot of rumours locally that administration is on the way .
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Lampard's reputation as a coach wasn't too bad until Tuchel showed what that squad were capable of.

    Huge game at the weekend for my lot Derby against Sheff Wed - could be literally winner takes all though Wednesday need Rotherham not to win. Pains me to say it but I can't see Sheff Wed not winning and odds of 10:3 on them staying up look very attractive given Rotherhams recent results. Lot of rumours locally that administration is on the way .

    I was listening to the Derby-Swansea game on the radio in the car last Saturday on the way back from dropping my kid back at uni. Was looking good for Derby at first. It would help if you had a manager who can speak English :p
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    They've been ahead quite often recently then as soon as they concede they just collapse.

    It's a huge mess - most think Rooney was only appointed manager to get out of his playing contract - he was playing so badly and the deal was 32 Red paid 3/4s of it so long as he was in the team - so we literally couldn't afford to drop him. Trouble is how do we get out of his managers contract!

    The prospective new owner is a Spaniard called Erik Alonso - he couldn't make himself appear more of a car crash in waiting if he tried.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    seanoconn said:


    I’ve told you before you senile git.

    You missed 'old'.

    Even if Arsenal were in the conference i'd still support them.
    Unlike the average Manure/Chelski fan.

    Apart from the Chelski's CL success, they are a poor 2nd to Arsenal's history.

    Top flight league wins: 13
    FA Cups: 14

    Chelsea: 6 and 8 respectively.

    I'd say Man C are odds on. Chelsea have to scrap to keep their league position whereas City have it in the bag really.
    Pep has been there before.

    Stevo better hope that Chelsea win or he'll never hear the end of it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBeeZVd6urI





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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,673
    pinno said:

    seanoconn said:


    I’ve told you before you senile git.

    You missed 'old'.

    Even if Arsenal were in the conference i'd still support them.
    Unlike the average Manure/Chelski fan.

    Apart from the Chelski's CL success, they are a poor 2nd to Arsenal's history.

    Top flight league wins: 13
    FA Cups: 14

    Chelsea: 6 and 8 respectively.

    I'd say Man C are odds on. Chelsea have to scrap to keep their league position whereas City have it in the bag really.
    Pep has been there before.

    Stevo better hope that Chelsea win or he'll never hear the end of it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBeeZVd6urI





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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,673
    That’s the reason my kids can support any team they like as long as it’s not Chelsea.
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