EPL 2021-22

[Captain Ron 12877]

I think in the name of "letting them play" Tierney has let a lot of physical play go. It's let the play get a little more and more physical.

I won't deny Spurs have gotten a few more of the calls with this red.

[Captain Ron 12877]

I would note - I think this red is right, but I also think the first half Spurs got a few of the questionable calls.

If you review that call, why not review Kane?

[hobbes2702 13035]

I mean Spurs should have been playing with 9 for the last hour of the game so yea I’d say there were some questionable calls.

[BrickHorn 18237]

1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said:

I mean Spurs should have been playing with 9 for the last hour of the game so yea I’d say there were some questionable calls.

This. Spurs should have been down two men halfway through the first half, and Pool should have been given a penalty kick. The game should have been 2-1 with a two-man advantage.

The officials were hilariously inept in this one. 

[Captain Ron 12877]

12 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

I mean Spurs should have been playing with 9 for the last hour of the game so yea I’d say there were some questionable calls.

 

9 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

This. Spurs should have been down two men halfway through the first half, and Pool should have been given a penalty kick. The game should have been 2-1 with a two-man advantage.

The officials were hilariously inept in this one. 

 

[Pathetic Shark 60]

I get the red for Kane, what was the other one?  Liverpool should have got a penalty but if that was called a foul it wouldn’t be a yellow let alone a red

[hobbes2702 13035]

3 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

 

 

Nice retort. Enjoy the conference league 

Edited December 19, 2021 by hobbes2702

[BrickHorn 18237]

Just now, Pathetic Shark said:

I get the red for Kane, what was the other one?  Liverpool should have got a penalty but if that was called a foul it wouldn’t be a yellow let alone a red

One of the Spurs players sitting on yellow shoved Mane to the ground and made no attempt at the ball soon after the No-call on the penalty. Should have been a foul, possibly a yellow. Instead, the ref gave Klopp a yellow for arguing calls.  

[BrickHorn 18237]

And before the idiots chime in, the refs made calls and no-calls in Pool’s favor as well. I’m not arguing bias. I’m arguing incompetence. 

[midtown 3346]

Guys on satellite radio saying it's too bad all people are going to talk is the reffing because that was one of the better matches this season

[Captain Ron 12877]

19 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Nice retort. Enjoy the conference league 

Editing in the conference league smack. Cute, did it go like this?

 

[hobbes2702 13035]

2 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Editing in the conference league smack. Cute, did it go like this?

 

Yup that’s exactly how it went.

[Firemans4Horn 18052]

Paul Tierney is a cunt

[midtown 3346]

Did Liverpool get jobbed a on calls?  Yes.   Are they the first team to get jobbed by the refs?  Not even close.  Do they act like they are the only team to ever be on the shitty end of questionable calls?  Yes

[hobbes2702 13035]

Just now, midtown said:

Did Liverpool get jobbed a on calls?  Yes.   Are they the first team to get jobbed by the refs?  Not even close.  Do they act like they are the only team to ever be on the shitty end of questionable calls?  Yes

[mdmost 43003]

2 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Editing in the conference league smack. Cute, did it go like this?

 

It went about like anytime Harry Kane has a chance to win a championship?

[Firemans4Horn 18052]

2 hours ago, midtown said:

Did Liverpool get jobbed a on calls?  Yes.   Are they the first team to get jobbed by the refs?  Not even close.  Do they act like they are the only team to ever be on the shitty end of questionable calls?  Yes

There is literally 10 posts on the prior page about Arsenal and their history with VAR. 

[Firemans4Horn 18052]

 

Edited December 20, 2021 by Firemans4Horn

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

22 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

officiating is questionable.

Understatement of the weekend.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

18 hours ago, midtown said:

Did Liverpool get jobbed a on calls?  Yes.   Are they the first team to get jobbed by the refs?  Not even close.  Do they act like they are the only team to ever be on the shitty end of questionable calls?  Yes

Well, if it was Xhaka...

 

Oh wait.

 

https://mixture.gg/v/61be2ac12fc10

[mdmost 43003]

14 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

 

You can have my midweek Carabao Cup match when you pry it out of my cold, Covid spreading hands!

[The Maestro 757]

1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

We definitely need a Wu Tang emoji for likes/rep

[Captain Ron 12877]

2 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

 

I understand why they didn't put a hold on the season, that's a tough button to push.

But that they haven't put out real plans for when games will be postponed is kind of dumb. Chelsea is a great example, 7 positive cases and they weren't granted a postponement but Villa-Burnley was postponed the same day (with an unknown number of cases at Villa). The least they could do would be to set proper guidance and planning.

BTW seeing that 77% of EPL players are fully vaccinated. That's up from 68% in October.

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

[Firemans4Horn 18052]

If you don’t follow Dale Johnson on Twitter you should. He does an unbiased recap on EPL VAR decisions every Monday. His take is that PGMOL has set the bar so high for VAR officials to intervene that they’ve been rendered almost useless.

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

24 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

PGMOL has set the bar so high for VAR officials to intervene that they’ve been rendered almost useless.

Facts.

The phrase "clear and obvious" should be removed from the lexicon. 

[hobbes2702 13035]

3 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Facts.

The phrase "clear and obvious" should be removed from the lexicon. 

I mean the problem isn’t that the phrase is there, it’s that they pretend things aren’t clear and obvious 

[Firemans4Horn 18052]

Hey Siri, show me a league with common sense

 

 

[Captain Ron 12877]

45 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Hey Siri, show me a league with common sense

 

 

[Firemans4Horn 18052]

8 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

this site is loading like shit for me today. This was supposed to be in the body of my post:

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

11 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

I mean the problem isn’t that the phrase is there, it’s that they pretend things aren’t clear and obvious 

Nebulous terms result in nebulous decisions. Why not have the ref look at EVERY tight decision like in the NFL? It's only 3 or so stops per game and would vastly improve consistency (IMNSHO)

[shadow_operative 15932]

sharing this in the EPL thread because i think fans of all clubs enjoy this type of behind-the-scenes look at things like transfer deals getting done. TIL that Aaron Ramsdale would still be at Sheffield UTD had some unnamed Sheffield higher-up not disrespected Ramsdale *after* blocking his move to Arsenal. I assume whoever it was is no longer employed by Sheffield.

side note: Ben Foster's podcast is just straight up good. 

 

 

[Buzzrock 14921]

Boxing Day!

[Jive Turkey 12603]

Tottenham is for fucking real with Conte in charge.  5 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss.  and on their way to win #6 right now against Palace.

if these results hold, Tottenham will be in fifth place after Boxing Day, 6 points behind Arsenal.  but with 3 games in hand.  man.  second half of the season is gonna be great.

[Jive Turkey 12603]

Man City is up 4-0 on Leicester at half.  good lord.  Leicester is on the struggle bus.

[Buzzrock 14921]

28 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Tottenham is for fucking real with Conte in charge.  5 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss.  and on their way to win #6 right now against Palace.

if these results hold, Tottenham will be in fifth place after Boxing Day, 6 points behind Arsenal.  but with 3 games in hand.  man.  second half of the season is gonna be great.

NLD on 1/16 could be big. 

[ztejas 43454]

18 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Man City is up 4-0 on Leicester at half.  good lord.  Leicester is on the struggle bus.

I'm super stoked to watch Man City win the PL again. 

[WBT 20579]

Hammers tie it up again.  This is a good game.

[WBT 20579]

26 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Man City is up 4-0 on Leicester at half.  good lord.  Leicester is on the struggle bus.

Umm..

nm, jinxed it

Edited December 26, 2021 by WBT

[Buzzrock 14921]

What a day

[Buzzrock 14921]

21 goals in four matches. Let’s go Villa!

[Jive Turkey 12603]

1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

NLD on 1/16 could be big. 

most meaningful one in quite a while, i suspect.

Arsenal hosts Man City on New Year's Day, then away at Tottenham on 1/16.  and in between has 2 matches against Liverpool in the EFL Cup.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Villa!

[Dutch 4472]

2 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

Tottenham is for fucking real with Conte in charge.  5 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss.  and on their way to win #6 right now against Palace.

if these results hold, Tottenham will be in fifth place after Boxing Day, 6 points behind Arsenal.  but with 3 games in hand.  man.  second half of the season is gonna be great.

Wasn’t the loss his first match in charge? That motherfucker can motherfucking manage association football. 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

It was a good 4 minutes while it lasted. Honors even at 33.

[Buzzrock 14921]

Gerard definitely yelling at the TV

[RamjetFDO 10575]

I'll take the draw at this point.

[ztejas 43454]

24 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

I'll take the draw at this point.

You'll probably get it. 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

You'll probably get it. 

Gonna take some work now. 2-1 Chelski.

[ztejas 43454]

5 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

You'll probably get it. 

Gonna take some work now. 2-1 Chelski.

I'm convinced we'll find a way to hand you another one. Maybe 3-2 incoming.