EPL 2023/24: Oil, Money and Power

[Hagbard Celine 10660]

fuckery gift for ramjet

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Luiz PK makes it a brace for Villa's #6.

2-nil to the *real* claret-and-blue in the 51st.

fuckery gift for ramjet

FAFO

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Oof. Unlucky deflection proves once again that 2-nil is the hardest lead to maintain.

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Ollie! Ollie! Ollie!

Great strike in front of the Holte End!

3-1 to the Villa in the 74th

[Hagbard Celine 10660]

villa on the up

congratulations

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Bailey makes it 4!

Up the Villa!

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

Chelsea have won 8 of their last 39 premier league games 

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

4 minute VAR review and counting in the Burnley-Bournemouth game. 

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

Nice goalkeeping lettuce hands

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

VAR gets worse every week in the premier league. 

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

These gray Everton jerseys look like some cheap knockoff you buy at a truck stop. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Diaby with a super finish in front of the Holte End!

2-nil to the Villa in the 50th.

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

Just now, RamjetFDO said:

Diaby with a super finish in front of the Holte End!

2-nil to the Villa in the 50th.

He’s a really fun player. I’m glad Villa kept him from playing in Saudi obscurity. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Not the prettiest, but Diaby causes what should be an OG to make it 3 for the Villa in the 63rd!

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Well that was a bit of a clown show to ruin the clean sheet...

[The Maestro 748]

No doubt that was a foul pulling Rodri, but that stuff happens every game and never gets called in the box.   Seems harsh.  

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

This United backline never stood a chance. Using Eriksen in a double pivot is hopeless defensively as well. 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Firemans4Horn

[Captain Ron 12771]

I have no problems with that call. Franky it’s the type of call that VAR should be cleaning up. 

[Captain Ron 12771]

That commercial at the half for the Jaeger LeCoultre watch has to be peak demonstration of the difference in US audience and British audience. 

[hobbes2702 12769]

42 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

I have no problems with that call. Franky it’s the type of call that VAR should be cleaning up. 

100% agree. It happens all the time but that’s kinda the problem. It needs to be getting called more often, especially when it’s such an obvious pullback 

[The Maestro 748]

My problem isn’t the call but the lack of consistency.   If they start calling that regularly, it’ll quit happening on set pieces in the box.

[hobbes2702 12769]

6 minutes ago, The Maestro said:

My problem isn’t the call but the lack of consistency.   If they start calling that regularly, it’ll quit happening on set pieces in the box.

100%

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Aston Villa legend Charlie Aitken passed away today at the same of 81.

I was very fortunate to meet him at Villa Park back in 2015. A very nice and humorous gentleman.

[Captain Ron 12771]

4 hours ago, The Maestro said:

My problem isn’t the call but the lack of consistency.   If they start calling that regularly, it’ll quit happening on set pieces in the box.

Yes and yes. These are calls that need to be made so they clean up the sport more.

I think this is the thing that blows me away about VAR - they implement it to clean up the game, but then don't actually clean up the game. if you aren't going to make calls to clean things up, then you might as well get rid of VAR and go back to the old way.

And if you're keeping VAR, fucking learn what a handball is.

 

 

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

17 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Yes and yes. These are calls that need to be made so they clean up the sport more.

I think this is the thing that blows me away about VAR - they implement it to clean up the game, but then don't actually clean up the game. if you aren't going to make calls to clean things up, then you might as well get rid of VAR and go back to the old way.

And if you're keeping VAR, fucking learn what a handball is.

 

 

It took them about 6 minutes to triangulate the offsides lines in the Burnley-Bournemouth game. If one end of screwing up is the disallowed Luis Diaz goal this is the other end of it. At some point you just have to go with the call on the field. 

[Dutch 4464]

23 hours ago, The Maestro said:

My problem isn’t the call but the lack of consistency.   If they start calling that regularly, it’ll quit happening on set pieces in the box.

 

23 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

100% agree. It happens all the time but that’s kinda the problem. It needs to be getting called more often, especially when it’s such an obvious pullback 

 

18 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Yes and yes. These are calls that need to be made so they clean up the sport more.

I think this is the thing that blows me away about VAR - they implement it to clean up the game, but then don't actually clean up the game. if you aren't going to make calls to clean things up, then you might as well get rid of VAR and go back to the old way.

And if you're keeping VAR, fucking learn what a handball is.

All of these. Consistency is all we really want.

[shadow_operative 15931]

this hasn’t been a football match, it’s been a gang fight, and bruno should be locked up and prosecuted for his play today. atrocious officiating. game has been completely out of hand.

Edited November 4, 2023 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15931]

nufc awarded the most dubious goal of the season. joelinton with a blatant two-handed shove on the goal line which is deemed to not be a foul upon review, plus a dubious offside no-call on top of that. at this point i think that a newcastle player could climb up onto the crossbar and go full rey mysterio on an arsenal player and the ref would just shrug and say, “play on”.

Edited November 4, 2023 by shadow_operative

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[The Maestro 748]

Laughable 

[The Maestro 748]

I’m surprised they didn’t sub Haversian off, with his yellow card 

[shadow_operative 15931]

they actually had this freeze gram displayed on the screen for ~30 seconds *after* declaring that this wasn’t a foul. you’re just stuck looking at a freeze frame of the goddamn foul as they announce to you that VAR has said that there is no foul, and that they’ve moved on to checking for offside. just asinine. 

[shadow_operative 15931]

bruno could have sent off 3-4 times already today and he just now got his first booking. punches, elbows, shoves, forearms, stiff arms- this motherfucjer has been full on Night Train Lane today and it’s taken him 87 minutes to even get a card. 

[shadow_operative 15931]

never seen Arteta like this.

 

 

 

 

[shadow_operative 15931]

something has to be done. 

 

[shadow_operative 15931]

 

if today’s match isn’t a catalyst for change then the league should be disbanded.

[shadow_operative 15931]

 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Fuuuuuu..... Forest with a nice strike for the early lead.

[Dutch 4464]

18 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

they actually had this freeze gram displayed on the screen for ~30 seconds *after* declaring that this wasn’t a foul. you’re just stuck looking at a freeze frame of the goddamn foul as they announce to you that VAR has said that there is no foul, and that they’ve moved on to checking for offside. just asinine. 

 

17 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

something has to be done. 

 

 

10 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

 

I mean, the officials just got back from their all-expenses paid holiday and bags of cash to ref matches in Saudi. Have to expect some return on that investment. 

[Captain Ron 12771]

52 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Fuuuuuu..... Forest with a nice strike for the early lead.

Since Forest didn’t start Turner today, it would be really cool if Villa came back and put 4 past Vlachodimos

[RamjetFDO 10554]

The Forest manager looks like he's there because of some Make-a-Wish fulfillment or something.

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Well that was... Sub-optimal.

[The Maestro 748]

Wow, Luton

[The Maestro 748]

Great goal for Diaz. 

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

 

 

 

[yoladu 4063]

VAR has really dominated the play.. is he Dutch?

[Firemans4Horn 17774]

Jackson couldn't score in a whorehouse with a roll of hundred dollar bills. 

[The Dog 43716]