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chrisd said:
Penalty all day long 👍
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The first one yes, wtf was Mustafi doing going to ground when the ball was barely a yard away, shocking defending from him. The 2nd one common Chris even a die hard must admit that was never a pen. Zaha up to his theatrics all day, so only a matter of time before Atkinson bought one.

Still palace deserved at least a point. Arsenal played decent for 20 mins but never looked much of a threat. Lot of people talking them up, but all there wins have been against sides we should beat. Big games coming up will be better indication of progress under Dick. Still lacking quality to make top 4 i feel.
 
Liverbirdie said:
Showing a lack of rules knowledge there - doesnt matter if the ball is going out of play, if you're fouled, you're fouled.(y)

Some divvies at the time also said that there was no contact.:ROFLMAO:
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Sure the rules say "if you aren't fouled then it's not a foul" interesting that he got more points from the Russian judge than Tom Daly did
 
paddyc said:
The first one yes, wtf was Mustafi doing going to ground when the ball was barely a yard away, shocking defending from him. The 2nd one common Chris even a die hard must admit that was never a pen. Zaha up to his theatrics all day, so only a matter of time before Atkinson bought one.

Still palace deserved at least a point. Arsenal played decent for 20 mins but never looked much of a threat. Lot of people talking them up, but all there wins have been against sides we should beat. Big games coming up will be better indication of progress under Dick. Still lacking quality to make top 4 i feel.
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No less a penalty than the Martial one imo Pat
 
paddyc said:
The first one yes, wtf was Mustafi doing going to ground when the ball was barely a yard away, shocking defending from him. The 2nd one common Chris even a die hard must admit that was never a pen.
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"It's difficult. I think it's a clear penalty," Xhaka told Sky Sports. "I touched him in the knee.
"The referee gave a penalty. That's football."
 
I know it's highlights, but on MotD2 watching Burnley v Chelsea, I didn't see Burnley have the ball at all. No shots. Nothing in Chelsea's half even. Not any possession!
 
Piece said:
I know it's highlights, but on MotD2 watching Burnley v Chelsea, I didn't see Burnley have the ball at all. No shots. Nothing in Chelsea's half even. Not any possession!
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they had 30% possession, 7 shots of which 1 was on target (chelsea were 24/8 shots) not quite as bad as you saw but bad enough. if they survive its only going to be because theres potentially 3 or more sides even worse
 
Piece said:
I know it's highlights, but on MotD2 watching Burnley v Chelsea, I didn't see Burnley have the ball at all. No shots. Nothing in Chelsea's half even. Not any possession!
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I know City battered Burnley a couple of weeks ago, but I was impressed with Burnley, they looked compact and organised. City scored a second iffy goal and after that Burnley just imploded. The Burnley I watched v City looked very differant to the Burnley I saw on MOTD. They never pressed and gave Chelsea so much space. That said, I thought Chelsea looked excellent, even without Hazard. Deffo think they are serious contenders for the title with City and Liverpool. Gonna be a good season.
 
paddyc said:
The first one yes, wtf was Mustafi doing going to ground when the ball was barely a yard away, shocking defending from him. The 2nd one common Chris even a die hard must admit that was never a pen. Zaha up to his theatrics all day, so only a matter of time before Atkinson bought one.

Still palace deserved at least a point. Arsenal played decent for 20 mins but never looked much of a threat. Lot of people talking them up, but all there wins have been against sides we should beat. Big games coming up will be better indication of progress under Dick. Still lacking quality to make top 4 i feel.
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They were certainly both penalties. Two daft, clumsy tackles from Arsenal 'defenders', two correct decisions.
 
chrisd said:
Yes, but we'll get £14.50 for him after Christmas 😁
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The mad thing is hes got all the attributes needed. Pace, power(when he wants to use it), skill and good in the air. He was awesome at Villa. I think we misused him in some ways, but his confidence is now that low. A few goals on the run could see a totally different player.
 
Liverbirdie said:
The mad thing is hes got all the attributes needed. Pace, power(when he wants to use it), skill and good in the air. He was awesome at Villa. I think we misused him in some ways, but his confidence is now that low. A few goals on the run could see a totally different player.
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I agree, he could be the next Emile Heskey 😁
 
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