And, we're off.....2016/17

[Deleted member 16999]

Decent point at Stoke, bit of controversy over the Everton equaliser, replays showed it was a Shawcross og.
Stoke missed a couple of bad ones in the 1st half and the Stoke keeper pulled off a couple of great saved in the 2nd, bith teams will probably feel they should've won.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I can't believe what's going on at OT.
YET AGAIN the opponents' goalkeeper turns into Manuel Neuer and gets Man of the Match.
United blew it big time.
Very poor.

To be fair De Gea has been saving Utds bacon for a while now. Utd can't begrudge another keeper doing the same to them.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

I think the bottom is as interesting as the top, you wouldn't bet against Boro, Leicester & Swansea all losing and if Hull based on tonight's performance get 3 points then that brings all the bottom 6 well into play and any of those 5 could join Sunderland in a relegation scrap right to the end.

Good 6 pointer on Saturday, Palace at home to SLand.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Had a look on twitter tonight for a link to the Everton game and got HD via Malaysia, English commentary, got to live modern technology :whoo:

 

[Fish]

I can't believe what's going on at OT.
YET AGAIN the opponents' goalkeeper turns into Manuel Neuer and gets Man of the Match.
United blew it big time.
Very poor.

I know mathematically it's obviously still possible but not winning at home and with only 3 possibly 4 clear chances on goal, is that the end of a top 4 position, taking into consideration you have a very poor goal difference also, has it now turned into a top 5?

 

[garyinderry]

To be fair De Gea has been saving Utds bacon for a while now. Utd can't begrudge another keeper doing the same to them.

The inside of the post saved them tonight along with Hernández's inability to bring the ball under control after being clean through.

 

[Papas1982]

To be fair De Gea has been saving Utds bacon for a while now. Utd can't begrudge another keeper doing the same to them.

Totally agree.

Added to the fact they could have lost too.

The fact a keeper gets mom agaisnt them means their attacking players aren't doing well enough imo. Win2/3-0 and the goalkeepers saves are forgotten.

 

[sawtooth]

Arsenal had a bad night last night but honestly could not have chosen a better week for it to happen. All sides at the top dropped points to some extent with the exception of City.

A much improved performance and win on Saturday against Chelsea and we will be right back in with a shout, 6 points behind with 42 to play for. Not all finished in my book.

 

[Old Colner]

Really pleased no one has mentioned The Clarets in the talk of the relegation places recently, another fantastic result at home last night but home games coming up against the top teams and away games against the bottom ones.
Hopefully the points will keep ticking over and not stalling, it would be great to be safe by the end of March, relax a little and enjoy the rest of the season.

 

[Fish]

Arsenal had a bad night last night but honestly could not have chosen a better week for it to happen. All sides at the top dropped points to some extent with the exception of City.

A much improved performance and win on Saturday against Chelsea and we will be right back in with a shout, 6 points behind with 42 to play for. Not all finished in my book.

They may have all dropped points but they didn't lose, there's a huge difference imo

What points do you think will win the league this season, 90+, if so you've got to win every single match from now, seriously! Add to that your average points finish, which to me is mid 80's at best and that would mean getting another 38 from 45, I don't think you have that in your locker but if you did, that would mean Chelsea only need 30 points from 45 to be ahead of you!

Your a dreamer 😜

 

[stokie_93]

A point definitely a fair draw I think there. We should've been 3-1 at half time. Arnie missed 2 absolute sitters.

Lee Grant with a top class save though, brilliant signing for us.

 

[Fish]

A point definitely a fair draw I think there. We should've been 3-1 at half time. Arnie missed 2 absolute sitters.

Lee Grant with a top class save though, brilliant signing for us.

So Lukaku wasn't in an active position and offside?

 

[Deleted member 16999]

So Lukaku wasn't in an active position and offside?

Lukaku wasn't in keepers line of sight and Shawcross touched it last, stupid rule not happy if given against you.

 

[Fish]

Lukaku wasn't in keepers line of sight and Shawcross touched it last, stupid rule not happy if given against you.

Line of site isn't the rule, he (Lukaka) went for the ball which makes him active and then offside irrelevant of anyone then putting it in the net!

 

[sawtooth]

They may have all dropped points but they didn't lose, there's a huge difference imo

Yeah 1 point difference lol.

We will see on Saturday a win for Arsenal cuts gap to 6.

You're due a blip and if you lose key players at this stage who knows what can happen.

 

[Fish]

Yeah 1 point difference lol.

We will see on Saturday a win for Arsenal cuts gap to 6.

You're due a blip and if you lose key players at this stage who knows what can happen.

I think we have good cover for all positions across the park, no issues there imo.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I think we have good cover for all positions across the park, no issues there imo.

If Chelsea lost Costa for a significant period then it would impact quite severely - got a third of the league goals and a lot of them have been winning goals , he has been the form player , even when Chelsea were struggling to break down a team Costa has delivered with a goal to win the match or has made a match winning impact - he is the one player Chelsea can't afford to lose for any significant length of time. Kante would also be a massive miss .

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Line of site isn't the rule, he (Lukaka) went for the ball which makes him active and then offside irrelevant of anyone then putting it in the net!

He wasn't active as the ball came off Shawcross, Lukaku was therefore not involved, if he'd of been in front of Shawcross and Grant, ie line of sight for keeper, he would of been deemed active, he didn't interfere with play.

 

[Fish]

He wasn't active as the ball came off Shawcross, Lukaku was therefore not involved, if he'd of been in front of Shawcross and Grant, ie line of sight for keeper, he would of been deemed active, he didn't interfere with play.

Hughes clearly stated that Lukaka made a play for the ball, that's all that's needed to be offside the rest is immaterial.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Hughes clearly stated that Lukaka made a play for the ball, that's all that's needed to be offside the rest is immaterial.

Thankfully Shawcross deflected it in, if he'd of missed it and it had reached Lukaku it would've been disallowed, stupid rule.