Beezerk
Money List Winner
I don’t usually post crap like this but it did make me giggle 
Slime
Tour Winner
I hope City find a way out of this slump ........................................... and fast!
Swango1980
Well-known member
Go out there and buy FredPep will do what he does best - spend money on getting another one in during Jan
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
Those tackles on Joao Felix and Palmer were so poor, both should have walked. How Steve Cooper can moan about refs… should have tried getting his team playing football
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Two great goals from Cunha of Wolves.
Madissons finish was quality.
Some shockers from VAR again though.
Madissons finish was quality.
Some shockers from VAR again though.
Are we all going to ignore the Jimenez miss for Fulham 
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Agree @clubchamp98 Cunha is looking quality. Also loved the purple away kit
. We don't have enough purple kits.
?Agree @clubchamp98 Cunha is looking quality. Also loved the purple away kit
. We don't have enough purple kits.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Not sure about purple.Are we all going to ignore the Jimenez miss for Fulham
Agree @clubchamp98 Cunha is looking quality. Also loved the purple away kit
When Liverpool had theirs we were compared to wheelie bins
venger
Well-known member
Swango1980
Well-known member
Did anyone think the Brentford player should have been sent off?
Having seen it, looked like a fairly strong leg, leading with studs, straight into knee, so thought is was a certain red. Franke, as one would expect, says it wasn't. But, Shearer, the other MOTD pundit and Lineker all agreed, definitely not a red. Because it was an accident.
At what point does a red card have to be a player INTENTIONALLY trying to hurt a player? I mean, if there was evidence a player was definitely trying to.injure someone else, it wouldn't be a standard red. It would be a red, huge fine and very long ban
Having seen it, looked like a fairly strong leg, leading with studs, straight into knee, so thought is was a certain red. Franke, as one would expect, says it wasn't. But, Shearer, the other MOTD pundit and Lineker all agreed, definitely not a red. Because it was an accident.
At what point does a red card have to be a player INTENTIONALLY trying to hurt a player? I mean, if there was evidence a player was definitely trying to.injure someone else, it wouldn't be a standard red. It would be a red, huge fine and very long ban
I think that's a silly argument they've made. Intent to injure makes things worse but of course an accidental bad challenge can be a red. It's still a bad challenge
.Anyway, how do you decide what is deliberate and what is accidental?
Swango1980
Well-known member
I'd like to think nearly every red card challenge there was no intent. Just really poorly executed / timed, and endangering an opponent.I think that's a silly argument they've made. Intent to injure makes things worse but of course an accidental bad challenge can be a red. It's still a bad challenge
Anyway, how do you decide what is deliberate and what is accidental?
Always irks me that Shearer gets paid so much, yet he doesn't even bother understanding the rules.
Swango1980
Well-known member
I hope Southampton get relegated, just for doing stupid stuff like that
@Swango1980 the number of radio pundits who don't understand the rules is scary. I think all of them should be required to do a basic referees course, as part of their media training, before being allowed on TV or radio.
In recent years in particular, there has rarely been a deliberate nasty tackle. You have to go back to bygone eras to really remember the nasty ones.
In recent years in particular, there has rarely been a deliberate nasty tackle. You have to go back to bygone eras to really remember the nasty ones.
nickjdavis
Head Pro
Superb performance from the Sky TV director virtually missing the goal in the live feed whilst playing a reply of a shot my granny could have hit harder.
You can't have sympathy for that. It's a stupid obsession that coaches have with not clearing the ball long
Swango1980
Well-known member
I have sympathy, because they must have felt pretty safe there wouldn't be a goal a few seconds later. Then again, it is Southampton, so perhaps they should have anticipated it....
Swango1980
Well-known member
I suspect most media people are more successful these days if they sensationalise things, and pull the strings of emotional fans.
So, knowing the rules probably doesn't help with that, unless it works in their favour by slamming an official, then they can paste them all over the screen. Otherwise, they can just speak ignorantly and make lazy comments about why they disagree with a decision
Don Barzini
Assistant Pro
That looked outside the box to me 
Swango1980
Well-known member
Southampton next to sack that keeper if he keeps doing that
Swango1980
Well-known member
I thought it looked on the lineThat looked outside the box to me
