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The Footie Thread

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Neilds said:
Thought we defended well, but nothing really in attack - would have been happy with 0-0. Not sure you had that many clear cut chances.

PS - do you train on the pitch? Was in terrible condition
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Ha ha yes the pitch was awful wasn’t it. Luckily my brother is currently on a flight to the USA so he isn’t giving me any grief ?
 
Bowen is on fire

Looks like zouma bottled todays game in the warm up "vision problems and feeling sick"
 
Papas1982 said:
Great man manager.

His biggest failure is playing Kane in the CL final and losing the entire squads trust.....
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I thought at the time, he should’ve stuck with Lucas Moura as he got us there after all. Also Kane wasn’t fully fit.
Strange what happened with the team, Trippier was allowed to leave and then issues happened between Vertonghen and Eriksen. Dembele was never replaced and it crumbled. Add in Levy’s incompetence and the cream that could’ve been/become turned sour.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I played hockey for a number of years, pre and post the no offside rule. In the first few games after it was dropped teams did play a goal hanger but that was soon dropped as the ball would not make it through to them and so they were a wasted player on the pitch. A hockey ball flies far faster across a surface and through the air than a football but it is far harder to control through the air if hit, not flicked. Once it settled down teams played normally but without attackers having fear of playing tight on the last player. In effect, it has been a roaring success and even speaking as a defender I thought it was a great change. For one thing, you no longer had a goal against you when the attacker was clearly offside but it was missed by the umpire. Less stressful, no one to be grumpy with!

Football fans keep complaining about tight offside decisions but then close off when given solutions. I think a no offside trial would be worthwhile. If it didn't work, if football was not compatible with it, then move on. If it did work.........

My own thought is to do it in stages, as hockey did. Have a 25yd line drawn and only be offside beyond that. Trial that first, see how it goes. Baby steps.....
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OMG soooooooo close. I'd say once the ball crossed the 25 yard line there would no offside.
 
Crazyface said:
Sorry to be a bit late to ask this, but I watch the West Ham game and I've watched the winning goal over and over. Why wasn't it offside? I've chacked the current rule and it seems to me the bloke who toe poked it home was in an offside position when he received the ball, or have I missed something?
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Bump.
 
This league is weird. I cannot pick a result other than city/lpool double.

Chelsea on/off

Every other team can win or lose or draw every other game they play ??
 
Glad to see West Ham getting beaten today, let's hope it stays that way.
That Barnes fella could carve out a career in football, he looks quite tasty.
I've hardly heard Rice's name mentioned today, surprising really, he normally runs the show.
 
paddyc said:
Can anyone explain how that West Ham equaliser was allowed to stand? Looked like a blatant handball.
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By the letter of the law it's not

Hand ball is below the sleeve .. it hit the kit so can't be hand ball
 
Slime said:
Glad to see West Ham getting beaten today, let's hope it stays that way.
That Barnes fella could carve out a career in football, he looks quite tasty.
I've hardly heard Rice's name mentioned today, surprising really, he normally runs the show.
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Doh. You've got a touch of the Homer's. Leicester cannot defend set pieces. Surely they must be looking at it in training each week but every match at the moment they seem to be conceding from corners
 
Bowen has to get an England call

Is there a more in form English winger at the moment?
 
Slime said:
Glad to see West Ham getting beaten today, let's hope it stays that way.
That Barnes fella could carve out a career in football, he looks quite tasty.
I've hardly heard Rice's name mentioned today, surprising really, he normally runs the show.
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I was watching Rice very closely on purpose.
He gave the ball away once in 90 minutes just kept everything simple and ticking along.
I’m sure he’s had better games but we could do with that at Man Utd
 
Slime said:
So why don't they all wear long sleeves?
That just can't be the rule, it just can't be.
It was handball in my eyes, straight forward handball.
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how often do you see long sleeve now? look at the Leicester side. Long sleeve undershirts and short sleeve shirts. clearly that to make sure that the handball cant be incorrectly given against them.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1492929808141013003

explained with pictures here. been 2 years now... its like people who think single golfers have no standing on a course..
 
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