The Footie Thread

[PaulMdj]

So Taylor clearly says “no ball”

 

[clubchamp98]

Follow throughs can be dangerous hence why it’s the players responsibility to ensure he is in control - their is nothing stupid if a players follow through is high or catches a player dangerously

The Bentacuer challenge was a disgrace

I did say “ the silly ones”
The ones where they don’t even catch the opponent!
Then there are out and out red cards given a yellow because VAR just backs up a ref who hasn’t “ seen it properly”

 

[Don Barzini]

Forest continuing their tradition of losing 1-0 in 0-0 games against Fulham.

 

[PaulMdj]

Forest continuing their tradition of losing 1-0 in 0-0 games against Fulham.

Very much like watching some of the Everton performances under Dyche.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Very much like watching some of the Everton performances under Dyche.

I think we did give warnings

 

[Crazyface]

Just seen a stat re Bruno Fernandes and his injury record at Utd. He has previously only missed 2 games throughout his Utd career through injury. That is astonishing in this day and age.

And, apparently, he's a really nice guy. Honestly

 

[4LEX]

Just seen a stat re Bruno Fernandes and his injury record at Utd. He has previously only missed 2 games throughout his Utd career through injury. That is astonishing in this day and age.

He's probably the most underrated player of the last decade or so. He's delivered world class performances and stats from day one. He never seems to get the credit he deserves because he has the odd moan and whine. Fantastic player and will be near impossible to replace in terms of output and reliability.

 

[Aztecs27]

I think we did give warnings

We’ve not seen much of it to be fair. But when we do, we tend to lose

We’ve actually played a lot of very un-Dyche football in recent weeks.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

And, apparently, he's a really nice guy. Honestly

What a weird and pointless comment about someone whose injured

 

[Swango1980]

And, apparently, he's a really nice guy. Honestly

Well, he doesn't seem that bad to be fair. I think most of his team mates and managers like him anyway

 

[Hobbit]

Here is a simple question

The Isak goal and the tackle after

Should there be punishment for that tackle which was an attempt to stop the goal but got the player late

I’m a bit late to this, a bit like the tackle, but after reading that Isak had had an operation for the break I’ve watched the tackle.
The defender makes an effort to block the shot, the fact he’s late with the block is immaterial. Nothing wrong with that. However, his trailing leg is what causes the issue. I’m reluctant to call it a scissor tackle in the true sense of the term but it’s damn close, arguably close to that. If the trailing leg had stayed trailing, maybe Isak would have just been clattered. But we’re not talking about maybe’s. The trailing leg came forward and formed the second ‘blade’ of the scissor.

I’m uncomfortable with my interpretation but, equally, there isn’t a classic definition of a scissor tackle. However, scissoring is recognised as very dangerous.

Short version; block attempted, and missed. Trailing leg comes through causing serious injury. If it was the leading leg, straight red. Why not the same for the trailing leg? The player making the tackle is responsible for the consequences.

I genuinely don’t feel competent enough to make a value judgement but to my unskilled eye it’s a red. Whatever, that sort of tackle, action with the trailing leg has to be taken out of the game… Harvey Elliot springs to mind…

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I’m a bit late to this, a bit like the tackle, but after reading that Isak had had an operation for the break I’ve watched the tackle.
The defender makes an effort to block the shot, the fact he’s late with the block is immaterial. Nothing wrong with that. However, his trailing leg is what causes the issue. I’m reluctant to call it a scissor tackle in the true sense of the term but it’s damn close, arguably close to that. If the trailing leg had stayed trailing, maybe Isak would have just been clattered. But we’re not talking about maybe’s. The trailing leg came forward and formed the second ‘blade’ of the scissor.

I’m uncomfortable with my interpretation but, equally, there isn’t a classic definition of a scissor tackle. However, scissoring is recognised as very dangerous.

Short version; block attempted, and missed. Trailing leg comes through causing serious injury. If it was the leading leg, straight red. Why not the same for the trailing leg? The player making the tackle is responsible for the consequences.

I genuinely don’t feel competent enough to make a value judgement but to my unskilled eye it’s a red. Whatever, that sort of tackle, action with the trailing leg has to be taken out of the game… Harvey Elliot springs to mind…

Think that’s a very good summary

 

[Lord Tyrion]

He's probably the most underrated player of the last decade or so. He's delivered world class performances and stats from day one. He never seems to get the credit he deserves because he has the odd moan and whine. Fantastic player and will be near impossible to replace in terms of output and reliability.

I agree that he is an excellent player but 'the odd moan and whine' . Change that to near constant. He and Richarlison would both reach the final of any 'whine off'.

Utd's best player over the last 4-5 years, although to be fair that hasn't been a very high bar

 

[Hobbit]

I agree that he is an excellent player but 'the odd moan and whine' . Change that to near constant. He and Richarlison would both reach the final of any 'whine off'.

Utd's best player over the last 4-5 years, although to be fair that hasn't been a very high bar

I typed then deleted something very similar in a direct response to 4lex. I genuinely thought he must be on a wind up if he thinks Bruno only whines occasionally.

 

[Don Barzini]

We’ve not seen much of it to be fair. But when we do, we tend to lose

We’ve actually played a lot of very un-Dyche football in recent weeks.

I saw a very amusing clip on Twitter after the Spurs game of the two minute period we were spraying passes around while Spurs were running around like headless chickens and the crowd were chanting “Ole” with every pass. It was sped up, with the Benny Hill theme playing over it.

 

[Swango1980]

I typed then deleted something very similar in a direct response to 4lex. I genuinely thought he must be on a wind up if he thinks Bruno only whines occasionally.

In fairness, most footballers whine constantly. But, because Bruno is Utd's best player, captain, is involved in nearly every decent move and plays virtually every game, he gets seen doing it a lot. Also very visible as he is the type who is very enthusiastic with arm movement.

I'm not sure he gets booked for dissent much? If he was as bad as people said, he'd probably be booked in the first 20 minutes of every game