[Albion] Premier League 21-24/12/23

[Kinky Gerbil]

Liverpool are such a long ball team.

 

[Justice]

How is Arteta allowed to be constantly outside the technical area?
It seems that rule doesn't apply to him.

He’s copying RDZ

 

[Weststander]

When he was with us, I'd often run by his house.

Pretty much every time I'd go by after dark, the glow from his garage, emanating from the sunbed in there, was quite something.

I'd imagine it was safer to look directly at the sun than it was to look at the dazzling light coming from chez White.

 

[Justice]

Should be in England squad ahead of Henderson and Phillips

It’s Southgate, I’m not an England fan although if England want to win and they are good enough to he needs to be replaced before the tournament. Henderson, Maguire and co will be his downfall.

 

[METALMICKY]

Wait until you see the decisions Spurs get on 28 Dec

Don't jest. Just seen the Sky pundits reviewing the Ødegaard incident and it's beyond ridiculous how handball is not given.

 

[Justice]

With all that money bagged from sales in the summer, it's a shame we didn't just invest a little over the norm or allow the clause in his contract to get a player like Kudus. He's clearly a player that would make a difference between finishing 6/7th and 9/10th.

He probably would be injured if he had signed for us. No luck this season on that front.

 

[Flounce]

Don't jest. Just seen the Sky pundits reviewing the Ødegaard incident and it's beyond ridiculous how handball is not given.

Yep, I was genuinely gobsmacked but I shouldn’t be, VAR is often an inexplicable clusterfuck of bad decisions/non decisions.

in the highly unlikely scenario that we score first VAR will take as long as it takes to find a reason to disallow the goal. This is the SPURS.

 

[ozzygull]

Weirdest status of the year award.

A referee does well, but he doesn't want her there...

Even if she was shit or inconsistent, she would be no different than 80% of the male referees and that is confirmed by RDZ.

 

[Springal]

Mike Dean mentioned on soccer Saturday that they are looking at allowing var to intervene on second yellows.

Don’t look at it, do it. Disgraceful that Boly was sent off for that.

Fine line isn’t it - do we want VAR re-refereeing games completely and slow games further or go as is ?

 

[willalbion]

Fine line isn’t it - do we want VAR re-refereeing games completely and slow games further or go as is ?

Bin it off, definitely don’t get VAR more involved.

 

[Pavilionaire]

The ironic thing is VAR was brought in for clear and obvious errors, Boly's second yellow was clear and obviously wrong yet VAR can't intervene. It's a shambles. That incident changed the game completely.

 

[keaton]

No, this season away to Villa. From the Guardians "how it happened" report:

There was a foul on March in the build-up but it wasn’t given and Villa counter-attacked to devastating effect once again. After good play from Watkins, Diaby shot straight at Steele, then mishit a follow-up that was going well wide until the off-balance Estupinan unwittingly turned it into his own net.

It’s being checked by VAR.

And we had no chance to clear the ball so it had to be the same passage of play, whereas Sheff Utd could have cleared it a few times

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

The ironic thing is VAR was brought in for clear and obvious errors, Boly's second yellow was clear and obviously wrong yet VAR can't intervene. It's a shambles. That incident changed the game completely.

Romeros red against Chelsea was a deserved red

However the whole period of play started with a Sterling dive, which they could not go back and give as it is not under the VAR rules.

If that was given the Romero card would not have been given as it would have gone all the way back

I hate VAR, but if you are going to bring it in I do not see why it is not brought in fully, game is already ruined by VAR

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Fine line isn’t it - do we want VAR re-refereeing games completely and slow games further or go as is ?

A incorrectly given corner is more of an issue than a toe nail being offside, always thought it was.

I imagine the plan was always to go all in once they had brought it in for "clear and obvious", managers will start upping the pressure, followed by the players and media

 

[Horses Arse]

Mike Dean mentioned on soccer Saturday that they are looking at allowing var to intervene on second yellows.

Don’t look at it, do it. Disgraceful that Boly was sent off for that.

They'd have to look at both the first and second. Surely they'll not be stupid enough to only look at the second when it becomes a sending off offense?

 

[Stat Brother]

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Kalvin Phillips has aged rapidly!

 

[BevBHA]

Bournemouth a solid shout for top 10 this season, they look decent

 

[maltaseagull]

He’s copying RDZ

That's different. RDZ is special.

 

[Bodian]

A incorrectly given corner is more of an issue than a toe nail being offside, always thought it was.

I imagine the plan was always to go all in once they had brought it in for "clear and obvious", managers will start upping the pressure, followed by the players and media

Doesn't matter how many incorrect corners we get awarded - we'd do nothing with them....