[Albion] Premier League 23 - 25/8

[BensGrandad]

Totally agree. Defending was awful


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Pocchetino will one day realise that the weakness is Sanchez and restore Vertongen to the CB position

 

[AmexRuislip]

Mike Dean and has started doing his RADA routine.

 

[Acker79]

And as the bumping of that thread will tell you, Burnley 1-0 up at Wolves thanks to Ashley Barnes.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Totally agree. Defending was awful


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I do wonder if they will, ironically, do an Arsenal and skimp on players after paying for a shiny new stadium. Lose a couple of stars and not spend big to replace them and I don't think the stadium will help them.

 

[Ernest]

Should have been a penalty by the VAR, they can rule out a goal for a MM offside but can't check a penalty where someone is brought down in the box and give it

 

[Bozza]

That's ludicrous - looked a penalty all day long.

 

[perseus]

Lascelles diving in the penalty area. Blatant penalty not given to Spurs.

 

[lawros left foot]

Can anyone explain how that wasn’t a penalty??


Anyone??

 

[Acker79]

VAR check on penalty claim, penalty not given, and I agree, though Alan Smith thinks it's a penalty. Newcastle defender throws himself to ground as Harry Kane is running in, looked to me like Kane showed no intention of playing the ball, trying instead to fall over the defender. Smith thinks the defender was throwing himself and trying to block Kane's run.

 

[Bozza]

VAR check on penalty claim, penalty not given, and I agree, though Alan Smith thinks it's a penalty. Newcastle defender throws himself to ground as Harry Kane is running in, looked to me like Kane showed no intention of playing the ball, trying instead to fall over the defender. Smith thinks the defender was throwing himself and trying to block Kane's run.

I'm not sure, shrewd as Kane is, he'd have known the defender was there until the defender took him out.

Penalty for me Clive.

 

[Deadly Danson]

That's ludicrous - looked a penalty all day long.

Very similar to the one in the Man City game earlier. That was 10 times more nailed on than this one and this was a definite pen! In some ways I'm glad VAR aren't overturning these but no point in checking at all if they aren't going to give the 2 today.

 

[Ernest]

You just know the 1st penalty given by the VAR will be against us

 

[Seasider78]

Good job we have VAR to clear up all the inconsistency and missed decisions......oh

 

[oldboyroy]

I just don't get it any other game that would of been a pen

 

[perseus]

Very similar to the one in the Man City game earlier. That was 10 times more nailed on than this one and this was a definite pen! In some ways I'm glad VAR aren't overturning these but no point in checking at all if they aren't going to give the 2 today.

There was one in the cricket as well.

 

[One Love]

Serious questions have to be answered.

Either they are protecting the top refs and don't want to show they're wrong or even worse there is cheating going on.

 

[Acker79]

I'm not sure, shrewd as Kane is, he'd have known the defender was there until the defender took him out.

Penalty for me Clive.

The defender is by his side throughout the whole move, I can't see how he wouldn't know the defender was there falling over beside him.

 

[Icy Gull]

Really pleased that wasn’t Albion having that penalty turned down. How was it not a pen?

On another note having seen pretty well all the teams in action I don’t see three teams that I can say are worse than us

Long hard season coming up I fear but as long as we are decent to watch I can take a relegation battle, which I am convinced we will be in all season.

 

[lizard]

Terrible weekend for us with most of our fellow relegation fodder winning. Is going to be a long and interesting season.

 

[Weststander]

League sport so often evens out fortune ... by all accounts Citeh were far superior to Spuds last week. Now a devastating loss at home.