Rick

3 minutes ago, Mel81x said:

This I agree with and you're right I was wrong to say that. I think if we get the Dias goal in the first half things look very different and we'll never know if it was an offside or not. I also think Joe should have had a foul in the box which was clearly overlooked.

Yeah fully agree. Diaz needs to be scoring that. If Jones doesn’t get sent off, I’m very confident we beat them today. Refereeing ruined our chance. 

5 minutes ago, Mel81x said:

We were down to 9 men, its not like they forced the ref to do the shit that he did? They were presented with an opportunity and they pushed for it. Thats what I mean by fair play. I really hope someone contests that VAR decision if there is a way because it was a wrong call and they know it.

It was more the ref “didn’t do either side any favours” that I find issue with. Spurs benefitted from every decision made hahaha. The non offside, Jones red, Jota first yellow, Salah’s ‘foul’ on Udogie…all the big decisions went their way. And then they were absolutely toothless and needed an own goal to save their skin. 

I’m absolutely gutted at that. Especially when City lose for fuck sake, we end up dropping points. No real fault of our own, but those opportunities aren’t going to come often. 

2 minutes ago, Mel81x said:

Fair play to Spurs, they did what they had to. The ref didn't do either side any favors in the end but that own goal was no way to end this. 

But they didn’t? Let’s not gift Spurs credit for that victory, because they have been handed it. We had a legitimate goal chalked off and it took an own goal for them to win. I’m not having it that they deserved anything. 

I feel really sorry for the lads out there. They were fucking excellent considering what they had to deal with. Matip was excellent and he’s had some terrible luck there, he has to put his foot in but fucking hell that’s a right sickener. 
 

Celebration from those Spurs players is embarrassing. They were dogshit in that second half, looked useless against 9 men and it took a gift for them not to go home looking like a bunch of dickheads. 

The old 5-4 formation it is then 

Jota that first yellow was a joke, but that second yellow is just stupidity. Absolute idiot!!

If we don’t lose this game now I’ll be surprised. 

Get the fuck in!!

I’m livid. That Diaz goal was absolutely onside. No lines drawn, nothing. The replay showed him looking way onside, then they just say no? Really dodgy. 

Hold on….that was onside! What the fuck is going on here?

Just now, RandoEFC said:

I don't know what Neville's on about. It wasn't intentional but it's been about 15 years since the "he went over the ball" became accepted as an instant justification for a sending off.

I get the argument about intention but that ship has long sailed. 

His foot quite literally rolled right over the ball. Zero intent whatsoever. The VAR showing the referee a still of the contact first is terrible as well. 

That’s awful refereeing. Fucking hate these cunts. 

9 minutes ago, Stan said:

Is it me or do Brighton do this on the regular? Even under Potter, they'd go on some good form, play good football and score a fair amount. Then throw in an absolute dogturd performance even a League Two team would be disappointed with. 

They do, but not this short a time period between two stinkers. The West Ham game wasn’t that long ago. 

Brighton have been wank, but Villa haven’t half punished them well for it. 
 

Di Zerbi has a lot to do at half time. I’d take one of Webster or Dunk off for the Dutch lad in the bench. Both of them have been very slow. Veltman & Estupinan have both been dodgy as well, but they only have Lamptey on the bench and I don’t think he improves the team defensively. Maybe Dahoud in that midfield as well. 

Lucas, you cannot catch a break mate. 

Well, my over 2.5 goals has come in quick hahah

Brighton have been pretty rubbish this first 20 minutes. Some really poor play at the back, and that midfield of Gilmour and the young lad I’ve not heard of was a risky move. Not paid off this far, and Villa look dangerous every time they go forward. 

Rob Edwards should be bulletproof this season. No way do the Luton owners expect them to stay up. It’s a great story and adventure, but the resources just aren’t there to stay in this league. 
 

Kompany obviously needs plenty of time as well, but they’ve invested better so he has to provide more. I’m sure they will improve over the next couple of months. Howe and TenHag are the ones who need to keep one eye over their shoulder. 

I’ve got all the four major ones. I barely watch anything on them. Spending about £50 a month for nothing. Netflix are awful now, Amazon have never been up to much and there are only a select few things of both Disney & Apple. 

It’s never ending. Very poor from Ten Hag to be calling out a player publicly, but even worse when they have a recorded history of mental health struggles. 

Ooookay, let’s keep this forum above that humour. We’re better than that shite. 

Southgate is a wanker. Got players like Ward Prowse sitting at home, meanwhile Phillips gets a call up despite doing fuck all for months. This is why it’s hard to give a fuck about the national team right now, because the players aren’t being picked on merit and there will be plenty of great players left at home when the euro’s come around. 

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

United getting flak (rightly so) for celebrating the career of an ex-coach of their women’s team… despite him being a convicted nonce.

Everybody in charge of these decisions at that club need flogged and fired. They are doing an atrocious job. A complete PR disaster for them the last few weeks. 

2 hours ago, Stan said:

Most of the time.

Because they want it to work quickly and probably know the immense pressure they're under...

Yet it still takes an age to make decisions. They inspire zero confidence, and these releases only showcase how poor the officiating is across the league. 

I took the low hanging fruit a little bit. Utd deserve a ton of criticism from their whole stance on Greenwood. He is still employed at the club ffs.