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Monday 27th August - Man Utd 0-3 Tottenham


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1 minute ago, RandoEFC said:

Fair. I don't know the exact height of a football but I think if you go into a 50/50 challenge with part of your foot above the top of the ball then you're asking for a red card, but I don't agree that the Mane decision is the only time a red has been given for that.

It is yet another grey area in the football rules though. If two guys go in with their boots at waist height because the ball is off the ground, and one of them unintentionally catches the other, then just because of luck that guy gets a red card and a three match ban and the other guy just gets a kick in the tummy. It's hypocritical.

It’s the usual question  of what the “rule” really is - is it the most intuitive reading of the laws as written, or is it how refs in practice actually respond to a particular kind of incident on a regular basis? 

 

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1 hour ago, LFCMadLad said:

So Kane wins a perfectly good tackle and gets booked?

Another one of those silly things.. Just going for the tackle and clashing together and nothing more... This game won't be happy until it becomes a non contact sport altogether.. 

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2 minutes ago, Inverted said:

It’s the usual question  of what the “rule” really is - is it the most intuitive reading of the laws as written, or is it how refs in practice actually respond to a particular kind of incident on a regular basis? 

 

Nobody knows, it just seems to all be about precedent. Whenever a couple of red cards get given out for a new mild offence it goes from being controversial to "You can't get away with that these days" which has led to the game getting softer by the season and worse, means everyone who watches the game from the experts down to schmucks like us spends more time talking about referees and decisions than good attacking or defending after every game. Pretty bad.

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12 minutes ago, Inverted said:

The overall quality has been pretty shocking.

Both teams have gifted sitters to each other and both have squandered them. It's been poor.

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How has the ref not given that as a penalty? How can you force a player to the floor and not get the ball either? Mental.

Spurs have been shit, really shit. They're getting outplayed by Man Utd that's how shit they've been. Outplayed by a bus.

Dele should have done better after dispossessing Matic, clear chance to take the lead.

Lucas Moura lucky to be on the pitch.

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Energetic game so far but both teams are lacking in the final third. Not much quality in the final ball. Lukaku has to do more for me. In a game like this a centre forward of his stature needs to be giving the centre backs something more to think about, but even at Everton he always struggled against his international team mates Vertonghen and Alderweireld.

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