Do they have Pires back as a diving coach?
Pretty much a frame by frame copy of that dive against Portsmouth.
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The Goon Thread
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Pretty much a frame by frame copy of that dive against Portsmouth.
lurker of old
Gus Poyet
That is shocking. You can only hope that somehow the ref gets to see that and realise that he has been had.
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
yes!
the impartial commentary team didn’t even question it, you’d have thought it was a stonewall pen!
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
I'm beginning to think the impartial commentary team is not that impartial. I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!!
Maybe in real-time the officials could be excused for missing it, but it is a pretty blatant dive seeing it in slow-mo.
DeanoAustin
Jimmy McCormick
Exactly. In real time, I sort of looked at it and thought "brick, maybe that's a pen" although the linesman kept his flag down.
When you say the replay, it's incredible they gave it. The Villareal player never touched him, Saka initiated the contact. The co-commentator last night then said it should have been a pen. I was stunned.
StephenH
David Ginola
The “co-commentator” was an absolute embarrassment to football broadcasting. She was a disgrace!
yiddo37
Didier Zokora
First time I've seen that. So that was the pen that they scored? I really don't know what's going on with modern football and pundits, their opinions seem totally at odds with the average fan. Refs/assistants tend to get 99% of decisions right yet when it goes to VAR it really is 50/50 what the outcome will be. Me not likee.
DeanoAustin
Jimmy McCormick
The problem to me seems to be that the rule is "if there's contact in the box it's a penalty". That's a load of bollox if the player initiating the contact is the attacker. I'm amazed some refs and some former pros don't get that. Personally I'd go further and say the contact should reach a certain level that impeded the attacker before a pen should be given but that then leaves things open for interpretation and inconsistent decisions.
However, looking at last weeks Dipper v Saudi Sportswashing Machine game, Callum Wilson had a goal harshly disallowed for handball. A load of brick but, as much as I don't like it, that's the rule. However TAA clearly pushed him as he was about to shoot originally. That was far far more a penalty than the one the Goons got.
However, looking at last weeks Dipper v Saudi Sportswashing Machine game, Callum Wilson had a goal harshly disallowed for handball. A load of brick but, as much as I don't like it, that's the rule. However TAA clearly pushed him as he was about to shoot originally. That was far far more a penalty than the one the Goons got.
Gilzeantoscore
Justin Edinburgh
Even the AFTV crew thought it was a soft penalty.
Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
Well, that's not the rule, so that's not the problem.
StephenH
David Ginola
They are all fall over clowns.
But the poor refereeing these days encourages falling over and feigning injury!
DeanoAustin
Jimmy McCormick
Sorry, you're right. I should have said that seems to be the interpretation of the rule by a lot of officials.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Just punted a 100 on them to qualify to make the two goals in the minute easier to bare. 100 quid to see them not get champs league again is chicken feed.
THey'd still need to beat Man U in the final to get CL football though
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
I know but if those cnuts got to a final they would win it just to tinkle me off.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
A lot of pundits seem to be glossing over this
United are by far a better side than Arsenal
Quite like watching the Spaniards knocking it around, such a better team than Arsenal
DeanoAustin
Jimmy McCormick
They've turned to brick over the last few years and still have 4 FA Cups and this would be two European finals if they get there. clams would win it to.
How the fudge does it happen that that shower of brick gets a bunch of FA Cups at their lowest ebb. That used to be our trophy. What do we have? The fudging Audi Cup.