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Least of his worries, he won’t have a job anymore.

Just let the onfield ref make a decision based on what he sees on the screen without the pressure of having to go with the VAR decision IMO.

Can we live with the risk that he might catch this during next season too?

So he's mint considering your views on Howe.

In the case of Conference League it's actually the exact opposite and they are giving relatively big money to clubs and countries who got nothing before.

Two days after that Villa-PSG spectacle?

Mate, we are owned by Saudi Arabia.

They scored three goals in 10 minutes to get through, let them celebrate ffs.

Aye, Pope was able to stand still long enough that Eze wasn't able to get enough power on it anymore and it still wasn't that easy save. Isak and Schär iirc have done it beautifully this season.

It basically takes all the luck out of it. If you pick a corner keeper has 50/50 chance of diving the right way and a decent chance to save it if he does. The margin for error on top bins and right on the corner is pretty low even if the keeper can't ever save it. With the stop start/jump pen keeper basically has no chance if it's done perfectly. Either the keeper doesn't move and is too late to react when the taker passes it in or the keeper crumbles under the pressure and makes the first move and the taker can just pass it in to the other corner.

Saw Crystal Palace fans say that Wharton has been a bit out of form after coming back from a long injury.

There's nothing to sort out really. We need to create more dilemmas like that which means injuries and suspensions won't instantly lower the level of the team. It's a squad game but we haven't had a real squad for decades.

Haha, fair play!

Nah.

It was amazing save by Pope. He didn't bite at the fakes and right before the kick his weight started to move to right but he quickly adjusted and was able to get to the ball. I know most hate those penalties but IMO it was more amazing job by Pope than a poor penalty by Eze. I doubt Pope did it on purpose but faking the way you are going will make the kicker look fucking stupid on those. It's the most efficient penalty style until keepers learn to adjust and I'm so happy Isak did it too recently.

Shocking decision. I was 100% certain it would never be a pen until the ref was called over. It’s a coming together ffs.

Amazing 15 minutes by Murphy

Appreciation of height and athleticism have seen a bit of a resurgence lately IMO after the era of short technical players keeping possession no matter what. Pep playing four CBs to help with set piece defending and buying Haaland, Arsenal's big focus on set pieces and how well we've done with Eddie who clearly loves a big and athletic team. Was reading Redcafe after Sunday and so many Man Utd fans were crying about how weak and unfit their team looked against us.

Yeah but IMO it's still effective if the opposition is just sitting in a low block in their box. This kid based on that video is still good on the ground too. It's just not easy to win headers against someone who is two metres tall and better teams than us have stuck a big man up front recently in late stages of a match like Joselu at Real Madrid.

People have been reading their forum too.

Would love someone like him. Would probably cost similar to what Osula did and would be a real plan B option to throw in if we are desperate against a low block. Young and cheap enough that there's basically no risk involved too.

2/8 isn't that bad tbf to him, could be worse.