geordiesteve710

A lot of the yellows were avoidable tonight (for both teams.) Thought Bruno, Overgaard and probably Xhaka were all worthy of yellows but for some of the others he got conned by player reaction and with the Almiron one surely he can just walk across and say "look just pack it in son" before going to his card? Very inconsistent with what was/wasn't a free kick as well, particularly towards the end when he gave everything to them and nothing to us.

I know sunderland fans that openly take the piss out of RTG with things like the "gravy-stained mag" patter. Completely disown it.

Yep. The high press lasted for about 3 and a half minutes before we clicked it was unsustainable.

It's like Saturday in reverse, when we aided and abetted Leeds time-wasting by getting involved needlessly. And extra dickhead points go to Gabriel for physically hurrying Willock off the pitch after Arsenal's sub took his own time walking off.

Think that first one might be minutes since we scored at the Emirates ?

Yep. Seemed more interested in refereeing the game than in things he could have a direct influence on. Bit like Klopp was for the first hour when we played Liverpool. It's what you want to see as an opposition fan. Didn't think we were actually that bad tonight, was expecting Joelintons usual going down for treatment 5 times etc bit it never came.

I do wonder if that's why there wasn't a check for a pen, because VAR knew before it came in that the ref had made a mistake awarding the free kick? Two wrongs making a right or something. Other than that, there's no good reason it wasn't reviewed like. Other than the officials were incompetent.

That's never a yellow for them either

First one was a yellow second one the refs got conned by the defender rolling around

All valid points like. End of the day, SJP is rocking when there's a big game on or excitement around the place or the rush of a feelgood factor. 5:30 kickoff also seem louder (can't think why ?) so I'm not having it that when the atmosphere is crap it's because of the stadium design. Also, I'm not convinced that the design of L7 drives the acoustics away from the ground. Sirting in the Gallowgate itnseems like the large roof is like a massive amplifier bouncing sound down, especially in the corner. Remember Partizan brought about 30 fans for the CL qualifier in 2003 but sounded like 3,000 and comfortably outsang the rest of the ground. Like others have said, when there was a singing section up there in 2009/10 it was heard loud and clear in the Gallowgate.

Definitely a lot of this going on on Saturday like.

Either a) they needed some sort of moment of "debate" to drag out the halftime discussion or b) they think there is some sort of invisible forcefield that caused the ball to rebound back onto Daka as opposed to Pope having blocked it. Either is thick as mince.

I hate Sissoko more for not stopping that counter attack dead in their half and taking a yellow for the team.

I heard that's why none of them bothered on Monday. At that moment in time they were all busy enthusiastically lobbying. Lobbying seyson marra.

This was my interpretation as well. Had mixed feelings about it. On the one hand I was surprised that members didn't get the chance to vote anyway (including a "none of the above candidates" option.) But on the other hand I kinda get why the rules are set like that, if positions need to be filled for it to function and there's a lack of competition to get them filled then might as well get the willing folk in for what is an unpaid role that (from the outside looking in) is a massive ballache. Although I know you will have a better understanding of that than me. After the takeover I thought the Trust would probably blend into the background anyway, fulfilling the role of more of a democratic supporters association rather than a "trust" (which is really what the pledge scheme represented in my understanding of the word.) The kind of body that could lobby the club on fan-centric minutiae eg ticket pricing/allocation, serving better beer on matchdays, whether the bogroll is of the optimum thickness etc. And maybe getting involved in representing complaints by individual supporters or when incidents happen like Leeds (a) last season. Turns out it's going to be another vehicle to massage the egos of various Tf "characters." It's a shame but also feels kinda irrelevant for want of a better word. Like someone said above, it's not like the owners are going to actually give them any influence or take advice from them on anything of consequence.

That's wank on a number of levels, but om a subconscious level I can't stop hearing "Compendeyim" in that smug tone mackems put on subconsciously when they know how to use a word that's longer than three syllables.

Just all of the ones on the TV at the time ?‍♂️

Am I allowed to say that was horrific cheating by Iran at the end, or would that be racist?

Lucas Cominelli would like a word (@SAK , you'll definitely have to Google that one!!)

Could do with a home draw against nee-one flash that'll interest tv. Me mam is taking the bairns to Cinderella at the Theatre Royal on the Saturday and if there isn't a match on I'll struggle to find an excuse to avoid going as well.

This. The central defence in general tbh. But particularly Maguire.

Are they all goering over your head like?

Co-commentator questioning if Neco Williams was covering ignoring that Hennessy is kickboxing ?

Has anyone seen a Qatari or Saudi "in peyce" yet?

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