geordiesteve710

Because "balanced and equal"... "mate"

Losing to either of these would be shit but nowhere near as shit as losing to Man Utd and their horrible fans was.

Stroppy scouse twats

As did their keeper in fairness. But the 2 minutes added at the end of the 10 was because we were taking the piss.

Think we need to be careful as and when we do it- refs are certainly aware of the narrative being pushed and happy to play 10-12 minutes (spurs) and probably go to their pocket quicker than they would for other teams- thought Tinos booking last night was extremely harsh.

The decision itself is one that can go either way- I've seen good arguments for and against but ultimately only one person knows whether the act was clumsy or malicious. The VAR conversation there is like three drunks all blurting their opinions across the pub table trying to drown each other out- there's no discussion as to what the ref saw, what he missed, what he thinks may have happened, clarification on specific questions. I get that it's a quick-fire conversation but is it even worth having? I'd sooner the ref be able to request a slow-motion replay for such a big decision. As for "He's holding between his legs, I'm going red." I mean I'd be fuming if one of our players got sent off on that rationale.

I think at most he will get 20 minutes at the end. Hopefully in preparation for a longer appearance at Arsenal.

Honestly reckon a final against Liverpool wouldn't be too bad. Last time I really fancied us, but Liverpool would be such strong favourites that losing wouldn't be as deflating and winning would be beyond unbelievable.

Your wife has the same birthday as me then. No way the stars are aligning for me to have that much of a fun time on my birthday. Not a chance.

Feel like it's donkeys years since we beat Liverpool either home or away, more often than not we get twatted by a large margin at Arsenal. Spurs would be more interesting but I just don't trust us to go there in a first leg and not capitulate as well. Obviously I'd be delighted to be proven wrong.

Don't really fancy us in the semis at all. Hopefully Man Utd get through tomorrow and we draw them. Would fancy 9,000 of our lot to make it like a home game. Any of the other 3 beats us with ease over 2 legs imo

I know it's massively off topic but this is wild as well. Liverpool got ratted towards the end of the first half, and certainly had some ref assistance second half BUT at the same time they showed resilience, tenacity and quality to get back in the game twice and then had a spell where it looked like they would go on to steamroller us. They weren't the best team on the night but they were far from "shit". I wonder what your Liverpool mates would have made of the palace game last weekend

What was odd was going on the artist formerly known as twitter last night and all you could see was Liverpool fans complaining that they'd been robbed by the referee and it was a conspiracy against them etc. I get that it's a tribal sport and that but fucking hell. Think they've got to the point of entitlement where they expect to get everything go in their favour. They really don't help themselves with the self-pity/victim tag do they 😂

Was nowhere as bad as the clueless twat at Palace at the weekend though, it must be said.

I thought (and still do having quickly seen a replay) that van dijk played the ball which is why no penalty was given. I assumed var checked it and concluded that. But if he doesn't play the ball then it's a clear foul and a howler that var didn't overrule. Just seemed so ham-handed with everything in the 2nd half. Came out and spent 15 minutes giving them every single decision. Notable difference in attitude as well to the goal celebrations. Gordon scores to give us the lead and he's hurrying us up to kickoff again because come on lads, liverpool have a game to try and get back into here. They score to take the lead and he's stood there gawping at the celebration with a shit-eating grin across his face. Seems like a small thing but why the difference in attitude? Also, that only one yellow card was given for dissent and that it was given to us after the way they carried on trying to intimidate him into giving a non-existant penalty was appalling.

Loved it when Drysdale (I think) in the Championship had enough of it and squared up to half the Ipswich (I think) team and said something along the lines pf "what did you just fucking say to me? Come on then." He's not a small lad- they all shat their pants and backed down instantly then made official complaints about it after the match. Remember all the pearl-clutching grom the football media about how out of order it was for a referee to acr like that when players will do it to the ref 15+ times a game without a second thought. Footballers are proper fannies like- love giving it out but start crying as soon as they're on the receiving end.

Think this is fair comment. Been reasonable between the boxes but toothless up front, wank at set pieces (both ends) and always susceptible to a quick counter attack

Should be another 2 mins. Ball didn't get back in play until 92 minutes

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Offside

That's better

We've conceded the same goal so many times this calendar year. There just isn't a coherent plan when we lose it in the opposition half with men committed forward. It's a glaring flaw that no attempt has been made to fix and it's very frustrating.

Horrific defending. As per.

I'm glad this has been mentioned here. Thought I might have imagined it, nobody else I spoke to afterwards aeemed to have heard it. Was a minority obviously but definitely audible.