Other games (2024/25)

[gdm]

4 minutes ago, 54 said:

I don't really bet, so I can't particularly comment, but I'll take your word for it

They do a betting show alongside their main show. Some wild picks and reasoning

 

I start listening to it when we were in the championship with Rafa then got bored of the main show but stick the betting one on occasionally 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by gdm

[geordie_b]

2 hours ago, LFEE said:

We should’ve got the same penalty against Brighton.

 

Finally found a video of our incident 

 

 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by geordie_b

[black_n_white]

1 hour ago, Erikse said:

 

Yeah that's why you don't make a judgement on teams who play CL, atleast until mid season. Fatigue could be starting to settle for them.

 

 

 

Said at the start of the season this would happen. We could see them fall down the league during November / December. If they are lucky they won’t get the injuries we had and will be able to pick it back up in the new year.

[Rod]

4 minutes ago, geordie_b said:

 

Finally found a video of our incident 

 

 

 

 

 

Well spotted.  Blatant penalty to go with the one where the defender smothered the ball with his prone body on the ground and guided it back with his arm. Ridiculous non refereeing.

[Erikse]

5 minutes ago, black_n_white said:

Said at the start of the season this would happen. We could see them fall down the league during November / December. If they are lucky they won’t get the injuries we had and will be able to pick it back up in the new year.

 

Yeah I said the same, there is allways the early hype of certain overperformers. I think their legs are getting tired, despite not having injury problems.

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Erikse

[Yorkie]

Just catching up on those fantastic two handball decisions from tonight. Great stuff, The Referee Show goes on.

 

In all seriousness, the Merino one I'd be calling for if it was against my team but the Villa thing is ridiculous pedantry. 

[cubaricho]

It seems like a couple of top teams are losing some form at the moment. I wish we were in place to be taking advantage of that but we're not in the best form ourselves.  

[Ronson333]

 

[Sima]

Does it every fucking week.

 

It has to be intrusive on the peripheral vision of anyone hugging that touchline.

[Cf]

7 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Just catching up on those fantastic two handball decisions from tonight. Great stuff, The Referee Show goes on.

 

In all seriousness, the Merino one I'd be calling for if it was against my team but the Villa thing is ridiculous pedantry. 

 

The Villa one has to be given as a penalty. Especially with how fashionable it currently is to play out from the back. You can't just have defenders decide to pick the ball up and try again for whatever reason.  

 

Was lucky not to get a yellow because a more intentional handball you'll never see. (Being generous he might not have known the ball was live but it could have been and he intentionally handled it)

 

Reading the comments from Emery and Villa afterwards on the BBC article it doesn't sound like they have any complaints about it. When the headline said mistake I assumed I was about to be watching a ref mistake but everyone seemed accepting it's was Mings'. 

 

The Arsenal one last season should have been given too. I wonder if that's what's caused refs to pay attention to this happening but I don't really know how common an occurrence it is. 

[Village Idiot]

9 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:

Lewandowski on 99 CL goals. Think that’s 19 overall for the season already and all. Looked like he was on the way out at this level last season. But he’s scoring for fun again under Flick. 

 

Lewa had a falling out with Xavi last season, you could see he wasn't comfortable with how we were playing. But still, being such a goal machine at his age - what a player

[Lush Vlad]

36 minutes ago, Village Idiot said:

 

Lewa had a falling out with Xavi last season, you could see he wasn't comfortable with how we were playing. But still, being such a goal machine at his age - what a player

I see he still actually got alright numbers last year, all things considered. Just looked finished at that level when I saw him playing. Can’t stop scoring now and looks sharp, again. 
 

Plenty of tap ins. But just shows the system is working perfectly for him. 

[Lush Vlad]

Unashamed King Lewy fan boy, BTW. One of my favourite non-NUFC players since his Dortmund days and my Grandad was Polish. So have a massive soft spot for their national team, too. 

[Village Idiot]

2 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

I see he still actually got alright numbers last year, all things considered. Just looked finished at that level when I saw him playing. Can’t stop scoring now and looks sharp, again. 
 

Plenty of tap ins. But just shows the system is working perfectly for him. 

 

Xavi's system required more creativity from the front three - which it really isn't Lewa's or Raphinha's strength. Now that their job is focused on looking for spaces and finishing, they both are having fantastic seasons.