Geordie Ahmed Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Ref has just given Juventus a penalty for handball, absurd decision VAR should be getting involved like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 On 14/12/2024 at 21:36, Kaizero said: I mean, I felt I covered that quite well in my post - but apparently I couldn't have given this response We know. They don't. We don't decide what others think of us, and others see owners with a combined net worth higher than the other 19 PL team owners, combined! Of course people that don't follow us in as much detail as we do will have preconceived expectations and opinions about us based on nothing but headlines. Expand I just don't agree. If us making a run for it wouldn't make headlines then the season we're currently having definitely would. The general apathy about our season is an indication that we're having the season a club like ours probably should have. We're midtable and inconsistent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 On 14/12/2024 at 21:39, Geordie Ahmed said: Ref has just given Juventus a penalty for handball, absurd decision VAR should be getting involved like Expand And they don't, it's 2-2 Absolutely harsh on Venezia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 There is zero class and humility with Arteta. Despite the fact he's done the square root of sweet fuck all in his management career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 On 14/12/2024 at 21:39, Mike said: I just don't agree. If us making a run for it wouldn't make headlines then the season we're currently having definitely would. The general apathy about our season is an indication that we're having the season a club like ours probably should have. We're midtable and inconsistent. Expand When we qualified for the CL there were no headlines, no shocked pundits anywhere. Our current shit season is making headlines outside the UK and have pundits discussing if the owners are right sticking by Howe when Man Utd sacked their manager for performing at the same level we were. My post was aimed at why the UK isn't doing what pundits outside the UK is doing, ending with me concluding that the only explanation had to be that Howe's English - and UK pundits never attack their own, so we're just not being brought up because of the fact that if we got brought up, they'd have to criticize Howe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 On 14/12/2024 at 21:44, Kaizero said: Our current shit season is making headlines outside the UK and have pundits discussing if the owners are right sticking by Howe when Man Utd sacked their manager for performing at the same level we were. Expand You've got good pundits if they're asking that. Was this Norway? US and UK are doing a weird pundit share scheme and all I know about now is Arne Slot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 On 14/12/2024 at 21:46, Mike said: You've got good pundits if they're asking that. Was this Norway? US and UK are doing a weird pundit share scheme and all I know about now is Arne Slot. Expand In general I tend to feel that our pundits are shit, but I know they're probably some of the better ones in the world It shouldn't be that way, though, which is why I'm fairly reluctant to heap praise upon our pundits. Very, very few of our pundits are ex-players or have personal experience playing in the PL for instance. If networks bring in an "expert", it'll 9 out of 10 times be either an active manager/coach or a retired one. Whenever someone like John Arne Riise has been a guest "expert", the other pundits just spend all the time on air pointing out the lack of logical reasoning in Riise's commentary, and then having to explain why Riise is wrong about whatever he said. Some of our best pundits are women, with Renate Blindheim being one of the best pundits in the country this season. She was the first woman in Norway to be appointed Manager of a professional men's team (at 26, she was also the youngest person regardless of gender). The appointment made headlines for weeks and had people talking about how an all male football team would react to having a manager that "shouldn't be allowed" to enter the locker room. It became perceived as a PR stunt by the general public as no matter how she performed, the team she'd taken over had already been predicted to get relegated by a landslide regardless of whether or not their manager had a testicles or not. She then proceeded to start her time there with seven straight league wins and almost getting the, on paper, worst team in the top three divisions promoted Needless to say, that woman fucking knows her football. Bit of a side-tangent I went off on there, but the tl;dr of it all is that I think the biggest issues when it comes to shit pundits in both the UK and the US stems from continually turning ex-players into pundits, when ex-players for some reason has a bit of a tendency to actually not know anything at all about football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Sickening really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 how the fuck is Theo Walcott on every single bit of football coverage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 MOTD on Liverpool's first equaliser: "and the goal is being checked here for a potential offside by Luis Diaz...it's been cleared!." Then they don't show the replay so we can see for ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Just watched the Forrest-Villa game I recorded earlier. Crazy what Forrest are doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Manchester Derby should be interesting tomorrow. Today for alot of you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 the league jumping from cheating Man City to Chelsea is fucking woeful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 On 14/12/2024 at 23:40, McDog said: Just watched the Forrest-Villa game I recorded earlier. Crazy what Forrest are doing. Expand Love it, always had a soft spot for Forest back to the Frank Clark days. Insane transfer strategy and much like Chelsea, apparently taking the piss and bending or breaking rules pay dividends. Depressing as we know the minute we try it they would take the punishment to the extreme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Is the a chance Man Ciry could click today and fucking Wop Man Utd ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 On 15/12/2024 at 08:06, Ben said: Is the a chance Man Ciry could click today and fucking Wop Man Utd ? Expand Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 On 15/12/2024 at 08:08, Andy84 said: Yes Expand Champion I put £20 e/w @ 6/1 on Man City winning the league the other week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFCDoog Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Just as much as chance of Man Utd winning too id say, have no faith in City putting them to the sword, Man Utd do tend to get some decent results/performances against City, even when City have been flying so it's deffo a 50/50 today for me. Obviously hope City win 8 nil like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Minteh's a cheating cunt, I see. Bullet dodged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 No surprise, Palace look rubbish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 What's Lacroix doing there the wally?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilted Generator Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Palace 1 up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 (edited) On 15/12/2024 at 14:29, Jilted Generator said: Palace 1 up Expand Fuck sake. (For my bet...) Edited December 15 by Heron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilted Generator Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 VAR again ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 VAR taking 3 minutes to try and find something worth disallowing the goal for. Why have the clubs voted this shit in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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