Match Day Thread The PL Season 16/17 All Star Thread

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Could have been a season ender, shocking mate.

Everton lost their heads massively tbh.

Your lot shat themselves in that opening 30 minutes, proper rabbit in the headlights stuff. You reminded me of those bottlers Arsenal tbh.
 
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1 shot on target, a lame Ashley Williams header. Pathetic from the blueshite
Whereas the Harlem Globe Trotters aka the Entertainers served up a massive 4 attempts on goal. A pea roller, 2 decent efforts and a tap in.
 
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The FA is a laughing stock ...

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Gary Lineker @GaryLineker
Is there any point to the @FA appeals committee? Even when the referee is blatantly wrong they uphold the decision. Utterly pointless [HASHTAG]#Vardy[/HASHTAG]
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Sean Sweeney @Sweeney_Sean

@GaryLineker @FA Vardy misses the Boxing Day game vs Everton
Barkley plays.... pic.twitter.com/emynvmuFRQ
4:25 PM - 20 Dec 2016
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The FA is a laughing stock ...

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Gary Lineker @GaryLineker
Is there any point to the @FA appeals committee? Even when the referee is blatantly wrong they uphold the decision. Utterly pointless [HASHTAG]#Vardy[/HASHTAG]
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Sean Sweeney @Sweeney_Sean

@GaryLineker @FA Vardy misses the Boxing Day game vs Everton
Barkley plays.... pic.twitter.com/emynvmuFRQ
4:25 PM - 20 Dec 2016
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Imagine the fume if Barkley scored the winner

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Imagine the fume if Barkley scored the winner

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<laugh> ... I won't mind him notching a consolation ...

Jokes aside - there really is no point in the appeal process ... the Rojo tackle against Palace with the same ref that redcarded Vardy was shocking; how Barkley escapes a straight red for that is beyond me? ... likewise the Sissoko challenge in the Spurs vs Burnley game ... how the FA can possibly think that anyone is really going to 'respect' them and their officials whislt they continue to bury their heads in the sand in regard to such incidents and the complete inconsistency is laughable ...

When it was first mooted I was dead against video reffing in footie - now I'm 1005 behind it ... if it had been available I think Vardy would have got a yellow and the others would have been reds ... Vardy getting a 3 match ban whislt the others are free to carry on playin on is farcical and makes a mockery of the game...
 
<laugh> ... I won't mind him notching a consolation ...

Jokes aside - there really is no point in the appeal process ... the Rojo tackle against Palace with the same ref that redcarded Vardy was shocking; how Barkley escapes a straight red for that is beyond me? ... likewise the Sissoko challenge in the Spurs vs Burnley game ... how the FA can possibly think that anyone is really going to 'respect' them and their officials whislt they continue to bury their heads in the sand in regard to such incidents and the complete inconsistency is laughable ...

When it was first mooted I was dead against video reffing in footie - now I'm 1005 behind it ... if it had been available I think Vardy would have got a yellow and the others would have been reds ... Vardy getting a 3 match ban whislt the others are free to carry on playin on is farcical and makes a mockery of the game...

Rojo should have gone after 20 minutes at Goodison as well, a challenge way worse than Barkley's

I was at the game on Monday and in fairness the challenge looked innocuous in real time. The Vardy one looked different from whichever angle you viewed it, contentious.

They can't apply a retrospective red to Barkley as the referee saw it and gave him a yellow, them's the rule mate.

I've always been behind the use of a video ref, the arguments against are a complete nonsense imo
 
Rojo should have gone after 20 minutes at Goodison as well, a challenge way worse than Barkley's

I was at the game on Monday and in fairness the challenge looked innocuous in real time. The Vardy one looked different from whichever angle you viewed it, contentious.

They can't apply a retrospective red to Barkley as the referee saw it and gave him a yellow, them's the rule mate.

I've always been behind the use of a video ref, the arguments against are a complete nonsense imo


Entirely agree. Most major decisions can be sorted in a matter of seconds.
 
I'm against it. I like the controversy involved in football, call me old fashioned but **** off with a virtual ref.
 
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Entirely agree. Most major decisions can be sorted in a matter of seconds.

Think we've had this debate before mate...

How do you stop the game? Does the ball need to be out of play? If not how is the game fairly restarted?

Assuming the ball must be dead is there a time limit? Can the play go on for 5-10 minutes before it's pulled back?

If any card offences are commited in the time period talked about above are they then taken away if the previous decision is altered?

Whose decision is it to review? Officials or managers?

It works brilliantly in other sports where there are natural breaks but that isn't the case with football.

Plenty of people are always saying how it needs to come but I've yet to see a clear plan that addresses all the potential problems imo.
 
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On another note the retrospective rule is a load of ****e and needs changing asap.