Match Day Thread 2017/18 Premier League, Cups & Euro Watch

I agree there.

You could tell with Chelsea they didn't care so much building for the future and wanted it all now. They have built a good legacy but could have been a lot better.

City are exciting to watch, I only felt that with Chelsea when ancelotti was there.

 

the original Mourinho team was good to watch with Duff & Robben.

i'm now off to wash my mouth out.

 

He got rid of Robben quickly enough though.

De Bruyne too.

Salah

Unless you're 6'2 or bigger and play good hoofball you're f#cked under Mourinho.

 

The greatest surprise of the day, Crystal Palace roasting Leicester away.

 

best not to use the term "roasting" when discussing an English club

 

What about French club?.

 

probably worse

 

The refereeing in that City game was shameful. Some of the worst I've ever seen

 

Agreed, how Alli and Kane didn't get reds is baffling.

 

glad i.missed it so. Christmas party

just proves you need to pay them off.

 

Aguero kicked Kane in the face too. Rose shoved Mangala in the back and it wasn't a penalty, despite it being the same referee who gave a penalty last week for Lovren shoving the Everton kid. Inconsistencies amongst referees is bad enough, but when its the same referee giving different decisions from game to game its ridiculous.

 

Agree with that totally, in the Leicester game a push in the area was (rightly) given against a striker today too, inconsistency is shocking every week.
The Kane kick in the face was dealt with ok in my opinion, high foot not a dangerous studs first lunge.

 

can't say but anything that hits a guy in the head is dangerous.

like... rugby has outlawed head contact totally now. red card in a sport where it was hard to actually get a red.

football actually allows a lot of dodgy things like elbows and high boot on the basis of how you jump etc.

it's funny that in rugby if you lift and spear a guy in a tackle you get a red but in football you can probably back into a jumping player and tip them over and prob just a free.

 

That really needs rectifying, serious injury including neck breaks could easily result (as could an arm around the neck in rugby), it used to be called "making a back" in football and was outlawed even when the game was physical .

 

Be interesting to see if Lanzini gets retro for his dive to get the West Ham pen for their 1st goal...

 

i've brought this up a number of times over the last few years. Not sure many realise how easy it is to have a Spinal Cord injury but trust me in a spinal unit there will be people who will never walk again from very innocuous sounding events so to allow such a clear danger is staggering. If there is a serious injury from the "tipping" of a jumper i'd be amazed if lawsuits didn't follow.

 

it is but I've seen it 4/5 times recently with no punishment.

 

If he doesn’t that’s plain bent

 

I know some of you will argue the point (not aimed at you tobes) that player should be punished and rightly so.

But my point is shouldn't the team start forfeiting the points if they have players who blatantly do this cheating?

Soon stop if the team is punished and not just the player as otherwise it's the same old argument as fouls and yellow cards of taking one for the team.

 

Video refereeing will end it.