Match Day Thread FA cup thread

Not sure bulking out is necessary (see De Gea) more like toughening up.

Still remember Shane Ferguson and Pardew's diet for him!

 

Can anyone confirm if Ayoze Perez was playing as a striker? If so then that is 3 goals in 2 games as a striker.

 

BBC Highlights here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42519614

 

Agree with Hung. Wouldn't want to put him in to a Premier League game given what I saw today, in particular with him dealing with back passes under pressure. He did make one very good save in the second half which stood out. I also thought he looked a little lightweight in appearance and needs to bulk up a bit. I'm sure he'd be a good shot stopper but physically and experience-wise not there yet. Would play him again in the 4th round depending on who we are up against but really needs to get out on loan and play every week and learn his trade.

 

Look at the Luton goal for Woodman's decision making. Calamity.

Forgot about their player thinking he had scored for about 20 seconds after he put it in but flagged for offside. Only person in the ground who didn't know it was offside. Pissed myself at that one.

 

Lascelles confirms on Twitter that he's fine and just came off as a precaution.

Thank ****.

 

Arsenal getting humped by Forest 3-1 hahahahahah

 

Just shows you how good we really are.

 

Bournemouth, West Ham and Swansea all with replays too

Be nice if Brighton and Palace could draw tomorrow night too

 

and all go to extra time and penalties in the replays!

 

Come in number 27
The fourth-round draw for the FA Cup takes place on Monday
and you can watch it live from 19:00 GMT on BBC Two.

Fourth-round draw numbers
1. Sheffield United
2. Watford
3. Birmingham City
4. Liverpool
5. Brighton or Crystal Palace
6. Peterborough
7. Bournemouth or Wigan
8. Coventry
9. Newport County
10. Huddersfield
11. Yeovil
12. Nottingham Forest
13. Notts County
14. MK Dons
15. Manchester United
16. West Brom
17. Rochdale
18. Tottenham
19. Middlesbrough
20. Fleetwood or Leicester
21. Hull
22. Cardiff or Mansfield
23. Manchester City
24. Shrewsbury or West Ham
25. Wolves or Swansea
26. Stevenage or Reading
27. Newcastle
28. Millwall
29. Southampton
30. Preston
31. Norwich or Chelsea
32. Carlisle or Sheffield Wednesday

 

Boro, they should be easy to beat...home or away

Failing that, any home tie will do.

 

Scumberland can watch Emmerdale instead

 

The Brighton v Palace tie tonight will be the first competitive game in England to use Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology. It should be an interesting game for this alone.

 

Does this mean they stop the game for every decision, aka American Football?

 

I think only a few decisions will be involved, penalties and red cards being two of them, I believe. The game is live on BT(?) later tonight.

 

99% of the most contentious decissions always result in a stopage of play at some point - goal scored, offside, foul etc
if he's offside and misses a goal then a goal kick would still be awarded - no VAR intervention needed
if he's offside and results in a goal, the correct decission could be awarded before he finishes celebrating what he thinks was a goal
a la Luton player on Saturday
the only way this can work properly is if the game continues along as normal until a ref gets a message through his earpiece and then he blows his whistle
it would be handy if an anouncement over the tannoy explains what the misdemeanour was
saying that some tannoy systems are pretty ****

 

So no-one will be watching it anyway.

 

Here we go....

 

Hate all the chat before hand
Get on with it and talk later