If he doesn’t get banned it will be an absolute disgrace. If it’s completely ignored then the FA are basically saying cheats can prosper. If they want to act all tough by distributing hefty bans on divers then the least they can do when it comes to someone actually cheating by using their hand deliberately to score is a ban. If he is available for the fa cup game I hope our players leave a good number of stud marks.
What's J Rod supposed to have done? Upset Gaeto Bong somehow was it? Probably laughed at his name - you'd need to have a heart of stone not to, imo.
Think the opposite, If Watford had equalized through less nefarious means then there would have been even greater focus on Pellegrino. If they still think he can turn it around then this result/performance doesn’t harm that point of view
Yeah, possibly kintergarden stuff, but enough for it to have been declared as now going through the motions.. Pity the higher echilons werent more interested and concerned in getting this game sorted out to be more fair to all with the technology available to them, this sport seems to be years behind other lesser funded ones in this respect.
I read that Watford had 13 goal attempts to our 1 in the second half. That suggests to me that we lost control of the game that we were so much in control of in the first half. Under that much pressure, you are bound to concede goals and it was all down to poor match management IMO.
All I would say is look at Sunderland....not working out so well for them and they aren't a small side. I'd rather we rebuilt whilst still in the PL.
Z.Zidane looks likely to be available very soon..,, If he would like a nice new challenge ... ) ) ...
Unless I'm much mistaken, we're yet to be officiated by Michael Oliver in the PL this season (we had him in the FA Cup). Sods law we'll get him for the Spurs or Liverpool games coming up when a refereeing decision is unlikely to contribute to the final result. We always get the **** referees when we're playing games we need to win.
There is absolutely no provision under the current rules where someone who deliberately commits handball and is not spotted by the officials can be retrospectively disciplined. I agree there should be, but there isn’t. Doucoure got away with it.
Possibly down to 17th again in couple of hours time... No Sanchez today, so guess its if Mertesacker starts or not.. (
Both sides were guilty of shirt pulling but East ignored it, I find it strange that we had five yellows and they had none, no wonder some of our players weren't as committed to the tackle in the 2nd half.
