Coutinho was a quality player and losing him was seen as an issue. 7 goals and 6 assists before leaving. I agree on VVD he's been great along with Robertson who's also been part of our improvment at the back. The Porto thing makes me laugh as before the game all the pundits did was point out how good they were and that they were on form. We had to take them seriously. After the event it was seen as an easy draw.
Rattled. You'd spoon yourself into your own arse if your *****ose of a manager even managed to qualify for that competition.
dunno not seen much what the media were saying about porto but you were overwhelming favourites to qualify past them even before you raped them 5-0. Coutinho is a quality player and he'd improve most/all teams but he only played in about 60% of your games this season by which point you could see you boys were covered by mane, salah and firmino and it was your defence that needed fixing. Yea Robertsons been great and has improved steadily through the year. He was getting some slack earlier but i think most of your pool board changed their mind after the everton match
Pochettino distancing himself from the Kane goal fiasco, he's obviously embarrassed about it. It's school playground stuff. I bet Poch has imagined what Roy Keane would have made of that and come to his conclusion that Kane is a bit of a ****y *****.
Back to the RM Juve penalty, it is a pen for me after I watch it back with slo mo and all that but it's a draw and seconds away from extra time, you're not 100% but blow that whistle instantly, no going back now. Take a moment and think you idiot if not 100% talk to the other officials consider your actions. No wonder no British refs are off to the WC.
Exactly what I was thinking. Look at the bigger picture and let them go for it over 30 mins. Use your noggin. That said, it was a definite pen and a definite sending off so what can you do, eh?
Yeah if you watch it back it is a pen but Oliver can't have been certain, if he'd a have just waited a second or two and considered.
If that was United in the last minute giving a penalty away and the opponents were Burnley in an FA Cup semi final, then nobody would give a **** about it. The reason people care is because Juve done so well to come back and Buffon is an endearing player... the rules don't change for nice people though. Tough ****.
Some are born ****ish, some achieve ****ishness, others have ****ishness thrust upon them. In Nonuts’s case it’s all three.
It's not so much that as that it would have extended a great tie into a 30 minute shootout. Entertainment value is all, nothing more for me and nothing to do with Buffon, who was deservedly sent off. I was watching as a neutral, I don't care who won I was just looking forward to extra time. As was the world at large I would assume.
If it’s a pen it’s a pen, doesn’t matter if it’s the last seconds or the first minute He trusted his judgement and you’ve admitted he was correct. If he doesn’t call it and Madrid go out in ET or on pens then he’d be rightly labelled a bottler. You’re just pissed because Madrid went through
