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I can remember seeing one game at Old Trafford this season

 

Ironically, it's United's lack of precision in the penalty area that results in more penalties.
Presented with same opportunities, Liverpool or City tend to take the defenders out of the equation with sharper passing and greater awareness.
Utd give defenders a chance to make a tackle or interception because the play is more disjointed - except when it's at pace on the counter and there are wide open spaces. Then Utd are pretty clinical.
It's inevitable that when a team gets a lot of possession in the opposition box, but invites tackles, there will be more fouls.
But these aren't old style penalties where the defender brings down a flying forward with a rash last-ditch tackle; these are modern day penalties where multiple TV cameras and VAR enable every handball or mistimed tackle or overly physical contact to be spotted and analysed.
Nobody likes it because nobody likes the way the game has changed.

 

So you haven't seen any other penalty's for other teams then

 

Not seen any other teams get as many soft penalties (by soft I’m being generous) as Utd have since OGS took charge.

42 in all competitions in 2 years is outrageous

 

I remember a few years ago you said Utd get more penalties because they attack more than other teams and we all disagreed with you then. Now you have a new excuse.

I’ll repeat myself again 42 penalties in 2 years is outrageous. Go watch them individually and tell me they’re all legit penalties.

 

Who'd have thought some random Norwegian would have more influence over refs than Sir Alex

 

That was pre-VAR in an era when Utd camped out in the opposition penalty area, especially at OT and defenders dared to make challenges. And if you look at the stats, Utd didn't get more penalties.

The game is different now. We are seeing many more penalties across the board because of VAR. I'm merely pointing out the circumstances in which Utd have been awarded penalties as a result.

If you want me to agree that the real reason is some top to bottom conspiracy in football to favour Utd for some reason, then you'll be waiting for me to agree that Trump won the U.S election first!

 

I wonder......is the Man U manager brilliant or the luckiest son of a gun since.......
PENALTY!!~!~!!!!

 

If Spurs spent more time attacking we would get more penalties.

 

But still not as many as Utd

42 in 2 years under OGS, significantly more than any other team

 

Ole's at the wheel

 

A few refs in on it too?

 

Defo mate, orders from the top

 

You know what with the current regime at our club, and the fact that even if we were playing brilliantly we still wouldn't get many penalties, it's all kind of getting too much for me. Seriously, I'm on the verge of giving up football completely, at least the PL variety. I mean, what's the point? You've got VAR showing you what's going on, but all it's doing is presenting a "second chance" - a chance to find a misdemeanor to chalk off a goal against, or a second chance to find a penalty if needed. Or indeed, to be completely ignored if the circumstances require. The idea that this crap United team could be joint top is making me feel ill, without the officials support they'd probably be mid table! I very rarely swear, so you know that when I do it really means something. Well United are just ****ing cheats, and the officials are ****s.

 

Ole's at the wheel




Are you getting one of Gates nanobot injections?

 

The vaccine? What’s that got to do with this conversation?

 

Conspiracies mate, the same people tend to believe them all

 

Which conspiracy do I believe then? I’ve merely said Man Utd get a disproportionate amount of penalties that’s all