Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

I agree to a point, I think they’re as dull as **** under this fella, but they look solid as well. I hope you’re right about today like.

 

Sarri II. He's using the same tactics, the same system, the same personnel to a large extent and getting the same performances.
Not the most entertaining and highly focused on possession, but it's effective.

 

Tuchel has the least convincing combover since Bobby Charlton.

 

Injury update from Rodgers: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56231645
"It's not good news. He needs an operation. He'll be out for a minimum of six weeks. Part of the bone in his knee has come off, so he'll need it repaired."

 

Sounds like a broken patella, that’s a grim injury, and given its bad enough to require surgery, 6 weeks sounds extremely optimistic.

 

Penalty incoming and a fantastic decision it will be.

 

That’s a ****ing disgrace. He’s punched the ball.

 

No penalty

If it weren't Chelsea I'd be outraged

 

Rightly not given imo.

Neville’s lost his impartiality here, and gone full Carragher.

 

Regardless of what you think of the decision, that's not very consistent, is it?

 

Not for the first time.

 

That depends on what you’re comparing it with I suppose.

 

Struggling to think of a more blatant one not given.

 

Absolutely.

 

Other handball decisions this season. It's not coming at him quickly, there's no unexpected movement and his hand's not in a natural position.

 

Really? I thought both players are chasing the ball, both with their arms in virtually identical positions and the ball has just bounced off Odoi. It’s not like he’s spread himself to try and block a shot and the ball was moving away from the goal, so it wasn’t a desperate attempt at an interception. It was a nothing incident and not worthy of a penalty for me.

 

Looked to me that Greenwood was the one controlling the ball with his arm.

 

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Nowt wrong with that

 

It wasn’t desperate but what’s his hand doing there? I wouldn’t have a problem with that kind of incident being only worth of an indirect free kick but I don’t see how the ref can look at it and decide no offence has been committed.

 

Thanks for circling the ball or I wouldn’t have known where to look.