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BobbyD said:
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not sure he is really in a poor position here.

However, he does totally misjudge the power, the swirl and jota running across and thus getting it first.

A mistake but not something i would call a massive howler.
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There are several players at fault, as they all switch off after the chance at the other end.

The two players closest to Gomes should never let the cross come in in the first place.
The left-sided centre-half has no idea where Jota is and gets nowhere near him.
Foster isn't paying attention, panics and tries to punch it clear, missing entirely.

I'm probably just picking him out because the pundits didn't and he's very experienced.
You expect better from someone who's 39 tomorrow.
 
Joe **** misses a sitter. Never seems to get the returns that he should.
Talented player though and still young, plus playing for Watford limits his chances up top.
 
BobbyD said:
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not sure he is really in a poor position here.

However, he does totally misjudge the power, the swirl and jota running across and thus getting it first.

A mistake but not something i would call a massive howler.
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In the old spot the ball competitions, the position of the keeper might cause some confusion as to where the ball is.

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Dier Hard said:
4-1 Brentford… the Eriksen effect.
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This isn't necessarily a good thing. Don't Arsenal still have to play Chelsea? I was regarding that as one of the games we might haul back some points. Now they might be regarding it as a game they can win and possibly catch them.
 
Thinking about VAR again (sorry), or to give it its proper full title "Virtual Assistance for Reds". It seems that the pundits tend to bring up the subject when there are questionable decisions, which means they are missing the point to a great extent. Take the calls yesterday. You can argue about the decisions, but it's hard to say that VAR was certainly wrong. The disallowed Leicester goal, the Liverpool penalty were both decisions that you can disagree with, but they were not 100% wrong. BUT what is very wrong is that the same situation is going to be viewed differently in other matches.

Take the Liverpool penalty. If you give that one then surely there are many others that need to be given. This was said earlier on TalkShite (I listen on my early morning Sunday walks, that incidentally take me past our training ground). The point was made the decision is clearly correct, and that other penalties should be given for the same reasons. The problem is of course that they won't be. And that's where the pundits miss the point of what is wrong with VAR. The problem is where VAR doesn't intervene at all, and it's easy to believe that there is bias there. I'm not saying it's corrupt, but it's bias. And this bias, when added to the bias of the onfield referee means that all VAR has done is provided an extra layer of protection for certain teams. Problem? The onfield ref has given a goal against ManU, or the onfield ref has missed a foul in the box. Solution? VAR. Because you know the same things could happen today and VAR will not intervene. And even if it does it's still random. So far from being the great leveler which it could actually be, all it is doing is reinforcing the problems. (Which of course will never be properly discussed in the media.)
 
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