Premier League 2020/21 Thread

[Tuna]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

Beat Palace and we're looking good for top 4

Win our next three and I think that could be enough.

[Corky]

David Moyes on the touchline has a permanent look of a man trying to get kids to stop playing football outside his gate.

[Guest ttfn]

Since Tuchel came in Chelsea have played 21 games and only conceded 10 goals. 

 

5 of them were in one match against Sam Allardyce’s West Brom.

 

I know people know this already but that is absolutely insane. An incredible defensive record in 20 of the 21 games (16 clean sheets) and they conceded 5 at home to West Brom.

[Tom12345]

Chris Kavanagh must be suspended from refereeing PL games after that atrocious decision, especially after watching it multiple times on TV. None of us saw anything. How did he when he is supposed to be the expert. Or there must be something wrong with how VAR videos are being shown.

[Leicester_Loyal]

Just now, Tom12345 said:

Chris Kavanagh must be suspended from refereeing PL games after that atrocious decision, especially after watching it multiple times on TV. None of us saw anything. How did he when he is supposed to be the expert. Or there must be something wrong with how VAR videos are being shown.

He won't be, there's no accountability as a referee.

[Tuna]

 

[Tuna]

1 minute ago, Tom12345 said:

Chris Kavanagh must be suspended from refereeing PL games after that atrocious decision, especially after watching it multiple times on TV. None of us saw anything. How did he when he is supposed to be the expert. Or there must be something wrong with how VAR videos are being shown.

Nowt will happen to Kavanagh and Moyes will get done for saying the decision was "rubbish".

[Gravel]

1 minute ago, Tuna said:

 

Get off the fence 

[Super_horns]

5 minutes ago, Gravel said:

Get off the fence 

Although in this case the decision made by the ref was the problem - not VAR itself.

 

I often think people mean to say the ref is poor rather than the system. 

[Gerard]

We play twice before any of our top four rivals play again.

 

By 10 o'clock next Friday we could be sitting 3rd and 10pts clear of 5th. 

 

C'mon Leicester the time to make our move is now by beating Palace at home and Southampton away. It could be nearly all over in a week.

[whoareyaaa]

18 minutes ago, Tuna said:

On the West Ham red card, broadcasters are going to have to have a laughter track on standby for future VAR calls because that decision was an absolute joke.

probably a betting syndicate in play

[Unabomber]

4 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Although in this case the decision made by the ref was the problem - not VAR itself.

 

I often think people mean to say the ref is poor rather than the system. 

Without VAR that guy doesn’t get needlessly sent off though. I appreciate ultimately the rules and officials are to blame but you can’t get rid of both of those. You can get rid of VAR though and that would improve the game massively. 

Edited 24 April 2021 by Unabomber

[Lineker's Lugs]

4 minutes ago, Gerard said:

We play twice before any of our top four rivals play again.

 

By 10 o'clock next Friday we could be sitting 3rd and 10pts clear of 5th. 

 

C'mon Leicester the time to make our move is now by beating Palace at home and Southampton away. It could be nearly all over in a week.

Yeah but Southampton away is never easy!

 

[st albans fox]

7 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Although in this case the decision made by the ref was the problem - not VAR itself.

 

I often think people mean to say the ref is poor rather than the system. 

Var brings it to the attention of the ref. var is the issue on this 

 

how about we change it so that the refs decision can only be rescinded.  So if he gives a red or an incorrect pen or a lino an incorrect offside then the var can ask him to check his decision or the offside can be corrected. But the var cannot ask him to re ref the call he hasn’t  made 

 

this way, only calls the ref/lino has made which are incorrect can be reversed.  there will be occasions where a handball should have been given or perhaps a red but who cares....we will keep the on field decision as paramount.  

 

there will be no pens given by var interventions 

there will be no red cards awarded after a var intervention 

there will be no offsides given after a goal has been scored or penalty awarded 

 

or just scrap it completely .......

[hackneyfox]

On 21/04/2021 at 13:50, Ric Flair said:

then this gaff would be right up Rodgers and the teams harris's and especially when following up that with what we are doing this season.

 

Pedants' Corner

It's not 'harris' it's 'arris'.

Bottle and glass- arse

Bottle-Aristotle-arris.

You even get an extra 'r' chucked in gor some reason.

[Super_horns]

23 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Without VAR that guy doesn’t get needlessly sent off though. I appreciate ultimately the rules and officials are to blame but you can’t get rid of both of those. You can get rid of VAR though and that would improve the game massively. 

Fair point.

 

It is basically another ref making a subjective decision probably putting pressure on the on pitch officials at the same time.

 

Its certainly not improved decision making and just causes more confusion.

[OntarioFox]

G'won the Blades, drag BHA back into the scrap. I wanna see the football hipsters explain it when they drop.

[RowlattsFox]

We don't know the discussion between the ref and var ref. But if Var ref says I think you should look at it then I think it usually means he thinks it's a red. Then the on field ref is going to look again with that already in mind, only strong refs will then stick with their original decision.

[filbertway]

34 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Although in this case the decision made by the ref was the problem - not VAR itself.

 

I often think people mean to say the ref is poor rather than the system. 

Nah he's annoyed about the situation but didn't mention it. You can't celebrate a goal properly for fear of it being disallowed, which he is bang on about.

[filbertway]

1 minute ago, OntarioFox said:

G'won the Blades, drag BHA back into the scrap. I wanna see the football hipsters explain it when they drop.

It'd be a freak if they did. They're a couple of players and good luck from being a top half team. It's not being a hipster to know that, it's just watching them play and seeing how well Potter has got them playing.

[filbertway]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

We don't know the discussion between the ref and var ref. But if Var ref says I think you should look at it then I think it usually means he thinks it's a red. Then the on field ref is going to look again with that already in mind, only strong refs will then stick with their original decision.

I hope this isn't his exuse, because if it is, all it proves is that he's massively out of his depth

 

[st albans fox]

Cup final ref is Oliver with kavanagh on var (a reversal of this evenings  sh1tshow) 

[filbertway]

Just now, st albans fox said:

Cup final ref is Oliver with kavanagh on var (a reversal of this evenings  sh1tshow) 

I'll be very surprised if it stays that way.

[Finnegan]

42 minutes ago, Tuna said:

 

 

I really wish these cvnts would stop pushing this agenda. Don't applaud Rio for this, BT Sport and the Big Six would absolutely love to drive off VAR, they're absolutely desperate for it to fail so we can go back to completely unchecked decisions and linesmen taking random guesses at offside that always benefit Salah, Kane, Mane and Co. 

 

It's not VAR that's the problem, it's the laws. West Ham haven't had a man sent off because of VAR, what has VAR got to do with that red card other than they watched the incident a few times? 

 

The problem is the laws. The laws that say that's an unsafe piece of play. VAR is just a few cameras to show you it from five thousand angles. The problem isn't that, the problem is the laws that say that a player catching someone else with his studs up is dangerous and a red regardless of context or mitigation. The problem is the ref who watched it from five thousand angles and was still stupid enough to decide it was worthy of a card. 

 

None of that is the fault of technology in sport which we absolutely should have. 

[st albans fox]

4 minutes ago, filbertway said:

I'll be very surprised if it stays that way.

I just saw that Peter banks was supposed to be the var today.  I’m sure I heard it was Oliver ??