Premier League 2020/21 Thread

[weller54]

1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Take Kane or Son out of this Spurs team and they look a bottom-half team.

Luvvilly jubbilly 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[lnkstern]

Is there any sort of quick concise summary of handball nowadays?

 

This is more a complaint than a request for any sort of in-depth answer.  I freely admit I am not a scholar of the 'rules of the game.'

 

Back in the day, it was 'deliberate handball.'

 

Then it seemed to have evolved to 'hand in an unnatural position.'

 

Now, I just don't know.  I see non-deliberate, non-unnatural position contacts happen -- some are penalized, some not.

 

Perhaps I am just crotchety.

 

[Buce]

10 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Good grief. How long has McManaman had this runny nose? Seems like months now. 'Sniffles' McManaman I'm going to call him, although that makes him sound like a Jazz musician.

 

[UniFox21]

Just now, Vacamion said:

 

And had a fair few other openings, too.

 

It's lazy hindsight commentary.

 

 

Exactly, describes the 3 of them perfectly 

[Leicester_Loyal]

If Kane's out for a month or two they could hopefully put them out of the running for a top 4 place.

[Anglodanglo]

10 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Good grief. How long has McManaman had this runny nose? Seems like months now. 'Sniffles' McManaman I'm going to call him, although that makes him sound like a Jazz musician.

Sniffles McJazzaman

[casablancas]

3 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Take Kane or Son out of this Spurs team and they look a bottom-half team.

Is son still on the pitch? Not heard him mentioned second half. 

[StanSP]

Son is totally lost without Kane next to him.

[Vacamion]

3 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Take Kane or Son out of this Spurs team and they look a bottom-half team.

 

But they always win something in a year ending in a 1.

 

Except when they don't.

 

 

[Vacamion]

13 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Good grief. How long has McManaman had this runny nose? Seems like months now. 'Sniffles' McManaman I'm going to call him, although that makes him sound like a Jazz musician.

 

You utter git.

 

I hadn't noticed it before you mentioned it.

 

Now I can't hear anything else  

[RowlattsFox]

I still find it amazing looking at the supposed top 6 teams and thinking how few I'd swap into our team.

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, Vacamion said:

 

You utter git.

 

I hadn't noticed it before you mentioned it.

 

Now I can't hear anything else  

I remember hearing it months and months ago. It's infuriating  

[jammie82uk]

4 minutes ago, lnkstern said:

Is there any sort of quick concise summary of handball nowadays?

 

This is more a complaint than a request for any sort of in-depth answer.  I freely admit I am not a scholar of the 'rules of the game.'

 

Back in the day, it was 'deliberate handball.'

 

Then it seemed to have evolved to 'hand in an unnatural position.'

 

Now, I just don't know.  I see non-deliberate, non-unnatural position contacts happen -- some are penalized, some not.

 

Perhaps I am just crotchety.

 

“The IFAB have now confirmed that a handball will be awarded if a player makes his body an "unnatural silhouette", i.e. making his body bigger with his arm. It is also automatically an offence if the arm is above shoulder height.

There is now no handball if the ball is deflected onto the arm, or if the ball hits a player using his arm for support.”

 

I was just looking it up, interesting bit in bold so the goal should have stood? 

 

 

[AKCJ]

Wijnaldum has bossed this game. His improvement under Klopp has been immense.

[Vacamion]

 

That sniffing noise every 10 seconds is like the sound of the automatic doors sliding open and shut in Star Trek.

 

 

[UniFox21]

4 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

You utter git.

 

I hadn't noticed it before you mentioned it.

 

Now I can't hear anything else  

Ffs, now I've noticed it 

[weller54]

Dodged a bullet with Bergwijn!!

[UniFox21]

How many touches for Bale this half?

[Happy Fox]

The game against Liverpool is going to be crucial for our top 4 hopes or better 

[lnkstern]

2 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

“The IFAB have now confirmed that a handball will be awarded if a player makes his body an "unnatural silhouette", i.e. making his body bigger with his arm. It is also automatically an offence if the arm is above shoulder height.

There is now no handball if the ball is deflected onto the arm, or if the ball hits a player using his arm for support.”

 

I was just looking it up, interesting bit in bold so the goal should have stood? 

 

 

 

Thank you.  That is fairly concise -- "unnatural silhouette" or "arm above shoulder".

 

Of course I am sure there are numerous caveats we could discuss ad infinitum...

 

[EastNeukFox]

6 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

But they always win something in a year ending in a 1.

 

Except when they don't.

 

 

Haven’t they just won the Green League?

[Hollyfox]

I'm trying to think of something worse than going to a Tottenham v Southampton game and having to listen to the constant drone of 'When the Saints /Spurs go Marching On' for 90 minutes. 

Maybe having a seat next to Glenn Hoddle, just to top it off. 

🙄😕😕

[foxfanazer]

Spurs would be the best team in the league every year if it wasn't for 4 or 5 other sides

[UniFox21]

Hoddle using Bale vs Wycombe to determine he's good enough to make an impact vs Liverpool?

[jammie82uk]

1 minute ago, lnkstern said:

 

Thank you.  That is fairly concise -- "unnatural silhouette" or "arm above shoulder".

 

Of course I am sure there are numerous caveats we could discuss ad infinitum...

 

Yeah unfortunately some rules are sometimes more guidelines and refs discretion then actual rules