Premier League Thread 2023/2024

[UniFox21]

This bit of punditry is even worse. Ex Liverpool player slowing it day to 0.05 speed and then zooming it in as much as possible for the faintest touch. 

Same pundits who will shout that football is a contact sport 

 

[Super_horns]

2 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

This bit of punditry is even worse. Ex Liverpool player slowing it day to 0.05 speed and then zooming it in as much as possible for the faintest touch. 

Same pundits who will shout that football is a contact sport 

 

Which is probably what they do in the VAR room too.

[RowlattsFox]

Didn't watch it live but take or both of the pens were given on field? Neither are given otherwise. 

 

Obviously VAR needs to intervene but without it it's still given. 

 

Not enough is made of the players anymore. Football would be easier to ref if it wasn't full of cheating *****.

Pundits and fans clamouring for a foul with the slightest touch don't help. 

Edited 2 January 2024 by RowlattsFox

[filbertway]

There's a very easy way to tell if someone has dived, if their arms go in the air, they're diving. If you get tripped up unexpectedly then you naturally put your arms down to break the fall. 

[Arkie Bennett]

1 hour ago, filbertway said:

There's a very easy way to tell if someone has dived, if their arms go in the air, they're diving. If you get tripped up unexpectedly then you naturally put your arms down to break the fall. 

They usually turn their head to face the referee before/as they land.

[Chelmofox]

Totally glossed over the Jota dive this morning on the Radio. Neville called it out when it happened, but all over punditry seems to have accepted it.

 

Can you imagine how Klopp would be behaving if that was given against Liverpool at 3-2 to kill the game off?

[AllGoneTitsSchlupp]

5 hours ago, filbertway said:

There's a very easy way to tell if someone has dived, if their arms go in the air, they're diving. If you get tripped up unexpectedly then you naturally put your arms down to break the fall. 

and then the way they celebrate as if they’ve scored once it’s given. 

[filbertway]

1 minute ago, AllGoneTitsSchlupp said:

and then the way they celebrate as if they’ve scored once it’s given. 

Another good one is players who are faking a head injury limping away after they've had "treatment"  

 

[SkidsFox]

We really need Man Utd to have a good second half of the season. Last thing we need is a big Manchester club sniffing around our manager. 

[lcfc_forever]

Forest could face FFP trouble, Everton might face further punishment: 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nottingham-forest-could-face-ffp-financial-charge-everton-risk-second-penalty-premier-league-h0zqv8vft

Edited 2 January 2024 by lcfc_forever

[when_you're_smiling]

 

Nothing says ‘fully complied’ more than desperately getting a good lawyer and leaking that to the press.

[weller54]

23 minutes ago, lcfc_forever said:

Forest could face FFP trouble, Everton might face further punishment: 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nottingham-forest-could-face-ffp-financial-charge-everton-risk-second-penalty-premier-league-h0zqv8vft

20 point deduction please.

[Bert]

9 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

Didn't watch it live but take or both of the pens were given on field? Neither are given otherwise. 

 

Obviously VAR needs to intervene but without it it's still given. 

 

Not enough is made of the players anymore. Football would be easier to ref if it wasn't full of cheating *****.

Pundits and fans clamouring for a foul with the slightest touch don't help. 

Yep both given on field. There was contact on Jota. The things that’s boiling everyone’s piss is the theatricals after. Even more so, Jota could’ve easily scored. 

[Tinman]

2 hours ago, lcfc_forever said:

Forest could face FFP trouble, Everton might face further punishment: 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nottingham-forest-could-face-ffp-financial-charge-everton-risk-second-penalty-premier-league-h0zqv8vft

[Super_horns]

Even VAR doesn't want to liven this game up it seems by getting involved. 

[Guest Bilo]

Holy shit, I would be nursing a semi until August. Talk of a 30 point deduction. Get that horrible little club down.

 

 

[Lambert09]

17 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Holy shit, I would be nursing a semi until August. Talk of a 30 point deduction. Get that horrible little club down.

 

 

Most newspapers are kak these days, but credit where it’s due, the use of that lingard image is perfection in this scenario 

[Chelmofox]

59 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Holy shit, I would be nursing a semi until August. Talk of a 30 point deduction. Get that horrible little club down.

 

 

Next season please!

[The Bear]

55 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Next season please!

Now that the PL supposedly fast track these decisions I doubt it'll drag on that long. 

 

I like that Forest's defence is the Johnson money they earned that doesn't count for the period they're being investigated for. 

[Daggers]

2 hours ago, Bilo said:

Holy shit, I would be nursing a semi until August. Talk of a 30 point deduction. Get that horrible little club down.

 

 

 

[Nalis]

Brentford quietly in freefall, lost 7 of their last 8. Wonder if they'd ever pull the trigger on Frank? Toney will be back in a fee weeks I guess.

[Chelmofox]

56 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Brentford quietly in freefall, lost 7 of their last 8. Wonder if they'd ever pull the trigger on Frank? Toney will be back in a fee weeks I guess.

Tony will be sold. Had a hunch this would be a tough year for Brentford. As we found last year, once you are in that bottom 6 its very hard to get out of it.

[CosbehFox]

quite simply brentford have a shit keeper 

[The Bear]

Brentford have had numerous injuries to contend with recently, and now two or three of their starters are off to AFCON. So they won't be improving any time soon. 

[Guest Bilo]

Inject it.