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Premier League 2025/26 Thread

By OntarioFox, in General Football and Sport

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Nalis

Nalis

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2 hours ago, adam said:

That was pathetic at the end there. VAR summed up in one move. Absolutely no common sense.

Letter of the law beats common sense whether we like it or not

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Finnegan

Finnegan

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A load of manufactured "controversy" over nothing.

 

This isn't anything to do with VAR, it's just a 10000/1 situation that's very weird, almost never comes up, isn't likely to happen again for decades and is completely covered by the rules. 

 

"Common sense" is a really ****ing stupid argument. If Cherki picked up the ball and threw it in the net after a geat move should we ignore the hand ball because of rules? 

 

They're pull each other's shirts, they both foul each other, the ref can play advantage and doing so instead of sending the defender off would be the common sense but Haaland then fouls him back. Very, very obviously. In fact, so obviously it's worse than the original offence lol

 

You can't just let them have the goal ffs. Gotta be stupid to be calling that controversial. 

 

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bmt

bmt

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8 hours ago, skolfoxes said:

Probably the correct call ‘technically’.

 

Whilst we all want to see the goal given, you have to go by the letter of the law.

 

By the same token, if they were to beat Arsenal to the title by a single goal that by the letter of the law should have been ruled out, but was given for the entertainment, then it opens a can of worms.

 

Also, Szoboszlai committed a red card offense, if you’re playing Liverpool midweek you’d be pi$$ed off if he wasn’t (correctly) sent off.  

I think everything in your comment is right but its so representative of what football has become. All focussed on absolute correctness of rule application and of what implications they have on other things. The push for 100% accuracy has really killed the game imo.

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LcFc_Smiv

LcFc_Smiv

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3 hours ago, bmt said:

I think everything in your comment is right but its so representative of what football has become. All focussed on absolute correctness of rule application and of what implications they have on other things. The push for 100% accuracy has really killed the game imo.

Its become like that because of the £££ that flows through it. When theres so much money at stake in every area of the game, the pressure is there to ensure every decision is correct. Its also why you have to laugh when you will have Sky and their commentators/pundits drumming up and stirring the outrage pot, they live for the money in the game. As Finnegan says, you cant just ignore the laws and go for what people are calling common sense. Can you imagine the stories Sky and the like would run with then when you have the match officials ignoring laws, the potential implications down the line. It is just a manufactured short term controversy, instead of something which could actually be controversial down the line.

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Super_horns

Super_horns

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Tbh I just saw the first paragraph where he might be talking about VAR and it’s involvement generally but yes obviously in reality the officials cannot just do what they like and do need to follow their own rules as he suggests later on .

Sol thewall Bamba

Sol thewall Bamba

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VAR is deliberately at the centre of these matches to cause controversy, get people talking etc and it works a treat. The article about it on the BBC has the most comments I've ever seen on there. 

 

It's not about the sport, it's a form of marketing.

AKCJ

AKCJ

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11 hours ago, Finnegan said:

A load of manufactured "controversy" over nothing.

 

This isn't anything to do with VAR, it's just a 10000/1 situation that's very weird, almost never comes up, isn't likely to happen again for decades and is completely covered by the rules. 

 

"Common sense" is a really ****ing stupid argument. If Cherki picked up the ball and threw it in the net after a geat move should we ignore the hand ball because of rules? 

 

They're pull each other's shirts, they both foul each other, the ref can play advantage and doing so instead of sending the defender off would be the common sense but Haaland then fouls him back. Very, very obviously. In fact, so obviously it's worse than the original offence lol

 

You can't just let them have the goal ffs. Gotta be stupid to be calling that controversial. 

 

Szoboszlai ruined the moment, not the referee.

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Finnegan

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49 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Szoboszlai ruined the moment, not the referee.

 

Yeah absolutely.

 

Really stupid red card for him as well. Especially as didn't he get another recently? He's one of their most influential players and now he's got a three match ban they'll never be able to appeal for something that just didn't matter. They couldn't win the game or even draw it at that point it was obviously the last action. Stupid. 

 

Super_horns

Super_horns

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1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

 

Yeah absolutely.

 

Really stupid red card for him as well. Especially as didn't he get another recently? He's one of their most influential players and now he's got a three match ban they'll never be able to appeal for something that just didn't matter. They couldn't win the game or even draw it at that point it was obviously the last action. Stupid. 

 

Only one match apparently.

Super_horns

Super_horns

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35 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Winning now anyway. Spurs look atrocious 

Seem to start performing in the second half ..

 

Bournemouth found another star in the making ?

 

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