Wolves 3-2 Man City: Delicious Double Verdict

[Walnut]

What is the point of having pitch side monitors if they are not used. The referee should be the one to make the final decision after looking at the monitor.

 

[nimrod]

What is the point of having pitch side monitors if they are not used. The referee should be the one to make the final decision after looking at the monitor.

far too sensible a suggestion for the twats applying the laws to implement. plus they don’t like backtracking.

 

[Tredman]

I don’t think pitchside monitors will make much of a difference, will just add more time for the process. Can’t see how a ref looking a small monitor pitchside is going to make a better decision than a ref looking at a massive monitor in a studio. Suppose might make more interesting viewing I guess.

If we have to keep the shit show just time limit it. If you can’t make up your mind in 2 (or better 1) minute just move on. Or better still fuck the whole thing right off.

 

[Dinowolf]

I'm sorry, you simply can't convince me that that isn't a foul.

Would it have been a foul if Mahrez had trodden on Dendonker's foot?

 

[Lycan]

It's a ridiculous sport really, one where players, fans and referees are all watching/playing a different game and the majority of decisions are so subjective.

Using technology for things like goal line decisions is a no brainer but VAR is just such a shit show.

 

[sycophantia]

Personally dont think any slight contact should always be a foul but thems currently the rules, not sure why it took so long, it was obvious from the first replay, I like the idea of a time limit on it, if you cant tell after a couple of minutes go with refs original decision

 

[Rui_CostCo]

I thought the delay on the penalty was due to var initially not looking at the foot stomp, but wether Mahrez was hauled back

 

[Tony Towner]

I don’t think pitchside monitors will make much of a difference, will just add more time for the process. Can’t see how a ref looking a small monitor pitchside is going to make a better decision than a ref looking at a massive monitor in a studio. Suppose might make more interesting viewing I guess.

If we have to keep the shit show just time limit it. If you can’t make up your mind in 2 (or better 1) minute just move on. Or better still fuck the whole thing right off.

By the look on Atkinson's face, I don't think he's giving that himself no matter how many times he sees it. The ref has a wider context, the speed of play, what's happened earlier in the game, whether he thinks he's looking for it. I agree it will make it even slower, but VAR tells the ref they think it's worth another look and they make the final decision at least feels like it has more integrity

 

[StuardoWulf]

I'm sorry, you simply can't convince me that that isn't a foul.

In association football, a foul is an unfair act by a player as deemed by the referee.

Is it unfair to run inside of a forward and unintentionally stand on his foot, this after he plants his foot in a position to try and get contact.

Or is it unfair to do a unnatural step to try and get a foul.

 

[StuardoWulf]

From the Guardian
"No player encapsulates this whimsical, juddering jeopardy like Adama Traoré. And as he advanced from the halfway line 10 minutes into the second half, perhaps the most surprising element of this utterly deranged game was that Traoré had played such a scant role in its derangement. He is, after all, the very embodiment of disarray: that enormous squirming frame, the ball spinning from foot to foot like a neutron in fission, the overlaps that confound physics, the crosses that confound geometry. In a game of systems and tactics, Traoré is a one-man system, a tactic in his own right, a barrelling bedlam that in many ways is the very antithesis of Guardiola’s City, a project based on sanity, gravity, control."

 

[Alan]

In association football, a foul is an unfair act by a player as deemed by the referee.

Is it unfair to run inside of a forward and unintentionally stand on his foot, this after he plants his foot in a position to try and get contact.

Or is it unfair to do a unnatural step to try and get a foul.

What, Mahrez divined where Dendoncker was going to step so that he could put his foot down first? I doubt it.

 

[Lycan]

From the Guardian
"No player encapsulates this whimsical, juddering jeopardy like Adama Traoré. And as he advanced from the halfway line 10 minutes into the second half, perhaps the most surprising element of this utterly deranged game was that Traoré had played such a scant role in its derangement. He is, after all, the very embodiment of disarray: that enormous squirming frame, the ball spinning from foot to foot like a neutron in fission, the overlaps that confound physics, the crosses that confound geometry. In a game of systems and tactics, Traoré is a one-man system, a tactic in his own right, a barrelling bedlam that in many ways is the very antithesis of Guardiola’s City, a project based on sanity, gravity, control."

I fucking hate Jonathan Liew. Pretentious prick.

 

[Papper]

Unsure what you're trying to say here. Our goals didn't mask any performance last night?

City were absolutely not complacent. They were full strength against us. Aguero started even though they want to ease him back after his injury. Made sense to take him off, and the de bruyne sub would make sense at the time, though risky.

City are most keen to ensure they finish in the top 2 now. The Ec to them is what the FA cup was to us last year.

The only sensible thing you've said is this final sentence.

Yeah maybe but opinions on football are subjective but I appreciate your judgment. Our demolition of Spurs was masked by their quality in front of goal. City - Two nil up with that sort of quality at their disposal and it should have been game over so I call a degree of complacency but that shouldn't take anything away from Wolves. I get frustrated when the experts point to the 'big teams' dropping clangers rather than the so called ' lesser teams ' producing moments of magic.

 

[Norman Deeley]

From the Guardian
"No player encapsulates this whimsical, juddering jeopardy like Adama Traoré. And as he advanced from the halfway line 10 minutes into the second half, perhaps the most surprising element of this utterly deranged game was that Traoré had played such a scant role in its derangement. He is, after all, the very embodiment of disarray: that enormous squirming frame, the ball spinning from foot to foot like a neutron in fission, the overlaps that confound physics, the crosses that confound geometry. In a game of systems and tactics, Traoré is a one-man system, a tactic in his own right, a barrelling bedlam that in many ways is the very antithesis of Guardiola’s City, a project based on sanity, gravity, control."

What utter wank. One para which exactly tells you that the majority of journalists can't write.

 

[Pablowolf]

I enjoyed the article but it doesn't exactly flow.

 

[StuardoWulf]

What, Mahrez divined where Dendoncker was going to step so that he could put his foot down first? I doubt it.

No he was looking for any contact