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Re: 2022-23 English Premier League Discussion Thread 

Post#921 » by HIF » Sun Feb 19, 2023 4:02 pm

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HIF wrote:Manchester ahead at half-time but definitely the second best team. Think Sabitzer should have been given a red for that late high leg breaker too.

Dude, that was **** nasty. Red would have been fair :(


You played well second half but I just don't understand the Sabitzer incident and I've watched the second goal so many times and it still looks offside to me. I guess they choose when they want to draw the lines.
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Re: 2022-23 English Premier League Discussion Thread 

Post#923 » by Baphomet » Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:27 pm

Good performance today from Spurs, and move into the top four with that win.

West Ham are truly awful.
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Post#924 » by Shaazzam » Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:50 pm

Just finished the second half now. Leicester were junk. United looked amazing. Maddison was trash all game.

Rashy, holy smokes. And he's still 12 goals behind Haaland lolol. Excellent game by Bruno, Shaw is tops right now.
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Post#925 » by Baphomet » Sun Feb 19, 2023 7:43 pm

Shaazzam wrote:Just finished the second half now. Leicester were junk. United looked amazing. Maddison was trash all game.

Rashy, holy smokes. And he's still 12 goals behind Haaland lolol. Excellent game by Bruno, Shaw is tops right now.


You're going to incur HIF's wrath with that. I thought they were good first half and got unlucky with some decisions.

That must make Spurs super junk because we got battered by them last weekend. :lol:
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Post#926 » by Shaazzam » Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:00 pm

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Shaazzam wrote:Just finished the second half now. Leicester were junk. United looked amazing. Maddison was trash all game.

Rashy, holy smokes. And he's still 12 goals behind Haaland lolol. Excellent game by Bruno, Shaw is tops right now.


You're going to incur HIF's wrath with that. I thought they were good first half and got unlucky with some decisions.

That must make Spurs super junk because we got battered by them last weekend. :lol:

The junk comment was specifically for the second. We blew them off the park. Possibly they were demoralized and in the first they were the better team. Also, I did say it would have been fair if Sabitzer got a red.

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Re: 2022-23 English Premier League Discussion Thread 

Post#927 » by HIF » Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:37 pm

maddison out against Arsenal. I was thinking a 4-3 win for the foxes now it's more likely 4-1 to Arsenal. Not looking forward to listening to alan smith pretending he's not anti-Leicester.
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Post#928 » by MaliBrah » Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:38 pm

PL reffing is a scandal man lol , white tickles Ward's arm goal ruled out fair.... Souttar spears Saka on a cross. Incidental contact play on!!
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Post#929 » by Sedale Threatt » Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:58 pm

That was probably a foul, but in an extremely physical league like the Premiership where they can't even consistently get offsides correct, ticky-tack sht like that is tough to swallow. Still just aren't creating enough opportunities.
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Post#930 » by HIF » Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:32 pm

MaliBrah wrote:PL reffing is a scandal man lol , white tickles Ward's arm goal ruled out fair.... Souttar spears Saka on a cross. Incidental contact play on!!


You're joking on both accounts aren't you?

As for the match. Brendan ball until Arsenal scored with attackers on the pitch not suited to that style of play. Then Leicester attacked the weak arsenal defence but it was too late.

Leicester were poor but arsenal were not much better. It's hard to believe that is the team 5 points clear in the league.
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Re: 2022-23 English Premier League Discussion Thread 

Post#931 » by MaliBrah » Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:33 pm

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MaliBrah wrote:PL reffing is a scandal man lol , white tickles Ward's arm goal ruled out fair.... Souttar spears Saka on a cross. Incidental contact play on!!


You're joking on both accounts aren't you?

As for the match. Brendan ball until Arsenal scored with attackers on the pitch not suited to that style of play. Then Leicester attacked the weak arsenal defence but it was too late.

Leicester were poor but arsenal were not much better. It's hard to believe that is the team 5 points clear in the league.

i'm being dead serious i'm fine with ruling out and re reffing that soft contact on Ward , it is what it is....but Souttar is a nailed on certain penalty. Not even a question he just bundles over and takes Saka out.

I thought we were awful in the final third and a lot of situations wasted but the first two thirds of the field we dominated .Leicester couldn't touch the ball until late in the game. That's why we're top of the league tbh we've just stifled and completely taken teams out of games for most of the season. What is hurting us now is teams are packing their box in and dont even want to press us and move forward and we cant seem to find holes and create clear clear shots

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Post#932 » by Sedale Threatt » Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:13 pm

It's always a relief when you get your just rewards for a dominating performance. Football is a cruel game and that doesn't always happen. But I still didn't think it was a particularly good performance and the xG bears that out. I'm just ready for Gabriel Jesus to be back. Scoring goals has been a real chore lately and it feels like they're really missing him at the moment.
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Post#933 » by Sedale Threatt » Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:27 pm

On the brighter side, Trossard and Jorginho have been very solid pickups. Both had quality games today.
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Post#934 » by HIF » Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:40 am

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MaliBrah wrote:PL reffing is a scandal man lol , white tickles Ward's arm goal ruled out fair.... Souttar spears Saka on a cross. Incidental contact play on!!


You're joking on both accounts aren't you?

As for the match. Brendan ball until Arsenal scored with attackers on the pitch not suited to that style of play. Then Leicester attacked the weak arsenal defence but it was too late.

Leicester were poor but arsenal were not much better. It's hard to believe that is the team 5 points clear in the league.

i'm being dead serious i'm fine with ruling out and re reffing that soft contact on Ward , it is what it is....but Souttar is a nailed on certain penalty. Not even a question he just bundles over and takes Saka out.

I thought we were awful in the final third and a lot of situations wasted but the first two thirds of the field we dominated .Leicester couldn't touch the ball until late in the game. That's why we're top of the league tbh we've just stifled and completely taken teams out of games for most of the season. What is hurting us now is teams are packing their box in and dont even want to press us and move forward and we cant seem to find holes and create clear clear shots

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White was gripping Ward's arm to his chest and trying to hide it from the referee. It was so clear a foul that you'd need to be blind not to see it. If that had been the other way round then you'd rightfully want a penalty through VAR. With Souttar, Saka cut him up and brought him down and he fell into Saka. A simple coming together or a foul by Saka.

Arsenal were awful , I agree. Leicester were simply pathetic and passive. Brendan ball at its worse. Hopefully we'll be hiring Potter in the summer. Having watched all of the top teams several times this season. Man city still seem the best team to me, Man U are on fire and Arsenal the third best. All of them have weaknesses and the closeness of the likes of Fulham, Newcastle and Brighton shows how even the teams are this season.
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Re: 2022-23 English Premier League Discussion Thread 

Post#935 » by HIF » Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:43 am

Sedale Threatt wrote:On the brighter side, Trossard and Jorginho have been very solid pickups. Both had quality games today.


Trossard is overrated and Jofghino is a cheat. How many times did he stop the game and pretend he had a head injury yesterday, the ball must have been in play for at least 4 minutes after Arsenal got the lead. The refs are letting the game go to hell in a handcart.
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Post#936 » by MaliBrah » Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:29 am

"Saka cut up Souttar and brought him down" is a level of analysis beyond reality genuinely. That is not remotely close to what happened. My point is how dare VAR bring out a magnifying glass to spot a light hold a whole phase before our goal to rule it out and then ignore Souttar's peak Maguireness just bundling over and then hugging onto saka for dear life to track his run. It's insane how they pick and choose when to intervene. I'm fine ruling that goal out , buy they've then set the level of scrutiny they'll use VAR for in that match. So lets watch Souttar

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He trips over his own feet clearly trying to plant his right leg , stumbles over and just bulldozes Saka down , they had Mr Dermot Gallagher that backs every decision a ref makes saying how on earth wasn't this a pen.How can anyone watch this and say "it's a foul by saka" with a straight face. But hey Var wants to rule out goals from a defender tickling a keeper's arm on a set piece from a previous phase a play.

Also why stop at the Manchester clubs? Spurs , Newcastle , Brentford , and Brighton have been better than Arsenal too darn it. We're just lucky to be here!

No one has more points
1 team has conceded less goals(Newcastle)
1 team has scored more goals (City)
1 team has a better GD(City)
Arsenal have been by far and away the best team when you look at the Away table , not 1 team in the league is close
City and Arsenal have far better underlying numbers then the rest of the pack.

Our top scorer from last year has just rejoined the squad and our best player pre world cup is about to return as well. It'll be a much needed boost for the run in and will go a long way to solving the issues we have solving these compact and packed defences. Rodgers tried to go toe to toe with United at Old trafford last week leaving loads of space behind and granted he didn't have Maddison this week he played extremely cautious and like all teams we've faced recently packed the box and the edge of the area at home.
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Re: 2022-23 English Premier League Discussion Thread 

Post#937 » by HIF » Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:31 pm

MaliBrah wrote:"Saka cut up Souttar and brought him down" is a level of analysis beyond reality genuinely. That is not remotely close to what happened. My point is how dare VAR bring out a magnifying glass to spot a light hold a whole phase before our goal to rule it out and then ignore Souttar's peak Maguireness just bundling over and then hugging onto saka for dear life to track his run. It's insane how they pick and choose when to intervene. I'm fine ruling that goal out , buy they've then set the level of scrutiny they'll use VAR for in that match. So lets watch Souttar

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He trips over his own feet clearly trying to plant his right leg , stumbles over and just bulldozes Saka down , they had Mr Dermot Gallagher that backs every decision a ref makes saying how on earth wasn't this a pen.How can anyone watch this and say "it's a foul by saka" with a straight face. But hey Var wants to rule out goals from a defender tickling a keeper's arm on a set piece from a previous phase a play.

Also why stop at the Manchester clubs? Spurs , Newcastle , Brentford , and Brighton have been better than Arsenal too darn it. We're just lucky to be here!

No one has more points
1 team has conceded less goals(Newcastle)
1 team has scored more goals (City)
1 team has a better GD(City)
Arsenal have been by far and away the best team when you look at the Away table , not 1 team in the league is close
City and Arsenal have far better underlying numbers then the rest of the pack.

Our top scorer from last year has just rejoined the squad and our best player pre world cup is about to return as well. It'll be a much needed boost for the run in and will go a long way to solving the issues we have solving these compact and packed defences. Rodgers tried to go toe to toe with United at Old trafford last week leaving loads of space behind and granted he didn't have Maddison this week he played extremely cautious and like all teams we've faced recently packed the box and the edge of the area at home.


you're embarrassing yourself.

Poor little Arsenal.

Anyone would think that they've done sweet FA for 20 years.

You've been incredibly lucky with injuries yet you're crying about the Man city reject. Having said that my prayers are with both Jorghino and Xhaka who must surely have many broken bones, having seen their display yesterday.
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Post#938 » by HIF » Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:45 pm

loved the way 20 year old Kristiansen pocketed the Arsenal god, yesterday.
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Post#939 » by Baseline81 » Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:00 pm

Anyone watching this match between Tottenham and Chelsea?

Ref gives Ziyech a straight red, goes to the monitor and downgrades it to a yellow. Both the broadcaster and half-time analysis were stunned it was overturned.

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Post#940 » by Sedale Threatt » Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:14 pm

HIF wrote:Trossard is overrated and Jofghino is a cheat.


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