General Premier League Thread 2020-21 - Mod Notes in 1st post. [Updated 17/12/20]

That's a pen, it was kicked from quite far away

At least it's consistent even if it's a load of ****e

Haha what a miss

niallo27

Justice. I'm delighted. Soft as ****. Lot of hearts broken here.

Trouser Snake

Did his left leg hit the ball first?

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niallo27 wrote: »

Justice. I'm delighted. Soft as ****. Lot of hearts broken here.

You need to get a grip of yourself, not healthy to be going on like that.

fyfe79

Ridiculous rule, but the correct decision to award.

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Edersen gathers well, Mane did well initially but I thought he was going to try bend it in.

TitianGerm

I think most of us here would agree that the handball and offside rules are gone mad.

fyfe79

fyfe79 wrote: »

Ridiculous rule, but the correct decision to award.

It's bolox. The Leicester game earlier was the same

GLaDOS

One of the less controversial handball decisions tbh.

Can't believe he didn't even hit the target.

Father Hernandez

TitianGerm wrote: »

I think most of us here would agree that the handball and offside rules are gone mad.

It's a penalty under the new rules, but the rules are ridicilious.

In fairness to Gomez, he looks like he's taking his arm out of the way.

Mr.Nice Guy

Sky complaining about these pens but in the other top leagues they give them without a second thought. The rules are what they are. A lot of these pundits seem to think England shouldn't apply them because it's England.

niallo27

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You need to get a grip of yourself, not healthy to be going on like that.

Your right, where is my shotgun.

~Rebel~

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Sky complaining about these pens but in the other top leagues they give them without a second thought. The rules are what they are. A lot of these pundits seem to think England shouldn't apply them because it's England.

Prior to VAR, were the rules elsewhere more strict than they were in England though?

Just wondering if the enforcement of VAR was less of a leap elsewhere than the chasm between the past and present of English reffing.

GLaDOS

Liverpool need to more decisive around the box, few opportunities squandered now.

Great first half of football from a neutral perspective.

Good first half

Two best teams in the league by far and it's clear to see

~Rebel~

1-1 probably fair enough at the break. Good game.

Did they not decide to row back on the handball thing though and now it's like they have started again

Entertaining half of football that..

~Rebel~

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Did they not decide to row back on the handball thing though and now it's like they have started again

Entertaining half of football that..

Crazily enough, this is the rowed back version... at the start of the season every handball was a pen, even if it bounced onto your hand off your own thigh half a yard away.

At least in the two today the ball travelled a bit - though I'd not have wanted either called, since the movements and positions in both cases were natural.

Keane calling walker an idiot haha

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Keane calling walker an idiot haha

That was brilliant 'because he is up against an idiot' :pac:

Trouser Snake

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Keane calling walker an idiot haha

He's not wrong though. Brilliant

monkey9

I'm probably making this up, but after all the ridiculous handball decisions earlier on this season like the one for the Newcastle equaliser against Spurs, didn't the PL get permission from UEFA to allow them to give their own interpretation of the handball law??

Agent Coulson

NBC are saying UEFA have contacted FIFA to get more clarification on the handball rule so that to me would mean plenty of European leagues aren't happy with these new laws not just the Premier League.

Poor tackle from matip

Deserved yellow

KDB looks in bother

Mr.Nice Guy

What would help the viewer is if they put on screen the wording of the rule for the offence being investigated. And the big screen could say "Investigating potential breach of Code 43.6" or whatever. Then we at least know what the officials are looking out for in whatever incident is being monitored.

Having Gary Neville say, 'It's not a pen but in this world it is a pen' is nonsense on several levels. It doesn't help the officials either, whose job is to apply the laws.

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Jaysus Gomez leaving KdeB a lot of space out on the right there

GLaDOS

Ederson got away with that one, poor punch.

Terrible miss from Jesus

Slattsy

Firmino poisonous again.