General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Most important thing for United is to carry this form to the end of the season and prove this is no blip.

What's with all these random one-off midweek games? Were there a lot of postponements before Christmas or something?

When did Weghurst sign for United? Jesus it'd show you how much attention I've paid to the PL this season.

No money because of ffp?

Tipsters reckon 1-1 tonight.

"Even Saturday's victory comes with a caveat, a ridiculous offside decision that anyone who understands football should be infuriated with. More pertinent to the betting preview of this match-up is the performances of Manchester United on their travels. A total of 16 points gained masks the fact they hold a -4 goal difference and a fairly middling +1.6 expected goal difference (xGD) away from home."

Bruno should really avoid doing that on the field with a younger teammate.

Dreadful from Casemiro

Good tracking back. Zaha never looked getting onto that.

Should have been the winner

Just the right amount of salt

TBH.....a lot of the peno decisions go one way or the other depending on the ref's initial decision and VAR will only step in the clarify that decision. Getting the "right" decision, for lack of a better phrase, is a secondary concern IMO.

If the ref had awarded the pen, VAR would have done the exact same thing. Nothing. Because its within this grey area of 'clear and obvious', not another ref making a decision. The pen would stand.

There's a huge amount of similar calls that go one way or the other with them and only sporadically does VAR overturn the initial call, or sent the ref to the monitor. There's not one angle shown that immediately screams the ref "should have seen that", and replaying the tackle at superslow speed even shows the millisecond timing of it. They're not gonna overrule a call like that every time.......that said, if they asked him to go the monitor, it wouldn't surprise me to see him reverse his call.

TBH...I'm more surprised VAR didn't spent more time on Casemiro's yellow than the pen. If there is such a thing as an orange card, it's that challenge, and it might have been looked at closer if the player hadn't bounced up straight away. High, reckless, stopping forward attack.....it had it all, but the quick decision of the ref with the yellow probably stood VAR down in a similar manner.