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

Pauliedragon · 07-05-2023 04:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566135#Comment_120566135

It seems to be creeping in more and more lately or it's just my imagination. Newcastle are masters but I've seen other clubs Arsenal and Everton to name 2. We're used to it towards the end of games when a team are a goal up and that's understandable but now it's from KO with some teams. Time wasting seems to be the new diving.

Xander10 · 07-05-2023 04:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566159#Comment_120566159

Arsenal aren't far behind them with these antics, in fairness

theoneeyedman · 07-05-2023 04:36PM

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Ti's hilarious.

Shearer on the halftime bitcjing about VAR - 'how can they overturn that penalty, are they 100% certain it's hot his thigh? 100% sure? Is it clear and obvious howler??'

Er yes Alan, take the magpie colored glass off and cop the fvck on!

Being an ex player is a brilliant scam, just rock up to a studio and talk sh1te and get paid for it.

eigrod · 07-05-2023 04:37PM

https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1655235065767510016?s=61

Hopefully this will be a regular thing at St James Park and The Etihad. The Premier League need to be reminded what they’ve allowed in.

kowloonkev · 07-05-2023 04:39PM

Shearer is very angry the penalty was overturned. Saying it wasn't clear and obvious. Dermot Gallagher saying that the ref has the option to go to the screen and stick with his original decision. Yeah right Dermot.

theoneeyedman · 07-05-2023 04:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566225#Comment_120566225

Why have the likes of Shearer on on these games? Is it for the rise? If so, I'm sure they could get another biased Geordie but with a sense of humour a lot cheaper.

He was arguing, shouting 'can he be 100% sure it hit his thigh' repeatedly. Er yes Alan, we can, it hit his thigh!

kowloonkev · 07-05-2023 04:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566238#Comment_120566238

I guess it adds to the entertainment.

Quazzie · 07-05-2023 04:49PM

Guimaraes is surely due a yellow for the sheer volume of fouls alone.

07-05-2023 04:52PM

Newcastle leave the foot in after every pass, ref no interest in cards

OwaynOTT · 07-05-2023 04:54PM

Newcastle are city like with the inability to pick up cards.

07-05-2023 04:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566186#Comment_120566186

Teams are deffo embracing getting all the edges they can and if you can play less minutes when ahead or getting a point you weren't expecting to it all adds up.

I can't remember the teams but one relegation team had played closer to 2 games more minutes wise then another this season.

theoneeyedman · 07-05-2023 04:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566274#Comment_120566274

Let It Flow, innit.

Bruno and Joelinton the worst culprits, ref doesn't want to know. He'll wait until someone gets hurt, then he'll book one of them.

Quazzie · 07-05-2023 05:01PM

The referee has created what's going on with his lack of yellow cards.

07-05-2023 05:07PM

Oh another dreadful tackle from Newcastle

CSF · 07-05-2023 05:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566325#Comment_120566325

The most bonkers thing is that the English view this sort of thing as sensible refereeing. Far too many ordinary people out there who view their opinions on how much referees should allow in a professional football match as a reflection of their own masculinity.

noodler · 07-05-2023 05:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566300#Comment_120566300

They two of them are really horrible tacklers.

djan · 07-05-2023 05:09PM

Refereeing has been absolutely abysmal, especially the lenience towards Newcastle with the likes Bruno G having done enough to get 4 yellows at least. The fact that there's tackles flying in every odd minute is due to the lack of game control. Won't make headlines like bad VAR calls but really needs examining.

CSF · 07-05-2023 05:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566362#Comment_120566362

Controversial opinion here, but Newcastle aren’t anywhere near top 4 this season IMO, if not for those changes they made around 2 seasons ago where they decided refs were going to let a lot more go.

SlickRic · 07-05-2023 05:17PM

Newcastle have been thugs today.

Frantic thugs.

Arsenal so impressive. I fully thought they'd lose today.

noodler · 07-05-2023 05:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566397#Comment_120566397

They've been great, really admirable performance.

Newcastle will still get top four but they've got what they deserve today.

07-05-2023 05:23PM

Newcastle are a team of thugs that very occasionally break into fits of playing football. Howe and his coaches are a disgrace. Watching Anderson throw himself into Xhaka there to try and win a penalty is grim viewing (it's the kind of stuff that should see a 20 min sin bin and a couple of match ban retrospectively).

Football has always had teams that play the villains, but this Newcastle lot are another level of disgusting. That's on a football level only as well, without adding in the Saudi ownership to the mix.

irelandrover · 07-05-2023 05:30PM

Just looked at city's remaining fixtures. Chelsea is actually their easiest game. That's how bad lampard has them playing

07-05-2023 05:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566371#Comment_120566371

They do and have played some nice football at times and have good patterns of play, they are good at getting an early goal and are defensively very sound and Greta on the counter.

Extremely unlikely team not even considering the owners, just fully embrace the dark arts throughout the team.

Thier goal difference is fairly decent like not exactly just scrapping through a lot of tight games either.

CSF · 07-05-2023 05:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566455#Comment_120566455

My argument is that what they get away with (and previously wouldn’t have) has provided a fairly sizeable competitive advantage in a league of fine margins.

I can’t think of another team that benefits from the nonsense non-refereeing nearly as much.

mobydopy · 07-05-2023 05:34PM

Fantastic result for Arsenal. Doesn't change the fact City will probably still comfortably win the league but there's still hope for Arsenal

Azatadine · 07-05-2023 05:42PM

The "bottlers" term which a few posters here were throwing around a couple of weeks back can be dispensed with in terms of Arsenal. I think City will win it now but Arsenal are pushing them to the wire and they had to show grit and reliance there today.

07-05-2023 05:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566465#Comment_120566465

O ya I know just saying, football wise they have been good as well, obviously very hard to quantify how much the dark arts has helped them and tbf I've only seen around 8 of there games. So I cant say for sure how much either,

They are a horrible watch and very unlikeable no doubt about that

CSF · 07-05-2023 05:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566520#Comment_120566520

I think it’ll have seen them over the line in a number of games. They obviously have other qualities too, but without the insane refereeing I reckon we’re merely talking about them being a team on the up.

OmegaGene · 07-05-2023 06:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566353#Comment_120566353

What makes you say the english view this as sensible referring ? listening to talk sport here and it is flooded with english based callers complaining about it

Drumpot · 07-05-2023 06:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120566501#Comment_120566501

I won’t get into the arsenal bottlers debate but the pressure is far less when you are coming from behind. You can’t bottle something that’s out of your hand.

I think It’s far harder and there’s more pressure to stay top, than to chase the top team, particularly when you have already wrapped up 2nd as a minimum. City have an advantage over everybody because only Liverpool have league winning pedigree, everybody else has yet to show the composure or capacity to consistently win when it matters, so are at a disadvantage. So when the business part of the season comes, it’s all about keeping your nerve then anything else.

It was part of the reason United won so many leagues. They weren’t always miles ahead of whatever team was challenging them, but they could keep squeezing out wins in April/May when the pressure was really on and it really mattered. There were times when you could argue their rivals were stronger than them but United held their nerve as their opponents couldn’t.

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

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