General Premier League Thread 2023-24 Mod Note in op 27/6/23 And 21/05/24

Kiith · 24-09-2023 03:22PM

Always a fun game to watch.

pjohnson · 24-09-2023 03:26PM

VAR could be replaced by a coin toss and it'd be probably more accurate than it currently is.

Amazing how awfully it is used.

SlickRic · 24-09-2023 03:28PM

Nketiah should be off.

Horrible challenge.

Tandey · 24-09-2023 03:33PM

Did I see Havertz come on at ht?

Haven't seen him since.

mobydopy · 24-09-2023 03:35PM

Chelsea losing at home to Villa. Poch could be in trouble soon

Dr. Bre · 24-09-2023 03:36PM

Chelsea need to spend another billion

Quazzie · 24-09-2023 03:38PM

Romero gets a yellow for grabbing a player by the throat. Where's the consistency?

McFly85 · 24-09-2023 04:22PM

Howe complaining the turnaround from the CL isn’t what it could have been.

He had the earliest game on Tuesday to the late game on a Sunday!

jacool · 24-09-2023 04:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121150557#Comment_121150557

He took 100% the exact same penalty as Saka. Goalkeepers are making it easy for them.

Bring back Packie Bonnar - he just dived whatever way the ball went and hoped to save a badly taken spotter, as he did!

Fitz* · 24-09-2023 04:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121151106#Comment_121151106

Some cheek!

SlickRic · 24-09-2023 04:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121151106#Comment_121151106

He's a chancer.

He also all but blamed his team's loss to Liverpool on Liverpool not going down to 9.

He also thinks they are unfairly cast as timewasters.

There is ALWAYS an excuse with him.

24-09-2023 05:03PM

Very clear example here.

https://twitter.com/MufcWonItAll2/status/1705956294564212976?t=oY-oM440rWSbHwMSYtx1QQ&s=19

DAngelo Bailey · 24-09-2023 05:06PM

Sheffield United are pathetic

DAngelo Bailey · 24-09-2023 05:09PM

That's a stonewall penalty ffs.

retalivity · 24-09-2023 06:01PM

First sacking of the season incoming?

theoneeyedman · 24-09-2023 06:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121151575#Comment_121151575

Wasn't there talk a week or so ago about Chris Wilder lined up for a comeback, four years after he lost the job.

24-09-2023 08:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121150773#Comment_121150773

Ben white didn't handle it, Stonewall penalty. You can't block a shot two yards from goal with your hand out, this is basic stuff.

WesternZulu · 24-09-2023 10:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121151247#Comment_121151247

Every manager does the same thing. Name me a single manager that doesn’t provide excuses when things don’t go their way?

I think he’s a very good manager.

McDermotX · 24-09-2023 11:07PM

Flicking through the stations and MOTD is on

Still hard to see how Nketiah wasn't red carded, either by the ref or on VAR review

This.......this coming from the Ref/PL setup that initially thought Mac Allister's against Bournemouth was justified on the day, but also with VAR reviewing it at the time.

The very definition of a red. Surprised more wasn't made of it.

Edit - BBC just talking about it now. Given is right, for once. Probably the 'most red card' of the season so far. Baffling.

pjohnson · 24-09-2023 11:43PM

That was novel by Heckingbottom/Sheffield. At about 3-0 down he seemingly decided fcuk defending we are crap at that so just keep bombing forward.

SlickRic · 25-09-2023 07:45AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121152714#Comment_121152714

He is very good. But IMO he is the worst for excuses.

Maybe it's because a lot of them come after losses to the team i support (Liverpool), but he's a moan.

I accept all managers to it to some extent, but Howe has a real knack for finding reasons his team gers screwed.

McFly85 · 25-09-2023 09:07AM

Howe is a very good manager. Did very well at Bournemouth and is doing well at Newcastle.

But something about him rubs me the wrong way. I think it’s how dispassionate he tries to be about football.

Trying to take emotion out of the game is one of the factors in the loss to Liverpool imo, and how he was speaking on the eve of Newcastle playing Milan in the San Siro(Never been to a CL game before, I’ve always been too busy working, don’t think there’s any value in the players having a walk round the stadium, it’s just a pitch like any other) sounded almost like he actually doesn’t like football.

I think he’s a good tactician and he’s good at identifying players abilities, but if he’s going to try and ignore the emotional side of the game then he’ll never be top level.

Ottoman_1000 · 25-09-2023 10:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121152886#Comment_121152886

There's something broken badly with the system, how a ref and then VAR after review still deemed McAllister's tackle as red earlier in the season. But Nketiahs tackle a yellow makes absolutely no sense. It ticked every box, late, high, absolutely no control as he lunged, it was a certain leg breaker only Vicario just barely got his leg lifted at the last millisecond.

25-09-2023 12:37PM

Yeah. They got the Chelsea one right after the ref missed it. Some weird ones yesterday. Newcastle didn't get the most blatant peno either

TitianGerm · 25-09-2023 12:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121154368#Comment_121154368

My guess 9n the Newcastle one is because there was so much debate over Gordon diving for the penalty the previous week.

Kiith · 25-09-2023 04:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121152886#Comment_121152886

Yeah, don't understand how it wasn't a red for that. So dangerous, and Vicario was very lucky.

DAngelo Bailey · 25-09-2023 04:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121154449#Comment_121154449

Gordon did what any other player would have done for that Peno and while I agree all the discussion over it certainly didn't help him with the initial refereeing decision it beggars belief that VAR could look at that not send the ref to the monitor.

doc_17 · 25-09-2023 08:23PM

I think Newcastle can’t have any complaints about VAR yesterday, that Gordon hand ball was a shocking call.

Also, great to see Rodri see red. Since the start of last season, and prior to the game on Saturday, he has 59 fouls and 8 yellow card. 7.4 fouls per yellow.

jacool · 26-09-2023 02:16PM

QQ - does anyone know when Sky will announce the December fixtures? Travel and all that - cheers.

TitianGerm · 26-09-2023 06:59PM

https://twitter.com/Football__Tweet/status/1706590981343080738?t=D_aDmioapgpfPXKjBU0tFw&s=19

Everton are releasing a limited edition kit. I like the idea of it but the narrow stripes and all the colours are actually hurting my eyes. A thicker stripe would have been better.

General Premier League Thread 2023-24 Mod Note in op 27/6/23 And 21/05/24

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