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

eigrod · 28-10-2023 05:22PM

Incompetent officials again. Absolutely ridiculous that they could look at that 20 times and still deem it a penalty. Looking after their mate reffing again.

machiavellianme · 28-10-2023 05:23PM

I'm not convinced after seeing about 500 replays of the Newcastle penalty that Schar didn't trip himself. One of the softest ones I've seen given.

irelandrover · 28-10-2023 05:24PM

Very harsh penalty against wolves.

ShamoBuc · 28-10-2023 05:25PM

Enjoyable first half. Not a pen for me.

28-10-2023 05:27PM

We are living in a world of make believe now when it comes to VAR and refereeing decisions. No matter what they are seeing right in front of them, and no matter how clear the decision is, they can find a way to interpret it completely differently and give ridiculous decision after ridiculous decision.

y0ssar1an22 · 28-10-2023 05:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121294873#Comment_121294873

thats why the clear and obvious criteria is such a huge flaw, and designed only to protect the officials.

derm on monday will say it was not clear and obvious, sher they had to look at it 20 times. that protects VAR.

about the ref he will say very difficult decision when viewed in real time so he can understand why the on field decision was a pen. ref is protected.

the only criteria should be foul/no foul, pen/no pen, red/no red.

its the single biggest issue with VAR IMO

theoneeyedman · 28-10-2023 05:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121294908#Comment_121294908

Yes, but only for critical decisions, goal/no goal, red/no red.

eigrod · 28-10-2023 06:06PM

Deserved equaliser by Wolves. They deserve to win this and have had some ridiculous decisions go against them again.

Osmosis Jones · 28-10-2023 06:27PM

Pedro Neto pulls up with what looked like a hamstring gone, brilliant player but he really struggles with injuries.

kowloonkev · 29-10-2023 01:44AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121294117#Comment_121294117

Chelsea are a medium sized club. The media don't care about them much because they don't sell papers or get clicks. It's nothing to do with United.

eagle eye · 29-10-2023 07:53AM

The other thing that amazes me about VAR is the amount of grainy images we get when the decision is controversial.

You see replays of a good goal on tv and they are all very sharp but somehow VAR don't have these.

nullzero · 29-10-2023 09:17AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121296899#Comment_121296899

They've won two champions leagues in the last 11 years, they're a big club.

giveitholly · 29-10-2023 10:22AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121297245#Comment_121297245

And two league titles

doc_17 · 29-10-2023 10:47AM

Great day of football ahead. Neither of the Manchester clubs are pulling up trees but I hope it’s not another snooze fest like Arsenal City was.

TitianGerm · 29-10-2023 10:49AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121297533#Comment_121297533

I don't see United keeping City scoreless.

kowloonkev · 29-10-2023 12:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121297245#Comment_121297245

Of course it's all relative but Chelsea probably the third biggest club in London, arguably 5th biggest in England at a push. Fairly small, and fleeting international fanbase...a lot of whom probably support City these days. Historically they're not at the level of the big clubs in Europe by any metric really.

tinpib · 29-10-2023 01:30PM

Jordan Pickford getting involved with something that has nothing to do with him. Picks up a yellow. He is so easy to hate, but entertaining because of that. He is a great premier league heel.

eagle eye · 29-10-2023 03:19PM

So do we have to start considering Villa as serious contenders for a top four spot?

Great manager and it looks likey they now have good depth too. Carlos, Lenglet, Traore, Best, Tielemans and Dendoncker all on the bench today.

Moreno, Buendia, Ramsey and Mings all out injured. I know Mings is out indefinitely and I'm not sure about the others but when you add them to that squad it's quite serious looking.

Bounty Hunter · 29-10-2023 03:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121298477#Comment_121298477

Beundia's injury is another long term one like Mings. Guessing Best = Bailey

I don't think most Villa fans are going to get ahead of ourselves but there is the possibility of a top 5 getting CL football this year and it isn't unthinkable for Villa to be flighting it out with the likes of Newcastle, Manu utd & Brighton for that spot.

Hopefully going deep in Europe will mean a lot of fixtures and we are very dependent on Watkins not getting injured even though the goals are coming from all over atm.