I’ve seen people facing execution that look more chipper than he does.
And he’s looked like that since about Feb last year.
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This one never gets old…
Although, Ole’s expressions really added to his version
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Me too
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Just watched the ‘highlights’ of the Manchester derby, would have preferred a 0-0 draw with a bunch of red cards but it wasn’t much of a contest, Haaland should probably have had 3 or 4 but he did add a couple to his customary stat padding against relegation fodder.
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Man Utd did for most of the first half hold their own but they’ve got the same issues they had all last season there is no finish.
That’s not logical.
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You of all people, @redfanman! You were the chosen one! (If anything, you should have remembered Austin Butler’s scene with one of my life’s greatest loves, Lea Seydoux).
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I compeltely missed this, but Chelsea got fucked on the late equalizer.
Var identified Outtara to be in an offside position here from the flick on
However, despite him then putting himself between James and the flight of the ball and trying but missing to flick it, VAR deemed that it did not interfere with James’ ability to play the ball so was not offside.
If this is not offside then the rule isn’t fit for purpose. It’s all just so utterly stupid the way the authorities write guidance to help the refs apply these rules that so over complicate what should be an easy decision (once you’ve done the hard bit and identified he was in an offside position) to make the rule end up doing the opposite of what it was intended to do.
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Continuing from what Limie mentions , a lot of Arsenal’s setpiece shithousery will just disappear if the referees just do the basic job of flagging Arsenal’s keeper blocker as being in an offside position.
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Yeah, you probably should rethink the being offside on a corner thing
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I know the keeper blocker makes an attempt to cut back inside and stay on side. But he does put off the keeper off his mark. All things so easily avoided with a better interpretation of the existing rules rather than allowing teams to slip their shit play in between the cracks.
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You cannot be offside on a corner. That is not the frustration anyone has with Arsenal’s set pieces
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Keepers get crapped on with any rule change, this idea we are protected is bollocks and often churned out by the gormless former player on any given weekend.
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I generally agree with you, but sometimes I do indeed think keepers get a free kick too easy compared to players on the pitch and that physical contact is not allowed with a keeper at all and this is not something I like. But I accept it as part of football. But i would like all physical contact to be equal all over the pitch ideally. However, same problem sometimes in the penalty box. What is a free kick outside, not always blown for inside because the consequences are so much bigger.
So there is an element of psychology as to when a ref blows and one could discuss how much etc. Ideally, I want that element out but it’s not a big issue and would be fucking hard anyway.
I am a strange one though, as I rarely get worked up by ref intepretations or if they get something wrong. I tend to defend refs as I know their job in unthankful and very hard. But ideally, yeah, all physical contact ought to be the same all over the pitch and I personally like a high bar of physical contact (higher than most on the forum as I often think many here want free kicks for 50/50s that I absolutely don’t care about enough to bother with commenting on). But as long as bar is the same for all, not a problem really.
lol at the Arsenal sigh at the end.
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But Disasi has four years left on his contract, and Sterling has two years left. I don’t want anyone using the poor Newcastle club excuse again. Clubs do this shit all the fucking time. Good on players for doing the same when they want to force a transfer. Chelsea transfer news, rumours and gossip: Live updates and latest on deals, signings, loans and contracts | Football News | Sky Sports
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So much for Frank being the one to unspursy the impossible.
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Not worried about Guehi’s heading prowess after seeing that vertical ability on the header lead to Mateta’s goal.
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