Today’s Football 2019/20 Season

emir · August 31, 2019

zook said:
Cos people seen City dismantle them and decided to write them off despite the fact they’re gonna do that to the vast majority teams this season. There’s a lot of goals in their attack. Diop looks like a very good centre half too.

Unsure about their full backs and Mark Noble still being a Premier League footballer but they have some very good players.

Mark Noble has to be in their team due to his East Londoner status. But yeah, their first game against City is no indication of their true quality. A team with a strike force of Yarmolenko, Haller, Lanzini, Anderson, Fornals is no joke and probably on paper, the best outside of top 6.

KaiserEFC · August 31, 2019

I’m watching all these teams on motd and I’m just sat here thinking “why the hell do we not get any of these jammy goals?!”. We make everything so hard for ourselves.

RomanReigns · August 31, 2019

so Tielemans does not get sent off after a horrendous tackle and then sets up Vardy for Leicester's third goal

wow VAR you suck

KaiserEFC · August 31, 2019

That’s a straight red for Tielemans. VAR looked at it and didn’t give anything. What is the point?

He has to be banned in retrospect surely?

maccavennie · August 31, 2019

killenefc said:
That’s a straight red for Tielemans. VAR looked at it and didn’t give anything. What is the point?

He has to be banned in retrospect surely?

According to MOTD its a yellow at most and it wasn't a clear and obvious error by the ref.

Well I'm just watching a completely different game then because that's a red all day every day of the week

KaiserEFC · August 31, 2019

Erm that’s a straight red for Haller and all. So VAR just isn’t a thing now then yeah?

maccavennie · August 31, 2019

killenefc said:
Erm that’s a straight red for Haller and all. So VAR just isn’t a thing now then yeah?

No mate, that was just an accidental 2 footed lunge from 5 yards away.

Remember, it has to look like an obvious error.

maccavennie · August 31, 2019

VAR shouldn't even be needed for half of this, these decisions are about 5 yards away from the ref so I'm assuming whoever is running VAR is as pissed as the ref cos if they can't make these blatant decisions without VAR well they just look like corrupt bellends

KaiserEFC · August 31, 2019

maccavennie said:
No mate, that was just an accidental 2 footed lunge from 5 yards away.

Remember, it has to look like an obvious error.

My bad a 2 footed challenge from behind isn’t clear and obvious.

Omg that was a penalty on Haller too, why even bother with VAR lol lol

maccavennie · August 31, 2019

killenefc said:
My bad a 2 footed challenge from behind isn’t clear and obvious.

Omg that was a penalty on Haller too, why even bother with VAR then lol lol

Judging by the decisions so far mate they aren't bothering with VAR at all and the refs are all on beak binges.

If you ain't seen the Villa goal you'll love the ref on that one

maccavennie · August 31, 2019

4 games in and we've seen some absolute farcical decisions.

KaiserEFC · August 31, 2019

maccavennie said:
Judging by the decisions so far mate they aren't bothering with VAR at all and the refs are all on beak binges.

If you ain't seen the Villa goal you'll love the ref on that one

Oh I saw that one, I was calling for VAR but now I realise it’s a tool to make referees more incompetent. The VAR bloke should be able to say “no mate this one is wrong and we’re calling it back whether you like it or not”. It’s actually made the game more of a laughing stock

maccavennie · August 31, 2019

killenefc said:
Oh I saw that one, I was calling for VAR but now I realise it’s a tool to make referees more incompetent. The VAR bloke should be able to say “no mate this one is wrong and we’re calling it back whether you like it or not”. It’s actually made the game more of a laughing stock

Yep, it's just become a joke. Carries on like this I won't be arsed with togger much longer because the refs are looking like bigger corrupt knobheads more than usual.

Deleted member 38674 · August 31, 2019

emir said:
Few weeks ago, I mentioned West Ham along with us Leicester and Wolves, in terms of challenging top 6 and I was laughed at. 4 games in and they look fantastic, aside from that game against City.

Good side West Ham. Had so many injuries last season. If they keep Lanzini fit, they’ll be a great shout for top 7.

Haller looks a great signing thus far if he can carry on his Eintracht form. I don’t think Lanzini, Felipe Anderson, Diop or even Yarmolenko would look out of place in a top six side. Very good players but match fitness and injuries were a huge issue for them last year. They essentially lost 5 or 6 of their 1st choice XI for half the season.

Rice a good young player too. Pellegrini a very experienced manager who’s been successful everywhere he’s been. Seem to have many of the ingredients, particularly in attack but need it all to click.

KaiserEFC · August 31, 2019

maccavennie said:
Yep, it's just become a joke. Carries on like this I won't be arsed with togger much longer because the refs are looking like bigger corrupt knobheads more than usual.

Me too, I’m pretty fed up with the sport in general anyway. I’d say they might change it after learning from mistakes this season but then I remember it’s the FA and they won’t see any of these as mistakes.