Today’s Football 2021/22 Season

[Saint Domingo]

Can Spurs just pretend it’s City

 

[Dutch Toffee]

Tbf I view it more as gross incompetence than conspiracy

Just strange that that gross incompetence always seems to get their way. You're sure there's not a bit of conspiracy/corruption there?

 

[mahermi1]

They get pens for fun, we can't buy one lately.

 

[Lee Smith]

Whenever someone asks me “who do you support?”, I always answer “I support two teams. Everton…. and whoever Liverpool are playing”. But I ain’t going to lie, I’m sitting here hoping Leeds concede about 20 tonight. This is genuinely the only time in my life I’ve felt like this, but my arse is squeaking big time every time I look at the league table, and I just want all the teams around us to get bummed no matter who they’re playing right now.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Haller has scored at both ends

 

[TheBigIguana]

They get pens for fun, we can't buy one lately.

Relying on penalties usually isn't a good strategy. But the reason they get them is they're better at getting the ball in the box and have dribblers who are good at getting fouled (and to be perfectly honest good at diving). We don't really have any of that.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Just strange that that gross incompetence always seems to get their way. You're sure there's not a bit of conspiracy/corruption there?

Well what does the VAR missing a penalty in a Southampton Everton match have to do with preferential treatment toward big clubs?

 

[DualityNSNO]

United are horrible, honestly.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Haller has scored at both ends

In, what, 2 minutes as well? lol

 

[Saint Domingo]

Spurs are an embarrassment. Imagine raising your game for one opponent every season.

I thought Bielsa was the one though lads? Philosophy and all that?

 

[Dutch Toffee]

It is way more questionable in England

I could go on for hours about the ridiculous decisions that have gone to Ajax over here, since the introduction of VAR. It's even be referred to as Volgens Amsterdamse Regels (to Amsterdam rules) over here.

Tbf I view it more as gross incompetence than conspiracy

Just strange that that gross incompetence always seems to get their way. You're sure there's not a bit of conspiracy/corruption there?

Well what does the VAR missing a penalty in a Southampton Everton match have to do with preferential treatment toward big clubs?

For sure they get a lot of things wrong. But my and your initial reponse was about the PL being the most corrupt league in the world.

 

[carolinablue232]

Relying on penalties usually isn't a good strategy. But the reason they get them is they're better at getting the ball in the box and have dribblers who are good at getting fouled (and to be perfectly honest good at diving). We don't really have any of that.

You’re right, but Rich doesn’t dive anymore and still gets no calls even when he’s hacked and in some cases legit arm tackled. Refs have bias even if they don’t intend to.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Spurs are an embarrassment. Imagine raising your game for one opponent every season.

I thought Bielsa was the one though lads? Philosophy and all that?

Yeah cuz other world class managers have a 100% winning record against everybody.

He's a great and ridiculously demanding, to a weird extent, manager. Not everyone's plans always work, so...

 

[TheBigIguana]

For sure they get a lot of things wrong. But my and your initial reponse was about the PL being the most corrupt league in the world.

I didn't mean it like that.

 

[TheBigIguana]

You’re right, but Rich doesn’t dive anymore and still gets no calls even when he’s hacked and in some cases legit arm tackled. Refs have bias even if they don’t intend to.

Oh yeah I think there is an unconscious bias. I just stop short of outright conspiracy.