Today's Football - 2023/2024 Season

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Fair play to Moyes

Cracking result this if it holds

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

That looked like a foul on Phillips by Gordon. Not a penalty for me.

 

[nsno-chris]

Tell all your strikers to wait for a defender to clear the ball, put your foot in front of them when clearing it, wait for contact and dive

 

[sdk]

The next penalty will result from Gordon diving headfirst into the defender's feet.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Those tend to be given as free kicks when outside the area, I don’t see an issue with that decision

They tend to be given as free kicks when the player nicks the ball. Gordon hasn’t done this. Really he’s the tackler in this situation fouling Phillips.

 

[Clarky cat]

The referees in this country are a joke

The standard has never been lower, just take a minute to think of all the abysmal referees you’ve seen down the years and this lot are somehow worse.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

He's vollied the player and not the ball. It's a pen.

Philips was lazy. Has been every game he's played.

Full of crap. Unless he has eyes in the back of his head he has no idea that someone is about to stick his foot in front of the ball.

If anything, he was fouling Phillips.

 

[Billy Dean]

He's vollied the player and not the ball. It's a pen.

Philips was lazy. Has been every game he's played.

He’s fallen off a cliff. My theory based on nothing is that he ceased being arsed after getting his big City contract.

 

[Efcjake]

He's vollied the player and not the ball. It's a pen.

Philips was lazy. Has been every game he's played.

It's the second time Gordon has jumped into a player trying to kick the ball and won a penalty. Neither time was he actually attempting to play the ball or ever getting there.

 

[nsno-chris]

He's vollied the player and not the ball. It's a pen.

Philips was lazy. Has been every game he's played.

lol lol

 

[PhilM]

He's vollied the player and not the ball. It's a pen.

Philips was lazy. Has been every game he's played.

Gordon has came from behind and wrapped his leg in front of him. Philips has gone for the ball, and doesn't even know Gordon is there. It's Gordon's fault!

 

[Lineker]

That looked like a foul on Phillips by Gordon. Not a penalty for me.

Agree. It could just as easily have been called as tripping (as opposed to kicking) since Gordon never had possession of the ball.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Seriously need sin bins I hate watching guys beat players like Kudus just did and get absolutely nothing from it

 

[Billy Dean]

They tend to be given as free kicks when the player nicks the ball. Gordon hasn’t done this. Really he’s the tackler in this situation fouling Phillips.

Yes I guess that’s fair

 

[PhilM]

The next penalty will result from Gordon diving headfirst into the defender's feet.

And I hope the defender clears his head rather than the ball, repeatedly.