Today’s Football 2019/20 Season

[billyblue80]

I didnt see them winning if they had a crowd there or not myself,had 1-1 lol, but heard they had a decent record v wolves

It's a factor though. Look at the games. No crowd and five subs benefits the bigger clubs if you ask me.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

VAR is very irritating but going back to Kane's disallowed goal; while chalking it off for handball isn't fair, it did redirect the ball to Kane.

Yes

It is never right to massively benefit as a direct or indirect result of foul play. A deliberate trip should never be so hugely rewarded. It went against all the laws of natural justice and embarrassed almost every official.

It happening twice in one night with Mahrez's 'goal' may at least have some good side affects in that the handball rule will have to be modified. ...

Any act of foul play, recognised by the referee as such in real time, which results in the ball hitting the fouled players hand, cannot subsequently be used as a reason to disallow any resultant goal if the same referee had played the advantage rule.

Because City were 4-0 and the last minute theirs didn't count for much but Kane would have levelled the scores, goals change games and is why I rate this injustice far worse.

The referee should be punished not excused for then awarding Sheffield a free kick, he wasn't adjudicating the VAR review and had no excuse whatsoever. The fact he also missed a stonewall red card (for Norwood whom he had just booked) despite looking right at it, just summed his performance up.

 

[Toast]

Giroud starting for Chelsea.

They always seem better with him IMO.
Cracking player.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Giroud starting for Chelsea.

They always seem better with him IMO.
Cracking player.

I agree. Chelsea have some cracking chaps but somehow they lack a backbone. They are a bit lightweight.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Yes

It is never right to massively benefit as a direct or indirect result of foul play. A deliberate trip should never be so hugely rewarded. It went against all the laws of natural justice and embarrassed almost every official.

It happening twice in one night with Mahrez's 'goal' may at least have some good side affects in that the handball rule will have to be modified. ...

Any act of foul play, recognised by the referee as such in real time, which results in the ball hitting the fouled players hand, cannot subsequently be used as a reason to disallow any resultant goal if the same referee had played the advantage rule.

Because City were 4-0 and the last minute theirs didn't count for much but Kane would have levelled the scores, goals change games and is why I rate this injustice far worse.

The referee should be punished not excused for then awarding Sheffield a free kick, he wasn't adjudicating the VAR review and had no excuse whatsoever. The fact he also missed a stonewall red card (for Norwood whom he had just booked) despite looking right at it, just summed his performance up.

That rule doesn't really work without having some kind of wording that the handball has to be accidental and then you open up the whole can that they attempted to close by having this rule be black and white to begin with.

 

[toffeejack]

Wish we could tempt lacazette for actual first team football. Top 7 is slipping away now

 

[tsubaki]

good goal that

1-0 (girooo)

 

[Toast]

Giroud.

Lovely move.

 

[4737carlin]

Great passing play

 

[longers]

assisting nicely

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Giroud starting for Chelsea.

They always seem better with him IMO.
Cracking player.

Ronald Koeman agrees. In fairness, he would have probably been a good signing.

 

[marnie]

Ronald Koeman agrees. In fairness, he would have probably been a good signing.

If his wife didn't wear the trousers.The little Bish (him)

 

[Toast]

Ronald Koeman agrees. In fairness, he would have probably been a good signing.

Weird how Koeman and Martinez are now manages of top international sides isn’t it ?
Some guys have all the luck as Rod used to sing.

 

[tsubaki]

lol @ Capoue

 

[Lelouch]

Watford can still go down...