Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted
Just got in and put the stream on. No white kit then?

 

Lets hope we can see this through. 15th would be sensational.

 

I doubt we'll ever see the white kit again. Consigned to the ''Marketing disasters'' basket methinks.

Posted
I doubt we'll ever see the white kit again. Consigned to the ''Marketing disasters'' basket methinks.

 

Can't say i'd be upset, love the yellow kit, not sure about the white

Posted

Good half by us, controlled around 75% of that. Goal shouldn't have been a goal, I'll be honest and say that.

 

But we've deserved to be in this position on our first half control of the match. Once we started calming ourselves down, getting the ball on the floor, and working it in between and down the channels we saw the real villa defense. We've got to make it as hard as we can for that Villa back 4 in the 2nd half, because they will continue to wobble and crumble.

Posted
one thing is for sure...all this talk about lambert being moved on in the summer is tragic...

 

he by a country mile, the best player on the pitch....by a country mile....looks like a £15m player

was that his 9th league goal..?

Posted

The game is there for the taking - Villa are poor - one more goal and I just can't see them getting back into it. The only chances they are getting is when we are inexplicably panicking.

Posted
What is it with some fans on this forum , moan when we are not given penaltys and moan when we do . These things tend to even themselves out over a season

 

It's true. The fact is that diving is a real problem, it's cheating plain and simple. don't you agree it would be much better to stamp it out than just hope it evens itself out

Posted

Can see why Villa are struggling - they have even less leadership and defensive organisation than us. Did play a few nice triangles in the last few minutes of the half though.

 

We're pretty direct, but seem to be playing below par. Seems like there is another gear for us to kick into.

 

Need to keep exploiting the wide areas, that's where we're getting best results.

 

Clear dive for the penalty.

Posted

On top most of that half, need to keep it up 2nd half and not flush more points down the ****ter.

 

Rodriguez is a shoe in for next year's Falon D'floor after that penalty winning performance.

Posted

I don't think he dived. It looked to me like he was just trying to withdraw his right foot from the tackle so he didn't get injured. Had he not done that, there definitely would have been contact and it would still have been a penalty.

 

He also appeared to suggest to the ref that he wasn't fouled, so you can't say he deliberately tried to con the ref with a cynical dive.

Posted
I don't think he dived. It looked to me like he was just trying to withdraw his right foot from the tackle so he didn't get injured. Had he not done that, there definitely would have been contact and it would still have been a penalty.

 

Agree. It wasn't a pre-meditated dive IMO

Posted
I don't think he dived. It looked to me like he was just trying to withdraw his right foot from the tackle so he didn't get injured. Had he not done that, there definitely would have been contact and it would still have been a penalty.

 

Now that is the narrative I like.

Posted
I don't think he dived. It looked to me like he was just trying to withdraw his right foot from the tackle so he didn't get injured. Had he not done that, there definitely would have been contact and it would still have been a penalty.

ahh come on...he did..or it very much looks like it..no one bar a few saints fans (and himself) will say otherwise...it will no doubt be a major talking point should we win this game....

 

if benteke done that at the other end..we would be going utterly mental (rightly so)

Posted

Looked to me like J-Rod moved his leg away from a poor lunge that might have caused him serious damage had he left it there and that caused him to topple over. Ref gave a pen. Didn't see it as a dive but more as a poor decision by ref. I could be biased though.

Posted

Not happy if it was a dive to be honest, all games should be reviewed and if diving is found by an independent committee then bans should follow, not an 1 or 2 game ban either, cheating is cheating, it would stop pretty quick after the first 10 game suspension.

Posted
Does anybody think we should gift them a goal to make up for the 'dive' ?

 

Nah, me neither !

 

In the last minute, once we're 4:0 up ?

Nah, keep the clean sheet.

 

As for the white kit, this is the first match I've watched wearing the white shirt I got for Crimbo, so if we keep this lead Im all in favour of it.

Posted
I've just seen another replay, and I'm pretty sure Rodriguez says ''He didn't foul me'' after the whistle was blown...

 

Yep, which reinforces my view that he wasn't looking for the penalty - he just went down through the momentum created by the near coming together. As Bexy said, he probably went down to avoid contact.

Posted
I don't think he dived. It looked to me like he was just trying to withdraw his right foot from the tackle so he didn't get injured. Had he not done that, there definitely would have been contact and it would still have been a penalty.

 

He also appeared to suggest to the ref that he wasn't fouled, so you can't say he deliberately tried to con the ref with a cynical dive.

 

This is exactly what happened. By withdrawing his foot, he loses his balance and goes down. What's he supposed to do, let the tackle hit him when he can avoid it?

Posted
Looked to me like J-Rod moved his leg away from a poor lunge that might have caused him serious damage had he left it there and that caused him to topple over. Ref gave a pen. Didn't see it as a dive but more as a poor decision by ref.

 

Yep, that's how I see it too

Posted
Lambert's link up play is so poor today. Can't seem to pass to another yellow shirt!

 

You're not watching the same game as me. Think Lambert has been brilliant as a link up player today.

Posted
Not happy if it was a dive to be honest, all games should be reviewed and if diving is found by an independent committee then bans should follow, not an 1 or 2 game ban either, cheating is cheating, it would stop pretty quick after the first 10 game suspension.

 

 

Just like your cheating Pompey team eh

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
×
×
  • Create New...