Other Games - 2020/2021

[Atlanta Saint]

Just now, SKD said:

Has to be his final game, surely...

Unbeleivable this guy is still a premier league ref.

 

[Lighthouse]

VAR covering for his f**k up, eventually.

[ChrisPY]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Having rewound the video, he definitely blew the whistle a second time a fraction of a second before it crossed the line. They should disallow this.

Correct decision from VAR, however, bizarre for Mason to blow his whistle for the second time. Absolute mess.

[skintsaint]

Joke..would be fuming!

[jawillwill]

That's the biggest VAR mess to date. Beyond being embarrassingly bad by the refs...

[Lighthouse]

Just now, jawillwill said:

That's the biggest VAR mess to date. Beyond being embarrassingly bad by the refs...

The mess was purely down to Mason, he should never have given the goal. All VAR did was stop a goal from being given after he blew for a second time, which would have been an absolute farce.

[AlexLaw76]

Incompetent officiating again in the premier league 

[SKD]

10 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

The mess was purely down to Mason, he should never have given the goal. All VAR did was stop a goal from being given after he blew for a second time, which would have been an absolute farce.

No, he should never have blown his whistle if he wasn’t ready for the free kick to be taken, and then when he did, he should have allowed the goal (I.e not blown again). The bloke is the definition of incompetent. 
 

Add Brighton to the list of us and Wolves who don’t want him to ref us again. 

[saint1977]

Now you can see why football has slipped massively down the pecking order for me as a sport - mix of Gao, Les Reed, Kat’s greed and these bungling buffoons on the whistles. 
 

The referees said that if we professionalised them things would gat better but they have got worse. No more Mason, Dean or Wiley, beg Durkin and Webb out of retirement to run PGMOL and VAR, and embark on a huge recruitment drive to convert retiring lower league players with the right temperaments skills and understanding of the game into refs.

Look at how rugby and cricket have professionalised their refereeing and how it is respected worldwide. 

[DT]

Lee Mason is the pits

[Shroppie]

16 minutes ago, SKD said:

No, he should never have blown his whistle if he wasn’t ready for the free kick to be taken, and then when he did, he should have allowed the goal (I.e not blown again). The bloke is the definition of incompetent. 

This, absolutely. There may have been doubt over the timing of ours last week, but this was clear. He blew the whistle before the ball was kicked. The idea that he could unblow it by blowing again is ridiculous.

[skintsaint]

Lallana is on...reckon he will get injured in 18 mins.

[ChrisPY]

Having seen Dortmund’s last 2 goals, Haaland must be top of every big team’s shopping list.

Haven’t seen a massive amount of him but has a ridiculous goal scoring record and from what Dortmund’s latest goals have shown me:

1- Doesn’t take pens

2- If another player is in a better position will pass and not go for his own glory

Could come close to Messi/Ronaldo figures without being selfish and the numbers being boosted by pens!

[The Cat]

Brighton are hilarious

[Lighthouse]

43 minutes ago, SKD said:

No, he should never have blown his whistle if he wasn’t ready for the free kick to be taken, and then when he did, he should have allowed the goal (I.e not blown again). The bloke is the definition of incompetent. 
 

Add Brighton to the list of us and Wolves who don’t want him to ref us again. 

I’ve haven’t said anything otherwise but having blow the whistle a second time, he stopped play - before the goal crossed the line. That is what VAR correctly rectified, even in-spite of Mason’s poor refereeing. Therefore not a ‘VAR shambles’ of any sort.

 

Jeez, now the ‘taters don’t know why a free kick was given after the pen. Saying it may have been offside. 🙄

[obelisk]

Commentators don't seem to understand why Welbeck was penalised. It's because Welbeck isn't allowed to play the ball twice without another player touching it after the penalty.

[vin]

1 minute ago, The Cat said:

Brighton are hilarious

They’re finding even more elaborate ways to not score goals...

[Give it to Ron]

Wouldn’t it be great if people commentating knew the rules? 
if it hits woodwork you can’t touch it again I was taught that aged 5

[Shroppie]

Just now, obelisk said:

Commentators don't seem to understand why Welbeck was penalised. It's because Welbeck isn't allowed to play the ball twice without another player touching it after the penalty.

This. Embarrassing lack of knowledge by the commentators

[The Cat]

17 minutes ago, ChrisPY said:

Having seen Dortmund’s last 2 goals, Haaland must be top of every big team’s shopping list.

Haven’t seen a massive amount of him but has a ridiculous goal scoring record and from what Dortmund’s latest goals have shown me:

1- Doesn’t take pens

2- If another player is in a better position will pass and not go for his own glory

Could come close to Messi/Ronaldo figures without being selfish and the numbers being boosted by pens!

He's insanely good. If Man City bought him the rest of the teams in the Premier League may as well not bother anymore because they'd win every game about 7-0. 

[saint1977]

Memories of David McGoldrick V Watford. Be a handy result for Saints

[Lighthouse]

3 minutes ago, The Cat said:

He's insanely good. If Man City bought him the rest of the teams in the Premier League may as well not bother anymore because they'd win every game about 7-0. 

I actually want to see it. Just having the boot on the other foot and the big teams moaning about City outspending them.

[Chris cooper]

Seagulls goal drought will end 14th March aprox between the hours of 12pm-1.45pm 

Edited 27 February, 2021 by Chris cooper

[DT]

Good result for us. And yes, we’ll be kinder to Brighton, doubtless

[Suhari]

Everton last week, WBA this: some easy £££.

WBA that long? At home!? Thanks Betfair.

(My WSham away didn't pan out though).

#stopwhenthefunstops

#where'sGlasgowthesedays?

[Saint Pete]

West Brom result good for us.

But tells us a lot about the direction our season has taken that we are now much more interested in West Brom v Brighton than City v West Ham or Leeds v Villa. Sigh...

[Dark Munster]

54 minutes ago, The Cat said:

He's insanely good. If Man City bought him the rest of the teams in the Premier League may as well not bother anymore because they'd win every game about 7-0. 

It's a shame he chose to play for Norway over England. We may have had a chance of winning something if he had.

[skintsaint]

2 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

It's a shame he chose to play for Norway over England. We may have had a chance of winning something if he had.

Another decent looking player chose Germany over England last week...plays for Bayern..can't remember the name off the top of my head.

[Dark Munster]

3 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Another decent looking player chose Germany over England last week...plays for Bayern..can't remember the name off the top of my head.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56176585

Looks like Low and the Germans courted him, while Southgate shrugged his shoulders.

[badgerx16]

The French ref in the Wales-England rugby match is close to Premier League standard.

[whelk]

 

 

Edited 27 February, 2021 by whelk

[hackedoff]

English Premier League. Most warped platform in world sport ,surely.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

1 hour ago, Dark Munster said:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56176585

Looks like Low and the Germans courted him, while Southgate shrugged his shoulders.

Why do you think that?

[Lord Duckhunter]

Targett lucky to not receive second yellow there. 

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

Another decent looking player chose Germany over England last week...plays for Bayern..can't remember the name off the top of my head.

Jamal Musiala, Bayern Munich's youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer.

He was at Saints...

[Dark Munster]

22 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

Why do you think that?

Per the article Low courted the lad, if Southgate had too we'd almost certainly would've heard about it. Same with Haaland. There's no guarantee it would work, I think Haaland was influenced by his Dad, but why not try?

[Teddeer]

Leeds didn't look all that today against Villa. Contained them easily and never gave them much of a sniff in the whole of the second half.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Without Grealish as well. 

[nta786]

Watching the Newcastle game and some genuine burst of speed from Almiron, I just think why do all our players look so slow in comparison?

I remember Ralph saying his game really emphasises pace but I feel like all our players go backwards on that front? Do we need better coaching/fitness methods?

If we got someone like Almiron they’d get slower over time. Perhaps I’m only bringing this up because we are on such a poor run, and yes I am totally aware that speed doesn’t necessarily translate into a good footballer, but it sure does bloody help. 

[SuperSAINT]

Wolves equalised against Newcastle.  1-1.

Wolves defender just made a fairly amazing off-the-line clearance to keep it level.

[Gingeletiss]

5 hours ago, Give it to Ron said:

Wouldn’t it be great if people commentating knew the rules? 
if it hits woodwork you can’t touch it again I was taught that aged 5

Laws.................hth 😉

[S-Clarke]

1 hour ago, SuperSAINT said:

Wolves equalised against Newcastle.  1-1.

Wolves defender just made a fairly amazing off-the-line clearance to keep it level.

That was a pretty fair result in the end, the action at the end of that game (last 5 mins) didn't paint a fair reflection of the game. Wolves could have nicked it tbf, but prob wouldn't have been fair.

Newcastle lost Saint-Maximan and Almiron to what look like notably-long injuries as well. Just in time for what is their most crucial run of the season...

Edited 27 February, 2021 by S-Clarke

[Ex Lion Tamer]

14 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

Per the article Low courted the lad, if Southgate had too we'd almost certainly would've heard about it. Same with Haaland. There's no guarantee it would work, I think Haaland was influenced by his Dad, but why not try?

I think you've made a big assumption

[Charlie Wayman]

Interesting to watch the Villa v Leeds & Newcastle v Wolves games last night, all between teams that have beaten us comfortably recently. Two good games to watch and all four sides playing fast open football. Once again we saw how modern defences are so well organised as to give little away and how much harder it is for all teams to score. So much of the play was in the middle third of the pitch.

What was highlighted was how poor our defensive tactics are and how our gung-ho pressing style leaves the back line hopelessly exposed and over stretched. We need to watch these teams playing defensively and learn from them even if it means we are less gung-ho in our pressing. We are not scoring anyway but at least we might pick up a few points rather than lose out every time.

Even Matt Targett looked competent at times although I didn't like the cynical (dirty, cheating) play that has crept into his game. I was surprised Bamford didn't floor him last night, must have been sorely tempted.

[OldNick]

16 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Jamal Musiala, Bayern Munich's youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer.

He was at Saints...

Really, did we let him go?

[S-Clarke]

2 minutes ago, OldNick said:

Really, did we let him go?

Chelsea snared him, as they were doing with all young players at that time. Stockpiling.

 

The attacking midfielder spent four months with Southampton before being spotted by Chelsea – just one year after arriving in the country – and signed to a scholarship. His progress was swift, and Musiala made his league debut for Chelsea's U18 team aged just 15 years, two months and 13 days.

[OldNick]

3 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Chelsea snared him, as they were doing with all young players at that time. Stockpiling.

 

The attacking midfielder spent four months with Southampton before being spotted by Chelsea – just one year after arriving in the country – and signed to a scholarship. His progress was swift, and Musiala made his league debut for Chelsea's U18 team aged just 15 years, two months and 13 days.

Thanks,That's a shame, also that we didnt get him to pen a contract

[Teddeer]

Palace v Fulham what a bore fest 45 minutes that was compounded by having to listen to Mark Hughes as the studio pundit.

[obelisk]

Should I be looking hopefully up towards a catchable Palace or looking worryingly down towards a rejuvenated Fulham? Just a few weeks ago neither seemed to be on the cards.

[GarrettIvo]

Palace so drab...