Man Utd 9-0 Saints - Match Thread

[Scully]

Absolutely no way that's offside. What a farce

[maysie]

I didn't get where they drew the lines on. Was sure the Man U players knee kept him onside to the naked eye?

Not that it matters  ultimately 

[Lighthouse]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:34, whelk said:

Is there now consensus that VAR is for cunts?

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No but the way it’s being used is absurd. It’s like a speed camera catching you doing 30.01mph and getting a fine. It’s the enforcement not the technology.

[Toadhall Saint]

So not only down to 10. The ref booking anything from the south coast we have to put up with VAR ref wanting his moment of glory.

[CanadaSaint]

This sport is being destroyed by faceless, self important bastards and big money, and the more I watch it the more it nauseates me. It isn’t just about today but the sense that football exists to benefit everyone except those who pay for it - those of us who have loved it since we first started walking. Fuck them all.

[trousers]

Confirmation that the freeze-frame was taken AFTER the ball had been struck... They need to start taking into account the inaccuracy of the technology. You can't measure to millimetre accuracy when the frame rate doesn't give you the requisite level of accuracy

 

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[Victor]

• Law 11 is clear   "The hands and arms of all players, including the goalkeepers, are not considered."  What am I missing?

[S-Clarke]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:35, maysie said:

I didn't get where they drew the lines on. Was sure the Man U players knee kept him onside to the naked eye?

Not that it matters  ultimately 

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The problem is when they go into that level of detail over such a marginal decision. In my opinion VAR should be used for clear misses.

Missed red, missed offside (i.e like a yard), missed pen etc. They're analysing it way too deeply and gone is the 'attackers' advantage on offside. Without VAR that's a goal, every day of the week and no one would bat an eyelid.

[bpsaint]

Where the hell have they decided the sleeve line is? Surely Maguires knee is playing Che on?

[nta786]

Armstrong has been best player on the pitch for us- only one capable for us to bring it up to their half

[Master Bates]

[Saint_clark]

Ralph needs to kick up a fuss about officials and VAR after this one.

[Sunglasses Ron]

I assume they binned "clear and obvious"? 

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[BotleySaint]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:39, Saint_clark said:

Ralph needs to kick up a fuss about officials and VAR after this one.

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I agree but I can't see anyone listening. Just get written off as another whining manager.

[rallyboy]

Mike Dean has rewritten the offside rule.

What the fuck is he on?

 

 

[Jimmy_D]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:37, trousers said:

Confirmation that the freeze-frame was taken AFTER the ball had been struck... They need to start taking into account the inaccuracy of the technology.

 

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They haven't even drawn the defensive line correctly, a defender, Maguire I think, is leaning over it!

Absolutely ****ing farcical.

[so22saint]

clear and obvious my arse

[obelisk]

Could do with Long. 😁

[Jonnyboy]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:35, maysie said:

I didn't get where they drew the lines on. Was sure the Man U players knee kept him onside to the naked eye?

Not that it matters  ultimately 

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It does matter because my Leeds fan mate has been messaging as we are now below them in 12th.

[BotleySaint]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:39, Master Bates said:

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It's just the usual big club biased surely. 

The default thinking "well, it's Man Utd so it's offside".

If it's the other way around and that's Rashford not Adams, it's a goal.

[trousers]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:41, Jimmy_D said:

They haven't even drawn the defensive line correctly, a defender, Maguire I think, is leaning over it!

Absolutely ****ing farcical.

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Yeah, hadn't noticed that... If they're gonna draw a perpendicular line for the striker then they've got to do it for the defender too, surely?

Bollocks... 5-0

[obelisk]

VAR? Martial's shirt sleeve looked offside to me

[aintforever]

The ball is two feet wide in that freeze frame.

[DT]

And that was handball

[Kingsbridge Saint]

Think its the end of the shirt arm for offside now. In which case its unprofessional for Saints to allow Che out with long sleeves.

[Saint_clark]

Lol

[BotleySaint]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:43, DT said:

And that was handball

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Chested I think. But no checking naturally.

[Croissaint]

How was that not even looked at if che was offside ?

[nta786]

6-0. 

[S-Clarke]

It wasn't even checked! Such inconsistent use of the technology.

[DT]

At least dive McCarthy

[BotleySaint]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:45, nta786 said:

6-0. 

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The old 9-0 is creeping back up again.

[S-Clarke]

I thought we were holding out quite well second half. Oh well.

[Whitey Grandad]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:45, S-Clarke said:

It wasn't even checked! Such inconsistent use of the technology.

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They are all checked. You just don’t get to see it at home.

McCarthy doing his crouch out of the way act again.

[st alex]

  On 02/02/2021 at 20:48, simo said:

Give the knob head his transfer , cancels his contract and jog him on !

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Genuine question as several posters have eluded to this. Has he actually asked for a move away / handed in a transfer request? 

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[nta786]

Oh che need to score im sorry there

[obelisk]

What a miss from Adams.

[DT]

Adams you cock. Awful

[Saint_clark]

Fucking hell Che.

[John Boy Saint]

No fucking left foot!

[Noodles34]

So a player is in the line of the keepers view but it’s fine, not even looked at it 

[trousers]

Open goal miss by Adams. We're not going to get back into this I sense... 

[Jonnyboy]

Adams and his left foot, lol

[BotleySaint]

Adams blazed over. Really really shocking miss. How did he not hit the target?

[Noodles34]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:47, John Boy Saint said:

No fucking left foot!

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He really hasn’t has he. Criminal for a pro player 

[S-Clarke]

He's not a great finisher at all. Although he did have a goal taken off him tonight.

Generally, he's decent enough at holding it up, but I don't see a true goal scorer there.

[Saint_clark]

  On 02/02/2021 at 21:47, Noodles34 said:

So a player is in the line of the keepers view but it’s fine, not even looked at it 

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He wasn't offside that's why.

[trousers]

Commentators loving this 

[Sheaf Saint]

OK so what would be the consequences of us just walking off the pitch now?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

It's next season I really worry about