Brighton 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[davefizzy14]

Bloody joke, robbed again!!

[LGTL]

Literally searching for reasons to disallow that goal. 

[Baird of the land]

I can understand the idea that armstrong trying to flick it was offside

what i don't get is it taking half an hour to decide that

[Lighthouse]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

With what or whom?

With the keeper and defender's decision making. We might not like it but that was the right call. Armstrong went too far, too early.

[OttawaSaint]

Fuck off!

Celebrated that "goal" twice. How is AArm interfering, it didn't change a thing about the pass. Utter, utter bullshit.

[Oldandtired]

I don't understand football anymore. They have right royally fucked it up

[Gloucester Saint]

Whilst I have no time for Martin or SR, that is another calamity from VAR. At what point are PGMOL being sacked?

[stknowle]

No different to the one against us v Arsenal which needless to say went against us. 
We are shit but fuxsakes we get no luck whatsoever.

[verlaine1979]

Armstrong was miles off. Had no business trying to flick it.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

He didn't even touch the ball, absolute comedy. 

[LiberalCommunist]

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Bent as a coote. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Honestly, if Saints don’t ask for that decision to be investigated they need sanctioning.

[lambtiss]

Armstrong would have missed anyway

[tdmickey3]

At least it give Martin something to blame the rest of the shit we have produced in this match

[Saint86]

They wanted to rule it as offside. They couldn't see the ball and the player to show it clearly, so they've made some nonsense up about Armstrong to justify it. Simple as that. We were never getting that goal. 

[John Boy Saint]

What complete horseshit - especially when you look at that Manure goal last season where Rashford actually went to the ball in an offside position - and the other player scored. 
these clowns don’t know their arse from their elbow!

[RedArmy]

Just now, verlaine1979 said:

Armstrong was miles off. Had no business trying to flick it.

Flick it where? His leg doesn’t make a single movement that would be either trying to score or make a pass. 
 

That is corrupt as fuck AGAIN. 
 

 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

With the keeper and defender's decision making. We might not like it but that was the right call. Armstrong went too far, too early.

He didn’t need to do it either, fucked it up for Tyler.

Still doesn’t excuse stalling the game for that long though.

[SNSUN]

Hate this league. Corrupt. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

With the keeper and defender's decision making. We might not like it but that was the right call. Armstrong went too far, too early.

Every action on the fuckin pitch influences a decision, it's bullshit

[OttawaSaint]

Why look at Archer first. It's moot if AArm is determined to have been ATBS (audacity to be Saints). 

[petermcpete]

If he was clearly interfering why did they spend so fucking long on the first check? Desperate to find a way to rule it out.

[Maggie May]

Who actually likes football anymore? 

[Saint86]

We are the charity case for the league. We're bottom and adrift, considered as no hopers. So we're seen as an easy team for them to give var calls against and keep the other teams at least partially appease. 

[verlaine1979]

Just now, RedArmy said:

Flick it where? His leg doesn’t make a single movement that would be either trying to score or make a pass. 
 

That is corrupt as fuck AGAIN. 
 

 

He did, he stuck out his leg to try and either knock it or move it on with his heel.

[adrian lord]

Was it a clear error by the ref?

Was it an obvious error by the ref?

 

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

Fuck off!

Celebrated that "goal" twice. How is AArm interfering, it didn't change a thing about the pass. Utter, utter bullshit.

How can the cross going through the legs of a player five yards from goal NOT be interfering? The keeper has to position himself to cover the threat of Armstrong, thereby leaving the ar post exposed.

If that goal gets given against Saints I guarantee this entire forum would be fuming.

[Baird of the land]

2 minutes ago, verlaine1979 said:

Armstrong was miles off. Had no business trying to flick it.

I'd love to understand why they didn't look at armstrong to start with

Why spend 20 minutes drawing lines on archer's position when armstrong was obviously offside. If he was interferring it should have taken 1 minute max to decide..

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Saint86 said:

We are the charity case for the league. We're bottom and adrift, considered as no hopers. So we're seen as an easy team for them to give var calls against and keep the other teams at least partially appease. 

PGMOL were dreadful last season as well, and before that. Hence Clattenburg’s role with Forest.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

How can the cross going through the legs of a player five yards from goal NOT be interfering? The keeper has to position himself to cover the threat of Armstrong, thereby leaving the ar post exposed.

If that goal gets given against Saints I guarantee this entire forum would be fuming.

It didn't go through his legs, it was behind him. He flicked his leg backwards so that's deemed interfering but if he doesn't flick his leg it's not.

[DrSuess1979]

1 minute ago, Maggie May said:

Who actually likes football anymore? 

Not this incarnation of it 

 

[Elmore Saint]

Just as the players find the confidence to play proper football off their own backs - VAR puts them back in their place. This league is not the home of the beautiful game.

[Saint Fan CaM]

LOL. Lumley now struggling. Who’s left?

[Saint NL]

Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

LOL. Lumley now struggling. Who’s left?

Matt Gill getting his boots on

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

LOL. Lumley now struggling. Who’s left?

Thank god we made sure we have a fit keeper on the bench.

[Saint86]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

PGMOL were dreadful last season as well, and before that. Hence Clattenburg’s role with Forest.

We must be the most screwed over team this year. Var has cost us enough points to put us adrift put it that way. 

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

How can the cross going through the legs of a player five yards from goal NOT be interfering? The keeper has to position himself to cover the threat of Armstrong, thereby leaving the ar post exposed.

If that goal gets given against Saints I guarantee this entire forum would be fuming.

Fuck you're annoying. Just have to be a contrarian eh? 

The ref could volley it in and run to the BHA dugout and you'd see it different to everyone. 

[Disco Stu]

Armstrong was clearly offside and knew it. Making any movement towards the ball and giving the PGMOL the opportunity to disallow it was complete stupidity.

[OneMrsWallace]

2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

With the keeper and defender's decision making. We might not like it but that was the right call. Armstrong went too far, too early.

He was beyond the ball, and from the angle behind the goal it's a natural movement and had no opportunity to affect the outcome with some vague raising of his heel. It did nothing to impact either their defenders, keeper or direction of the ball. Wrong decision, poor refereeing. 

[Saint_clark]

Not very professional from McCarthy there to not be warming up. If he genuinely is injured then having him on the bench instead of a youth keeper is ridiculous.

[The very right reverend]

My fear is if we lose this Martin can cry off being sacked to a poor decision. Even if we win 15-1 he needs to go.

[whelk]

3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

How can the cross going through the legs of a player five yards from goal NOT be interfering? The keeper has to position himself to cover the threat of Armstrong, thereby leaving the ar post exposed.

If that goal gets given against Saints I guarantee this entire forum would be fuming.

Can’t remember but don’t you love VAR?

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Elmore Saint said:

Just as the players find the confidence to play proper football off their own backs - VAR puts them back in their place. This league is not the home of the beautiful game.

Yep. Feeling that too. We're 95% shit, but when we finally stumble on that 5% we get shafted in some other way.

[LGTL]

3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

How can the cross going through the legs of a player five yards from goal NOT be interfering? The keeper has to position himself to cover the threat of Armstrong, thereby leaving the ar post exposed.

If that goal gets given against Saints I guarantee this entire forum would be fuming.

It was nowhere near going through his legs 😂

[Whitey Grandad]

3 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

Was it a clear error by the ref?

Was it an obvious error by the ref?

 

Offsides are nothing to do with the ref. VAR remit.

[macca155]

1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

Fuck you're annoying. Just have to be a contrarian eh? 

The ref could volley it in and run to the BHA dugout and you'd see it different to everyone. 

Thing is he's right.

Armstrong clearly offside makes a move towards the ball. Lino gave it (probably for Archer). No need for VAR just get on with the game.

[Saint NL]

The usual Saints experience.

Be shit.

Score a goal out of nowhere.

Suddenly it looks like you might get something.

Var nonsense.

Lose to an injury time winner.

[a1ex2001]

Look on the bright side we are winning the possessions stats now!

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, whelk said:

Can’t remember but don’t you love VAR?

It’s not the technology - worked fine in the Euros. Unless shit thick English officials (one of whom was caught recently snorting cocaine on camera) used it. Then it was just as much as farce as tonight.

Import most of our offices bar a couple of the untainted ones clean of Stockley, redundancies at PGMOL and re-start the refereeing system from the grassroots. 

[tdmickey3]

Just now, a1ex2001 said:

Look on the bright side we are winning the possessions stats now!

All that matters