Thought i would wait for 24 hours amid the hysteria and give a reasoned opinion , we knew what the Dippers would do and regarding their fullbacks and crosses from the flanks and unusually for Pep he didnt react , our full backs played narrow and allowed them room to cross at will. As for the hand ball we all knew before the game we would be playing 12 men and that is not the feral Klanfield crowd becasue the additional man was Oliver , if the handball was Stones or Dinho and the push in the back on Sterling instead was on Mane that spineless twat Oliver would have given both penalties.
Ignoring all the media / pundit bullshit there was little between the teams , yes we gave up chances and the Dippers took theirs , whilst we created the same amount and missed virtually all of them , Kun had a nightmare and should have been coming home with the match ball. Despite our depleted side we competed , and if the game had gone tp 2-3 in the last ten minutes the Dippers would have crumbled , they were fucking crumbling at 1-3 !
With our history of title comebacks nine points would normally be fuck all , but we have played over a quarter of the season without some big players and it is beginning to bite , if we can get to January within touching distance i.e. single figures behind the Dippers , i think we will hit the transfer market for a top centre back , Stones and Ottamendi i am afraid are just not good enough. To be fair i wasnt surprised at the result it was exactly what i expected , a big decision would go against us , one of their players would score a worldy and we would miss a hatfful of chances like we have been doing all season.
The defeat is a body blow , but these players always fight until the end the Dippers still have their Premier Champions T-Shirts April 2014 , December 2018 and now they have November 2019.
