Nottingham Forest (H) | Sat 23rd Sept | PL | Post Match Thread

[paulchapo]

Spurs fans do too. He’ll likely do the same as the others.

He seems a top bloke though.

He's a likeable chap. I'm sure I heard he managed one of our clubs in the City group.

 

[Blueroses]

Spurs can concentrate solely on the league until January as they're also out of the league cup.
I can't stand Spurs but I do like their new manager.
He's got them playing some good stuff, the players seem to have bought into his philosophy and it looks like a happy ship from the outside
I don't think they've got enough to win the league but I think they'll be right up there.

Ange is likeable guy. Agree they are in better place and can pull something off with momentum Richarldson is scoring.

 

[Blueboy73]

Rodri received a push in the centre of his back that totally floored him, immediately prior to his sending off, Taylor completely ignored it. He also couldn't hide his sly smile as he showed Rodri the red card.

Whilst Rodri undeniably lost his cool and overreacted, it was partly because our players were frustrated at Taylor's failure to blow the whistle and protect them.

Is there any way the club can reasonably object to Taylor's appointment for future City games? He seems to subtly and consistently shaft us.

They could make a complaint, ironically Forest made a complaint after they were shafted at The Swamp by Attwell.
Nothing has been made public about the outcome of their complaint.
I doubt City will complain and if we did we'd probably be fobbed off by Red Howard.

 

[DenisHasDoneIt]

The PiGMoL conspiracy is not very effective.

P6 W6 D0 L0. Have it.

 

[Blueboy73]

Arsenal are yet to be known.
In my opinion, Spurs may make a push this year.
Dippers kicked off at quarter to 6 on a Thursday. Enough said.

I do think being in the UCL will make a difference for Arsenal in the long run when it comes to their league challenge.
They've got to balance both and you can't rest half a team in the UCL like you could in The Europa and get away with it.
It's a new thing for their players and manager and experience or lack of it will tell over the course of a long, hard season.
Spurs and Dippers will benefit from no European/Europa football respectively this season when it comes to challenging for the league.

 

[cleavers]

Is there any way the club can reasonably object to Taylor's appointment for future City games? He seems to subtly and consistently shaft us.

Take consolation in the fact it still usually fails because we're too good.

 

[DenisHasDoneIt]

And sorry if it’s already been posted, but why - following Rodri’s supposed Violent Conduct sending-off - did the game restart with a throw-in?

 

[Chi-town blues]

Rodri received a push in the centre of his back that totally floored him, immediately prior to his sending off, Taylor completely ignored it. He also couldn't hide his sly smile as he showed Rodri the red card.

Whilst Rodri undeniably lost his cool and overreacted, it was partly because our players were frustrated at Taylor's failure to blow the whistle and protect them.

Is there any way the club can reasonably object to Taylor's appointment for future City games? He seems to subtly and consistently shaft us.

Not partly but solely cause of taylor.

 

[paulchapo]

And sorry if it’s already been posted, but why - following Rodri’s supposed Violent Conduct sending-off - did the game restart with a throw-in?

I think it had gone out for a throw in before it all kicked off.

 

[cleavers]

And sorry if it’s already been posted, but why - following Rodri’s supposed Violent Conduct sending-off - did the game restart with a throw-in?

Ball had already gone out of play ;-) no decision made, should have been a foul on Rodri.

 

[Blueboy73]

Take consolation in the fact it still usually fails because we're too good.

This all day long.
To quote Pep "we didn't get any help"
He knows the score and ironically I think it motivates him too.

 

[cleavers]

He knows the score and ironically I think it motivates him too.

Very much it does.

 

[Blueboy73]

Very much it does.

Perhaps I should write to Taylor, Webb, Atwell and Co and thank them for motivating and incentvicing the best manager of his generation to stay at my club and stick two fingers up at the bent bastards.

 

[DenisHasDoneIt]

I think it had gone out for a throw in before it all kicked off.

Ball had already gone out of play ;-) no decision made, should have been a foul on Rodri.

Ah. Ta.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

It's sometimes difficult to engage the brain fully when a little shitbag keeps kicking your shins and ankles, and the ref keeps saying "play on, he hardly touched you" ;) Just saying

And you are Dead Right.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Perhaps you then if you want to represent the panel? You cannot put your hands on the neck of an opposing player. What kind of Pandora's box are we hoping to open up if that's not a red?

Rodri is a brilliant player and we should expect better. He will learn from this and we will continue marching on.

In the heat of the moment...anything can happen.
Depends what was said.and what went on before....
Rodri did what he thought he had to.at that time. I support him.
Top player.A class above anything Notts forest put out on the pitch.
If their managers game plan included...let's get at Rodri ,fair enough.
But if the red ref allows the snide challenges, and takes no action, then you,as a player,have to stand up for yourself.
My honest opinion is,Rodri has gone up in my estimation.
The forest player is a nobody who flung himself to the ground...a grown man,carrying out the facade which so many of us are sick of seeing in the modern game..

Godri.enjoy your rest.
Time for another blue soldier to step up...

 

[Bill Walker]

My honest opinion is,Rodri has gone up in my estimation.
The forest player is a nobody who flung himself to the ground...a grown man,carrying out the facade which so many of us are sick of seeing in the modern game..

Godri.enjoy your rest.
Time for another blue soldier to step up...

Well said.
Play acting cheating c--t.

I'm sure Phillips won't let us down.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Not sure I get this "applying a higher bar" thing we all seem to have accepted. Why would a referee apply a higher bar? In what circumstances would the referee want to? If a higher bar is applied to normal offences and yellow cards, why not to red cards? Does the higher bar apply to VAR reviews as well? To violent conduct?

Let's call it what it is: inconsistent refereeing over the course of a season, even over a weekend. And, as @SebastianBlue tells us, inconsistency in applying rules, if uncorrected, is a corruption of the system. This isn't just uncorrected, it is actually welcomed.

At the very least, it's a naive attempt by the officials to improve "the product" but, when you have someone like Taylor in charge, it often becomes a war zone which has the opposite effect as the less-skilled team abuses the added leeway.

Just be completely consistent throughout the season. A yellow card offence is just that: in game one or game thirty-eight, first minute or ninety-fifth minute, broadcast live or not.

 

[citymad]

very much but a few of them looked to be knackered, Haaland , Walker and Nunes ( later in the game)

A game in midweek and playing with a man short against an energetic but toothless forest will do that to you.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Doku = havoc creator .
Such a nightmare for opponents.