Premier League Games | 15/16/17/18 August '25

[Lavinda Past]

Shit game. Two very average teams. Never a penalty in a million years imo.

 

[Lost in space]

Happy for Lucas and I hope he gets more chances for the sheep botherers this year, and like those before and after him I am sure he will bag one against us

 

[DMA's]

Really hope some of the new teams can actually stay up

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

No the ball wasn't going to hit his arm until he leaned his body and arm towards the ball, the ball.didnt move direction so if the ball wasn't going to hit his arm then it did only one thing can have happened


Arm to ball.

It was tucked as far behind his body that is humanly possible.

 

[Berti No Show]

Miles better having Leeds in the PL than shit like Luton.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Am I glad that is over. Terrible game of football. Very poor.

 

[Aba452]

Pretty much every fanbase other than Liverpool (who always seemed to average 30-45k from WW2 to 2015 when they expanded further) have had shocking attendance figures at one time or another.

Don’t forget City in the early 60s averaged 14k one season with some 8k gates at some games. The Rags averaged 11k a few times in the 20s and 30s with 3k gates for some games.

Any comments regarding the actual number of people inside compared to the gate receipts should be addressed on a brown paper envelope to Peter Wiggy Swales c/o Maine Road Manchester! ;-/

 

[mexico1970]

Keeping your arm by your side is fine but you can't lean into it, that's no different to raising your arm out.

FFS as you rightly point out leaning into it and it hitting his arm is handball, posters can surely see that?

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Everton absolutely awful. Grealish looked good but surrounded by absolute dross.

Pointless passing to them you're gonna have to do it all on your own Jack lad

 

[Stato]

All the talk of Grealish being given more freedom to attack the middle and then he is pinned on the touchline like he was with us

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Anyway, football done for a week. We’re top, rejuvenated and look fucking awesome.

Time to give the head a rest before weekend.

 

[skillman]

3 and a half years later and still no fucker realises it was offside! Why the FA apologised, I’ll never know.

 

[bennyboy]

All the talk of Grealish being given more freedom to attack the middle and then he is pinned on the touchline like he was with us

His best position.

 

[southamptonblue]

It was tucked as far behind his body that is humanly possible.

But it was still arm to ball....or it wouldn't have hit it.....and it still made his 'body' bigger....or it wouldn't have hit it.
I'm not agreeing with the rules, but I would have instantly bet my house, every belonging, and every penny I have on that being a penalty, unfortunately it was nailed on.

 

[geoff hammond]

It was tucked as far behind his body that is humanly possible.

His arm moved towards the ball. Even though it was by his side. Correct decision

 

[hertsblue]

Ref would never give that against the Dippers. He wouldn’t have even given it to Everton. He buckled under the constant crowd appealing for everything

 

[ShaunMCFC]

Absolutely nobody will convince me that was a pen, other than chop your arms off, fuck knows what he’s supposed to do. Refs guessing again

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

His arm wasn't "behind his back".

His arm is so close to being behind his back that I think the distinction isn’t important - we’re talking inches. I’m never going to agree with anybody who thinks that’s handball though because if it were up to me very little would be given as handball by today’s standards. I want handballs to be confined to people literally throwing hands at the ball and that’s it. The way it is now it’s just petty and ruins the game by giving free goals to teams that don’t deserve it. Very few who commit handball in today’s game are doing it deliberately.

It should be more like the back pass rule where you really have to take the piss to fall foul of it.

 

[stan bowles]

This thread is 100x more entertaining than the match.

 

[MCFC1993]

But it was still arm to ball....or it wouldn't have hit it.....and it still made his 'body' bigger....or it wouldn't have hit it.
I'm not agreeing with the rules, but I would have instantly bet my house, every belonging, and every penny I have on that being a penalty, unfortunately it was nailed on.

The body bigger part of deliberate handball also has 'and is unjustifiable'.

It's the type of decision that wouldn't be given other weeks. Either way VAR wouldn't which is shite in itself.