Premier League Games | 1/2/3 Nov '25

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

West Hams luck really is on the floor at the moment. That Woltemade looks a very good player. Very mobile.

 

[jimharri]

It had the potential to be a very risky tackle. But credit to Thiaw, he got it spot on.

 

[MCFC1993]

Ball in his control, taken out…must be pen touch or not

To get some consistency and certainty back with VAR, I'm happy for a touch to mean no penalty. Unfortunately for VAR's sake the rules need to be simpler.

I actually thought it looked nailed on at first but I actually think the touch was enough.

The Pope one on Gyokeres was worse but I said back then they should just make it so a defensive touch on the ball means no penalty, so I have to be consistent.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Surely then it's a corner as the Newcastle lad touched the ball last?

The game is restarted after any overturned penalty decision with a drop ball to the defending keeper. Bit of a weird rule, especially if the ball has naturally gone out of play after the incident.

 

[bridgeno1]

Woltemade looks class

 

[MCFC1993]

Going to be 3 or 4 to Newcastle, to easy to get through that defence.

 

[dadnlad]

Why did it take that long?

howard needed to put bet on

 

[Mentis]

The game is restarted after any overturned penalty decision with a drop ball to the defending keeper. Bit of a weird rule, especially if the ball has naturally gone out of play after the incident.

If the ref delayed calling a penalty to after the ball has gone out, it would've been a corner. Since the ref blew his whistle before the ball went out, it's a dropped ball. I'm sure you know this, just adding context for others.

 

[give it to gordon]

Is it just me but whu dont look interested in defending

 

[MCFC1993]

Wish Tonali was a feasible target.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Surely then it's a corner as the Newcastle lad touched the ball last?

Well the moment the referee blows for the penalty the ball is dead at the point the foul is made - so anything that happens after that point, the ball is not technically in play.

On this occasion it seems like it should be an obvious corner because the ball went out of play immediately after the tackle, but there would be other scenarios where the players stop at the referee's whistle and maybe they could have prevented it going out. Then you end up with all kinds of weird grey areas of whether something should be a goal kick, corner, drop ball etc.

So the simplest thing to do is what they have done - just say, if a penalty is overturned it's a drop ball.

I kind of get it, no matter what stance they take there's going to be scenarios that are a pain in the arse, so this is just the most black and white version to take subjectivity out of it.

 

[bridgeno1]

West Ham unlucky to be behind

 

[bridgeno1]

Banger! Well deserved too. Not the strongest goalkeeping I've ever seen.

 

[give it to gordon]

Awful keeping just catch the ball a d shouldn't be beaten like that

 

[heslops barnet]

Remember when we had shots from outside the box and scored?

 

[bridgeno1]

That has to be a yellow!

 

[asahartford1]

Remember when we had shots from outside the box

24/25, it was a team called manchester city football club who scored most goals from outside box. 14. I can remember that.

 

[give it to gordon]

Og 2-1 hammers

 

[elbearos]

Newcastle are shite

 

[Ric]

Blimey, wouldn’t have predicted this after five minutes. Fair play to West Ham, they’ve been the better team.