Leicester City (A) - Post-Match Thread

If Micah said it was a penalty on KDB that's a very strange thing. Very strange. Anybody can look at my posts and see that I bend over backwards to be fair to the opposition (unless it's Liverpool or the rags, and they can just fuck off…Any unfairness to them is fair payback for decades of arrogance). I'm fair to the point where I get shit about it from people on here, sometimes.
It's strange because, in January 2012, in the return League Cup tie at Anfield, a Liverpool player smashed a ball at him from a few yards away, he put his hands up in front of his face, and a penalty was given, I think by Mike Dean, if I remember correctly. The penalty was duly scored and Liverpool went on to win the tie over the two legs. Yes, it is true that the ball ricocheted off his foot up to his hands, but that's not the point. He said in the after match interview — and I quote — “What was I supposed to do?” Clearly meaning, what was I supposed to do if not protect my face. I remember it as it was yesterday (and I'm still pissed off about it, because I have a long, merciless memory).
Reestablishing the balance, I haven't seen the incident in which Ed goes for the ball and cleans out Kelechi, but some commentators felt we were very lucky indeed not to have Ed sent off. I can't comment on it, for obvious reasons, but it does sound as if we dodged a bullet there.

Look, we won the match, we take the three points, it's nice, we move on. We've got far bigger fish to fry in the next six days.
By the way, @ancoats, what's happened to your trademark double question mark (even when no discernible question is being asked)? I'm missing it.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
If Micah said it was a penalty on KDB that's a very strange thing. Very strange. Anybody can look at my posts and see that I bend over backwards to be fair to the opposition (unless it's Liverpool or the rags, and they can just fuck off…Any unfairness to them is fair payback for decades of arrogance). I'm fair to the point where I get shit about it from people on here, sometimes.
It's strange because, in January 2012, in the return League Cup tie at Anfield, a Liverpool player smashed a ball at him from a few yards away, he put his hands up in front of his face, and a penalty was given, I think by Mike Dean, if I remember correctly. The penalty was duly scored and Liverpool went on to win the tie over the two legs. Yes, it is true that the ball ricocheted off his foot up to his hands, but that's not the point. He said in the after match interview — and I quote — “What was I supposed to do?” Clearly meaning, what was I supposed to do if not protect my face. I remember it as it was yesterday (and I'm still pissed off about it, because I have a long, merciless memory).
Reestablishing the balance, I haven't seen the incident in which Ed goes for the ball and cleans out Kelechi, but some commentators felt we were very lucky indeed not to have Ed sent off. I can't comment on it, for obvious reasons, but it does sound as if we dodged a bullet there.

Look, we won the match, we take the three points, it's nice, we move on. We've got far bigger fish to fry in the next six days.
By the way, @ancoats, what's happened to your trademark double question mark (even when no discernible question is being asked)? I'm missing it.
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Fat Phil Dowd was the ref...
 
As I said in the match thread, I am actually surprised neither the Kev handball nor the Eddie punch were given. Eddie’s was a fair challenge, so never a penalty, and I still don’t think Kev’s was a handball, but given it is us, you would expect both to result in a penalty.

However, I think we may be entering the “stat padding” period of the season when VAR starts giving things in our favour and/or not ****ing us so the decisions look relatively balanced at the end of the season (now that the real damage is done). That will include Liverpool now having a few questionable decisions go against them (most of which won’t actually impact the outcome of their matches). It was always going to happen that way so the league could attempt to avoid statistical aberrations showing in league end reviews which would raise questions.

Now, the more enterprising could still do an analysis of *when* poor VAR decisions were made and *how* they impacted the outcomes of individual matches (and thus league results), but that is quite the undertaking and no major media outlet will do it as it could expose the corruption inherent in the league’s implementation of VAR.

In any case, get ready to read many stories about how City supporters are obviously mad when it comes to VAR because they have gotten plenty of questionable decisions go their way.
 
SebastianBlue said:
As I said in the match thread, I am actually surprised neither the Kev handball nor the Eddie punch were given. Eddie’s was a fair challenge, so never a penalty, and I still don’t think Kev’s was a handball, but given it is us, you would expect both to result in a penalty.

However, I think we may be entering the “stat padding” period of the season when VAR starts giving things in our favour and/or not ****ing us so the decisions look relatively balanced at the end of the season (now that the real damage is done). That will include Liverpool now having a few questionable decisions go against them (most of which won’t actually impact the outcome of their matches). It was always going to happen that way so the league could attempt to avoid statistical aberrations showing in league end reviews which would raise questions.

Now, the more enterprising could still do an analysis of *when* poor VAR decisions were made and *how* they impacted the outcomes of individual matches (and thus league results), but that is quite the undertaking and no major media outlet will do it as it could expose the corruption inherent in the league’s implementation of VAR.

In any case, get ready to read many stories about how City supporters are obviously mad when it comes to VAR because they have gotten plenty of questionable decisions go their way.
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Coz var job is done already. City can’t catch dippers now.
 
Seems to be an awful lot of fuss about whether KDB committed a handball offence. I think it can be described as debatable as opposed to clear cut one way of the other and therefore VAR certainly should not have overruled the ref.

My own view is if KDB could have stopped it with his head and ended up handling because he was protecting his face, it's not an offence because, ultimately, no advantage has been gained by City; other than protecting Kev's schnoz.
 
OB1 said:
Seems to be an awful lot of fuss about whether KDB committed a handball offence. I think it can be described as debatable as opposed to clear cut one way of the other and therefore VAR certainly should not have overruled the ref.

My own view is if KDB could have stopped it with his head and ended up handling because he was protecting his face, it's not an offence because, ultimately, no advantage has been gained by City; other than protecting Kev's schnoz.
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FFS, OB1, do you think you're on here to be sensible!!?
 
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