Fulham (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

No United fan has anything to say to me about the offside rule today. Not unless they're willing to petition to the PGMOL to overturn last season's result at the swamp.

I agree that Akanji was interfering with play in my eyes but seeing rags of all people bang on about it is laughable after they stayed quiet earlier this year. If anything City should be able to point to that game as evidence.

Some other thoughts -
- Great cameo from Gomez and great assist. Maybe there is a place in the squad for him now we've basically moved on from full-backs?
- Phil great again in the middle/right hybrid role.
- Doku was good IMO under the circumstances. Let the poor kid meet his manager in person before judging him.
- I don't expect Erling to stay here until he retires, but if he did, I reckon he would not only break Shearer's PL goal record, but also set a record that would literally never be broken again.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Akanji made Leno stutter. It’s 100% offside. The law doesn’t include an offside player changing how a keeper makes a save and needs to be added.

Everyone everywhere is saying it. Even Haaland and Lilo.

Ultimately it didn’t matter, but it was a silly decision for the sport.
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I stopped giving a fuck about the odd decision we get in our favour, compared to the many we don't that we should, quite a long time ago.

As usual today, oliver gave most tackles by us as fouls, and almost all of their fouls as "fair".

Interestingly, I watched oliver after he gave the goal, he clearly spoke to the assistant, and the assistant gave a confident thumbs up, it was only at the half way line, that he decided to involve var, and they obviously looked, and still gave it.

For me it's very shit defending and not great keeping, I think we had 3 players, and they 7 defenders between Ake and the keeper, Silva should be looking at that for me.
 
cleavers said:
Why ?

There were about 10 players between Ake and the keeper (pity none of the defenders involved tried actually defending), anyone of them could have distracted the keeper, but when viewed from behind the goal, none did, and he just made a poor save attempt.

Silva needs to stop using the officials to make excuses, and actually worry about what he can sort out, defending set pieces, because that was pretty shite.
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I agree also they were had done by on that decision. If that was against us we would have been pissed off rotten. Blatant interference.
 
cleavers said:
I stopped giving a fuck about the odd decision we get in our favour, compared to the many we don't that we should, quite a long time ago.

As usual today, oliver gave most tackles by us as fouls, and almost all of their fouls as "fair".

Interestingly, I watched oliver after he gave the goal, he clearly spoke to the assistant, and the assistant gave a confident thumbs up, it was only at the half way line, that he decided to involve var, and they obviously looked, and still gave it.

For me it's very shit defending and not great keeping, I think we had 3 players, and they 7 defenders between Ake and the keeper, Silva should be looking at that for me.
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That’s fair enough. You can feel that way and I can empathise with it.

Stopping giving a fuck how good decisions are kinda negates how valid your opinion is.

A goal can still be unjust, even with shit defending.
 
EdersonsSmiley said:
Called the hattrick in the pre-match thread.

Whatever the tactics were supposed to be first half didnt work in the slightest and we were very lucky with the offside goal.

Fulham probably the best team we have played so far this season so to hammer them is a worrying sign for our rivals.
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Spot on with that assessment.
 
Anybody moaning and feeling sorry for the Fulham fans about it being a poor goal for the 2nd goal needs to know it was the officials who fucked up and played by the rule book, you can be offside if you don't touch the ball and when Ake headed the ball the keeper could fully see the ball, so it's not interfering because the clear line of sight,

Yes, the rules are not clear about interfering and blocking the line of vision of the keeper, Does it stop the keeper from diving and interfering after Ake headed it NO, sorry move on because we have had our fair share of dodgy VARS and some have even been game changers
 
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