Media Thread - 2021/22

[its grim up north]

Excellent. Ages since I have heard Ena Sharples mentioned!

You want to go out for a pint with Rooney.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

Fuckinell, Dipper on now, we have spent the Coutinho money to strengthen where as City spend what they want

:-) :-) :-):-):-)

You mean they've squandered all the Kevin Keegan money?

 

[hammocity]

On SSN this morning Rob Wotton looks a right scruffy fucker, I’ve seen better dressed homeless people.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

What's annoyed me about the media whingeing about the penalty incidents is the lack of understanding of how VAR is supposed to work. It's supposed to draw the referee's attention to a "clear and obvious error".

For the Ederson/Odergaard incident, the replays were very inconclusive and therefore it wasn't a "clear and obvious error". Had Attwell given it as a penalty, it most likely wouldn't have been overturned, as (again) it wasn't a "clear and obvious error". None of the twats appear to understand this, making them either totally thick or totally biased.

Bernardo, on the other hand, was clearly caught by Xhaka. In the ground, we all saw that and were astounded it hadn't been given. I didn't see the shirt pull at all but that was completely irrelevant. What is relevant was that Bernie was tripped and the ref missed that, which was a "clear and obvious error".

Walton of all people was pretty clear on this, but Ferdinand/Humphrey were too keen on shouting that they were right and not listening.
As we don't know what Atwell saw for Bernardo/Xhaka, it's presumed he missed either the leg trip or the tug. Having told Gillett on VAR this, it's easy enough to see that VAR says "go and have a look".

The questions really ought to be about the linesman not seeing/flagging and why he didn't, and also why so many incidents are not referred.
If BT et al focussed on that, there would be a lot of pressure on Riley to explain what happens.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Rodders should be banned for celebrating now.

But Mane can rifle his arm into people’s faces.

 

[Stoned Rose]

On SSN this morning Rob Wotton looks a right scruffy fucker, I’ve seen better dressed Burnley ultras.

 

[Nascent Blues]

I think they did understand that on MOTD. But most pundits dont. The clear and obvious error wording is the VAR get out of jail card which is often used to defend poor Ref decisions, in this case however it was used entirely correctly.

I think they do understand the rules, but choose to ignore them when a decision goes in our favour.

 

[jrb]

It's a lying machine just to appease their deluded fan base. The narrative continuous unbaited.

Stan Collymore.

Manchester City’s squad depth and finances have certainly provided them a big advantage in the title race, as injuries and COVID cases have plagued Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League.

The 50-year-old said: “I have to give Manchester City credit… in these COVID times – whereby you could lose three players, five players, six players – they’re just well covered.”

 

[ysmsa]

What's annoyed me about the media whingeing about the penalty incidents is the lack of understanding of how VAR is supposed to work. It's supposed to draw the referee's attention to a "clear and obvious error".

For the Ederson/Odergaard incident, the replays were very inconclusive and therefore it wasn't a "clear and obvious error". Had Attwell given it as a penalty, it most likely wouldn't have been overturned, as (again) it wasn't a "clear and obvious error". None of the twats appear to understand this, making them either totally thick or totally biased. It wasn't Attwell's choice to go to the screen or not, it was Moss who made that decision.

Bernardo, on the other hand, was clearly caught by Xhaka. In the ground, we all saw that and were astounded it hadn't been given. I didn't see the shirt pull at all but that was completely irrelevant. What is relevant was that Bernie was tripped and the ref missed that, which was a "clear and obvious error".

Spot on and the elephant in the room,

Fans and Hacks always assume awarding of a Penalty is automatically a goal, it isn't. About a quarter or more are missed.

Secondly, a Pen and subsequent goal after 10 minutes would've put Arse 1 nil up.
They want 1 nil up in the first half anyway.
The decisions (and most Pundits and reporters have said the decisions were right) hardly affected the final outcome and how the game played out

Arse shit the bed against a knackered City and they just can't accept it.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Stan Collymore.

Manchester City’s squad depth and finances have certainly provided them a big advantage in the title race, as injuries and COVID cases have plagued Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League.

What channel is that clown on so I make sure that I don't accidentally tune in to it.