Media Thread - 2021/22

[eversince 76]

I have never witnessed as many replays of a handball as I did last night. ITV, and others, are truly desperate to be on the side of United.

If we score a debatable goal, rules will be changed. As they will when the rags concede a debatable one.

 

[Blueboy73]

If we score a debatable goal, rules will be changed. As they will when the rags concede a debatable one.

Didn't they change the rules mid-season after our first goal at home against Villa last season?
I seem to recall Walton making a tit of himself for the umpteenth time when providing his "expert" opinion on BT Spite.

 

[1961_vintage]

I have never witnessed as many replays of a handball as I did last night. ITV, and others, are truly desperate to be on the side of United.

There's a lot of money in it for them. They will be devastated not to be able to option the rags game in the next round.

 

[Marvin]

Keano apart ITV were inept last night. Man Utd fans would not be so generous with their praise for a 1st half where they missed easy chances. The job is not to create chances but to finish them. And as for the handball goal! If you commentate on football, learn the handball rules. It's completely obvious why the goal was not given. An accidental handball is not an offence in the build-up to a goal if that player doesn't put it in the net.

BBC get criticism for one-eyed reds like Simon Stone but their live and highlights coverage are good imo. ITV are so commercialised that they are too concerned about playing up to Man Utd and Liverpool fans who they think are the majority of their watching support.

 

[Marvin]

There's a lot of money in it for them. They will be devastated not to be able to option the rags game in the next round.

It is as simple as that. Makes it sweeter when they crash out.

Now city show them how it's done

 

[East Level 2]

I have never witnessed as many replays of a handball as I did last night. ITV, and others, are truly desperate to be on the side of United.

I expect the game to be declared null and void before the draw for the 5th round. Re-played game to be awarded to the rags to keep the TV companies happy.

 

[bigalfromeccles]

Marvin...dont get offended but that handball comment is soooo wrong...and heres why...It is an offence if a player:

• after the ball has touched their or a team-mate’s hand/arm, even if accidental, immediately:
• scores in the opponents’ goal

But your right in as much as it was a goal !! but for this reason (i believe).
it is not an offence if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm:
directly from the player’s own head or body (including the foot)

The boro player clearly kicks the ball against his own arm!

 

[Jimmieblue]

Imagine being a Middlesbrough supporter watching that last night. It was endless analysis, reminiscence and drooling over the rags. It really isn’t acceptable to the other clubs in the Premier League- I did think it was so unbalanced.

 

[bakerdave76]

Keano apart ITV were inept last night. Man Utd fans would not be so generous with their praise for a 1st half where they missed easy chances. The job is not to create chances but to finish them. And as for the handball goal! If you commentate on football, learn the handball rules. It's completely obvious why the goal was not given. An accidental handball is not an offence in the build-up to a goal if that player doesn't put it in the net.

BBC get criticism for one-eyed reds like Simon Stone but their live and highlights coverage are good imo. ITV are so commercialised that they are too concerned about playing up to Man Utd and Liverpool fans who they think are the majority of their watching support.

Keano ..

 

[old get]

In most factories the shift would be 6am to 2pm. That is why the traditional k.o. time is 3pm. No absenteeism (one shift only Saturday), just time for a pint and off to the match. People think that the rags is a Catholic club (which it isn't) because Trafford Park had thousands of Irish immegrant workers whose nearest game would be at the swamp.

Historically wrong. Continuous Shift Working was a relative novelty in the 50s and 60s confined mainly to the Petro Chemical sector. However places like Metrovics, Turners and Lancashire Dynamo would have Saturday AM as part of a mans normal working week.
As I recall Trafford Park would have had less than 2000 residents in those days because of little by way of housing or shops and those thousands of Irish Immegrant workers were almost exclusively engaged in the demolition and construction sectors