Media Thread - 2021/22

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Prestwich_Blue said:
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".
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Is it a lack of understanding by the media or is it a fact that that the whole introduction of VAR has been a shambles, which has ultimately still left the procedures seemingly being interpreted and implemented differently on many occasions ?

The tone of the criticisms hasn't been helped by the pundits and presenters who clearly were looking for a result for Arsenal .

Jake Humpheys was guilty ( as are so many more imo ) of doing his level best to present it as a total injustice for Arsenal. They did play very well in the first half but in the end it was the stupidity and ill-discipline of their players which contributed to the result, but not enough recognition of that is accepted by the media/pundits.
 
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SJIAC, TS had a call from a City fan discussing Rodri incitement of the Arsenal fans. SJ says that we wouldn't experience this as City don't fill their ground. Think the Blue was caught off guard but I like to think that I would have called him a childish ****
 
LucahArchie10 said:
Piece from Jonny Nicholson Irish Examminer think it's called?

When winning becomes boring

Manchester City moving 11 points head after their win (10 after the Chelsea v Liverpool draw) was bad for the Premier League and bad for everyone who isn’t a City fan. To have the season sewn up in the first days of the new year is, to say the least, disappointing. Football is about competition.

When it is a cakewalk for any team, it makes it all feel a bit pointless. When it is the same team that has won in three out of the last four seasons, even more so. As fantastic as their football often objectively is, it leaves people cold. It has the soulless ice of technical drawing and lacks the warmth created in struggle. The City sportswashing project has been 100% successful, their wealth so entrenched now, and so unquestioned, that I feel we should ignore them as much as possible and try to pretend they don’t exist. Everything will be far more enjoyable that way.
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He knows the media already pretend we don't exist, but it doesn't stop a rare goal against City being treated like a CL final winner in every ground we visit. It's a battle they will eventually lose.
 
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SJIAC, TS had a call from a City fan discussing Rodri incitement of the Arsenal fans. SJ says that we wouldn't experience this as City don't fill their ground. Think the Blue was caught off guard but I like to think that I would have called him a childish ****
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He should have asked the click bait **** how full selhurst was when he was running palace into administration
 
LongsightM13 said:
Always loads of streams
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I would do the same but the “loads of streams” may be true but it is often followed up by people saying “I missed the last 5 mins as my stream broke etc”. That’s the problem unless there is one out there that has reliable pictures
 
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