Premier League Games 4/5/6 March '23

[remember arthur mann]

Not watched the game so far. Has it lived up to the billing as the biggest game in world football?

 

[Gazza]

Didn’t say they were good, just that they are organised.

You doth protest too much, methinks.

 

[samuelyeboah]

rat face can't stay onside

 

[afc16]

I just can't really agree with this idea of referees helping Arsenal given it would have been the easiest thing in the world to give Arsenal 2 or 3 penalties yesterday for handball if the ref was so inclined. One of them was so borderline nobody would have batted an eyelid. Also you just can't ignore the offside Brentford goal, if there really was a conspiracy to help Arsenal they're doing a very piss poor job. I agree that there are sympathies (whether conscious or subconscious) in refereeing towards United and Liverpool, there's enough evidence of them getting the rub of the green to see that. I might also see anti-City sentiment from certain referees. I don't see pro-Arsenal sentiment at all, the evidence just doesn't support it for me. My opinion is that everything else is just the kind of total incompetence we see week in week out with every game.

I also will stick my neck out at risk of getting pelters on here and say I absolutely fucking despise the amount of time wasting other teams do in this league. It's beyond pathetic that the referees have never gotten a grip on it. They should be adding on 15-20 minutes, they should have done that for us v Forest, and they should have done it yesterday for Arsenal. The referee was absolutely justified in adding an extra minute because a Bournemouth player was rolling around on the floor like a twat for a whole minute. In fact I would say it his obligation to add that time on. It sucks because they scored but nobody would be arguing the toss on it if they didn't.

My frustration is not with Arsenal getting the extra minutes. My frustration is that City never do, as said previously, the exact same situation happened with us against Forest and we got less than fuck all.

Either get a timekeeper or add 10 minutes of added time every time the referee has to book somebody for time wasting. It needs stamping the fuck out. It really is the thing that annoys me most about modern football.

Excellent post, pretty much what I was trying to say but you put it better.

I mentioned the 4/5 pen shouts yday, if the powers really wanted us to win, it would have been extremely easy to give us a pen but they didn’t. So where exactly is this help we’re supposed to be getting?

 

[Crooked_rain]

Good goal to be fair

That was actually just about to ask if he’s actually any good because any time I’ve seen him for Liverpool, he hasn’t done anything

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Varane is fucking garbage, any kind of pressure and he collapses

We saw that three years ago. Gabriel Jesus basically got him sacked from his job in Madrid.

 

[jimharri]

Spitty has just soiled himself

That's a side effect of old age, I'm afraid.

 

[hertsblue]

Dippers are absolute wank at the back and Rags being direct and with pace, like Madrid did, are showing them up. We don’t take advantage due to our style of play with slow build up and no pace means they can easily get into shape

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Just switched on in time to see the dippers score. I hate both teams, but still couldn't stop myself getting mildly elated that the rags had let a goal in. I think it's just in my DNA to enjoy anything associated with their misery.

 

[Gabriel]

Robertson is such a threat, both inside and outside. If we could just find someone as good, Grealish would get so much more room.