Spurs (H) Post Match Thread

[alexmcity]

City - Chelsea 6:0, xG 4.04 - 0.90 = 3.14

City - Spurs 2:2, xG 3.23 - 0.11 (!) = 3.12 (+ two pen non-calls!)

Basically, the game yesterday could have easily been another trashing. Just not our day yesterday. Football can be like that sometimes. We were blody fantastic though, apart from finishing our chances, that is. Wouldn't be surprised if the pendulum swings in the other direction and we smash the rags or the dippers. The latter are enjoying it now, let's make them cry by winning another PL title.

 

[Blue Mist]

Aside from the pen shouts, that decision to award a free kick AGAINST Bernardo after he schooled the entirety of Spurs' team was one of the worst decisions Oliver has ever made

Hate defending Oliver (the bent bastard) but it was actually given by the linesman. How he saw a foul there is anybody's guess. The standard of the officials is disgraceful. I recorded the game so watched it again, it was brilliant skill by Bernie and then he gets sandwiched. The men in black don't even hide their stupidity anymore.

 

[Indaparkside]

Just settling down to watch match of the day,

I'm watching columbo on itv4, he'd of caught the robbing cvunts incharge of VAR:)

 

[grim up north]

On a seperate note I moved into the east stand for this season and could not believe the amount of tourists there, especially at the front. Completely different from not even a few years ago

Sat next to a bloke yesterday who had travelled from Malaysia,he was so excited to be there had a great time loved every minute of it and never stopped chatting about City prefer him to some of the miserable moaning bastards sat around me

 

[bluethai]

Our set piece defending has been poor for sometimes now.

 

[Blu1]

Think you are spot on with your analysis of the game. We missed good chances and gave away two very poor goals. On another day that could have been 5-2. And, yes, VAR is in danger of throttling all joy out of the game.
I would add, though, that I thought our second half performance - from the 65th or so minute - was pretty lacklustre: we did not move the ball quickly enough or establish a tempo and made it easy for a resilient Spurs defence. A number of players looked a bit leggy in the last quarter of the game, perhaps understandable at this stage of the season. I also felt that Sterling, Bernado and even Kev faded badly in the second half, seemingly running out of ideas, and Sterling, in particular, was guilty of trying to do too much, of hanging on to the ball too long and sometimes trying to score himself instead of playing better placed team mates in. A very frustrating game and result but after such a run of wins in the Premiership something was going to give eventually - and Spurs and Pochettino are no mugs!

Have to agree. A lot of our players seem unfit and it’s showing in the second half. I actually thought aguero looked shattered all game. Pre season was a bit of wasted time. I think in 2 more games we will be flying

 

[simon23]

There will be a time this season where the Dippers will get a penalty because 'there was contact', and City won't get a penalty because 'there wasn't enough contact'.

There will still be an anonymous referee making a decision, and it will still be subjective, and there will still be no recompense for an incorrect decision, and we will still get shafted and it will still be corrupt.

Fuly agree with the first bit - that has always happened....some players are very very good at conning the refs.....

Im not arguing whether there is corruption/favouritism by ref's......Some people belive there is some dont

What I am talking against is that by the rules of VAR unless it deems the ref has completely misse something it aint going to over turn a ref's decision. Yesterday with the Rodri incident, even though the whole t viewing audience including fans, pundits etc thought it was a penalty (as I did even without a replay) VAR didnt overr rule the ref probably becauase it deemed he saw the incident and therefore there was no reason to question it

 

[simon23]

How would do you equate Rodri's challenge on Lanzini being checked by VAR and Rodri being fouled by Lamela then?

It said on the commentary that the lanzini one had been checked/would be checked and it wasnt given.....

I belive the ref was indicating that the rodri one by lamela had been checked andwhen he was shaking his head he was saying that they (VAR) had said no foul......others have interpited that differently and im guessing no one knows....

It would be interesting to know whether it was checked by VAR (the rodri one)

I guess the way forward is that VAR should check all potential penalty incidents (the game can carry on flowing until that is done and then is pulled back if needed)

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

My view is that we should have had a stonewall penalty but the goal was correctly ruled out due to handball under the new interpretation.

However neither decision should have had anything other than the annoyance factor as we should have been several goals clear of Spurs.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Fuly agree with the first bit - that has always happened....some players are very very good at conning the refs.....

Im not arguing whether there is corruption/favouritism by ref's......Some people belive there is some dont

VAR didnt overr rule the ref probably becauase it deemed he saw the incident and therefore there was no reason to question it

The thing is, the decisions when to use and how to interpret VAR are not made by an "it". VAR doesn't over-rule anything or anyone. It is inanimate and just a tool being manipulated by sn unaccountable individual.