Spurs (H) Post Match Thread

I hate VAR now and the new rules but as ever we only have our best players to blame for being human. KDB screwed up numerous chances but was also phenomenal. Bernardo was toothless but everywhere adding value. Walker was phenomenal but at fault. Etc etc.

We dropped points like we have to mid table type teams before. That is the shocking yet familiar disappointment.

Let's hope that Spurs vastly improve to take points from our rivals. Then a point against them might seem decent at the end of the season.
 
Ardwick Green Blue said:
That wasn't a penalty. The first on Rodri maybe was.
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You're just plain wrong. A tug on the arm, especially one that lead to the handball is a foul mate. Go look at the pic I've added to that post you replied to. You've clearly not seen it or don't understand the rules. It was also a definite pen for Rodri, no maybe about it.
 
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Wotspur said:
Ok ,as an X Ref to Conference level , and a son who is doing academy football reffing , you can’t have it both ways . In April you were adamant that Lorrente handled the ball but today Laporte didn’t handle the ball . in my opinion Llorentes was a good goal and today yours should have stood too .
I’m very old school and didn’t think either penalty claim was justified , the Lamella was a battle and matey eventually fell over and as for the arm tug , perhaps it could have been a penalty ,but 40 years ago that forward would have been laughed at for trying to claim such a pull bought him down .
I also disagreed with the Foul on Lloris , ffs goalies get far too much protection , and I say that as an x goalie myself , not to a great standard , but still .
My son thought the Lamella one was a pen , but he’s a snowflake .
When it went to VAR , I thought we were screwed as the VAR bloke was Cities favourite official .
My big question is , if most City fans live in Manchester , why were there 1000’s of empty seats from 80 minutes onwards , aren’t you used to scoring late winners .
Anyway I’m happy with a draw , and to all those disrespecting us before the game , saying we’re crap and 7-0 4-1, 5-0 etc , learn some respect and don’t act like JCLs , after last year your invincible team lost to Palace , Newcastle and Leicester
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Some fair points, especially about respect. However it really could have and should been 5 or 6 today, but you defended well with last ditch efforts and enjoyed luck.
Well done and good luck for the season...oh and take some points off the candle folk.
 
Petetheblu said:
Some fair points, especially about respect. However it really could have and should been 5 or 6 today, but you defended well with last ditch efforts and enjoyed luck.
Well done and good luck for the season...oh and take some points off the candle folk.
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The fuck?
 
Petetheblu said:
Some fair points, especially about respect. However it really could have and should been 5 or 6 today, but you defended well with last ditch efforts and enjoyed luck.
Well done and good luck for the season...oh and take some points off the candle folk.
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Didn't you read the last bit? and what does what would not be a pen 40yrs ago got to do with what happened today?
 
Obviously not one of the main talking points of the game but thought this deserved a mention to call out Oliver’s awful display



Spurs free kick
 
Metalartin said:
Now that I've calmed down, if any team shouldn't have to worry about VAR as much as other teams it's City. Other teams have many more tight games over the course of a season, it should affect the rest of the top 6 more than it does City logically thinking. That game shouldn't have been close to begin with which is why the VAR mistakes sting so much.

Lets wait and see, if Liverpool try an scrape 1-0s like there were doing last season. When they went through their sticky patch and goals start getting ruled out on the tightest of calls. That no one else saw and are still unsure on the replays. Then some of my faith will be restored.

It's going to be a painful adjustment for many fans not just City ones.
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Totally disagree. Let’s see how many goals are chalked off for Liverpool and united.
 
come-on-barney said:
Totally disagree. Let’s see how many goals are chalked off for Liverpool and united.
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All I'm saying is at least wait until we have seen them get different treatment rather than get worked up before we've got evidence of it. Maybe they will surprise us? We'll see how the Spurs fans take it, especially the Liverpool fans. That would be fun.

If our fears on VAR double standards are confirmed, then we are fully justified in making a lot of noise about it.
 
Marky Lundie said:
You’s were unlucky not to win! You’s looked great going forward. It’s in defence where you look shaky, you could really have done with another centre back to replace kompany!
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You say shaky, but a “shaky” defence doesn’t only concede 2 shots all match to top 6 rival. Your defence was shaky, we just found every way possible to not finish chances.
 
Tricky_Trev said:
You say shaky, but a “shaky” defence doesn’t only concede 2 shots all match to top 6 rival. Your defence was shaky, we just found every way possible to not finish chances.
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We are very good at limiting attempts. Not so good at preventing goals from the few chances we concede. Both goals were very poor defending I thought.
 
TheThirdDeano said:
It took 2 minutes to rule out right?

That’s a fucking Long time, and the only reasonable conclusion you can take from it taking that long is they were actively looking for a reason to rule it out. Especially as not a single soul on the pitch claimed or believed it was anything other than a goal.

One word; Corruption.
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Spot on
 
Clearly there's two ways of dealing with injustice for City fans.

Those that wind everyone else up(blanket "conspiracy theorists" generalisations) and claim "There's nothing to see here, it was all our players fault, take it out on them". Maybe because they can't deal with the idea that we've actually been shafted. That would be my guess.

Then there's those who face up to it and maybe react a bit strongly at times(yes some do go over the top) but will eventually calm down and realise it's not just City on the wrong end of things all the time. I'd rather vent my frustrations, than pretend it didn't happen/bottle it up.

The handball call was correct by the letter of the law but they should have spotted his arm was dragged back before it, which is foul play and directly influenced that call. Everyone agrees Rodri should have been awarded a penalty. It's 2 decisions that didn't go our way, not great but not a bucket full(we've had more bad calls without VAR in place) and could easily even out and happen to Spurs or Liverpool in another game.

VAR will hopefully get better and we'll start benefiting from it. The season has only just begun.
 
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