Stoke post match

[SWP's back]

Can't see one yet

No worries. Cheers. If you post one, could you tag me.

 

[malg]

So you think that will be constantly applied in every game this season? No penalties all afternoon since, do you think there has not been equivalent contacts in the box, wise up bad decision end of.

Jesus wept, what's wrong with people on here. It doesn't matter if it's given elsewhere, when has that ever mattered?. They've been told that if they pull shirts it's a penalty, they've also been told that if you don't watch the ball and just simply impede another player it's a penalty. What's not to understand? It was a stonewall penalty. I didn't like it either, and wondered what the fuck was going on. However, once they'd explained that refs had been round every ground and told the teams what was going on, and actually went round and told Sky, and hopefully BT, then I got the picture. The fact that people on here don't get it just maybe a combat indicator that it's not just the players who are thick.

So, wise up.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

No objection to penalties being given for pulling etc in the box but its no use if one ref applies it and another doesn't. Had too many years of rags getting away with murder with their defending, because refs were cowards, to now have to watch their defenders rugby tackle people in the box and get away with it whilst the rest of the league conceed penalties. Chelsea have just been denied a penalty for an offence by Watford that was much worse that Sterlings offence.

You see this is the whole point, some refs may apply the rule to the letter, meanwhile to get a pen at the swamp, the attacking player would have to be attacked with a baseball bat, and struck multiple times.

 

[malg]

Very happy with the result, was good to go up against a physical Joke City on a wet / windy afternoon and win convincingly.

Loved Natcho's / Nolito's cameo.

Hate to critise City players but Navas dosnt help himself..

I don't think he'd have scored the goals that Nolito did.

 

[kaz7]

No worries. Cheers. If you post one, could you tag me.

will do

 

[Jackford]

Sad reds reckon Stoke were absolutely pathetic. We're Bournemouth not pathetic? Stoke away is very tough and it seems nobody apart from City fans are giving them any credit.

 

[TonyBookEnd]

Seems to me that pundits (whether consciously or not) are comparing our performances with Pep's Barca and Bayern. Therefore we aren't getting the praise for some good performances. Whereas PEGs United are being compared with LVGs version and thus getting more plaudits.

 

[kaz7]

 

[woolleyback blue]

Not just the penalties, but near the end of the match today there was a rugby tackle right in front on the right sided lino and right under the refs nose.
Nothing. Not even a flag from the lino.

This is the problem. Consistency by refs being non existant.

 

[malg]

You see this is the whole point, some refs may apply the rule to the letter, meanwhile to get a pen at the swamp, the attacking player would have to be attacked with a baseball bat, and struck multiple times.

That's what Hughes alluded to when he said refs won't stick to it. We all know it will go unpunished at the Swamp, but that's always been the case. Smalling is fucking shocking at pulling shirts.