Watford (H) Post Match Thread

[BlueAnorak]

Marvelous. RAWK will be in uproar....
I thought we were a bit off the boil today myself.
Raheem Stirling - He's top of the league. Fantastic 3rd goal.

 

[deano ou812]

Cue either a ropey goal for the scousers tomorrow or hahahahaha one for Burnley oh yes make it so ...

 

[blueinsa]

Walton’s final words and I quote “what football needs and what football wants is for that to be flagged offside”.
Biased twat

No agenda or bias though in the game.

The biggest bent twat in the game is irrelevant.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Flopp reckons scoring offside goals makes it harder to win the game.

FairPlay. Can’t fault the man when he is use to winning pk after every dive ;)

 

[blueinsa]

Of course he was offside, we got lucky with that one, I appreciate it doesn't fit in with your 24/7 agenda thing but hey ho...perhaps there is no agenda!

The ref gave it so it wasnt offside was it ;-)

Feel free to be outraged about it all night though and to try and be argumentative.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Dun dun dun dun dun
Ice ice baby

 

[the talisman]

Well said Peter Schmeichel
Dismissing the debate about the goal, saying City would have won either way
Watford have got nothing to be proud of, they just came to ruin a game of football that 55,000 people paid to watch

 

[super_city_si]

Fucking love pep. Asked about sterling and he says “ he can do better. First half he was bad.”

 

[simon23]

It's more subtle than that though. If the defender deliberately plays the ball back and you nip in and get it, then you can't be offside. But if both players go for a ball played by an attacker, the defender gets to it first but it falls to the attacker and he scores, then that's offside, because the attacker was still going for the original ball forward from the attacker.

does the attacker have to be intending to strike/play the ball however? what if sterlings next touch was to control the ball...he certainly didn't intent the ball to come off him and go into the net...he may have intended to either shoot, control or pass with his first touch but I'm guessing any of those options means he was offside?

Im sure there will be a major investigation with loads shouts of "justice needs to be done" with a distinct Scouse whine that can be heard!...it will get louder if Burnley get something tomorrow!

 

[aguero93:20]

interfering with an opponent by:
• preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision or
• challenging an opponent for the ball or
• clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent or
• making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball or

Sterling was guilty of all 4 to be fair.