A strange game. Liverpool just seemed very nervous and why they put Mane on the right where he was next to useless is odd. We got very lucky with the goal because let’s be honest - it shouldn’t have stood. Deffo the right decision to disallow theirs and I’m sure most would agree.
I thought Pereira was our MoTM and Rashford was excellent too. It’s hard to say whether we were good or Liverpool were bad. Probably a bit of both. The split striker thing we did today was interesting. We did it a bit last season - not sure why it took us until today to try it again. The one big negative though was Ole bottling it a bit in the last quarter and sitting back giving a toothless Liverpool a way back into the match and we could well have lost it because of that poor choice.
I feel more positive than negative after that and if we can finally win an away game next week at Norwich there might be shoots of recovery.
Both good and bad
posted on 20/10/19
I actually sort of agree to an extent
Though with our goal, it probably is a foul, a very very very soft foul though.
For one the leg he makes contact with isn’t his standing leg, making his dive to the floor that more cringeworthy. It’s also the sort of contact that wouldn’t put down a 5 year old, let alone a grown man. Hence why I can see why they didn’t rule out the goal.
posted on 20/10/19
For the last 20-30 mins, the game was one way. Before then, United played their hearts out and stopped us. Our midfield, normally very strong, had their hardest game of the season.
We weren't into 'headless chicken' land, but we weren't far away from it.
posted on 20/10/19
I thought Pereira was rubbish tbh. Every time we tried to attack, which admittedly only happened in the first half, it broke down around him.
James was our motm imo. Rashford did well too. Maguire didn't put a foot wrong, AWB likewise.
posted on 20/10/19
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 9 minutes ago
I actually sort of agree to an extent
Though with our goal, it probably is a foul, a very very very soft foul though.
For one the leg he makes contact with isn’t his standing leg, making his dive to the floor that more cringeworthy. It’s also the sort of contact that wouldn’t put down a 5 year old, let alone a grown man. Hence why I can see why they didn’t rule out the goal.
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Yet according to the rules it’s a foul, and we see several given every single game....
posted on 20/10/19
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 9 minutes ago
I actually sort of agree to an extent
Though with our goal, it probably is a foul, a very very very soft foul though.
For one the leg he makes contact with isn’t his standing leg, making his dive to the floor that more cringeworthy. It’s also the sort of contact that wouldn’t put down a 5 year old, let alone a grown man. Hence why I can see why they didn’t rule out the goal.
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Yet according to the rules it’s a foul, and we see several given every single game....
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Yeah I said it probably was a foul, I’d just find it embarrassing to go down from that sort of thing.
That’s the modern player though.
posted on 20/10/19
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 9 minutes ago
I actually sort of agree to an extent
Though with our goal, it probably is a foul, a very very very soft foul though.
For one the leg he makes contact with isn’t his standing leg, making his dive to the floor that more cringeworthy. It’s also the sort of contact that wouldn’t put down a 5 year old, let alone a grown man. Hence why I can see why they didn’t rule out the goal.
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Yet according to the rules it’s a foul, and we see several given every single game....
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Yeah I said it probably was a foul, I’d just find it embarrassing to go down from that sort of thing.
That’s the modern player though.
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I agree, I said above that it shouldn’t be a foul. Trouble is, the decision making by the refs has become so poor players feel they have to exaggerate otherwise they don’t get the decision. They have a point..... If VAR was used properly then it would remove the need for this, but until they remove this ridiculous ‘clear and obvious error’ rule, and use VAR to assist rather than hinder refs then things will never improve.
posted on 20/10/19
It was a foul. The issue is that yet again VAR don't want to overrule a ref. I've ranted about this at infinitatum. VAR don't want to overrule a ref and that's why the goal stood. We benefitted today and I'm delighted at that, but it's still a very flawed system
posted on 20/10/19
comment by jlou1978 (U15376)
posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Did you honestly think our goal should gave been disallowed? He failed to control the ball and took a dive.
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As much as I would have liked a foul to be given, I dont think it was a foul on Origi to be fair.
There might have been the slightest contact on the inside of his left knee, possibly, but he went down clutching his calf, so no, no foul for me.
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Feck me you’re less than a Liverpool fan than our Robert.
Never a free kick like you said and we’re not playing basketball like Ole said. He literally touched his knee with the slightest of touches. Never a foul in a million years. He probably didn’t even feel it considering he was clutching his lower leg.
posted on 20/10/19
comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by jlou1978 (U15376)
posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Did you honestly think our goal should gave been disallowed? He failed to control the ball and took a dive.
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As much as I would have liked a foul to be given, I dont think it was a foul on Origi to be fair.
There might have been the slightest contact on the inside of his left knee, possibly, but he went down clutching his calf, so no, no foul for me.
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Feck me you’re less than a Liverpool fan than our Robert.
Never a free kick like you said and we’re not playing basketball like Ole said. He literally touched his knee with the slightest of touches. Never a foul in a million years. He probably didn’t even feel it considering he was clutching his lower leg.
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He was clutching his lower leg... The other leg though... Not the one that there's supposed to be contact on
posted on 21/10/19
comment by Shugs (U14253)
posted 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by jlou1978 (U15376)
posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Did you honestly think our goal should gave been disallowed? He failed to control the ball and took a dive.
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As much as I would have liked a foul to be given, I dont think it was a foul on Origi to be fair.
There might have been the slightest contact on the inside of his left knee, possibly, but he went down clutching his calf, so no, no foul for me.
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Feck me you’re less than a Liverpool fan than our Robert.
Never a free kick like you said and we’re not playing basketball like Ole said. He literally touched his knee with the slightest of touches. Never a foul in a million years. He probably didn’t even feel it considering he was clutching his lower leg.
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He was clutching his lower leg... The other leg though... Not the one that there's supposed to be contact on
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🤣🤣🤣 more proof the touch was so faint he didn’t even feel it