⚽ Soccer Match-day Thread (4 Viewers)

[El Floppo]

I am sad as a fan that by the letter of the law, that this is offside.  If there was any one rule I want to see improved, it is this one.

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(un)clear and (un)obvious. 

fwiw... I was referencing ARS's 2nd goal- they scored a goal, and the goal scorer was clearly offsides. VAR caught that, but also caught a clear push in the back on the touch before leading to the PK.

 

[McBokonon]

Eddie Howe with a dilemma - is Joelinton a world class midfielder or is he a 30 goal a year striker? 

 

[McBokonon]

Bruno Guimaraes: “I’m not a goal scorer.” 

 

[El Floppo]

City vs Watford just isn't fair.

 

[titusbramble]

Huge set of results for us today, with beating Cardiff and Boro and Millwall both dropping points, if we can beat already on holiday QPR, then we're all but in the playoffs. We'd likely get murdered once there, but there's no really good team in this division other than Fulham.

If we don't beat QPR though then we probably need to beat Fulham last game and can only pray they've won the title by then. That said, we beat them at Craven Cottage earlier this season so who knows

 

[JaxBill]

Spurs look plum out of sorts

 

[El Floppo]

Spurs look plum out of sorts

I see what you did there. I was trying to come up with a Fiorentina comment, but forgot.

 

[El Floppo]

Bundie wrapped up today... you'll never guess who took the title!

but in other leagues where titles are up for grabs... Serie A coming down to the wire between the real club from Milan and the poser club from Milan. the posers have lost their lead by a point after today's Inter win over @Kafka Roma. 

going to be a fun finish.... @DJackson10

 

[Moe.]

Sporting-Columbus might be the worst soccer content I’ve ever seen, and I watched all of The English Game

 

[NewlyRetired]

Sporting-Columbus might be the worst soccer content I’ve ever seen, and I watched all of The English Game

https://twitter.com/MLSGoneWild/status/1518045500309708800?s=20&t=Rqz7Qf_ZAJe8ELHmMfwdBw

 

[El Floppo]

I don't know why or when I got emotionally invested in Burnley staying up... but all of sudden I am (I guess I've always liked how they try to play the game since they've been up).

I'd normally be watching Chelsea for a CP sighting... but with him getting zero PT lately, I'm watching Burnley instead vs Wolves and hoping for all 3 points. and will be watching the mersey-side derby later to see what their result here does vs Everton's.

 

[El Floppo]

I don't know why or when I got emotionally invested in Burnley staying up... but all of sudden I am (I guess I've always liked how they try to play the game since they've been up).

1-0 in 62nd!

 

[El Floppo]

couple games of watching more directly... this Weghorst guy for Burnley is awful. definitely not a PL forward.

but Burnley absolutely buzzing... FLYING into every challenge and still committing numbers forward (maybe too much as they head into the 80th minute).

and Raul going down cheaply more than a tijuana hooker. what a ####.

....meanwhile... Chelsea all square with Hammers in the last 15, and CP rooted to the bench. hoping he gets a run here... because wow- he's just fallen off a cliff the last few weeks.

 

[McBokonon]

1-0 in 62nd!

I’m more invested in Everton going down. Different reason, same dancing pickle.

 

[El Floppo]

meanwhile... Chelsea all square with Hammers in the last 15, and CP rooted to the bench. hoping he gets a run here... because wow- he's just fallen off a cliff the last few weeks.

I typed this just as he came on in the 76th.

switching over to watch Chels now. 

 

[El Floppo]

PK. 

Lukaku hauled down. "hauled" (he made the most of it... but still a pretty clear PK).

VAR in play now...

 

[El Floppo]

PK. 

Lukaku hauled down. "hauled" (he made the most of it... but still a pretty clear PK).

VAR in play now...

it's a red for the defender.

 

[McBokonon]

That pen attempt was - not good

 

[El Floppo]

lol... maybe not as bad as Musah's miss, but that Jorginho PK was a slow roller straight down the middle. 0-0.

 

[El Floppo]

CP!!!!

 

[El Floppo]

CP!!!!

holy crap did he need that.

 

[El Floppo]

holy crap did he need that.

break down the left, ball put back and CP arriving at the PK spot to finish 1st time with his left. wasn't hit with a ton of conviction, tbh, but it went in.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

it's a red for the defender.

Its the worst rule in soccer. DOGSO red card + penalty + suspension is ridiculous. 
 

 

[El Floppo]

Its the worst rule in soccer. DOGSO red card + penalty + suspension is ridiculous. 
 

all to promote more scoring opportunities.

how about this instead to promote more scoring opportunities- stop using VAR to go minutes back into the play and call any stupid little thing to call a goal back. and stop calling offsides because a strand of hair is past a shoelace.

 

[El Floppo]

Burnley!

 

[El Floppo]

That pen attempt was - not good

announcer upon seeing it in replay "yeah... that was terrible".

 

[El Floppo]

Burnley!

Burnley OUT of the drop (eta- for the first time since October!)! 2 points ahead of Everton who are about to face off with Liverpool (but who also have a game in hand...eta2- I stand corrected... 2 games in hand).

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Everton in the relegation zone with two games in hand over Burnley, but are at Anfield today, home v Chelsea next week then at Leicester. 

 

[El Floppo]

Everton shape has been fantastic- controlling and not allowing Liverpool any room or chances at all, and also generating some ok chances of their own.

 

[McBokonon]

Liverpool might have kicked the ball out if Richarlison wasn’t such a flopping knob all the time.

 

[El Floppo]

Richarlison just needs a Nacho Libre mask.

2 minutes of ET. lol. Pickford spent about 5 minutes this half retrieving balls and taking goal kicks. Richarlison another 5 rolling around on the ground. 

and LOL pickford goes to ground on an easy untouched take. holds it for about 15 and punts.

I was hoping to watch a flowing Liverpool game, not a Tyson/Holyfield reunion fight in their 50s just clench and hold.

 

[El Floppo]

Liverpool might have kicked the ball out if Richarlison wasn’t such a flopping knob all the time.

which of the 18 times?

 

[McBokonon]

which of the 18 times?

The one that led to the scrum at the beginning of added time.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Attwell is a joke -- just not up to the game.

Richarlson and Pickford wasted 10 minutes between them in that half.  Then +2 comes up.  Ridiculous.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Everton's 32 completed passes were the fewest in a Premier League first half since at least 2012-13.

 

[NewlyRetired]

I have no problems with teams bunkering if they feel that is their only way to compete.

But the disgusting time wasting makes games like this unwatchable.   I don't know how many more examples we need that allowing the ref to add extra time simply does not work.   Just stop the damn clock and 95% of the dumb time wasting goes away instantly.

 

[titusbramble]

Everton are not finishing this with eleven

 

[El Floppo]

I have no problems with teams bunkering if they feel that is their only way to compete.

But the disgusting time wasting makes games like this unwatchable.   I don't know how many more examples we need that allowing the ref to add extra time simply does not work.   Just stop the damn clock and 95% of the dumb time wasting goes away instantly.

IMO... if the ref gives Pickford and/or Richarlison a yellow early on for time-wasting, this gets nipped in the bud. but he let most things go on and on.

goal to liverpool is the best thing that could've happened to this miserable game. everton will have to stop wasting time and open up a bit to try to get that point back, which should let Liverpool get to play more. win/win.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

OMG Diaz

Just your garden variety leaping Rabona trap of a 50 yard bullet in the middle of a tense title race and close game.

 

[El Floppo]

I couldn't tell you what skills Origi has- but every time he checks in, Liverpool go gang-busters

 

[El Floppo]

OMG Diaz

Just your garden variety leaping Rabona trap of a 50 yard bullet in the middle of a tense title race and close game.

that was a big FU to everton. love that.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

that was a big FU to everton. love that.

I'm hoping Liverpool can get another one here so James Milner can come and put a proper FU on Richarlson in the 95th minute.

 

[El Floppo]

I couldn't tell you what skills Origi has- but every time he checks in, Liverpool go gang-busters

 

[El Floppo]

I actually have always liked Everton, so don't really want to see them go down.

but #### them for that cynical as hell 1st half.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

That's miles more of a red than half the reds we see these days.

 

[El Floppo]

That's miles more of a red than half the reds we see these days.

it was nasty.

wouldn't be surprised to see that picked up later... if that's something that can be picked up later.

 

[El Floppo]

loved Alison aping Pickford there at the end.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

loved Alison aping Pickford there at the end.

Yeah -- that was nice.  Really do wish they'd taken more out of Richarlson at the end of the game.  Pickford taking out VvD two years ago is just stupid, talentless hacks doing stupid talentless things, but Richarlson knew what he was doing on Thiago that same day.  And he was a ##### in this one too.

 

[El Floppo]

And he was a ##### in this one too.

lol at "this one".

 

[titusbramble]

Not quite sure how Richarlison stayed on at the end there. Also sure Doucoure shoved someone in the aftermath which gets a yellow 100% of the time if he didn't already have one