EPL 22/23

[Nice One Cyril]

Not sticking up for referees coz they make a rod for their own back but there's about 10 fouls every corner and 50 phantom fouls and associated phantom injuries every game. If players and managers weren't such lying cheats the refs might do a better job.

Do you reckon the players and managers were any better in the 60s & 70s, or is it a product of the refs and their masters 'enabling' the cheating by failing to do their job correctly, trying to it into a non contact sport?

[N5 1BH]

Not sticking up for referees coz they make a rod for their own back but there's about 10 fouls every corner and 50 phantom fouls and associated phantom injuries every game. If players and managers weren't such lying cheats the refs might do a better job.

Do you reckon the players and managers were any better in the 60s & 70s, or is it a product of the refs and their masters 'enabling' the cheating by failing to do their job correctly, trying to it into a non contact sport?

My honest opinion I reckon everyone has to hold their hand up, ultimately it’s down to the FA though. There was always deviousness but it seems the lunatics are increasingly taking control of the asylum. The FA doesn’t put the integrity of the game first and foremost, they make feeble attempts to clamp down but never back the refs. Then the refs allow the players and managers to referee the game to a large extent, TV over analyses any mistake (and there will always be mistakes), the supporters turn a blind eye when their team benefits. For me it’s really not entertaining watching the players take control, credit to the AFL on this they jump on anything that challenges the integrity of their game straight away and I actually prefer that now to much of the EPL stuff.

[haywood djablowme]

Not sticking up for referees coz they make a rod for their own back but there's about 10 fouls every corner and 50 phantom fouls and associated phantom injuries every game. If players and managers weren't such lying cheats the refs might do a better job.

Do you reckon the players and managers were any better in the 60s & 70s, or is it a product of the refs and their masters 'enabling' the cheating by failing to do their job correctly, trying to it into a non contact sport?

My honest opinion I reckon everyone has to hold their hand up, ultimately it’s down to the FA though. There was always deviousness but it seems the lunatics are increasingly taking control of the asylum. The FA doesn’t put the integrity of the game first and foremost, they make feeble attempts to clamp down but never back the refs. Then the refs allow the players and managers to referee the game to a large extent, TV over analyses any mistake (and there will always be mistakes), the supporters turn a blind eye when their team benefits. For me it’s really not entertaining watching the players take control, credit to the AFL on this they jump on anything that challenges the integrity of their game straight away and I actually prefer that now to much of the EPL stuff.

How dare you say such a thing about our friend - Nice One 'Mike Dean' Cyril

[Nice One Cyril]

How dare you say such a thing about our friend - Nice One 'Mike Dean' Cyril

I left London, to get away from my Goon friends and now I've got a new one here. What a joyous day

[theorakle]

unfortunately the game is not as manly as it was once was. too many actors and divers in squads these days. only the coaches can stop it and they will have to be forced to do so. solution, fifa must allow refs to red card divers etc early on in the game, no coach wants to lose players early in the game so the coaches will stop it quicksmart with no benefit to them and they will soon catch on as long as fifa is dinkum about wanting to stop the diving, acting shirt pulling etc. but are they . perhaps they like it this way. i bloody well dont.

[eagleboy]

unfortunately the game is not as manly as it was once was. too many actors and divers in squads these days. only the coaches can stop it and they will have to be forced to do so. solution, fifa must allow refs to red card divers etc early on in the game, no coach wants to lose players early in the game so the coaches will stop it quicksmart with no benefit to them and they will soon catch on as long as fifa is dinkum about wanting to stop the diving, acting shirt pulling etc. but are they . perhaps they like it this way. i bloody well dont.

So your saying in the above example Cucurella dived by putting his hair in the Spurs players hand. He should have been sent off.

[Nice One Cyril]

unfortunately the game is not as manly as it was once was. too many actors and divers in squads these days. only the coaches can stop it and they will have to be forced to do so. solution, fifa must allow refs to red card divers etc early on in the game, no coach wants to lose players early in the game so the coaches will stop it quicksmart with no benefit to them and they will soon catch on as long as fifa is dinkum about wanting to stop the diving, acting shirt pulling etc. but are they . perhaps they like it this way. i bloody well dont.

So your saying in the above example Cucurella dived by putting his hair in the Spurs players hand. He should have been sent off.

Had Cucurella not been clambering all over him in the first place, Romero wouldn't have needed to throw him to one side. The accidental grab on his curly locks wouldn't have happened if the ref had blown for the penalty to Romero first.

[haywood djablowme]

Had Cucurella not been clambering all over him in the first place, Romero wouldn't have needed to throw him to one side. The accidental grab on his curly locks wouldn't have happened if the ref had blown for the penalty to Romero first.

If the ref had called a pen for that, they would be calling 10 a game Cyril

Move on, you got lucky, but you can see why Tuchel was pissed with the little grub!

[N5 1BH]

Last week it was their hair, this week it was their pants

[LUFC_MOT]

Last week it was their hair, this week it was their pants

[Nice One Cyril]

Surprise at OT, but good for the league I think. United looked much stronger at the back with more pace, having dropped Shaw and Slabhead, where Liverpool looked a bit sluggish overall. Starting with Milner, Henderson and Elliott didn't really work and that seemed to put pressure on Trent and Robertson to stay deeper.

[MegaBonus]

About time a coach at Man U exerted their authority....benching both Maguire and Ronaldo who by all accounts are the cause of the rift in the dressing room....

[ozzie owl]

About time a coach at Man U exerted their authority....benching both Maguire and Ronaldo who by all accounts are the cause of the rift in the dressing room....

Surely Chelsea can't be chasing Harry Maguire, has to be just made up?

[Nice One Cyril]

About time a coach at Man U exerted their authority....benching both Maguire and Ronaldo who by all accounts are the cause of the rift in the dressing room....

Surely Chelsea can't be chasing Harry Maguire, has to be just made up?

Please, please God, if he can't go to Arsenal, let him go to Chelsea.

[eagleboy]

About time a coach at Man U exerted their authority....benching both Maguire and Ronaldo who by all accounts are the cause of the rift in the dressing room....

Surely Chelsea can't be chasing Harry Maguire, has to be just made up?

Please, please God, if he can't go to Arsenal, let him go to Chelsea.

Chelsea making some dumb signings. Too much money. That's what you get with a Yank in charge of recruiting. Also looking for Aba from Barcelona.
To me Cucurella looks very average. What did they see in him.

[haywood djablowme]

About time a coach at Man U exerted their authority....benching both Maguire and Ronaldo who by all accounts are the cause of the rift in the dressing room....

Surely Chelsea can't be chasing Harry Maguire, has to be just made up?

Please, please God, if he can't go to Arsenal, let him go to Chelsea.

We don't need any defenders Cyril, we currently have one of the best & the youngest

[Nice One Cyril]

Ooops!

Arsenal are placed on a UEFA watchlist with Barcelona and PSG for potentially breaching Financial Fair Play rules... after the Gunners reported staggering £213MILLION losses over the past three years

Arsenal have reported losses of £213m over the last three years, while UEFA rules only allow €30m (£25m) over this period.

Some people are calling for a points deduction and relegation to the Championship

Ok, that's just me, but I'm emailing UEFA this morning

[MegaBonus]

i thought this witty enough to share.....

Darwin Nunez: Banned for 3 matches
Roberto Firmino: Injured
Diogo Jota: Injured
This means that in the match against Manchester United, Liverpool will only be able to depend on Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and Harry Maguire

didnt eventuate but funny nonetheless.....

[Nice One Cyril]

Haywood will be glued to the internet later for the Champions League draw

[haywood djablowme]

Haywood will be glued to the internet later for the Champions League draw

Nah no interest Cyril, as I've said our squad wasn't good enough to compete in the UCL week in week out - yet! However you enjoy laughing all the way there & on your way home with your tails between your legs ready to play Thursday night football next year

[eagleboy]

Erling Håland at this point is proving better than anyone had imagined.
Liverpool 9 - 0 Bournemouth. Totally amazing
Arsenal Aug/ Sept champions at the moment. They will fall later as they always do.

Whatt a Saturday

[Nice One Cyril]

Erling Håland at this point is proving better than anyone had imagined.
Liverpool 9 - 0 Bournemouth. Totally amazing
Arsenal Aug/ Sept champions at the moment. They will fall later as they always do.

Whatt a Saturday

Haaland is big, strong, quick and good in the air and he's got KDB, Silva and Foden supplying the bullets. His lack of a right foot might cost him a few but he was always going to score loads, Bournemouth are appalling and will be returning to the Championship and Arsenal got lucky again with a deflected shot and a foul on the keeper.

[N5 1BH]

Play on the front foot, you make your own luck

[haywood djablowme]

The 60mil flop can juggle the ball more times that he has hit the back of the net

[Nice One Cyril]

The 60mil flop can juggle the ball more times that he has hit the back of the net

I wasn't that impressed by his keepy uppy skills tbh, but if he can play passes like the one Harry scored from, he'll do for us.

I did notice that your defence got monstered by Mitro and you were very lucky to get more than a draw.

[N5 1BH]

Mitro was impressive to be fair, threw Gabriel around like a rag doll, imagine having to mark that. Hope gets given a good run this time round

[haywood djablowme]

The 60mil flop can juggle the ball more times that he has hit the back of the net

I wasn't that impressed by his keepy uppy skills tbh, but if he can play passes like the one Harry scored from, he'll do for us.

I did notice that your defence got monstered by Mitro and you were very lucky to get more than a draw.

Mitro did bully our defence, however they didn't resort to pulling hair

[haywood djablowme]

Chelsea spending some coin! They obviously didnt watch the Leicester v Arsenal game as Martinelli gave Fofana a bath

[Nice One Cyril]

I wonder whether Aubameyang will be as lazy at Chelsea as he was at the Goons. Barca must be laughing at Arsenal, they got him for sweet FA and are selling him for £12 million plus Alonso.

[Nice One Cyril]

Early days, but who's looking like relegation candidates?

Bournemouth are diabolical so anybody who loses to them must be in the conversation, Villa are in trouble I think and the third spot will be either Forest or Brentford.