EPL 20/21

[ozzie owl]

Brighton hosting Chelsea this weekend in a friendly with 2,500 fans allowed in the ground. I wonder how long till the FA allow limited crowds at EPL matches?

[Facts and Stats]

Nothing to do with the FA

[Just Dave now]

when does season start , are fixtures out yet ?

[Facts and Stats]

September 12, they came out last week.

[united92]

when does season start , are fixtures out yet ?

Community Shield is this weekend, PL starts 12 September

[Bomber]

Dirty Leeds first off the rack.

[Con M]

when does season start , are fixtures out yet ?

Community Shield is this weekend, PL starts 12 September

Yep, Arsenal won the Shield 5-4 on penalties. 1-1 after 90 minutes. Great goal by Aubameyang.

[Facts and Stats]

Wrong thread again?

[haywood djablowme]

Wrong thread again?

& you have never rambled on in a wrong thread before...

[Con M]

Wrong thread again?

Nah ya fisherboy you, formerly the Isolated One. I’ll bite. Couldn’t find a Charity Shield thread to please you. And it’s a traditional opening part of a season, this one being EPL season 20/21.

No comment by you about this absorbing match? 1am Adelaide time past your bedtime?

[eagleboy]

when does season start , are fixtures out yet ?

Community Shield is this weekend, PL starts 12 September

Yep, Arsenal won the Shield 5-4 on penalties. 1-1 after 90 minutes. Great goal by Aubameyang.

Good game to watch. Aubameyang is a vg player. Arteta will improve Arsenal considerably as long as he has the support of the board with

[Facts and Stats]

Wrong thread again?

Nah ya fisherboy you, formerly the Isolated One. I’ll bite. Couldn’t find a Charity Shield thread to please you. And it’s a traditional opening part of a season, this one being EPL season 20/21.

No comment by you about this absorbing match? 1am Adelaide time past your bedtime?

Do you need a graphic to show you how to start a new thread? You moan and groan about rules and regaulations (along with everything else) yet can't follow forum ones?

Bizarre behaviour.

Yes, I was tucked up asleep at 1am. I don't need to watch live, technology and sense means I can watch when I want.

[ozzie owl]

when does season start , are fixtures out yet ?

Community Shield is this weekend, PL starts 12 September

Yep, Arsenal won the Shield 5-4 on penalties. 1-1 after 90 minutes. Great goal by Aubameyang.

Good game to watch. Aubameyang is a vg player. Arteta will improve Arsenal considerably as long as he has the support of the board with

Maitland - Niles impressed again for Arsenal and yet appears to be on the way out .

[Del Boca Vista]

arsenal celebrating like it's europe is big cringe

[haywood djablowme]

Another Brazilian heading to North London

[Old Master]

arsenal celebrating like it's europe is big cringe

Wembley is a Hone Ground to them since it was rebuilt.

I wonder how it would have gone if the match was played at the Champions' Anfield Stadium, which should be the norm for this non-event match?

[Just Dave now]

top 8
man city
liverpool
man u
arsenal
chelsea
spurs
everton
leicester

bottom 3
brighton
watford
fulham

[Bomber]

top 8
man city
liverpool
man u
arsenal
chelsea
spurs
everton
leicester

bottom 3
brighton
watford
fulham

I think you'll find Watford are already relegated Davo

[Just Dave now]

top 8
man city
liverpool
man u
arsenal
chelsea
spurs
everton
leicester

bottom 3
brighton
watford
fulham

I think you'll find Watford are already relegated Davo

oh cabernet doesnt hurt to be sure lol

[Nice One Cyril]

Have they changed the VAR rules on offside this season or have Arsenal upped their payments to the refs?

[eagleboy]

Good to see MU lose. Hope it continues.

[Old Master]

Have they changed the VAR rules on offside this season or have Arsenal upped their payments to the refs?

They don't need to pay the referees, muscat-oles are the FA's & Referee's Club, always have been and always will be.

[haywood djablowme]

Have they changed the VAR rules on offside this season or have Arsenal upped their payments to the refs?

Hi Cyril, welcome back, missed you last week
Close, however right decision thou.. more question the handball in the box we got away with

[Bomber]

VAR continues to dominate. Worst thing to happen to football, possibly ever.

[Nice One Cyril]

VAR continues to dominate. Worst thing to happen to football, possibly ever.

The game is a total mess and the VAR and referees are largely to blame, one small positive is that they do appear to be using the pitchside monitor at last.

[Nice One Cyril]

After listening to Dermot Gallacher, it appears that I may have been a bit unfair on the refs, they're simply doing what they've been told to do by FIFA and IFAB. Which is to totally shiraz up the game that we love. Bunch of champagne.

The LOTG were largely fine for 130 years, with on pitch refs making the decisions. Some law changes have been OK, like the offside rule and the goal line technology, but this constant tinkering with intepretation is madness. Handball should only be given if the ref thinks it's deliberate (which I think is still the actual Law) and the technology of the pitchside monitor should be used for him to review what he's only seen in real time.

[Bomber]

VAR continues to dominate. Worst thing to happen to football, possibly ever.

The game is a total mess and the VAR and referees are largely to blame, one small positive is that they do appear to be using the pitchside monitor at last.

The only time they'll get the pitchside monitor decisions right is if they set up a lounge chair, have a pint ready, allow a couple replays............

[haywood djablowme]

Bar the result, good to wake up early, sit down, watch a game this morning with no interruption of the VAR.. we did chase shadows thou for 90mins so hard to make any fouls worth reviewing

[Old Master]

The players, managers and supporters are not happy with the new Handball rules either.

There have been 6 Penalties awarded so far this season in the EPL compared to Zero at the same stage of last season.

How can a player be adjudged to have handled the ball when he's facing the opposite direction to the ball, in the air and the ball hit s him from behind?

What is the new law?
A new interpretation of the handball law was introduced at the beginning of this season. Under these new rules, a player will be penalised for handball if:

The hand/arm is clearly away from the body and outside the "body line" .
The player clearly leans into the path of the ball.
The ball travels some distance.
The ball touches a hand/arm that is clearly raised above the shoulder.
The player falls and the hand/arm is extended laterally or vertically away from the body.
A deflection clearly makes no difference to the ball touching a hand/arm that is clearly extended away from the body and/or above the shoulder.

Come on, abandon this new rule for the sake of the game!

[Nice One Cyril]

Wow, that was a morning to savour.