Consigliere Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Re: the two controversial sending offs yesterday. The relevant law says: Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offending player is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.) the offending player must be sent off. So by the letter of the law, the ref was correct in sending off Luiz. I don't think Arsenal have a chance of getting the red card rescinded on appeal. Bednarek, otoh, should not have been sent off. His was not even a foul and Martial clearly made a meal of it so Southampton do have a very good case of getting Bednarek's red card rescinded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Consigliere said: Re: the two controversial sending offs yesterday. The relevant law says: Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offending player is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.) the offending player must be sent off. So by the letter of the law, the ref was correct in sending off Luiz. I don't think Arsenal have a chance of getting the red card rescinded on appeal. Bednarek, otoh, should not have been sent off. His was not even a foul and Martial clearly made a meal of it so Southampton do have a very good case of getting Bednarek's red card rescinded. Rule needs to be fixed to add a line about accidental contact. The rule was modified, in the first place, to prevent shit like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I'm not convinced the Luiz one was accidental. It may have looked that way, but why was he making a run behind the player? In all likelyhood, there won't be many incidents like this during the course of the season, so it shouldn't be an issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I feel that if VAR makes it a point to zoom in on off sides to where pixels start showing (they shouldn't by the way), they should do the same for player contact to determine if it really was a foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 If the idiots in charge start using VAR to review every single foul, players would die of old age before half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 A short analysis of Kabak's playing style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I don't think martial would have got to the ball before the keeper his touch took it too far away from him from what I remember. Then there was barely enough contact, so penalty maybe but never a red for bednarek imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Fulham actually play some good, well-organised football. They’ll still go down, but they’re no WBA shitshow. I think Parker knows what he’s doing and will hopefully have a good managerial career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Liverpool make two changes for this evening’s Anfield encounter with Brighton & Hove Albion. Alisson Becker is ruled out due to illness, so Caoimhin Kelleher begins in goal, while Roberto Firmino replaces Divock Origi in attack. New signing Ben Davies is named on the bench. Liverpool: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Henderson, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Milner, Thiago, Shaqiri, Salah, Firmino. Subs: Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Tsimikas, Origi, Davies, R. Williams, Cain, N. Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Soylent Brown said: I'm not convinced the Luiz one was accidental. It may have looked that way, but why was he making a run behind the player? Because Sideshow Bob is playing four-dimensional chess, a sort of 5G football, that the rest of us only perceive as extreme goofiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 18 hours ago, ants said: Their CB's on the weekend were Phillips and Henderson, with uninjured depth of ...... So getting 2 guys in, even if one is a championship player, makes sense. If they both excel they can upgrade Phillips and send Henderson & Fabinho (when fit) back to the midfield. If one is only depth, well they need depth. Phillips is basically a Championship level centreback. Like I said, Kabak makes sense, as he is already pretty good at age 20, altho still a bit raw. So he can really compete with Matip and Gomez over the spot next van Dijk next season (I am assuming they will make the move permanent). I just really don't see the point of shipping in somebody, who will presumably be the 5th choice CB next season. It would've made more sense to either get some veteran on a short term (or loan) deal, or bring in some gifted talent from a top club, which is not getting game time, because their first choice centrebacks are not spending the rest of the season out injured. Ofc, Liverpool's scouting department knows the players they brought in better than I do (especially from second tier English teams), so there's every chance to prove me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Not great from Liverpool so far. We could do with getting Ox on in the second half to add a bit of threat from distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: Not great from Liverpool so far. We could do with getting Ox on in the second half to add a bit of threat from distance. Brighton have packed the center of the pitch yet our players keep trying to play through it. Milner just slows down the game.Bring on Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Both Milner and Wijnaldum are no use to us in games like this. Milner can't play through, and Wijnaldum would prefer not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Firmino stooping his head at a decent cross two feet off the ground, rather than trying to shoot, ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: Both Milner and Wijnaldum are no use to us in games like this. Milner can't play through, and Wijnaldum would prefer not to. and yet Klopp didnt take off Milner during the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Klopp is just sitting there brainlessly, expecting things to magically get better all by themselves. We could play like this all week and not have a shot on target. Change things before Brighton score more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 fuck me but Origi is coming on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Even he can't be any worse than the rest of our numpties today. Salah has been quite thoroughly pocketed by his defender yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 It's like Arsenal fan TV in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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