Ben

this will get overturned surely

reverse jinx masterstroke

get Trossard off ffs

what a goal that would have been ffs

Not sure how this is possible but I’ve somehow worn out the rewind button on iPlayer

Spoilers ffs, I’m still watching Charlotte digging around in the dirt from episode 1

Wow

a) that’s not what a monopoly is, and b) the case isn’t about ongoing PSR restrictions at all, it’s about whether or not City cooked their books then tried to cover it up

[Paul Scholes, inventing a fictitious hybrid of Andrea Pirlo and Frank Lampard] I think Caicedo should be more like this guy

the bloke is a dipshit. How many stylish controlling midfield players also score loads of goals?!

he looked tired vs WHU, understandably. He has been a bit untidy, and his movement isn't as sharp as I'd like, but has generally done a good job of occupying the CBs and making space for others

Chelsea deserve that tbh

will take lots more of those boring 2-0 wins where we aren’t especially exciting but Raya doesn’t have to make a save

cry-laughed at the bit where he was playing the old voiceover tape

thought it might be Gyokeres but fair play that’s a good pen

Interested to see who takes this…

Fucksake

How have we not scored there ffs

can't build around players who can't stay fit, unfortunately

Amen, although having said that they were the victims of the worst VAR oversight we’ve seen to date in that game vs Spurs

I just think those challenges where one player jumps and someone clatters into their lower body while they’re mid air are pretty dangerous. Kane use to love backing into someone who’d jumped for a header and sending them sprawling

the one where he clattered Jorginho? Feel like that was way more forceful tbf. But I don’t think we could have any complaints whatsoever had Gabriel been sent off, and it would have been his fault.

Incidentally, glad Livramento isn’t *too* fucked. Didn’t like that challenge from Saliba at all.

if he’d been sent off I’d say it was very harsh but would be more annoyed at him for getting into that situation in the first place

stupid from Gabriel, and no clue why he was even annoyed. Don’t think it’s violent conduct even if Woltemade had gone down - Gabriel goes to give him a shove and his arm slips. Any contact with his face was minimal and I think accidental. But it was still a weird and silly thing to do

I think that’s an insane interpretation of the event tbh, but can appreciate there’s bias at play from both parties so nobody is likely to change anyone’s mind here 😅

I really don’t think that gets given as a red card, but there’s no way for either of us to be proven correct so it’s pointless to argue about.

If I was a Newcastle fan I’d be much more annoyed about the Gabriel handball tbh

I can live with the ref seeing the touch from Pope and therefore not giving it in real time, but once he’s given it then it’s an absurd overreach from VAR to get involved, then spend several minutes convincing the referee to overturn it

don’t disagree with that at all but I don’t think anyone is claiming bias or conspiracy on this one, just VAR ineptitude and PGMOL gaslighting. Pope doesn’t ’get the ball’, Gyokeres does, then it very lightly clips Pope’s stationary foot as he knocks it round him

that said I completely understand why Woltemade was annoyed and I have no clue why Gabriel did it. But when you see the video instead of a freeze frame, you can’t seriously think that constitutes violent conduct

this is very disingenuous. It’s moronic from Gabriel, but he goes to shove Woltemade (no idea why), and his arm slips upwards and very briefly brushes his face. He clearly didn’t deliberately push him in the face, and the idea that he “elbowed” him as Woltemade claimed is ridiculous