Which would be more insulting; to have 20 goals put past you, or for it to be obvious that the other team could have put 20 past you, but took pity on you, and limited themselves to 10?
If you’re playing with your mates and it was one sided, you’d mix the sides up but this is professional sports. It’d be more disrespectful to just pass the ball around and trying not score. The ref can step in too if it’s obvious. Blame the system for not having a pre qualifying event to prevent a farce like this in the first place.I'm no footie fan, but I think if you get to say 5-0 somewhere during the first half, then it is already pretty obvious that the other team could put another 5 or 10 or 15 past you. Humiliation is not sportsmanship IMHO. Personally, if I was manager I'd tell them to stop.
Some finish that too.Some draws feel like defeats with two points dropped.
74% possession seemed a typical Potterball game.
But...
Three injuries, going down to 10 men. VAR decision going our way. Terrific goal at the end.
Tonight it was definitely one point gained.
Does Rafa still think he’s managing Liverpool? Definitely helped you out there with such a poor display.Bitters battered. No legs broken or seasons ended. Result.
Viva Jurgen and Rafa.
Bernardo’s finish was a thing of beauty…Good win, tough match, credit to Villa.
So did Tommy Tickle...refreshingly honest.I think Chelsea got out of jail last night.
Regards,
Martin
I can't disagree with that but it makes up for undeservedly dropping 2 points against both United & Burnley recently.I think Chelsea got out of jail last night.
Regards,
Martin
I only read that after completing my post - great minds..............So did Tommy Tickle...refreshingly honest.
Scrappy win by Chelsea but 3 points nonetheless.
Hopefully one or two of the missing midfielders will return at the weekend for what will be a very tough game at West Ham.
Fair play Brighton were excellent and deserved a share of the spoils - Antonio looks shot, we definitely need striker back up in Jan.Some draws feel like defeats with two points dropped.
74% possession seemed a typical Potterball game.
But...
Three injuries, going down to 10 men. VAR decision going our way. Terrific goal at the end.
Tonight it was definitely one point gained.
That miss was all about a wayward Benrahma pass, Maupay should've scored I agree - Our player's poor distribution of the ball is so frustrating at times.We could do with a striker too. That early miss was more representative of Maupay's form than the goal was.
Shame about Sarmiento, that was his full league debut, only lasted 10 minutes.
I thought Man City were brilliant in the 1st half against Villa last night. It looked like it was going to be a very comfortable win. However, Gerrard sorted them out at half time and they responded with a nice goal straight into the second half. After that, Villa were always in the game and it wasn't comfortable for City. They had to really work at it. Jesus nearly scored a Worldy taking that cross down in the box, but his swivel and shot wasn't near good enough. It would have been some goal, like Silva's.