I don't buy into that line of thinking at all.The best team always wins the league and if anyone thinks that the only difference between Liverpool & City is VAR then they must be wearing the rosiest of rose coloured spectacles - City atm are absolutely streets ahead of all the competition home and abroad.I’m no Liverpool apologist but what the feck is VAR for, how can these decisions continue when they apologise after the match for a clear and obvious error….ffs, their decisions can decide the outcome of the title.
Where's GT? - he normally shows up when you win a game.
Hi there, GT is legless is in a state of shock, bit like me really.
Poncy beer or too many cookies?
I'm afraid this is now happening more and more in matches by teams who are protecting a narrow lead or clinging on to a point.It's cheating pure and simple.It used to be taking the ball to the corner flag which of course is perfectly legal but has now developed into feigning injury etc etc.For much of the second half, we had players rolling on the floor with the game constantly interrupted.
Indeed. In injury time (6m) we had several interruptions. One player fell to the floor holding his calf. He was right by the touchline. City wanted to get on with play and Jeremy Doku attempted to roll the player into touch. The player refused to be rolled, remaining on the pitch. The referee gave Doku a yellow card and didn't add any time on. Much of the second half was plagued by similar but that was one which stuck out.I'm afraid this is now happening more and more in matches by teams who are protecting a narrow lead or clinging on to a point.It's cheating pure and simple.It used to be taking the ball to the corner flag which of course is perfectly legal but has now developed into feigning injury etc etc.
Difficult to see what can be done other than adding on loads of time at the end to compensate but that doesn't seem to be particularly popular with managers.
I watched the second half in Greece, Doku shouldn’t have interfered tbh and the ref played almost 8 minutes on the game I sawIndeed. In injury time (6m) we had several interruptions. One player fell to the floor holding his calf. He was right by the touchline. City wanted to get on with play and Jeremy Doku attempted to roll the player into touch. The player refused to be rolled, remaining on the pitch. The referee gave Doku a yellow card and didn't add any time on. Much of the second half was plagued by similar but that was one which stuck out.
I watched the second half in Greece, Doku shouldn’t have interfered tbh and the ref played almost 8 minutes on the game I saw
Replaced by Pawson, who was absolutely dire in the weekend's game.