The Football Thread.

RaymondLin

CHRISB50 said:

I think Man U have bigger problems than worrying about if that was a pen or not  

Not bribing the ref enough to get an all Manchester final. 

thecolourbox

Well done Cov, great spirit to fight back. That Simms chap looked like he'd never kicked a ball before playing against us a month or so back so it's really astounded me to see his scoring form - fair play to him and the team

TTony

I switched off at HT, thinking “game over”!


And ManC didn’t really win it - more a case of Chelsea failing to win it.  How could they spend so much money and fail to buy a goal-scorer??

Philly_Q

TTony said:

And ManC didn’t really win it - more a case of Chelsea failing to win it.  How could they spend so much money and fail to buy a goal-scorer??

If he wasn't permanently injured, Nkunku might be a goal-scorer.  But probably not.

RaymondLin

Jesus, Coventry just hit the bar and the post. You can’t script this.

TeleMaster

It's not rigged just because the bigger and better teams win.

Now the Palace V West Ham game what explanation do you have for that result? Oh, yea. We're shit. 

chris78

Everything wrong with the modern game there- VAR spoiling a moment of history for a marginal decision. Give the attacker the advantage and stop killing the game.

RaymondLin

chris78 said:

Everything wrong with the modern game there- VAR spoiling a moment of history for a marginal decision. Give the attacker the advantage and stop killing the game.

Next season it will be done by a computer and it’s going to be black and white.

cruxiform

Christ, Man U are shit. Just watched Macguire and Fernandes interviewed and they looked like two players who had lost the game not got into the final.

I hope Man City tear them a new arsehole in the final.

TeleMaster

cruxiform said:

Christ, Man U are shit. Just watched Macguire and Fernandes interviewed and they looked like two players who had lost the game not got into the final.

I hope Man City tear them a new arsehole in the final.

I hope they both lose. 

RaymondLin

Even as a United fan I think Coventry deserved that win.  United was just awful. You can see they were embarrassed after the pens when none of them ran to him to celebrate the winning penalty.  Instead they went to the Coventry players to shake their hands. 

blobb

VAR eh. One of the greatest FA cup comebacks, the fairytale, the magic gone forever. 

Philly_Q

blobb said:

VAR eh. One of the greatest FA cup comebacks, the fairytale, the magic gone forever. 

RaymondLin said:

Even as a United fan I think Coventry deserved that win.  United was just awful. You can see they were embarrassed after the pens when none of them ran to him to celebrate the winning penalty.  Instead they went to the Coventry players to shake their hands. 

I'm not a supporter of either team, but whatever the rights and wrongs of VAR, that disallowed goal followed by the penalty shootout... it felt so utterly flat and depressing.  

boogieman

blobb said:

VAR eh. One of the greatest FA cup comebacks, the fairytale, the magic gone forever. 

Bloody travesty that last goal wasn’t allowed, one of Wright’s leg hairs must’ve been offside. 

Lestratcaster

What a cup tie. Utd were 3-0 up before I started a lesson with someone at 5. We played a song a few times and I had a little check again and it was 3-3! Coventry still unlucky to go out, if you let a 3 goal lead slip you don't deserve to win lol.

guitars4you

Was driving back from Sussex, so only heard the game on R5 - After on the 606 phone a Coventry fan came on moaning about the offside goal - He was 100% convinced it was not offside - Amazing how some fans can be so blinkered - Yes many football fans wanted a cracking comeback and Coventry to win and a winner with seconds to go would have been ideal - But to be so blinkered that you believe it was not offside is just stupid 

And if you want to moan, about conspiracy and fixed etc etc, or even why you lost, then why not ask the question 'why can't your captain either hit the target and/or score from 12 yards out' - That is one of the reasons they lost - trust me I wanted Coventry to win today - But don't get in to silly conspiracy/fixed crap 

guitars4you

Just think - If that match had have been a round earlier and played at Coventry then there would have been no var - 4-3 

RaymondLin

guitars4you said:

Was driving back from Sussex, so only heard the game on R5 - After on the 606 phone a Coventry fan came on moaning about the offside goal - He was 100% convinced it was not offside - Amazing how some fans can be so blinkered - Yes many football fans wanted a cracking comeback and Coventry to win and a winner with seconds to go would have been ideal - But to be so blinkered that you believe it was not offside is just stupid 

And if you want to moan, about conspiracy and fixed etc etc, or even why you lost, then why not ask the question 'why can't your captain either hit the target and/or score from 12 yards out' - That is one of the reasons they lost - trust me I wanted Coventry to win today - But don't get in to silly conspiracy/fixed crap 

To even get to extra time...they got a penalty that to me, is not a penalty.

The ball struck him at speed from like 3 yards.  There was no time to react.  He moved his hands towards his body.

The law for the PL states that:-

"According to the Premier League guidelines, 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"

He did none of those things.  Yet it was given.

guitars4you

RaymondLin said:

guitars4you said:

Was driving back from Sussex, so only heard the game on R5 - After on the 606 phone a Coventry fan came on moaning about the offside goal - He was 100% convinced it was not offside - Amazing how some fans can be so blinkered - Yes many football fans wanted a cracking comeback and Coventry to win and a winner with seconds to go would have been ideal - But to be so blinkered that you believe it was not offside is just stupid 

And if you want to moan, about conspiracy and fixed etc etc, or even why you lost, then why not ask the question 'why can't your captain either hit the target and/or score from 12 yards out' - That is one of the reasons they lost - trust me I wanted Coventry to win today - But don't get in to silly conspiracy/fixed crap 

To even get to extra time...they got a penalty that to me, is not a penalty.

The ball struck him at speed from like 3 yards.  There was no time to react.  He moved his hands towards his body.

The law for the PL states that:-

"According to the Premier League guidelines, 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"

He did none of those things.  Yet it was given.

I've not seen it - I heard on R5 606 a debate about it and a similar debate about 2/3 penalties at Everton v Forest - Unless they bring in zero tolerance handball will always be a bit 'vague' and/or open to some interpretaion - Certainly not consistent - Again no VAR in the EFL - We had almost a 'hand of god' incident v Sunderland a game or 2 ago (Leeds v Sunderland) and the only 2 people in the stadium who did not see it were the ref and appropriate linesman 

But in some ways such a discussion takes away from the fact that at 3-0 up with 20 mins to go, that Man U should not be letting an EFL side (Don't mean that in a disrespectful way to Coventry as I mean it in a negative way towards Man U) back into the game - Yet granted Man U are missing a few central defenders - There is some irony in that Robins saved Alex back in the day, but might well help to put a nail in TH's coffin 

RaymondLin

guitars4you said:

RaymondLin said:

guitars4you said:

Was driving back from Sussex, so only heard the game on R5 - After on the 606 phone a Coventry fan came on moaning about the offside goal - He was 100% convinced it was not offside - Amazing how some fans can be so blinkered - Yes many football fans wanted a cracking comeback and Coventry to win and a winner with seconds to go would have been ideal - But to be so blinkered that you believe it was not offside is just stupid 

And if you want to moan, about conspiracy and fixed etc etc, or even why you lost, then why not ask the question 'why can't your captain either hit the target and/or score from 12 yards out' - That is one of the reasons they lost - trust me I wanted Coventry to win today - But don't get in to silly conspiracy/fixed crap 

To even get to extra time...they got a penalty that to me, is not a penalty.

The ball struck him at speed from like 3 yards.  There was no time to react.  He moved his hands towards his body.

The law for the PL states that:-

"According to the Premier League guidelines, 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"

He did none of those things.  Yet it was given.

I've not seen it - I heard on R5 606 a debate about it and a similar debate about 2/3 penalties at Everton v Forest - Unless they bring in zero tolerance handball will always be a bit 'vague' and/or open to some interpretaion - Certainly not consistent - Again no VAR in the EFL - We had almost a 'hand of god' incident v Sunderland a game or 2 ago (Leeds v Sunderland) and the only 2 people in the stadium who did not see it were the ref and appropriate linesman 

But in some ways such a discussion takes away from the fact that at 3-0 up with 20 mins to go, that Man U should not be letting an EFL side (Don't mean that in a disrespectful way to Coventry as I mean it in a negative way towards Man U) back into the game - Yet granted Man U are missing a few central defenders - There is some irony in that Robins saved Alex back in the day, but might well help to put a nail in TH's coffin 

I agree, it should never have got into that point at all.  Although the 2nd goal was a freak accident, 3rd was a dodgy penalty decision in injury time.  One of those days.

Still, zero game management to see the game out, that's the scary part.  It's been the same all season.  IT is like they are trying to copy Spurs and play the same way when they are down to 9 men and attack attack attack.  Except when you are winning....you see the game out.  Do something "normal" FFS.