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They'd be 10 points ahead having played the same number of games. Good old Harry!
It’s still far too early to be making any calls with how long is left to go and how close it is in my opinion. Personally, from what I’ve seen Leicester are a far better team than Ipswich.After our 2-1 defeat to QPR at home today I can see Ipswich even possibly winning the Championship League as they now only 3 points below us.
Yes of course I want us to win the league and we are good but unfortunately they are catching us up now so we need to get a gap ahead now. Not easy for us as we have 4 away games now, 1 been the FA Cup Quarter Finals.It’s still far too early to be making any calls with how long is left to go and how close it is in my opinion. Personally, from what I’ve seen Leicester are a far better team than Ipswich.
Often harder for the leader than the chasing pack... I'm just disappointed that you've decided to go off the boil when facing our relegation rivals!Yes of course I want us to win the league and we are good but unfortunately they are catching us up now so we need to get a gap ahead now. Not easy for us as we have 4 away games now, 1 been the FA Cup Quarter Finals.
Yes of course I want us to win the league and we are good but unfortunately they are catching us up now so we need to get a gap ahead now. Not easy for us as we have 4 away games now, 1 been the FA Cup Quarter Finals.
FInal score was 0-2, so their lead over Bayern is now 10 points, with 10 games left.Koln are 1-0 down to Leverkusen at half time... Kane might have jinxed Bayern because if Leverkusen win this I do not see them letting the title slip!
In the Sunday games Bournemouth beat Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor in a largely poor match. Manchester City beat Manchester United 3-1 at the Etihad which featured a brilliant goal by Marcus Rashford & a very good finish from Phil Foden. Eirling Haaland missed from barely 2 yards out in the first half but did score towards the end.
Celtic failed to take advantage of Rangers losing to Motherwell on Saturday by losing 2-0 at Hearts.
Celtic failed to take advantage of Rangers losing to Motherwell on Saturday by losing 2-0 at Hearts.
He wasn't wrong though. The way VAR is employed is ruining the game, in Scotland at least. We had a goal disallowed shortly after that penalty that was ruled out for a marginal offside some twenty seconds or so before the ball hit the net. Hearts too had a similar goal chalked off just before half time. Yang's booking for a high foot was upgraded to a red card following the interjection of the VAR official. Each stoppage led to a break in play of several minutes and in each case the VAR official overrode the actual referee's original decision. I'm not disputing the result, although playing for 75 minutes with ten men hardly helped our chances, but how is VAR benefitting the game? I just don't see it tbh.Brendan Rodgers bemoaning VAR for costing Celtic the match, seemingly forgetting the saved penalty which would have put them 1-0 up and changed the whole game!
Each stoppage led to a break in play of several minutes and in each case the VAR official overrode the actual referee's original decision
I stand by my original assertion. The way VAR is used not only disrupts the flow of the match but compromises yet further the authority of the match officials, shaky enough in football for many reasons. It should IMO be for the referee to call upon VAR when doubt remains over a decision, as in rugby, rather than for the VAR officials to override those taken by their colleagues on the pitch. It is ruining the game as a spectacle.Bear in mind that the VAR will check dozens of things in each game, and only a small proportion progress to asking the match ref to take a second look. These should be the decisions that the VAR feels are either objectively wrong (offside) or where they feel the match ref has made a mistake (often because the angle they had didn’t give a clear view).
Yet the assistant referee had a clear and unimpeded view and did not flag for a sending off. Yang's high foot was dangerous play, no doubt, but contact with the Hearts player did not appear intentional. The yellow card seemed correct in light of that. Which comes back to my point above, that the way VAR is used further compromises the authority of the match officials.I don’t see how anyone can argue the red card for Yang was wrong, but watching the video the ref’s view is impeded by both the back of the fouled Hearts player and another Hearts player in between, which probably explains why he didn’t send him off straight away
It should IMO be for the referee to call upon VAR when doubt remains over a decision, as in rugby, rather than for the VAR officials to override those taken by their colleagues on the pitch
Yang's high foot was dangerous play
contact with the Hearts player did not appear intentional
Yet the assistant referee had a clear and unimpeded view and did not flag for a sending off
Offsides also happen when there are not goals, that’s why there are assistant referees.What, then, is the point of the linesman?
I hate VAR as much as anyone else, more so in fact, but Celtic weren’t hard done by at the weekend.I stand by my original assertion. The way VAR is used not only disrupts the flow of the match but compromises yet further the authority of the match officials, shaky enough in football for many reasons. It should IMO be for the referee to call upon VAR when doubt remains over a decision, as in rugby, rather than for the VAR officials to override those taken by their colleagues on the pitch. It is ruining the game as a spectacle.
Assistants do not recommend sanctions, they can only indicate fouls. As the assistant did, by flagging.Yet the assistant referee had a clear and unimpeded view and did not flag for a sending off.
That’s a red card offence. Very high foot, made contact. No need for intent for it to be a red under the Laws.Yang's high foot was dangerous play, no doubt, but contact with the Hearts player did not appear intentional. The yellow card seemed correct in light of that.
As they've won the game, might be an idea to take off some of their 'main players'.Has to be a good chance on the Saints 0-9 Leicester Prem record getting beaten tonight unless Arsenal take their foot off the gas.
Really? VAR indicated a penalty for this supposed handball by Tomoki Iwata, from which Hearts scored. The player was facing away from the ball and mid-leap when it hit him, yet the penalty was awarded.I hate VAR as much as anyone else, more so in fact, but Celtic weren’t hard done by at the weekend.
That’s a penalty for as well under the Laws and the interpretation of “the arm making the body silhouette unnaturally bigger”these days. Eye closed isn’t a defence. No intent is necessary for a handball offence. I don’t like it either, and think it’s a load of bull, but that’s how it is.Really? VAR indicated a penalty, for this supposed handball by Tomoki Iwata, from which Hearts scored. The player was facing away from the ball and mid-leap when it hit him, yet the penalty was awarded. Hardly fair.
THC
It’s odd how often games like tonight’s seem to ease off a bit in the second half, I was thinking 0-10 was likely at one point.Arsenal won 6-0 with each goal scored by a different player (all be it one played for Sheffield).
Arsenal's goal difference is now at least 6 better than anyone else in the division, who knows that might be important at the end of the season.
Sheffield United were just a clueless collection of 11 players in the same coloured shirts, totally outclassed.
Following on from my post above, the problem is that many football fans have only known football with television replays. They didn’t know football before the television replay. Watching a match without television replays would be unthinkable. They will never know how good football was before the television replay. In a few years time the same will apply to VAR.…The only answer is to scrap VAR and scrap television replays.…