Guest Col city fan Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Pope has got to be England’s number 1 surely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trabuch Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Pope is bloody good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EastAnglianFox Posted 21 August 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 21 August 2022 1 minute ago, trabuch said: Pope is bloody good. Thank god we don't need a new, proven class number one keeper...phew 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 3 minutes ago, Parafox said: Can you imagine us playing with the grit and endeavour of Newcastle? No, nor me. I can if Rodgers wasn't manager... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 (edited) Olivier Bernard/Laurent Robert moment there. Newcastle player just got knocked out with the ball smashed in his face by his own player Edited 21 August 2022 by StanSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordersfox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said: But by ‘letting it slide’ and it making a better spectacle, you are effectively supporting it, no? As I said in another post there is a line. For me the line has not been in the right place for a good while. It's always a balancing act, for me personally I much prefer the current move towards refs blowing for less or rather the 'meaningful contact' directive because overall I think it makes a better spectacle. Sometimes they will still get it wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentFox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Matt Ritchie - Howe’s love child?? 😳😳😳 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djskydiver Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Matt Ritchie is a splitting image of Eddie Howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sishades Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Just now, djskydiver said: Matt Ritchie is a splitting image of Eddie Howe Damn you both beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Poor Dan Burn That was Robert to Bernard all over again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordersfox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 5 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Yes, all the time. Its quite frequently called a "clever" foul by commentators. Just like Grealish and Sterling and Salah are applauded as "clever" for "buying" free kicks. You know, cheating. Perhaps you're right. I can't say I notice it that much but then the state of football punditry generally is so terrible I don't pay a huge amount of attention to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKLFox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 If Barnes had a bit more ASM about him it would help us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaspa Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Newcastle wasted about 3 minutes there, wonder if theyll play it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Fox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Some crazy results this weekend, wouldn't surprise me to see United beat Liverpool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsX Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Loved that. There's a downside to the result through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 10 minutes ago, Bordersfox said: But the games absolutely do flow better and the player histrionics have definitely been reduced (sadly not eradicated) because refs aren't having it anything like as much. There's a line of course but fundamentally the change has been, for me, a God send. More fouls given? I just could not disagree more really. Maybe "more fouls given" isn't the right way of putting it - it would be more accurate for me to say that I think that a lot of the perceived problems in the game could be at least partially resolved by properly enforcing the existing laws rather than always looking for ways to change or innovate. E.g. if you want to cut down on time-wasting, yeah I'm sure having a row of match balls along the side of the pitch will help, but you could also just start booking players for doing it - it's in the laws as a yellow card offence but the most you usually get is the ref strolling over and gesturing to his watch a few times. If you want to cut down on diving, book players who dive, don't raise the threshold for a foul/booking to the extent that nobbling players as soon as you give the ball away is the most effective, risk-free way of preventing counters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordersfox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Well that was fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taupe Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Cracking game that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jattdogg Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Great game. Fight, we need that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJams Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Ref didn't want it to end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trugerkem Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 Can’t even compare our games with every other game in the premier league this weekend … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentFox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 5 minutes ago, BKLFox said: If Barnes had a bit more ASM about him it would help us It would probably help us more is Barnes actually was ASM 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 I can’t wait for the next time we have 5 at the back against Brentford or Fulham because we have to respect our opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordersfox Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 1 minute ago, Guest said: Maybe "more fouls given" isn't the right way of putting it - it would be more accurate for me to say that I think that a lot of the perceived problems in the game could be at least partially resolved by properly enforcing the existing laws rather than always looking for ways to change or innovate. E.g. if you want to cut down on time-wasting, yeah I'm sure having a row of match balls along the side of the pitch will help, but you could also just start booking players for doing it - it's in the laws as a yellow card offence but the most you usually get is the ref strolling over and gesturing to his watch a few times. If you want to cut down on diving, book players who dive, don't raise the threshold for a foul/booking to the extent that nobbling players as soon as you give the ball away is the most effective, risk-free way of preventing counters. I take your point and that makes more sense. That said, I don't think the threshold has been raised to a dangerous level and I am glad it can be a more physical game. With a caveat that I absolutely don't want to be at a point where players are kicking lumps out of each other. I think it's about right now. Be interesting to see if there are more injuries which can be directly related to bad challenges this season. That might be something to consider. But I think it'll be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 21 August 2022 Share Posted 21 August 2022 6 minutes ago, BKLFox said: If Barnes had a bit more ASM about him it would help us sell him for 30M and pay off evil midget cvnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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