Alone in the Park - it's the Prem 2020-21 thread

hope that inspires them in the 2nd half

could live without seeing Neves suck his thumb again

Absolutely wild red card

If he’d taken his legs out in a semi-plausible ‘attempt to win the ball’ , it would have been a yellow.

Peter Walton explaining that on BT but clearly not seeing why that’s stupid and just saying ‘maybe the player should learn not to do accidents’ is a good summation of what’s wrong with this dreadful country, given that he represents referees who we have (for some reason) decided should shape the entire sport now

Absolutely.

the font of the graphic in the top left looks like it says "LULZ - RED CARD 45"

JOAO MOUTINHO SIGHTING

Neves jealous, going to score one from just outside Patricio's box later

Maybe not sit back on this one lads

yeah after that Brighton collapse I trust nothing

that was a helluvan end to end run

maybe don't let Arsenal somehow get into dangerous areas of the box when you are up a man?

or get set pieces, which you can't defend

HAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That one’s fair enough

lmaorsenal

Lol get off you cunt

glad banter arsenal at back

Never change, Arsenal.

fisted that ball dinny

Can't believe Nuno's brought Ruben off tbh

seriously, be plenty of space to launch his long-distance shots with two less to defend him.

That and Moutinho's legs are twice as old

Just keep feeding Adama

Is there an established reason in the laws for why Martinez didn't get a card for handling outside the area against West Brom for Villa?

I guess he maybe accidentally carried the ball out of the area and didn't drop it in time, rather than rushing out to an opponent who was going to be in and being like, "fuck it I'll just punch it"

it was for denial of goal scoring opportunity, so I am guessing it matters if someone was in the area with a clear chance to score a goal (not sure if that was the case West Brom v Villa).

for example, that idiot Brad Guzan once handled the ball outside of the box in a Gold Cup match against Jamaica, simply because he was too stupid to notice he'd walked out of the box, so since it wasn't a DOGSO, and nobody in the area, i think he got yellow carded, Jamaica given a free kick outside the box, which they converted because Guzan is terrible.

wasn't a pretty win but it was pretty huge, hopefully psychologically too

yes I will take it.

That's a good one yes, enjoy

Will always have an enduring flicker of affection for Guzan for humiliating del Piero in a shootout during a pre-season tournament

he always gets visibly upset when he gets heckled during MLS matches. Tim Howard just told fans to "go fuck their mothers" and moved on

these days, if you tell fans to go fuck their mothers, you'll be arrested and thrown in jail

Howard possibly qualifies for some reasonable adjustments on medical grounds to be fair

One of the most obvious reds you'll ever see in the first minute of the Utd game

What a debut.

Lawrenson surprisingly disagreeing

these days, if you tell fans to go fuck their mothers, you'll be arrested and thrown in jail

― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:09 PM bookmarkflaglink

Howard possibly qualifies for some reasonable adjustments on medical grounds to be fair

― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:10 PM bookmarkflaglink

he got suspended for 3 games for saying it lol

all going horribly wrong for southampton

Watching through my fingers.

hope jose is watching this luke shaw performance

Van de Beek might get more than five minutes at this rate

ooh, the comeback starts

come on var, just give 'em it

tight wankers

pleasing that united have kept on going here

have only been watching with half an eye though. how's donny beeks doing?

The only feeling every time a goal goes in is resignation that I need to listen to Robbie Savage speculating about whether it hit someone’s hand in the build up or someone was a bit offside or whatever for 45 seconds

why are they spending so much time on this var call? it's 6-0, who gives a shit

oh well, gotta keep the man u penalty conspiracy going i s'pose (it didn't look like one to me)

Literally nobody happy, everyone just saying ‘it’s the law’, total killing of the spectacle, great stuff