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

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

Thought it looked a dive in the million replays too but ah well

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

Largely invisible unfortunately

good job bednareks on my ff bench
-7

It was a dive and a foul

Could have left the red card

re donny: everything just happens around him, no-one ever passes to him or anything, it's very awkward. just not tuned into the other players at all. looks like some new kid in the playground

RIP soton

thats for all the times you were a bogey team for us

could have done with a couple of these against sheff utd and arsenal innit

That's twice Hasenhuttl has lost 9-0, good going sir!

Christ. Wouldn't be surprised if Ralph did the off to be honest. That was brutal.

In fact he's now been responsible for Southampton's record defeats away AND at home.

feel bad for bednarek - scored an own goal that he couldn't do much about, had a penalty awarded against him that really wasn't a penalty at all, and then also got a red card for his troubles

Christ. Wouldn't be surprised if Ralph did the off to be honest. That was brutal.

― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 22:14 (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

surely by now everyone knows the drill. gonna have a great rest of season

game was pretty much a farce from the start tbh, but luke was brilliant in the first half

as we've established he's england's best footballer

just seen the red card on luiz. absolutely astonishingly terrible decision, VAR is entirely designed to zap those

or it should be

seriously, that is one of the worst decisions of the VAR era yet

My heart bleeds for the lad

ok he did half-kill your best player in the reverse fixture but