Premier League Gameweek 36

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Martinelli scores the winner after getting nothing for that challenge = weird feelings in football.
 

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Referee’s mates have all put a bet on no cards in the first 10 minutes.
 

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Surely now one of the players gotta do a similar challenge like this and then complain to the ref if you get a yellow
 

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Martinelli is a fecking cnut. How can the Arsenal players complain when they just got away with a massive one?
 

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I have Caicedo and Gilmour to get booked.

Might as well bin that with this clown in charge.
 

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That first Arsenal challenge sees a straight red for us. I’m absolutely shocked how it wasn’t even a card. It was common assault. One of the worst decisions I’ve seen this season
 

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Annoying but restricting city in that manner gives hope for the last two games.
They weren't restricted, they chose to take the foot off the gas. Been the story of the recent league success. But, Dyche has turned Everton into a solid hard working unit who seem cohesive, total opposite of how Frank "kept" them up. He kind of didn't, the sheer weight of being Everton and having a bit of talent in Richarlison did.... Dyche doesn't really have talent to rely on, so the old fundamentals of surviving the Premiership at the bottom.
 

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Players settled it themselves. Nice to see
 

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I wonder if the referees even understand why they stop the play for head injuries but not for other injuries? Could it be something to do with with head injuries being dangerous? And if so, should tackles that risk severely injuring an opponent’s head be penalised?

Same with the recent overhead kicks we’ve seen lately.
 

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So what though? Haaland’s closest to the ball and is waiting for it to drop, and Pickford just decides that he can just go through his back. It’s a textbook situation where the defending player has to make the decision to not commit, otherwise it’s a foul. Compare it to a situation where a defender shepherds the ball out of play. When is an attacker ever allowed to just run into the defenders back (with his hand hitting the opponent in the head for good measure)? The fact that that isn’t a pen is an absolute joke and shows the level of incompetence we’re dealing with because the only justification for that not being given as a penalty is “ah the game’s already over so feck it”, which isn’t what we want from referees in the game, is it? We kind of want them to apply the laws of the game regardless of whether it’s 0-0 or 3-0.

But since the game was over and the decision had no bearing on the result there will be nothing said about this even if this is more deserving of an apology than Mitoma’s non-penalty against Spurs which everyone was up in arms about.
So what though? The players shepherding the ball out example is a different situation. Haaland stops in front of a moving Pickford a bit too.
It would've been very soft to me, but you're clearly up in arms about it.
 

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They weren't restricted, they chose to take the foot off the gas. Been the story of the recent league success. But, Dyche has turned Everton into a solid hard working unit who seem cohesive, total opposite of how Frank "kept" them up. He kind of didn't, the sheer weight of being Everton and having a bit of talent in Richarlison did.... Dyche doesn't really have talent to rely on, so the old fundamentals of surviving the Premiership at the bottom.
The xG says different. Up until they scored it was a good game from us and gameplan was going well.
 

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So what though? The players shepherding the ball out example is a different situation. Haaland stops in front of a moving Pickford a bit too.
It would've been very soft to me, but you're clearly up in arms about it.
Should Haaland just run past the ball then because Pickford is about to come through his back?
 

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The people at Brighton who are in charge of recruitment all deserve raises. The amount of press resistant players they've brought in on such a small budget is admirable.
 

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Martinelli should have been sent off for that “challenge” was not even looking at the ball.
Completely deserved what happened next.
 

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The atmosphere at arsenal's stadium sounds so weird given they badly need a win here