That was a very daft action by Rice. I agree with the dismissal but I hope there is consistency with this stuff.
PL Matchday 3 | 31/08/24 - 01/09/24
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
Referee was very good in my opinion.
Think it's dropped points for Arsenal brainlessness from Rice has cost them a better result.
ETH gets blamed for individual ineptitude, fair game.
They may struggle against spurs without him. Then it's City up next. Interesting start for them.
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No, I genuinely would think Rice deserves a yellow card. Imagine if it was us in Brighton's place. The only issue for me is Veltman avoiding a booking.You would and no shame in that. I think all red cards against a United player was undeserved
The decison was correct, the problem will arise when somebody else doesn't get a yellow for doing the same thing. As you say consistency. You seem to get these decisions early then they mysteriously disappear as the season goes on.
Nah he was inconsistent. He didn't give a yellow for the same offense against a Brighton player earlier in the game. We've seen many times where the ref goes over and have a word with the players for delaying a restart. Why show yellow to Rice when he didn't show one earlier?
Stream I'm watching they were giving high praise to Arteta for a "point gained" some managers are lucky to be media darlings.
Refs make it up as they go along when it comes to time wasting
No ref will have the spine to give a player two bookings for timewasting
I know we lost last week but I actually think we did better against Brighton who were at home than Arsenal did today.
Can’t wait for the Arteta love-in to finally collapse. He’s such a tit.
Can’t wait for the Arteta love-in to finally collapse. He’s such a tit.
The bright player booted the ball 40 yards which would have delayed the restart by much more than Rice (had he knocked been given a kicking and then sent off for the privilege). Zero consistency.
Eth is a bad manager and can’t beat Brighton.
Klopp is a very good manager and unlike ETH a CL/PL winner, even if you can’t beat Brighton.
You don’t do Erik a favor comparing the the two trust me
Possibly because City are already top of the table...
I have no problem with this decision as long as its consistent across teams and across the season. But there is no way anyone in Peps team get such decision.
It is frustrating how little consistency there is for these sorts of things. Kicking the ball away, players standing in the way of the ball to prevent quicker freekicks being taken, goalkeepers spending 20+ seconds on the ground after claiming a cross, goalkeepers taking 30+ seconds for a goal kick. The list goes on. There's tons of annoying actions that happen throughout games that often get ignored. I don't mind refs brandishing cards for these sorts of things. It takes the piss and slows the game down.
Agree about City and refereeing decsions. They have tactical fouling down to a fine art and get away with it.
Glad to see you got my point.
you would have thought refs and everyone else would have caught on by now.
Come on it’s not the same. Let’s just enjoy that they dropped 2 points and we have a chance to be closer to the lead pack if we beat the scousers tomorrow.
It’s a tall task but it’s a good start to the weekend for United
You would think so.
i feel like pundits and even managers don't bring it up enough
Quite like the look of this new Brighton boss. Seems confident, but grounded. Judging this on the post-match interview he's giving now.
One didn't lose with 10 men for half a game, the other got dominated with 11 on the pitch and lost.
So that's why you're so annoyed about the decision.Thanks for the -11 soppy Rice.
They just see it as smart play, which it is, but still bookable offences.
The refs that are paid to ref matches in the UAE?
This is just part of it.So that's why you're so annoyed about the decision.
Nice of Brighton to finally take points off other teams than us.
I think he probably gets away with it if he doesn't roll around on the ground like he's been shot. Yeah, he got kicked, but his reaction made it an event that the referee had to make a call on and, in that instance, it's his own fault for deliberately kicking the ball away in the first place.
We scored 3 good goals and only 1 of them counted because of our own stupidity.
Arsenal got absolutely gifted their goal, even with 11 on the field, at home, they didn’t dominate Brighton at all, something we managed at the Amex before Maguire’s brainfart.
Scintillating set of fixtures right now. Couldn't possibly pick one.
all dross, I'm watching the multi transmission but the best one is probably Villa
You must have watched 2 different games. We got dominated in the second half last week.
Forest lead Wolves. Wood.
We were better until the Garnacho’s disallowed goal and Bruno’s sub, then got played off the park for the last 20 minutes.
If you think Arsenal played better than that vs Brighton in the first half, I don’t know what to say to you, they created more dangerous chances down to 10 men than when it was even.
That excited about it huh?
'Dominated' is quite the stretch. Other than the two goals and Welbeck's header hitting the bar from a set piece, Brighton created very little. It was an even game that we could've won on a different day (had Zirkzee not stretched his knee out).
I agree with this. Rice was like a Karen who drew the attention of the police only to be punished themselves.
what a fecking stunner from Wolves