Premier League Gameweek 14

[padr81]

It better be Foden for Sterling, goal aside he's been the worst player on the pitch

 

[Withnail]

Except for penalties for Liverpool against Leeds.

Yeah doing a bit more reading on that.

If you deliberately play the ball and it hits your hand it's ok but if it randomly bounces off you and then hits your arm which is in an unnatural position it's a pen.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1832812

 

[Pogue Mahone]

It's the ricochet rule:

Premier League players will be allowed extra leeway when it comes to ricocheted handballs.

It is often impossible to avoid contact with the ball if it has deflected off the body of an opponent, team-mate, or even another part of the own player.

So a handball will not be awarded if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm directly from their own head/body/foot or the head/body/foot of another player who is close/nearby.

Well that’s an idiotic rule change. Players should obviously be penalised if their own clumsy attempts to control a football involves the ball hitting their arm/hand.

 

[Hansi Fick]

Why should a penalty be awarded for an obvious non goalscoring opportunity

a penalty is awarded for a foul in the box, goal scoring opportunity or not?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Yeah doing a bit more reading on that.

If you deliberately play the ball and it hits your hand it's ok but if it randomly bounces off you and then hits your arm which is in an unnatural position it's a pen.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1832812

Which precisely describes what happened with Sterling.

 

[Withnail]

That rule is a load of rubbish when it’s often a penalty now if an opposition player t**ts it at your arm from point blank range.

But not if it's deflected off someone else into your hand.

 

[adexkola]

To have a degree of consistency in the crappy rules we sadly have in place now.

It would make it more consistent and more nonsensical (I'd use another word here but it's banned)

 

[GifLord]

no Aboomerang for Arsenal

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

City on Amazon?

 

[Hansi Fick]

Yeah doing a bit more reading on that.

If you deliberately play the ball and it hits your hand it's ok but if it randomly bounces off you and then hits your arm which is in an unnatural position it's a pen.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1832812

So then Sterling's should have been a pen. These refs really are all over the place.

 

[GifLord]

 

[adexkola]

a penalty is awarded for a foul in the box, goal scoring opportunity or not?

Take a pill and imagine with me for a second.

We rewrite the rules and a penalty is awarded if anywhere on the pitch a goalscoring opportunity is denied. Otherwise an indirect free kick at the spot of the infraction.

Foul on the last man outside the box? Instant penalty

 

[Zen86]

But not if it's deflected off someone else into your hand.

Or comfortably deflected off yourself at a controllable speed

 

[Godfather]

That Arse lineup.... Deary me

 

[Hansi Fick]

Take a pill and imagine with me for a second.

We rewrite the rules and a penalty is awarded if anywhere on the pitch a goalscoring opportunity is denied. Otherwise an indirect free kick at the spot of the infraction.

Foul on the last man outside the box? Instant penalty

Yeah my comment of course was meant as a reminder of current rules, while your deliberations are well worth discussing.

 

[Withnail]

Which precisely describes what happened with Sterling.

They must have concluded he deliberately attempted to play the ball. He was watching it come towards him and moved to try to control it.

It does seem very subjective and hair splitting.

 

[FireballXL5]

City on Amazon?

Yep.

 

[acnumber9]

Take a pill and imagine with me for a second.

We rewrite the rules and a penalty is awarded if anywhere on the pitch a goalscoring opportunity is denied. Otherwise an indirect free kick at the spot of the infraction.

Foul on the last man outside the box? Instant penalty

The game definitely does need more subjectivity about what is and isn’t a penalty.

 

[SilentWitness]

He's been good technically from day 1 but he's taken it up a level or two over the past two years. Ridiculously good both defensively and going forward. Easily the best full back in the world right now. Rolls Royce of a player, which is a weird thing to say about a full back.

Yep, his consistency for you lot is remarkable.

 

[B20]

Who is nketiah and how is he starting ahead of lacazette and martinelli?

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Bluemoon is not happy

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Who is nketiah and how is he starting ahead of lacazette and martinelli?

Elite managers do that. What do we know?

 

[Sylar]

Liverpool have a +17 GD despite the villa match
Even if you take away today they would still be best or at worst second best with a 1-0 today
Crazy

 

[mu4c_20le]

Who is nketiah and how is he starting ahead of lacazette and martinelli?

You may know him as Marlo Stanfield from The Wire.

 

[adexkola]

You may know him as Marlo Stanfield from The Wire.

I laughed.

Marlo actually is a cop now on Bosch

 

[Borys]

I absolutely hate players like Redmond. Gets the ball, holds on to it, spins, turns, runs up, then down and passes it back.

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

You may know him as Marlo Stanfield from The Wire.

Oh, haven't heard that name in ages. Love The Wire.

 

[dev1l]

Just 4 yellows today shown by Dean. It must have been an uneventful match

 

[MonkeysMagic]

Southamp simply can't get the ball back to mount any attacks, thats what separates a possession based team against a counter attacking one! When leading narrowly, it means you can see out games rather than backs against the wall i.e. Thursday night!

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

This deserves to be punished!
Come on Southampton

 

[Zen86]

Southamp simply can't get the ball back to mount any attacks, thats what separates a possession based team against a counter attacking one! When leading narrowly, it means you can see out games rather than backs against the wall i.e. Thursday night!

Southampton look shattered, City hardly look convincing even now.

 

[Offside]

Big win for City that. They will go on a run at some point and this season that will still give them a great shot at the title. Will probably buy in Jan too.

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

Southamp simply can't get the ball back to mount any attacks, thats what separates a possession based team against a counter attacking one! When leading narrowly, it means you can see out games rather than backs against the wall i.e. Thursday night!

Well, yeah, obviously. City are capable of passing the ball to each other. We treat the ball like it’s a grenade.

 

[Fridge chutney]

Ralph wiping Covid all over Pep's face.

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

Who is nketiah and how is he starting ahead of lacazette and martinelli?

One of their academy lads. Looks quite shit to be honest, I’ve only seen him a couple of Gomez though.

 

[ValenciasDrilledCrosses]

Hasenhuttl's subs were shambolic, deserved win for City. Saints have no players bar Ings who are technical in tight spaces, absolutely clueless when they have to break a team down without set pieces. They had a few chances in the first half but otherwise rarely threatened

 

[Pep's Suit]

Another disgraceful performance. Can't imagine how City make Top4 playing like this.

 

[padr81]

Much better 2nd half from us but we have to take our chances. Too many guilt edged opportunities fecked up today 2nd half. Sterling needs to sort himself out big time.

The difference between how clinical Liverpool are in comparison to us is insane.

 

[Fridge chutney]

Who is nketiah and how is he starting ahead of lacazette and martinelli?

Hopefully a key ingredient to more hilarity from our friends from Highbury.

 

[ValenciasDrilledCrosses]

Arse fans have been making out as if they're missing prime R9 the past few months with Martinelli out. Lets see if he gets some minutes today, good player.