Does posting the video means that you’ve changed your mind?
Because the video you posted shows that the commentators on that clip were both pretty shocked that the penalty was given. One of them, early in the clip, even says, “His arm’s in a natural position, it’s as simple as that.”
Nope. Clear as day penalty. Jumps in front of the shot to block is, is watching the ball as it leaves his foot, his arm is out from his body. Easy call.
That clip shows exactly what I said: he watches the ball damn near into his arm, turning away only at the very last micro-second. It’s so clear a penalty on slo-mo, it’s hard to understand anyone complaining.
And yet a wide range of commentators, including professional players and sports journalists, have expressed disagreement with you. Go figure!
And 4 professionals that are paid to make that call agreed, imagine that. I’ll take their word and my eyes over play by play announcers.
Saw the most entertaining second half this season as West Ham scrambled back with three unanswered goals to beat a dead-in-the-water Huddersfield Town. Sure, both teams had zilcho at stake (and sieve-y defensive HT breakdowns), but still nice plays like Samir “Drip Doctor” Nasri’s excellent service to a very unmarked Henrnadez for the tieing goal.
A lot of Hammers fans left when HT initially went up 3-1 (on an absolute rocket of a 25-yard strike into the top right corner from Karlam Grant) but then, with 15 minutes left, Ogbonna headed in a goal to make it 3-2, and then substitute Hernandez scored a brace, both of them headers for the win.
I don’t think Pellegrini likes the bubble machine.
Aren’t Hammers still a threat to pip Wolves for 7th and a potential place in Europe?
In other news, my beloved Foxes managed a late winner against increasingly unlucky Burnley, after having played virtually the whole game down a man. If Brendan Rodgers can instill that kind of spirit in the team, we might have hopes of challenging for Europe next season!
Ah, I see - I mistakenly thought that only fifth and sixth positions qualify for Europa. (Which, if that had been the case, Hammers would never been able to catch 6th place Chelsea, 15 points ahead.)
Cool, then, that West Ham still have something to play for.
Gotta admit the whole coefficient thing whooshes me a little.
My porridge-hurt Chelsea dogged out again, this time to an Everton squad who recorded their first win against a big six club in more than two years (after 25 matches).
Well, Liverpool got a bit lucky against Spurs yesterday. Liverpool played well in the first half, and had some chances, but they looked sluggish in the second, and got away with the win thanks to a pretty bad piece of goalkeeping by Lloris and a lucky bounce that created a Tottenham own goal.
Go Reds!
Chelsea got lucky in a different way. They were handed a victory, in a game they probably should have lost, by some diabolical officiating. Cardiff should have had a penalty (probably two), then Chelsea evened the score on a clear offside (not even close), and then Chelsea’s Rudiger got a yellow card that should have been a red. Officials might as well have been wearing Chelsea blue.
Fuck Chelsea!
:eek:
Interesting to see if Spurs can cling on to the top four. I wouldn’t put money on it.
Salah needs to pick it up a little if Liverpool wants to edge out Man City for the title. Mane has had a fine season, but not enough…
Yes, a very nice win for Liverpool yesterday, with an amazing goal by Mo Salah to top it off. I’m not not too optimistic that the Reds can catch Man City, but I always take great satisfaction in beating Chelsea, no matter what the situation is with the league table.
Liverpool couldn’t ask for a better series of fixtures to end the season and try to win the league.
Cardiff City, Huddersfield, Newcastle, Wolverton.
And Man City have a tough set of games to end the league. Could really go either way. It’d really be something to see them in the CL final too.
What don’t you like about Chelsea?
Do I need something specific? Sporting loves and hates generally don’t have much of a basis in rational argumentation.
But if you need a reason, how about the fact that, over the last 15 Premier League seasons, Chelsea have won five titles and been runners-up four times. It’s basically the same reason I take particular pleasure in seeing either of the Manchester teams lose. Don’t like Arsenal much either. The fact that Chelsea were coached by Jose Mourinho doesn’t help them in my estimation either.
As I said, maybe not especially rational, but sports fandom itself is largely an exercise in emotion and irrationality. The main reason I’m a Liverpool fan is that, when I was a kid growing up in Australia, a guy named Craig Johnston became about the first Australian to make it big in English football, and he played most of his career at Liverpool.
Well, didn’t Brighton just look like something that flopped out of a tall cow’s ass yesterday? They may still be two points up on Cardiff but with their remaining schedule, that disappointing loss may have just been the one that will end up sending them down.
Yeah, they’ve got a tough run of games to end the season, but they’ve still got a game in hand over Cardiff, and Cardiff still has to play Liverpool and Man U.
As a Liverpool fan, I’ll be cheering wildly for Brighton on the last day of the season, when they face Man City.
As a Soton guy Brighton and the other south coast teams are supposed to be my hated rivals. Yet I root for all of them and even would enjoy the return of those awful people from Portsmouth.
(I don’t really understand these kinds of things but they seem important to some. I don’t think I’m a very good fan.)
Of course they can. At home to Brighton, West Ham and Everton and away to Bournemouth? Both Arsenal and Chelsea still have to go to Leicester, which isn’t to be confused with Barcelona but is tougher than any of Spurs’ opponents; Chelsea also has a match with Man U to go.
Shaquiri has been a bit of a ghost lately. I thought he was a decent contributor when he came off the bench earlier this season.