[Cherry Christmas]

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's advice for Paul Scholes?

"All the best... Watch out for the pundits!"

"He's been asking for it..."

[Candy Annie Cane]

Originally Posted by Adam.

A weak Tottenham
A weak Arsenal

PSG are gonna Give you a waling in 2 weeks

Sorry Adam.....what was that? Beat us you say??? 10 first team players out? Ole is a ****ing legend

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Sorry Adam.....what was that? Beat us you say??? 10 first team players out? Ole is a ****ing legend

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Mental

Wow

[Denver]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Sorry Adam.....what was that? Beat us you say??? 10 first team players out? Ole is a ****ing legend

It wasnt a deserved win

[Cherry Christmas]

“The way Kimpembe has gone up there, left his arm out, turned his back, and made himself bigger. This is exactly why VAR has been brought in. VAR has to decide if it’s in the area. For me, that’s a handball. He’s turned his back, not taken responsibility for his arm. It’s a penalty kick.”

[Nicky91]

Rashford, the hero of Manchester now


scoring a penalty against still one of the best goalkeepers in the world

[bots]

This is why football is better without Mourinho in the game

[Christmas Dynasnow]

man u could go on to win this now

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

man u could go on to win this now

no our Ajax, who slayed against title defenders real madrid made them look like a bunch of amateurs

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

no our Ajax, who slayed against title defenders real madrid made them look like a bunch of amateurs

without Ramos and Ronaldo that is exactly what they are

[Denver]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

This is why football is better without Mourinho in the game

Even though he is taking the Madrid j9b

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Cherie

“The way Kimpembe has gone up there, left his arm out, turned his back, and made himself bigger. This is exactly why VAR has been brought in. VAR has to decide if it’s in the area. For me, that’s a handball. He’s turned his back, not taken responsibility for his arm. It’s a penalty kick.”

It wasnt a penalty, it was not a deliberate hand ball and it was his fault, they are gonna have to start given penalties every time a ball touches a hand that's not the goalies

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Adam.

It wasnt a penalty, it was not a deliberate hand ball and it was his fault, they are gonna have to start given penalties every time a ball touches a hand that's not the goalies

If you jump up to block a ball with arms out in the box

expect a pen to happen 5/10

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Adam.

It wasnt a penalty, it was not a deliberate hand ball and it was his fault, they are gonna have to start given penalties every time a ball touches a hand that's not the goalies

well VAR and the referee disagree with you, he was trying to be cute, what was he doing with his back to the ball anyway

[In the Drunk Tank]

It's quite common to turn your back on the ball trying to block a shot, better than taking it in the stomach or the bollocks

Bottom line is that if it's a decision that can be so fiercely debated then its a decision that VAR should not be making, it should stay with the on field decision

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Adam.

It wasnt a deserved win

Why not? Tbf the PSG player did handball the ball (even if it was a soft one) and Rashford goes and scores fairly off the penalty.

As everyone looking at my Avatar can tell, I'm not a Man Utd supporter, but they did brilliantly last night and if Solskjaer doesn't get the job then the owners of Man Utd are worse than our owners when they sacked Gary Rowett who had us in 7th place, that's how well I think that Solskjaer's done with Man Utd.

And going back to the match, PSG choked yet again on the big stage, at this point they've got to be classed as an overrated team as the only competition that they dominate is a league where they spend 10x the amount of money compared to the other teams, like Celtic however, PSG can't handle it when they have to face a strong team in the Champions League.

PSG are obviously better than Celtic, but they both do share a similar problem of not liking to face decent opposition.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by MTVN

It's quite common to turn your back on the ball trying to block a shot, better than taking it in the stomach or the bollocks

Bottom line is that if it's a decision that can be so fiercely debated then its a decision that VAR should not be making, it should stay with the on field decision

VAR is there to enforce the rules, not pick and choose because the public might think it's a “harsh” decision.

Personally if it was my team that gave away a penalty like PSG did then I'd think that it was harsh too and I wouldn't be happy about it, however every Football fan and player knows not to have your arms up in the penalty area.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

VAR is there to enforce the rules, not pick and choose because the public might think it's a “harsh” decision.

Personally if it was my team that gave away a penalty like PSG did then I'd think that it was harsh too and I wouldn't be happy about it, however every Football fan and player knows not to have your arms up in the penalty area.

The rules of football contain a lot of subjectivity and interpretation though so VAR should only be used to correct absolute clangers like clear fouls that have been missed or offsides

His arms were hardly up either

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by MTVN

The rules of football contain a lot of subjectivity and interpretation though so VAR should only be used to correct absolute clangers like clear fouls that have been missed or offsides

His arms were hardly up either

I get what you're saying, but Referees 9 times out of 10 will give a penalty for what that PSG player did last night as tbf to the Referees they're just enforcing the rules of the game.

Was it harsh? Yes, but I'm more surprised that it even went to VAR as those kinds of penalties are given quite often anyway in none VAR competitions.

[Candy Annie Cane]

The fact is, the penalty was given and Utd are through. End of really. The refs decision was a penalty after reviewing VAR so that's that.

Decisions go for and against teams all the time, in every game - its only when a decision goes for a team that you don't support that people complain. Were it given to their team - nothing would be said.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

The fact is, the penalty was given and Utd are through. End of really. The refs decision was a penalty after reviewing VAR so that's that.

Decisions go for and against teams all the time, in every game - its only when a decision goes for a team that you don't support that people complain. Were it given to their team - nothing would be said.

Doesnt mean we're not allowed to debate it. It's not just about this one decision either, it's a wider issue of how and when VAR should be used and I think I've said quite a few times I don't like it

[bots]

But VAR doesn't over ride the referee on the field, he is invited to take a closer look at the video evidence, but the decision is still the refs at the end of the day

[Denver]

Refs are easily persuaded these days

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Refs are easily persuaded these days

+1 So True


here in our dutch competition, they are so pro-ajax, and anti-psv for example bc of that ajax-psv rivalry, and KNVB is pro-ajax

they can't take it when psv becomes league champions we never get official trophy either immediately but have it come and pick it up at a truck stop