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Trent is a tricky one too. It's possible he only misses one GW. On the other hand, if I bin him off and don't bring him back, I could potentially end up with a squad of Haaland, KDB, Salah, Watkins, and Saka

But that's just journalism in a nutshell nowadays, isn't it? It's all about the SENSATIONAL headline to make you click and quickly scroll through an article that's completely opinion biased with poor grammar and not fact checked because everyone is in a rush to be up to date.

Don't twist my words on this one as I'm not speaking towards his incompetence specifically, but I think he has refereed one match in the past year without having VAR by his side. Again, not excusing his performance, but have to wonder if referees are so used to having VAR as a crutch to rely on that their own skills are being diminished.

Maybe too cold to stand still, but you can always move around and go ice swimming

It is, but if we are going to be putting 16 (then 17) year olds in the "premier" tournament off the back of two-weeks of form, what message does that send to your older players who have, quite frankly, accomplished more over the course of the year? Or to the younger players, that they just need to play out of their minds for two weeks and that's enough?

They put him in the Premier League, which is a mini-competition containing the "eight best". I think it's a joke to be honest...lad had a couple of good weeks and they're capitalizing financially because of the whirlwind around him.

Henderson transferred to Saudi, mate

I scored 93 points and went up only 3k in rank. Life is tough at the top...

And again. That 0-0 actually killed me.

Ghana blocked Kudus from playing today. Paqueta out injured.

I doubt he'll start on the weekend in the FA Cup, but with it being a home match maybe he'll get some mins off the bench if he's fit. I have Alvarez in place of Haaland, so hopefully won't be too bad if I hold off for a GW and Haaland starts vs NEW.

I'll take a 1-1 draw with Bowen and Estupinan both scoring OGs

First half: Second half:

Don't like doing early transfers, but Salah is due to drop tonight. I can see him dropping further and want to maximize my profit on him before bringing him back. Gonna have 13-14mil in the bank after this.

Newcastle to beat Liverpool by 8 so we go top?

You can claim confirmation bias all you want, but you're missing the point. If VAR didn't exist it's still a penalty. I haven't said anything that is objectively not true. He was kicked on the sole of the foot, which is a foul, is it not? The player who committed the foul didn't even protest the decision. That's twisting my words...they are completely different situations. The ref obviously made a mistake (is there anyone who is really saying that's not a red), which also may just be an inclination towards giving a yellow and letting VAR signal for a red. I, and many others, don't think that Attwell obviously made a mistake in not giving a pen.

What has happened in other matches is irrelevant. He nicked the ball and got kicked on the sole of the foot. It's technically a foul. On field ref saw it in clear view and gave it. It's "soft" but a subjective call that happened right in front of the ref. It's not an egregious error by the ref. VAR should not be overturning those nor should they be intervening if the ref hasn't given it.

I'd say it was the "correct" implementation, though. Attwell was staring right at it and made his own mind up. May be soft and debatable, but not enough overturn and without VAR it's still a pen anyways. If Attwell didn't give it and some bloke sat in a chair watching frame by frame said nah mate you gotta give that, it's a different story.

Incredible performance, can't believe he didn't go for the bull for a 170 finish to win the match. And what drama at the end of Cullen-Humphries!

Their form was OK before Mbeumo got injured. He's been so crucial for them.

Thank f*** for that penalty, but still...

Just came to post the same

On the other hand, VAR can draw "accurate" lines from toenails...why can't they draw a line from the edge of the ball? They already have a reference line (goal line).