HongKongVillan Posted December 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2021 Klopp can get a yellow but yet keeps the constant mouthing off with officials and nothing happens to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 All in all that was a really good game of football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Allison is so overrated. Garbage. He was brilliant, his dad drowed while fishing earlier in the year and that maybe with a bit of corona and living abroad away from his family too I don't think he's the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Kane is a disgrace 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Robertson is incredibly lucky that he didn't have that leg planted, or he's getting stretchered off. That's an absolutely outrageous decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Kane got the Maguire discount there. Anyone else and that's red. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Wonderful game of football. Kind of reminds me of the old days of end to end football. Lovely and open. The crowd excited . Then you look at the game earlier . Where Man City are going through their paces smothering the opponents and zero atmosphere even at st James Park. Pep is anti football imo. Because football to me is about end to end attacking and that tenacity and brilliant atmosphere. The football eqhivalent of Floyd Mayweather. Hugely talented but just so fooking boring. I hope our owners watched Spurs Liverpool so they know exactly how much is needed to challenge for Europe. Its going to be very very difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 47 minutes ago, bobzy said: I don't think that's a red, personally. Robertson goes in very firmly but the defender deliberately steps across where he's going to kick. The contact is shin on shin. I think he's a bit unlucky. Exactly. No studs involved. A strong challenge but 20 years ago it wouldnt have got a yellow . Tackles like that in Sunday league all the time. The games gone...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I think Robertson's has been judged as violent conduct ratehr than excessive force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Of course Wurzel Gummage thinks he did nothing wrong Quote "There are going to be strong tackles in a game like this. I wasn't worried. I was quite surprised [to be booked] to be honest." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I really think VAR is of little use. With slow Mo and multiple angles and freedom to freeze frame wherever - you can make almost anything look like something else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 34 minutes ago, MWARLEY2 said: Wonderful game of football. Kind of reminds me of the old days of end to end football. Lovely and open. The crowd excited . Then you look at the game earlier . Where Man City are going through their paces smothering the opponents and zero atmosphere even at st James Park. Pep is anti football imo. Because football to me is about end to end attacking and that tenacity and brilliant atmosphere. The football eqhivalent of Floyd Mayweather. Hugely talented but just so fooking boring. I hope our owners watched Spurs Liverpool so they know exactly how much is needed to challenge for Europe. Its going to be very very difficult Man.City can be exciting to watch, they really destroyed Liverpool at Anfield but somehow didn't win and that was probably game of the season up to this one. I do get what you are saying. Liverpool are best team to watch in league but Man. City are ruthless and pretty cold and clinical in soaking up pressure in see saw games so that will likely give them the edge end of the season as Liverpool will drop a few more points in these see saw games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 There's no better team than Man City. If they lose a game it's a bad day at the office not because that team are better than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I thought Liverpool were way of their best. Spurs should have won it with the chances they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 5 hours ago, The_Steve said: Kane is a disgrace he regularly makes dangerous tackles, the tactic of backing into defenders to fall on the neck is disgusting Guy is an absolute piece of shit, a shit Kevin Muscat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted December 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Zatman said: he regularly makes dangerous tackles, the tactic of backing into defenders to fall on the neck is disgusting Guy is an absolute piece of shit, a shit Kevin Muscat Kevin Muscat, eh? Delightful fellow. Really nasty piece of work. Settled out of court for a tackle on an opposing player during his career, the tackle was that bad it was considered assault. He is a sly dog too: Point being: Kane is bad. But he's an angel compared to Muscat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Personally thought the Kane tackle was an orange card, down to referee interpretation which way it was going to go. Yes it's high and he catches him with his studs, but he's sliding in on the ground and going for the (bouncing) ball with one foot. It also helps that Robertson is in the air and I don't think gets hurt too badly. I'd have been okay with both players getting a yellow. But in terms of refereeing consistency, they both need reviewing pitchside. (Problem is of course, as soon as ref is asked to review, he *always* changes his mind.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 50 minutes ago, KentVillan said: Personally thought the Kane tackle was an orange card, down to referee interpretation which way it was going to go. Yes it's high and he catches him with his studs, but he's sliding in on the ground and going for the (bouncing) ball with one foot. It also helps that Robertson is in the air and I don't think gets hurt too badly. I'd have been okay with both players getting a yellow. But in terms of refereeing consistency, they both need reviewing pitchside. (Problem is of course, as soon as ref is asked to review, he *always* changes his mind.) I think the problem is Kane is a dirty nasty player, he has definitely gone to injure Robertson and has form on this. As England captain he gets away with that If Watkins, Wilson or Pukki make a similar tackle its a straight red 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 10 hours ago, Zatman said: I think the problem is Kane is a dirty nasty player, he has definitely gone to injure Robertson and has form on this. As England captain he gets away with that If Watkins, Wilson or Pukki make a similar tackle its a straight red I agree he gets preferential treatment. Not convinced he was trying to put one on Robertson, though - the ball bounced, which is often what causes nasty looking tackles. As I said, red or yellow would be fine with me, it was borderline. The real issue is that one tackle got reviewed and the other didn’t. I personally thought Kane tackle was worse than Robertson tackle. Also don’t think slow mo or freeze frames are a good way of assessing tackles. Reality is you get caught with studs and you get caught high in a game, and it’s not always dangerous play meriting a red - especially under the new guidelines, where I think they want things more like they were in the late 90s / early 2000s. People describing this one as a “leg breaker” are talking nonsense imo. Not enough force, foot wasn’t planted, it’s on the shin pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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