DavidMarrio

Think it just screams more and more that the Prem arent fit to make these sort of decisions and there needs to be an independent body. The charges against City only came about when there was talk about an independent body. The Everton decision came about when it felt like there was a bit more pressure.

Leaked emails from the UK ambassador say the Premier League agreed to "settle their differences" with the PIF so that the Newcastle deal could go ahead Publically, both the Prem and UK government had said no pressure was put on the Prem by the government to accept this deal, and that the UK government had no role in the deal FOI requests by the Athletic have shown that the Government had discussions with the Prem throughout including teams meetings with the foreign office and Prem, that the Foreign Office had communication plans in place as far back as June 2020 for a deal to have been both accepted and rejected, and Foreign Office officials had discussed the idea of sportswashing and how it could instead show off Saudi progress with Womens Sport through this takeover The FOI request was delayed to assess how releasing these documents could harm Saudi-UK relations - as such, much has been redacted to "protect commercial interests" and "safeguard national security" Senior premier league sources reiterated under anonymity that there was no pressure from the Government to force this deal, and that it was approved solely by the Prem board The Foreign Office had preprepared questions that would likely be asked of the government regarding the takeover such as human rights questions and questions about Jamal Khashoggi

Everton to Chelsea and City:

Don't even care. Won't affect them going down anyway cause Luton/Sheff Utd and Burnley are all crap. Still, funny how it happens to Everton yet City will get away with everything cause of who own them and the money they have.

Worst thing that show highlights is the officials all have shite nicknames for one another

Well in Silva!

Now this is the Tottenham we all know

Crystal Palace 0 vs. 0 Everton (Sat 3pm) Bournemouth 0 vs. 2 Newcastle (Sat 5.30pm, Sky) West Ham 2 vs. 0 Nottm Forest (Sun 2pm, Sky) Chelsea 0 vs. 2 Man City (Sun 4.30pm, Sky

Apparently in UEFA it doesn't really matter what phase of play it is (bit silly for me that) but everything else for me doesn't make it a handball. Its hit his chest and has gone towards the armpit area and he's tried to move his arm away from the ball and not to it. The whole VAR handling of it was a bit bizarre cause it looked like they'd done the check, ref was going to give the goal and then they've gone actually have a look at the screen. Toulouse deserved the win either way and we were awful. Had the chance to seal qualification and we didn't take it. Just annoying that there's another controversial decision.

VA FUCKING SHITE (We deserved nothing out of that as we were garbage but that decision at the end is ridiculous. Even if you want to say he's handballed it, its a new phase of play. We gave it away shortly after that, won it back then scored)

Lutons statement they put out about the tragedy chanting is so laughably poor and whataboutery. "May have taken part without knowledge that the chant is in relation to Hillsborough and Heysel tragedies". "A small number of supporters." "Chants that may be interpreted" Tinpot club. Just own it and condemn it, it isn't hard.

Getting de ja vu here. Just need Chelsea to concede an own goal and have a perfectly goos goal ruled out...

I mean objectively Udogie's was worse even without any contact

Tackling training is required for these Spurs players. Dirty gits

Bias aside, Luton can get fucked for the tragedy chanting and poverty chanting.

Diaz bailing us out there. Absolutely made up it's him whose scored given what him and his family are going through atm

Been coming that. Bound to happen. Literally felt like one of them you knew it was going to happen the amount we've huffed and puffed to little effect.

If only Aspas hit the corner against Chelsea in 13/14 with the same amount of force as the VAR screen

Saudi VARabia more like Arsenal were crap but I really don't blame them for feeling like they've been hard done by with that decision. I dont think it went out and I actually think its brilliant by Willock, the offside is really difficult and they've said there wasn't a definitive angle they could use to draw the lines but I think that's a foul given its two hands into the back and its directly led to a goal. Its not like a major tackle or anything but I think you would see that given in a lot of games. I think just having consistency is a big thing. Rashford against Brighton is a good example in terms of did the ball go out or not. Said it before but booking players signalling for yellow cards went out the window after 2 games. It just feels like VAR was meant to help create less controversy and most of the time its creating more. I'm in the camp of just scrap it. I still reiterate the standard of officiating both on field and off field is dreadful. The game as a whole showed that with the lack of control and stuff that there was no intervention over. It feels like the refs dig there heels in and will back each other up even if someone's made a mistake. I'm sure Howard Webb in his little segment with Owen will make out they've been brilliant as always.

The ball being out, I can understand not being given its stupidly fine margins and only way you'd know is if you had like goalline tech The offside for me again is a really fine margin But for me that's a foul. Both hands on his back pushes him. Also Wolves conceded a pen today that wasn't a pen against Newcastle last week. Honestly, officiating in this league both on pitch and VAR is so consistently shite and poor it does make me think how bad is it in the lower leagues

VAFuckingShite more like

Thought a yellow was fair Thought the ref booking the players for being mouthy gobshites was fair too

Burnley 1 vs. 1 Crystal Palace (Sat 3pm) Sheff Utd 0 vs. 2 Wolves (Sat 3pm) Newcastle 1 vs. 1 Arsenal (Sat 5.30pm, Sky) Nottm Forest 0 vs 3 Aston Villa (Sun 2pm, Sky)

West Ham at home sandwiched between games against Man Utd and Arsenal (both at home) isn't ideal. Be a tough game that. Glad Chelsea/Newcastle got each other. Was kinda hoping for Everton at home but hopefully both teams get the final.