The Shitshow was the ref imho! Inconsistent and should be ASHAMED of that penalty decision and VAR, as I said at itās very inception into the EPL, is at best a divisive tool created to eek out you joy.
Iāve no fucks left to give, Iāll see you next year, whichever league it may be.
Good luck yāall, football will never be bigger than life. Period
Just got home and seen it on TV. Yes it was handball by the worst Brazilian to ever play football, but they completely overlooked the handball by the winger before he crossed it.
Just been drinking with some fishy people and donāt begrudge them their success. At least Spurs lost and we wonāt have to chaange the game on the 18th to midweek.
Interesting debate on fiverweb. For Theoās disallowed goal the freeze-frame used was clearly after the ball left JWPās boot. I think this happens a lot: minute analysis of the lines but the lines can be engineered by the moment that is chosen, and there are never any comparisons of different choices of freeze-frame.
The offside for their first pen was similar and the line drawn through the defenderās arm. Itās not precise technology, itās subjectively manipulated.
I actually enjoyed the evening, but more for the company than the football (Lord Slowlane having very kindly invited me along off the back of one of his mates season tickets. I thought it was a nice gesture, allowing a serf onto the estate ). So I had a very pleasant evening, Saints FC notwithstanding.
But Christ, we were poor. A few players looked okay, especially Lavia and dare I say it, Djenepo. But the front line looked absolutely toothless, Armstrong has a capacity to disappoint beyond anything I could have imagined when we signed him. Up to now Iāve thought heād tear it up against non-PL defences like he did at at Blackburn, but heās been well and truly Saintsed out of his scoring touch.
I stand by my prediction of six more points before seasons end. Championship here we come.
Well yes thanks @scotty for accompanying me last evening. It was kind of you to realise I need someone to hold my hand at this traumatic time in my Saints supporting life. Thanks also for carrying the picnic hamperā¦hope the Jugged Hare didnāt repeat on you as it did me but that wasnāt by any means the worst of the evening.
I do sometimes think I know fuck all about the game⦠because what I saw last night was no different to many Saints performances and merely highlighted our lack of a decent forward more so than normal BECAUSE we had so much procession, played some nice stuff, pissed all over them at times, yet the same problem persists - lack of penetration in final third and ability to score especially against a crowded and committed defence.
We fielded a much changed and very young side that battered them in all areas bar the one that matters⦠reminded me of the German National team TBH - loads of young talent, good in two thirds, but no recognised strikers and inexperience leading to defensive lapses.
We need a Ricky Lambert type, not just because he knows how to score, but someone around whom the team can come together.
I dont like words ādisgracefulā etc - The only thing disgraceful was that cunt McCoist bias and disgraceful comments about saints⦠when back in studio they acknowledged we bossed it, were the better side by far, but lacked that attacking nousā¦
If we want to focus any anger (not sure it really has a place in football which is something we chose to like for our entertainment) reserve it for an incompetent ref (had that been a saints player going in like that tackle in the prem, would have been straight red , no doubt about it), and for the back slap pen⦠the ball had been in the keepers hands for ages by the time they had a coming together⦠should not have retaliated, should have fallen overā¦as their player did, but ref fell for every cheating cunt ploy they engaged in⦠or the fact we spent money on more MFs (mid-fielders not motherfuckers) and not on a Striker (assuming there were any out there of sufficient quality who would come here) ā¦
Well, thatās the point isnāt it. Our position hardly makes us an attractive option for prospective signings, and everyone wants quality goalscorers so theyāll always have alternatives.
I could understand the tears mate, and even the audible sobbing. But when you started on the port and brandy and wailing incoherently about 76 and Big Lawrie, it did start to get a bit embarrassing. Those stewards looked absolutely mortified when they carried you out.