Today’s Games 2023-2024

[Oh When the Wolves]

What a goal . Unbelievable .

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Three reds by the looks of it. Italian football is great.

Yes, though the third red card was in another incident. The last ten minutes were just mad.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

Only 5 mins added

2 goals , 8 subs.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

awful refereeing to get Leeds across the line here

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

how on earth can there be 5 minutes added on?

After the Leeds 4th they celebrated for at least 1-2 minutes, never mind the 8 subs and boro goal.

Crazy. Suspect it should have been closer to 8 mins

 

[Wonder Boyo]

how on earth can there be 5 minutes added on?

After the Leeds 4th they celebrated for at least 1-2 minutes, never mind the 8 subs and boro goal.

Crazy. Suspect it should have been closer to 8 mins

That's Tony Harrington for you.

 

[WolvesAndCows]

That sums Boro's season up. Decent going forward but can't defend for toffee

 

[Norman Bell]

If Dirty Leeds make it up to the Premier next season all it will mean is the Yorkshire rotation system of Sheffield United being one of the relegated sides one year and Leeds the next will be continuing

 

[JR WAS KING]

Maybe it’s just me because I never wanted it brought in. I still think that the vast majority of people attending games don’t want it and wouldn’t change their minds even when getting decisions going against their team. But maybe l’m wrong and you’re right, who knows.

All I can say is everyone that I sit by at the match and everyone in the pub despises VAR. I haven't met anyone in favour of it.

 

[YouGottaRaulWithIt]

If Dirty Leeds make it up to the Premier next season all it will mean is the Yorkshire rotation system of Sheffield United being one of the relegated sides one year and Leeds the next will be continuing

Here's hoping.

 

[Bryce]

That's Tony Harrington for you.

Utterly incompetent. I better get my refs kit on . At 60 I would still have more idea

 

[Monketron]

Think if the linesman had put his flag up for offside and the Torp effort was disallowed onfield and then VAR showed that in fact he was 1mm onside and the goal was given no-one would be.complaining about VAR.

Yes but the point is before VAR those offsides were NEVER given. Even if the writing in the law books said that was offside, the de facto offside rule was really 'did the linesmen clearly see the player in front'. This gave the benefit of the doubt to the attacker (which I think most people liked?).

VAR suddenly appears and the offside rule that everyone had used for decades gets changed overnight without anyone saying that would be the case, NO ONE sold VAR on the premise that examples like a striker pointing a finger where they wanted the ball to go would suddenly disallow a goal that would have previously counted. Not to mention it is now clear that a striker leaning naturally while running in one direction is actually offside even if his feet are well behind the defenders, which again were never given previously. I don't think football is better because of this "rule change".

 

[SuperGran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782499069107093573

 

[theweave]

I thought it would need a month without VAR to get people back supporting it, but it might just be a weekend.

That Leeds decision is terrible, and people forget how bad officials are. But it's a hard job, so you're always going to get mistakes.

This is a low scoring sport, it matters.

I actually find it hard to grasp that in instances like tonight people think a clear offside goal should stand just because we don't want the Leeds fans to have celebrated for no reason, or to wait 20 seconds.

I think most people would be happy with VAR semi-automated offsides and then just rely on the officials for the rest as VAR is still subjective for most decisions and so there's no real point

 

[Norman Bell]

Remarkable effort from National League South side Truro City in staying up this season. They had to play their home games at Plymouth Parkway's ground due to their Truro stadium being rebuilt. Thanks to the utter monsoon season that hit the South West ( as well as the rest of the country ! ) the pitch at Plymouth was so badly waterlogged by late December that Truro were forced to play a good amount of home games at Taunton and elsewhere. Truro to Taunton is a good 2 hour plus journey by the way.

They ended up jamming in a remarkable and totally draining 13 games in four weeks to end the season on time. Not overlooking the fact that Truro are of course semi pro, so these blokes work then play in the evening and Saturdays. Still it is nothing compared to the packed and over the top schedule Pep and Jurgen have to deal with and tell us all about every sodding time they open their traps while the lifeblood teams of the British game like Truro just get on with it

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Will chelsea upset the applecart tonight?

 

[WolvesAndCows]

Will chelsea upset the applecart tonight?

Doubt it

 

[Watfordfc]

I think most people would be happy with VAR semi-automated offsides and then just rely on the officials for the rest as VAR is still subjective for most decisions and so there's no real point

Yes agree and really all this could have been thought about before but Wenger , Warnock , Pulis and people at Sky demanded it all as if nothing would ever go wrong .

 

[WolvesAndCows]

Useless Chelsea

 

[wolfslair]

Wtf…….

Gomes got sent off for a hell of a let less than that in the cup!!!!

 

[Willywolf]

Imagine spend so much money and still being as **** as Chelsea…
Arsenal look like they’re playing against lower league opposition atm

 

[Bognor_Wolf]

Not sure how Jackson got away with that tackle tbh...

 

[WolvesAndCows]

Imagine spend so much money and still being as **** as Chelsea…
Arsenal look like they’re playing against lower league opposition atm

Look like a bunch of strangers. What do they do in training all week?

 

[S G Wolves]

Leicester v Southampton, waiting for something to happen.

 

[wolfslair]

Enzo absolutely bodied by odegaard……

But Saka when it has mattered this season his form the last few weeks has turned into a physical representation of being “spursy”

Hahaha

 

[S G Wolves]

Ha ha Leicester score...

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Goal for Leicester tigers

 

[Wonder Boyo]

That Leicester goal was probably just onside but in the Premier League VAR would have spent a good 5 minutes drawing lines while the fans anxiously waited.

 

[wolfslair]

Goal for Leicester tigers

The second team in Leicester with significant money issues…. Must be something in the water there

 

[WolvesAndCows]

Chelsea coming back into it. Could and should have been more goals at both ends.

 

[Henry Palfrey]

Leicester should face a points deduction just for continuing to use those clacker things.

 

[Wonder Boyo]

Chelsea coming back into it. Could and should have been more goals at both ends.

Don't mention both ends. Still getting over a stomach virus from Sunday.

 

[wolfslair]

Don't mention both ends. Still getting over a stomach virus from Sunday.

Can we talk about the fluid runs from both teams?

 

[TelfordWolf]

Saka’s constant diving is painful to watch.

 

[S G Wolves]

Southampton have been hopeless. You'd think they have nothing to play for from this performance. Got to give it a go 2nd half.

 

[WolvesAndCows]

No backbone from Chelsea.

 

[Watfordfc]

Chelsea look very much like a mid table team playing a top side .

 

[theweave]

Chelsea look very much like a mid table team playing a top side .

Missing 2 of their best players, affects all teams

 

[Frank Lincoln]

I thought there was a foul in the build up to the third goal. The Chelsea player was wrestled to the ground, but of course VAR saw nothing amiss.

 

[S G Wolves]

Leicester 2 up and cruising.