Premier League - 2022/23

Is that Housman Keighley?!

Or Tennyson?

 

Not clear what the purpose is. To save the Bury's of this world or to limit Asian and Far East states and corporates bankrolling the bigger clubs and making the league more competitive. I think the former given the guy on BBC breakfast said "owner investment is a good thing".

 

I know it's dirty Leeds and all that, but it was a small consolation to see Javi win today, long way to go, but he has a fighting chance of keeping them up

 

United, for all their many faults, are not a sportswashing project for a human rights abusing regime...yet at least!

 

Can’t stand the whinging Geordies with their murderous owners. Can’t stand United either, because they’re United. So the best result will be a massive sinkhole appearing at Wembley stadium at around 4:30pm today.

 

Can’t stand either. Will avoid watching and just hope it’s a dreadful match. Will catch the score on the news this evening.

 

Haven’t you seen Wembley high street?

 

Good to see Stuart Atwell still as incompetent as ever. Giving a red after a long consultation, then being told to review on the monitor and having to overturn his initial decision.

 

I hate the thought of the hideous Toon ownership being justified in the eyes of their fans by the deliverance of near-instantaneous success.

I want the timeline for the inevitable success money like that brings to be as long, painful and fraught with failure as possible.

 

I still can’t get my head around the fact that Newcastle get a free pass from all football media. I basically don’t follow Prem football outside of what Leicester are doing now for this reason.

 

Yes it was the correct decision in the end but it took several minutes and how Atwell thought it was a red in the first place is where I question the competence of so many officials. It was right in front of him. No question of him not seeing it. Just a bad judgement call, and as you say, a right mess.

 

Can we not just blame the players for being pathetic? From what Sky said at half time Atwell and his assistants only caught the incident out of the corner of his eye and it was Tierney on VAR who named Zeiych.

It doesn’t help when readings things like the BBC live text, which has a big audience, and the person writing that clearly has no idea about VAR procedures. Helps to undermine the whole thing.

 

Players were pathetic, but then they always are. That’s a given.

So, it’s ok to send a player off for something you only see from the corner of your eye? No, of course not. To give a red card you have to be 100% certain, which Atwell clearly wasn’t. This is why I called him incompetent.

 

His assistant saw it and told him. Referees can and do make decisions based on things their assistants report seeing. This tweet is similar to what Kelly Caites said at HT on Sky and is presumably the Stockley Park explanation:

 

So basically, they are all incompetent. It’s even worse than I thought.

 

Yup. The referee must make an on field decision before VAR can get involved. He can’t go and look at the screen to decide what to do. Atwell booked Havertz and Royal before the red for Ziyech but for some reason a lot of people seem to think the Havertz booking was for Ziyech, which adds to their confusion.

 

In The Times today Trippier is defending the 'dark arts' in which Newcastle now specialise. As a neutral it's good to see, he says.

This neutral hopes they lose. They're the new Bournemouth but with added mysogeny and homophobia.

 

And that was the most unmusical rendering of the National Anthem that I've ever heard.

 

Is it wrong to take such delight in Newcastle imploding on their big day out? I'm loving it

 

So you should. **** them. **** their owners. **** Eddie Howe. **** their fans.

 

The fact that Man U is no longer the obvious choice tells you all you need to know about Newsportswashtle.

 

Has our desperate flag waving cup been wrestled from our grasp at last?

 

But what marvellous supporters, waving all those flags…

 

We've even been beaten in the Wembley Flag-Waving World Championships by Wor Geordies this afternoon. A terrific display. Supply wrist action. Great co-ordination. 10/10

 

Third to make the make the flag-waving comment – quite pleased to get on the podium! Congrats on your gold and silver UEA and Willis!

 

Sad day but money counts in the end.