EFL Cup - Semi-Final ** Spoilers ** [10/11/25/26 January 2017]

[FrankJH]

typical really

 

[Robbo]

Getting a bit feisty now. Better than the awful first half at least.

 

[Shamikebab]

Feels like we haven't had a game without an atrocious referee for a long time.

 

[Shamikebab]

Lingard has made some nice runs but when he actually gets the ball he's just utter crap. That ball to a 3m offside Rashford...who plays that pass??

 

[drunkenmaster]

https://my.mixtape.moe/rxkoyy.mp4

For the record, it's a definite penalty. Pause or watch carefully/slow it down at 43 second mark. Just as the Hull player slows Rojo grabs his shirt and yanks him forward. IT was a clear shirt pull and you can see the angle the ref sees it from. It's incredibly rarely given, incorrectly. It was a good call though, Rojo pulling player to ground by yanking his shirt.

 

[Shamikebab]

Pogba 1-1

 

[Nate75]

that'll be that then

 

[Robbo]

Tidy finish from Pogba.

 

[Shamikebab]

https://my.mixtape.moe/rxkoyy.mp4

For the record, it's a definite penalty. Pause or watch carefully/slow it down at 43 second mark. Just as the Hull player slows Rojo grabs his shirt and yanks him forward. IT was a clear shirt pull and you can see the angle the ref sees it from. It's incredibly rarely given, incorrectly. It was a good call though, Rojo pulling player to ground by yanking his shirt.

It's soft, it wouldn't be given in a lot of games. I think the problem is, if it is a penalty the Smalling one is 100% a penalty too. It's just clear bias from the ref, much like giving Jones a yellow in the first 15 mins then not giving the Hull player one for the same thing 30 secs later.

 

[fez]

https://my.mixtape.moe/rxkoyy.mp4

For the record, it's a definite penalty. Pause or watch carefully/slow it down at 43 second mark. Just as the Hull player slows Rojo grabs his shirt and yanks him forward. IT was a clear shirt pull and you can see the angle the ref sees it from. It's incredibly rarely given, incorrectly. It was a good call though, Rojo pulling player to ground by yanking his shirt.

Utter rubbish. A soft shirt pull is not a foul. Both players are pushing each other as well. If you think that is a penalty you would have 2-3 penalties every time a cross or corner comes in.

 

[fez]

What is Jones doing?! Hull unlucky not to score there.

 

[Shamikebab]

Now we're playing how many times can the ref ignore Rashford being pulled back.

 

[fez]

He seems to be able to ignore pretty much anything so far. I don't expect that to change in the last 10 minutes.

 

[Shamikebab]

2-1 atrocious defending. Rooney's definition of marking is being 20m from your man.

 

[Robbo]

Need to be careful here, we've gone to sleep.

 

[Shamikebab]

Lets be fair to Rooney he's tired, he'd been on for a good 4 mins.

 

[Shamikebab]

Fellaini on for Rashford, Jose's throwing darts at the dartboard again for his subs.

 

[fez]

Few minutes for Fellaini to give away a penalty, OG etc?

 

[sigma]

Lets be fair to Rooney he's tired, he'd been on for a good 4 mins.

 

[Shamikebab]

Well that was absolutely pathetic.