Greenlizard0 Premier League Football Thread ** spoilers ** [15th - 17th December 2023]

Well that was garbage. That's up there with the worst Utd side in the last 5 years, and there's been lots of them, but our attacking play was abysmal. It's always easier with hindsight but the likes of Jones, Gakpo and Elliott should have been starting games like that. Against a side only looking to defend you need to work the ball about but we had a team of runners and we just ran into dead ends. That said, from the sheer volume of attempts and corners, it's amazing we didn't bundle one in.
 
Well that was a pretty bizarre game.

In the context of our recent performances I actually thought we did OK. Mainoo was good, as was Onana, for all the mockery he's subjected to, he did well I thought. Antony is a tool but did pretty well too at times.

Liverpool were dreadful though, not seen a team that wasteful for quite a while.
 
manic111 said:
Watching some highlights from yesterday - the bookings for James and Sterling are absurd. Yes, if someone puts the ball away then book them, but they've both just flicked it 3 yards. The punishment of a booking clearly doesn't fit the crime. James getting sent off for the most minor dissent, and the most minor foul, is mad.

If we're going to introduce such petty bookings , then they should bring in a new colour of card (call it a white card for the sake of argument) for "technical" infractions like kicking the ball away. Get a white card and a yellow card, or two white cards, and your manager must substitute you. It punishes the player, and they team to a small extent, but nowhere near as much.
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Leaving this here from a couple of weeks back and I stand by it!
 
Bigpig said:
If you followed the rule throughout the game Nunez would have been sent off in the first half after mocking the linesman after his yellow.
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If the lino was offended then yes, ref was it seems in the Dalot one. Didn't make a difference anyway. Could have played until thanksgiving and it would still be 0-0
 
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