Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [16 - 21st August 2013]

It's last season all over again. Watch as Wenger panics and buys four average and mediocre players in some vain attempt to justify not signing a single player of note during the summer.
 
There was more contact there than from the Kos tackle which resulted in the red.

Why let Walcott take free kicks? I can't remember him ever scoring. Ever.
 
Considering the status of Arsenal's closed season, their lack of movement in the transfer market and the lack of strengthening of the squad, you would have thought that the management and squad were out to really prove they are capable. The total opposite looks to be happening :eek:.
 
Tummy said:
'cause it would ruin the flow of the game and divide football even more, I think it would ruin the game.
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It might slow things down, but players feigning injury waste more time than this would take. It's not just a sport. If a team is relegated due to a couple of extra poor decisions over a season, then you're talking some teams potentially going out of business (OK, so that's down to poor club management too, and poor decisions happen to everyone, but the point remains that football is far more than pure sport now).

Do it like tennis - give teams a couple of appeals each match which they can use when they want (offside, penalty, throw in, whatever). If they win the appeal or the replay is indecisive, then give them the appeal back, if they lose it, they lose it. It may even have the added bonus of forcing teams to play to the whistle in some cases...


Tummy said:
Also; if you're listening to BBC Sport, they couldn't make their minds up about the penalty :o.
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5 Live were clear. John Murray was staggered it was a penalty, then on the replay they were also sure it wasn't a penalty. Like I say, I haven't seen it myself, but what I've read and heard suggests there is no debate - it wasn't a penalty.
 
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BaZ87 said:
I'd wait 25 minutes before you start celebrating if I was you dazza :p
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I'll be amazed if it lasts another 5, just nice to see for one point in the season! Everyone expected us to get boned today so it's nice to see.

Boo West Ham are top now :p
 
this_is_gav said:
It might slow things down, but players feigning injury waste more time than this would take. It's not just a sport. If a team is relegated due to a couple of extra poor decisions over a season, then you're talking some teams potentially going out of business.

Do it like tennis - give teams a couple of appeals each match which they can use when they want (offside, penalty, throw in, whatever). If they win the appeal or the replay is indecisive, then give them the appeal back, if they lose it, they lose it. It may have the added bonus of forcing teams to play to the whistle in some cases
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It would cause more breaks in play and slow the game down even more, the game wouldn't be able to flow anywhere near it does now.

Teams aren't relegated due to one or two bad decisions, but the team's failure over the course of a season.

@ the Tennis thing, no.


this_is_gav said:
5 Live were clear. John Murray was staggered it was a penalty, then on the replay they were also sure it wasn't a penalty. Like I say, I haven't seen it myself, but what I've read and heard suggests there is no debate - it wasn't a penalty.
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I have BBC Focus on and none of the pundits were sure nor in agreement over the decision, so that flies in the face of having replays, if it still is not clear after a replay, what do you do?

Football didn't need Hawkeye and it doesn't need more technology just because Arsenal have had a decision go against them.
 
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