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Well, they got the numbers right...THFC Ex/Goals = 0.2
Goals scored = 2
Stats, ladies and gents!
Just not necessarily in the right order!
...Eric Morecambe, Ladies and Gents!
I felt the same and said to Mrs B about VAR being our only hope and she said well you never know
Get fucking in was my next remark which cost me a meal later on
Football hooliganism is quite tame these days, isn’t it? I remember being properly frightened as a teenager playing away at places like the Den.
Let's hope it stays that way as well....... Don't need numbnuts kicking off after a game!
City v Spurs: Tunnel Cam
Go behind-the-scenes at our first home game of the new Premier League season.
www.mancity.com
A small nuclear device hidden in Manchester would solve everything.City fans have well and truly overtaken Utd in the privileged, self important, sore loser stakes.
I presume its down to a massive influx of JCL's jumping on the hype train. But i see plenty of old school blue mooners justifying their position because they "did their time in the trenches".
According to their manager they "dignify the sport" and are "an honest team for the people"
We dignify this sport – ‘Delighted’ Guardiola salutes City
Pep Guardiola believes the performances of his Manchester City side “dignify” football.www.independent.ie
Well i guess that blood money earned gold plated Bugatti owning human rights abusers are still "people" too.
But the "honest" part is a bit of a stretch.
Do you mean eradicate? I would hate to see footballers irradiated.
I do believe we've found a rival to Liverpool for the poor little victims -
Manchester City’s Troubled History with VAR
The first incident occurred on 20 February 2019 when Manchester City traveled to Schalke for the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16. During the match, full back Daniel Caligiuri danced at the top of the Manchester City box and unleashed a shot toward goal. His effort was blocked by City centreback Nicolás Otamendi and referee Carlos del Cerro Grande awarded Schalke a corner. After a review of the play via VAR, however, del Cerro Grande reversed his decision and awarded Schalke a penalty. According to VAR, the ball had struck Otamendi’s arm which was deemed to be in an unnatural position. City would go on to win the match 2-3, but many argued the Argentine could have done nothing to move his arm.
City would fall victim to another VAR decision just two months later in the second leg of the Champions League Quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur. Trailing 1-0 on aggregate, City knew they needed to come out strong. The Sky Blues would score an early goal, but Tottenham Hotspur then scored two goals in quick succession to take control of the tie. By the start of the second half, Manchester City were ahead 4-2 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate.
What transpired was the first of two unfavourable decisions against the club. During the 72 minute, Spurs won a corner. The ball was delivered into the box and striker Fernando Llorente sent the ball into City’s goal but replays showed he had handled the ball. To the surprise of many, VAR allowed the goal to stand and this led to a series of boos from the City supporters.
Minutes later, Manchester City believed they had won the game on aggregate in the 90+5 minute when City winger Raheem Sterling sent the ball past Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. To the dismay of the City fans, however, the goal was disallowed by VAR as Sergio Agüero was deemed to be offside. Some argued Christen Eriksen’s deflected backward pass should have played Agüero onside, but City lost on aggregate and were eliminated from the competition.
Manchester City’s Troubled History with VAR
The first incident occurred on 20 February 2019 when Manchester City traveled to Schalke for the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16. During the match, full back Daniel Caligiuri danced at the top of the Manchester City box and unleashed a shot toward goal. His effort was blocked by City centreback Nicolás Otamendi and referee Carlos del Cerro Grande awarded Schalke a corner. After a review of the play via VAR, however, del Cerro Grande reversed his decision and awarded Schalke a penalty. According to VAR, the ball had struck Otamendi’s arm which was deemed to be in an unnatural position. City would go on to win the match 2-3, but many argued the Argentine could have done nothing to move his arm.
City would fall victim to another VAR decision just two months later in the second leg of the Champions League Quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur. Trailing 1-0 on aggregate, City knew they needed to come out strong. The Sky Blues would score an early goal, but Tottenham Hotspur then scored two goals in quick succession to take control of the tie. By the start of the second half, Manchester City were ahead 4-2 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate.
What transpired was the first of two unfavourable decisions against the club. During the 72 minute, Spurs won a corner. The ball was delivered into the box and striker Fernando Llorente sent the ball into City’s goal but replays showed he had handled the ball. To the surprise of many, VAR allowed the goal to stand and this led to a series of boos from the City supporters.
Minutes later, Manchester City believed they had won the game on aggregate in the 90+5 minute when City winger Raheem Sterling sent the ball past Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. To the dismay of the City fans, however, the goal was disallowed by VAR as Sergio Agüero was deemed to be offside. Some argued Christen Eriksen’s deflected backward pass should have played Agüero onside, but City lost on aggregate and were eliminated from the competition.
Christ do they forget the Rose penalty ?
Of course they do....
...And the fact that this is the hand-ball rule change they were calling for in April.
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A team funded by a repressive State, who bought their way to the top, not content with normal revenue streams started sponsoring themselves, admitted guilt in breaking the rules, and who won three trophies last season are moaning about the world being against them. God help us all. You are the real victims citeh - not the slave labourers of Qatar or UAE.
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Is the game bent?
We all saw that penalty / no penalty yesterday. In years gone by if someone said we didn't get the decision because the ref is bent, you'd hear that...
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A team funded by a repressive state, who bought their way to the top, not content with normal revenue streams started sponsoring themselves, admitted guilt in breaking the rules, and who won three trophies last season are moaning about the world being against them. God help us all. You are the real victims citeh - not the slave labourers of Qatar.
Is the game bent?
We all saw that penalty / no penalty yesterday. In years gone by if someone said we didn't get the decision because the ref is bent, you'd hear that...
Holy shit... Only skimmed through a few posts but they really do believe there's a big web of conspiracy behind all this.
Obviously Chelsea will always run them close, but never mind Liverpool's annoying cult-isms; they really are the most putrid thing in football right now!
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I know I took the piss with the charades pic but I've just read through them as well and talk about paranoia starting to set in
. A few more games with decisions going against them and their fans could get really violent. The last thing we want VAR to do is bring back those sad days again.To suggest corruption and 'the world is against us' at this early stage of the season shows the arrogance of the supporters and the total belief in their team's invincibility if not for newly introduced 'dodgy' technology.
The irony is that this mega rich football club is insinuating bribery,corruption and match fixing going on.....having a laugh.
I know I took the piss with the charades pic but I've just read through them as well and talk about paranoia starting to set in
To suggest corruption and 'the world is against us' at this early stage of the season shows the arrogance of the supporters and the total belief in their team's invincibility if not for newly introduced 'dodgy' technology.
The irony is that this mega rich football club is insinuating bribery,corruption and match fixing going on.....having a laugh.
Indeed..... A mega rich club that is; whom happily flaunts the rules on the declared basis that they can comfortably financially outgun the authorities when it comes to legal representation in court.
The club and in turn the fans believe they're beyond reproach.
The one thing they can't buy and they're up in arms.
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