Yankee_Jack
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Yes! They would have capped it
Potters v Potter
- Thread starter Borini
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LittlePuma
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Is Asoro out there? Did he actually come on the pitch?
Yankee_Jack
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That’s why we never signed Ince
Yankee_Jack
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Crooked ducking bastard of a lines man. We were robbed
Joe just said himself it was off-side 
celebrating like they won a cup - cheats
celebrating like they won a cup - cheats 
LittlePuma
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It’s getting tired to complain about the officials, it’s the same poor application of the basic rules each match. The Carabao Cup match was the only one properly officiated.
Yankee_Jack
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WTF was the lines man looking at ... it wasn't even close. You could have driven a bus between Allen and our last man.
LittlePuma
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CroJack
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They had four players offside.
Borini
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That's ok then ....the lino only flags if one of them is offside.
Nothing changes. Robbed again by corrupt or incompetent officials. At least I watched the game in great company. Just got in and catching up, so more later after I've made myself some supper.
At least I watched the game in great company. Just got in and catching up, so more later after I've made myself some supper.
I think there has to be some sort of recourse against officials who make blatantly obvious errors.These officials themselves are empowered to get players banned for various reasons.Yet they themselves are absolved from any obvious bad decisions. Decisions that not only cost a sending off or the loss of a couple of points but the possibility of costing clubs Millions of pounds in possible relegation. Had this game been subject to VAR the we would have certainly come home with a valuable point.
I think its time the FA had a serious look at this situation. I can think of many officials errors that would have kept us in the Premiership this season.
I think its time the FA had a serious look at this situation. I can think of many officials errors that would have kept us in the Premiership this season.
Yankee_Jack
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Officiating as blatantly piss poor as that, on global television, brings the game, the league and the officiating into disrepute. It wasn't even a close call ... that I might disagree with and could grudgingly accept. What happened last night should be investigated for match fixing. The bookies, if nobody else, should be all over this.
There is a considerable amount of data that flows in real time between observers at matches for an entity called Genius Sport to the betting houses and then from the betting houses back to Genius Sport. Betting houses get reliable, audited event data points to resolve bets and by providing betting data to Genius Sport the betting houses get forensic, real time analytics on match fixing and other corrupt gambling practices.
What happened last night would have had an enormous financial impact.
There is a considerable amount of data that flows in real time between observers at matches for an entity called Genius Sport to the betting houses and then from the betting houses back to Genius Sport. Betting houses get reliable, audited event data points to resolve bets and by providing betting data to Genius Sport the betting houses get forensic, real time analytics on match fixing and other corrupt gambling practices.
What happened last night would have had an enormous financial impact.
But don't you all realise? This wasn't a mistake by the officials, it was a "Gift from Heaven". Some angels! More like incompetent useless twats!!!!!!!
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-stoke-joe-allen-15170645
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-stoke-joe-allen-15170645
Borini
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LittlePuma
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We got screwed out of a point yesterday but there’s definitely some good we took out of the Bet365 yesterday. Mulder has some great saves (distribution wasn’t his best), CCV looks like he can be called on to rest vdH/Rodon from time to time, Naughton can clearly play well in midfield, James actually put a shot on target (albeit with the help of a deflection), and we have Dyer/Routs back in the squad (which is a big boost with McKay/Asoro looking more and more useless as each match goes by). Officiating in this league is awful but oh well, on to Middlesbrough.
When you look at the stats it is easy to see that we gave a good account of ourselves. Potter had his curious mix of young charges and more experienced, unused older hands, playing some fine football and they easily deserved a share of the spoils..... if not more. If he can continue to develop his squad playing this attractive, fluent type of football, we have much to look forward to.
Knowing that we have the likes of Fer, Fulton and Bony waiting to come in and bolster the team with some more steel, we should have that ideal balance of attacking flair with some midfield power to support them. Bony in particular should star at this level. He'll not only score goals but hold the ball up for the fliers such as Celina, Dhanda and James to run in behind to cause havoc. And Bony's touch for a power player is easily good enough to set up such chances. I think Oli will thrive off his presence as well. And I haven't even mentioned Montero!
One thing though. In the second half we visibly tired and Stoke came right back into the game. They were picking up all the loose stuff and getting to the second balls first. Passing football requires continual movement to maintain momentum and that requires top levels of fitness. I don't think we have achieved that yet as we looked more and more leggy as the game went on. But I'm sure that will come as we settle into the season.
Despite the loss, I was pleased with the performance and happy to say well done to the lads. And a special word for Routs and Dyer who've had limited minutes this season. They made good contributions in the game, so good for them. Stats as follows (Stoke first):
Possession: 50/50 Shots: 8/14 OT: 3/5 Corners: 1/3 Fouls: 13/13 (Big improvement on our 4 against Forest)
Given our makeshift side I think those are pretty good.
Knowing that we have the likes of Fer, Fulton and Bony waiting to come in and bolster the team with some more steel, we should have that ideal balance of attacking flair with some midfield power to support them. Bony in particular should star at this level. He'll not only score goals but hold the ball up for the fliers such as Celina, Dhanda and James to run in behind to cause havoc. And Bony's touch for a power player is easily good enough to set up such chances. I think Oli will thrive off his presence as well. And I haven't even mentioned Montero!
One thing though. In the second half we visibly tired and Stoke came right back into the game. They were picking up all the loose stuff and getting to the second balls first. Passing football requires continual movement to maintain momentum and that requires top levels of fitness. I don't think we have achieved that yet as we looked more and more leggy as the game went on. But I'm sure that will come as we settle into the season.
Despite the loss, I was pleased with the performance and happy to say well done to the lads. And a special word for Routs and Dyer who've had limited minutes this season. They made good contributions in the game, so good for them. Stats as follows (Stoke first):
Possession: 50/50 Shots: 8/14 OT: 3/5 Corners: 1/3 Fouls: 13/13 (Big improvement on our 4 against Forest
)Given our makeshift side I think those are pretty good.