The English Football Thread

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Solanke helps set up Mane to put Liverpool in front.

[Pizy 18,515]

Liverpool have been woeful all game and then Palace hand them the easiest goal they'll score all season.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Ouch, Bilic. That really hurts.

[Laylabelle 9,403]

Plus side we stay 14th..for now anyway

[kmk108 1,186]

City was dominating early last season and look what happened to them, 15 points behind us will 11 worse goal difference.

Yet everyone will continue to make their knee jerk predictions in hopes they can say "SEE! I TOLD YOU SO! ALL THE WAY BACK IN AUGUST!!!"

 

[Johnnyeye 7,456]

so no foul or red card for Arsenal after that 2 footed lunge on Pieters? if it was a Chelsea player the referee would not have hesitated, no consistency whatsoever from the refs, what a joke.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Arsenal HAHAHAHA

[kmk108 1,186]

7 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said:

so no foul or red card for Arsenal after that 2 footed lunge on Pieters? if it was a Chelsea player the referee would not have hesitated, no consistency whatsoever from the refs, what a joke.

There were some ridiculous unpunished tackles in the Southampton-West Ham match as well. I don't know what's going on, but I've never seen Premier League referees this inconsistent before.

The FA need to bring all of their Premier League referees in and find a way to be more consistent. One of the problems is the rules are so dependent on the referees interpretation, it's bound to be inconsistent. The biggest issue with that is the FA is scared to take retroactive action for fear of undermining their referees. Makes no sense. 

[Laylabelle 9,403]

Oh arsenal lost.

[Johnnyeye 7,456]

way to go Stoke, they just love playing Arsenal at home

[Tautvix 1,321]

Arsenal will always be Arsenal with Wenger. At least this is good for us...

[kmk108 1,186]

 sent my Arsenal supporting friend a text simply saying "you shouldn't have said anything about the Chelsea match last week."

[Johnnyeye 7,456]

This is the premier league my friends, where the amazing happens when you least expect

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Stoke beat Arsenal at home. In other news: water is wet.

[Laylabelle 9,403]

Though if we lose tommrow be less hahah Arsenal and more ahhhh..for now however...yay! 

[Pizy 18,515]

Arsenal looked devoid of ideas that whole match. Missing a certain someone who dragged them to victory time and time again last season.

[Johnnyeye 7,456]

4 minutes ago, kmk108 said:

There were some ridiculous unpunished tackles in the Southampton-West Ham match as well. I don't know what's going on, but I've never seen Premier League referees this inconsistent before.

The FA need to bring all of their Premier League referees in and find a way to be more consistent. One of the problems is the rules are so dependent on the referees interpretation, it's bound to be inconsistent. The biggest issue with that is the FA is scared to take retroactive action for fear of undermining their referees. Makes no sense. 

the FA is a joke, you can get sent off and banned for whistling or clapping to the referee and yet get away with murder on the pitch for a dangerous tackle, the referee standards are pretty low it must be said, too much inconsistency. Maybe the league should consider VAR as an option for referees

[Johnnyeye 7,456]

Just now, Pizy said:

Arsenal looked devoid of ideas that whole match. Missing a certain someone who dragged them to victory time and time again last season.

that someone would look great in blue though