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Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: reflector
Date: July 27, 2020, 3:05 am
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The last day of the Premiership season (at last!) and seemingly
not a single criticism of any of the officials or their
decisions. If only every week was like this but full marks for
all concerned for allowing all the games, including those that
were particularly crucial to the participants and their fans, to
proceed without serious contentious decisions or controversy, at
least as far as I could see. Lets's hope this augers well for
the new season. ;)
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: JCFC
Date: July 27, 2020, 3:14 am
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--- Quote from: reflector link ---
> Lets's hope this augers well for the new season. ;)
>
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Wouldn't this be a bore? ;)
Sorry, I couldn't resist it!
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: QuoCob
Date: July 27, 2020, 4:01 am
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I'll criticise the length of time it took VAR to confirm the
obvious penalty for The Arsenal against Watford. Was it too
early in the game and they were still waiting for the valves to
warm up?
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: Ref Fan
Date: July 27, 2020, 4:17 am
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Sky caught part of a little exchange between Grealish and Oliver
at the end of the West Ham Villa game. It didn't look
acrimonious but no smiles either. I've not seen any mention of
controversy. Just curious.
Oh, and Oliver was still chewing his gum!
Just a thought, as chewing gum is not encouraged - could it be a
medical reason by any chance - sugar maybe? Or is it just an
aid to concentration?
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: PhiltheRef
Date: July 27, 2020, 5:47 am
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There are some of us who struggle with a very dry mouth.
Chewing stimulates the production of saliva and helps to (sorry)
wet your whistle
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: ajb95
Date: July 27, 2020, 7:21 am
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A very dubious decision from Attwell for the free kick that led
to the opening goal for Chelsea v Wolves, Alonso going down
under no contact. Great advantage for the second goal though
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: rustyref
Date: July 27, 2020, 10:21 am
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--- Quote from: Charlieboy link ---
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> A shame though that the infallible var not giving Sheffield
utd a clear goal a few weeks ago actually kept villa up. The
system is a total failure as villa through no fault of their own
have 2points more than they should have and thus the incorrect
club was relegated.
>
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That was goal line technology, not VAR.
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: ARF
Date: July 27, 2020, 10:39 am
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--- Quote from: Charlieboy link ---
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> A shame though that the infallible var not giving Sheffield
utd a clear goal a few weeks ago actually kept villa up. The
system is a total failure as villa through no fault of their own
have 2points more than they should have and thus the incorrect
club was relegated.
>
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If I were a Bournemouth supporter I would be blaming the 2
points gained from a possible 12 against Norwich and Watford
over the course of the season, before blaming that failure of
GLT.
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: Readingfan
Date: July 27, 2020, 12:02 pm
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--- Quote from: QuoCob link ---
>
> I'll criticise the length of time it took VAR to confirm the
obvious penalty for The Arsenal against Watford. Was it too
early in the game and they were still waiting for the valves to
warm up?
>
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They spent quite a bit of time checking if it was onside or not.
I don't disagree with the sentiment of your post but I'd say if
there's one day where it's worth taking a bit more time to make
sure everything is ok it's the final day.
Dermot Gallagher on Sky said that VAR has sometimes been less
efficient for the last 9 rounds because all three members of the
team are in separate rooms because of social distancing - not
sure what the excuse was for the first 7 months!
Glad to see Mike Dean give Watford a penalty for Welbeck being
clattered by Luiz - the sort of thin that is often let go.
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Re: Last Day of the Premiership Season
DIR By: bmb
Date: July 27, 2020, 12:45 pm
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--- Quote from: ARF link ---
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> [quote author=Charlieboy link=topic=1660.msg19496#msg19496
date=1595862530]
> A shame though that the infallible var not giving Sheffield
utd a clear goal a few weeks ago actually kept villa up. The
system is a total failure as villa through no fault of their own
have 2points more than they should have and thus the incorrect
club was relegated.
>
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If I were a Bournemouth supporter I would be blaming the 2
points gained from a possible 12 against Norwich and Watford
over the course of the season, before blaming that failure of
GLT.
[/quote]
I am an AFCB fan & whilst displeased about the GLT failure I
blame certain players - yes Ryan Fraser I am mainly looking at
you, who decided that they couldn't be bothered for a large part
of the season, for the seasons outcome. He has admitted as such
because he threw his toys out of the pram wanting a big money
transfer, not that there was one available, mind, but silly
little boys who think they are bigger and better than the club
certainly have bigger egos than they do brains... Great way to
market yourself, throw a paddy and refuse to put any effort in,
I'm sure his next prospective boss will be in utter awe at his
work ethic... [emoji57] 1 excellent season after 5/6 mediocre -
reasonable seasons and he thought he was the next Messi! The
disrespect that he and certain other players have shown the
club, the fans and in particular Eddie Howe & Jason Tindall is
why AFCB have been relegated not because Villa possibly got 2
extra points in 1 game out of 38. I say possibly because whilst
it was a defining moment no-one can say with 100% certainty what
the outcome of that game would have been without that error, we
can speculate but that is mere opinion and not fact. The fact is
we had a few bad calls against us, decisions we have seen given
to other clubs or not given against other clubs, I suspect we
did have a few go our way somewhere along the line as well, any
one of those wrong decisions against us could have been a
pivotal moment if they had been called right but they are what
they are.
The more important fact is there were far too many times when
our players simply did not turn up on the day, we've always been
known for our pretty one touch football and being a bit dodgy at
the back, this season we got the dodgy at the back point a fair
few times but without the pretty free flowing stuff where we
often nick an unexpected goal. It was dreadful to watch & the
only time we have ever been that dreadful to watch was under
that fool who took over from Bradders, Paul Groves, boy were we
dreadful then! It wasn't the best under Quinn but he had a squad
full of loanees and tried, Bradders again tried with 3 full
squad changes as his players kept being sold to pay the bailiffs
but we have always looked good under Eddie & Jason, until too
many games this season. The problems began when our old League 1
partnerships that took us through L1 into the championship and
into the PL in quick succession got broken up for "better
quality" players in the last 18 months or so. They didn't have
the love for the club, they had the talent, individually, but
they weren't driven like the old guard. The telepathy was gone,
the fight for the badge at all costs was gone & sulking and egos
came in. That was what caused the downfall.
I hope Eddie & Jason stay, I hope they rebuild a young and
exciting squad again, them doing that brought the success but
they must feel so let down by some players they gave chance upon
chance upon chance to. [emoji20]
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