24 Jan 2022 00:54:57
On various social media jota tackle wasn’t a wealthy and he ran into the keeper. My take is, he took it past the keeper and he had to take that stride towards the keeper to change his body direction, past the keeper. Annoyed me, as a lad who played football (granted I was rubbish) but you can’t change he your direction without that Stepduring a full speed run.

1.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 01:10:02
Wh took it past the keeper and anybody who’s played football will know you can’t change direction on a dime, lads took a step towards the keeper to force the change of direction. Either way it’s. A penalty keeper clatters him.

2.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 01:53:11
It wasn’t a penalty full stop. Have we had terrible var decisions go against us? - Definitely. Does that change that this decision was softer than the softest soft stuff ever created? - No. But on motd for Richard’s to say it was the worst decision he’s seen all year was total bs, to name just 1 the penalty Man City got for hand ball v wolves was easily a worse call. Also for jenas to say that kane didn’t foul silva (“it was only a little push”) but Liverpool definitely shouldn’t have been given that penalty either raises serious questions about his analysis and non bias. But that doesn’t change the fact that it was never ever a penalty. If it’s given against us we’re all calling foul play and going ballistic about the injustice that was done to us. I’d focus more on thanking god that we scraped through and for the fact that Allison saved us on so many occasions.

3.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 03:05:09
The standard of refereeing is the biggest issue. For me soft also. But the inconsistencies of the refs is the big problem. Then it's the players conning the refs. They seemed to draw the line on soft fouls this season following the higher standards of reffing at the Euros and the higher bar for fouls. But after about the 15th game in early Dec, the bar seemed to drop again in favour of the cheats and the refs rubber stamp it with their differing standards from game to game. It's a contact sport and it's fast becoming a non contact sport. The players get frustrated and feel as tho they are hard done by, but they go up the other end of the pitch and do the same thing. So for me the players are equally culpable as the refs. Thiago Silva shoved the Spurts defender much harder today for his goal than he was shoved by Kane; one stands one doesn't. Today the pen didn't change the outcome, but the Jota "pen" against Spurts certainly did, so for me we're not even. Fouls need to go back to being black and white. Then the job gets easier for the refs.

4.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 07:35:45
Wasn't a penalty for me as it looks like Jota wasn't able to get to the ball after he prodded it past the keeper anyway.
But we've been shafted enough with VAR in the last couple of seasons so it's nice to get one for a change.

5.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 07:36:41
The keeper didn't touch the ball and clattered Jota. In what world is it not a penalty? If Jota hadnt changed direction the keeper would have clattered him half a second later. In what scenario can a player legitimately bulldoze another player without a ball?

6.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 07:42:12
The only thing worse than the standard of the refs in this country is generally the standards of the pundits.

7.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 07:45:03
I’ve watched the match twice now and watched the hullabaloo over the penalty and for the life of me I still don’t know why the ref’s original call of no penalty was overturned.

I understand there are plausible arguments for the use of technology but for me there is one referee and they should be trained to do the job to the required standard. There is an old joke along the lines of ‘ask a committee to design a horse and you get a camel’. It seems to me that’s what we’ve got with VAR.

I also love Bobby - brilliant link man, magic feet snd a great football talent but I honestly think his legs have gone and Jota isn’t the replacement. He is nowhere near good enough to play the position.

Other than that I think we are going ok snd it will be interesting to see the starting line up for the next League game when, in theory we have the three returning from AFCON, Thiago and Elliot ready to play.

8.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 08:23:24
Defo a peno, the challenge by the last defender Ward I think his name is is a high boot and a clumsy challenge which knocks Dio off his stride which then leads up to the goal keeping challenge which was also clumsy add to that the fact that if the ref or var can't say that there isn't a probability that Dio can or can't get to the ball after contact and if on looking at it could anyone say that Dio wouldn't have got to the ball, whether he would of scored from that angle is irrelevant I said peno from the first challenge by the way because if Dio goes down its not only a peno but a straight red.

{Ed001's Note - can people stop talking about what the ball was doing, that is nothing to do with it. So long as it is in play, a foul in the box by a defensive player on an offensive one should result in a penalty. Though I am not convinced at all that it was one yesterday. Looked like Jota ran into Guaita to me.}

9.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 08:42:07
I agree, WDW.
There is a role for Jota to play but it's not the Firmino role. And I don't think Firmino is up to the Firmino role anymore.

10.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 09:55:22
I can see why the pen w.

{Ed077's Note - why? Because the referees are blind idiots? Not only was that a soft penalty, it sure as hell wasn't a clear and obvious error worthy of being overturned.

11.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 09:59:40
Pressed send too soon. I can see why the pen was given cos it looked like Goaitha clumsily clattered into Jota and Ed01 is right, no one cares what the ball was doing or whether it had already gone cos we have seen pens given for players getting their ankles raked on by flying challenges after they crossed the ball into the stands.

On another day, it's not a pen and nobody complains while on this day, I can see why it was given. As for Bobbie, I thought he was very good along with the team in the First 35 mins before the team decided to take the game off so not sure why he is being singled out here.

12.) 24 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 11:50:01
A few weeks back Newcastle were playing City. Early on in the game, Calum Wilson was running onto the ball in the box. The City defender however had the ball and was going about clearing it. In the meantime, Ederson comes wrecklessly sliding out of his goals and takes Wilson out of it, off the ball. Ref, and VARs decision, is no penalty.
I think the incident yesterday was similar. Jota not going to get the ball but the goalie clatters into him. Anywhere else on the pitch, in my opinion, that would be a foul.

Anyway, my point is in relation is the inconsistencies with the media and how they contradict themselves constantly. I remember when the Calum Wilson incident happened everyone on SKY, MOTD etc had a proper go at the ref for not giving a penalty. It was a blatant off the ball foul. Yet yesterday's incident is the biggest mistake of the season because the peno was awarded.

I have started watching games with the sound off lately! And as soon as the final whistle is blown the tv goes. Really don't need to listen to Micah and Roy's crap!