2019-20 UEFA Europa League

[AB13]

Emery can go anytime.
Let's hope hes sacked in the morning.
Shambles

If we sack him at half time maybe the second half will be enjoyable.

 

[booyakasha]

We're going to lose this game 4 -2.
I'm optimistic we get another.

 

[maclean]

Is it worth me turning on this game? Missed the first half but could still catch the second but kind of hesitant :/

 

[booyakasha]

Is it worth me turning on this game? Missed the first half but could still catch the second but kind of hesitant :/

Save yourself the misery.
No creativity and usual emeryball.
Always backwards, to the keeper.

 

[hatterson]

lol Lacazette.

 

[HoseEmDown]

How is that not embellishment by Lacazete?

 

[YNWA14]

How is that not embellishment by Lacazete?

There's no punishment for embellishment.

 

[HoseEmDown]

There's no punishment for embellishment.

Should be, that was pathetic especially since the Portuguese guy got a yellow on the play.

 

[YNWA14]

Should be, that was pathetic especially since the Portuguese guy got a yellow on the play.

Ehhh punishing embellishment would just be too difficult. There's no way to really know how much a foul hurts if there is contact; as someone who plays a lot of footy I can say that sometimes the most innocent looking contact can hurt the most. Sometimes something hurts a ton for a minute and then you can walk it off.

I know people like to make comparisons to 'big manly' sports like hockey and American football but there's a big difference when you aren't protected by equipment or don't expect to get hit/stomped/taken out, etc.

 

[Pouchkine]

Ehhh punishing embellishment would just be too difficult. There's no way to really know how much a foul hurts if there is contact; as someone who plays a lot of footy I can say that sometimes the most innocent looking contact can hurt the most. Sometimes something hurts a ton for a minute and then you can walk it off.

I know people like to make comparisons to 'big manly' sports like hockey and American football but there's a big difference when you aren't protected by equipment or don't expect to get hit/stomped/taken out, etc.

And when you run 6k 7k 8k 9k 10k a game...

 

[HoseEmDown]

Ehhh punishing embellishment would just be too difficult. There's no way to really know how much a foul hurts if there is contact; as someone who plays a lot of footy I can say that sometimes the most innocent looking contact can hurt the most. Sometimes something hurts a ton for a minute and then you can walk it off.

I know people like to make comparisons to 'big manly' sports like hockey and American football but there's a big difference when you aren't protected by equipment or don't expect to get hit/stomped/taken out, etc.

What did the Portuguese guy get the yellow for then? If he thought it was a head butt it should've been red. So he must've known there was no real contact so why not give both a yellow or neither?

 

[Cassano]

Banter FC

 

[YNWA14]

What did the Portuguese guy get the yellow for then? If he thought it was a head butt it should've been red. So he must've known there was no real contact so why not give both a yellow or neither?

I'm not referring specifically to that play; I am not watching the game. I'm just saying punishing what you believe to be embellishment is just way too tough a call to implement, IMO.

 

[AB13]

Pepe needed that!

 

[HoseEmDown]

Terrible goalkeeping there.

 

[Pouchkine]

I'm not referring specifically to that play; I am not watching the game. I'm just saying punishing what you believe to be embellishment is just way too tough a call to implement, IMO.

It can be implemented at times for sure.

 

[hatterson]

Pretty bad play by the keeper there. He took 2 little hops to the left for no reason at all which meant he could never get back to the right.

Was a decent free kick, but it wasn't hit with pace and should have been saved.

 

[bluesfan94]

Not the best goal but good for Pepe. Hopefully this breaks his dry spell

 

[robertmac43]

Pepe coming out party!?! What a free kick that was, hopefully his confidence is feeling good.

 

[maclean]

Glad I tuned in. Been my favourite player since he donned the jersey. Not to overhype a couple of nicely placed free kicks, but saved our asses so I hope he runs with it

 

[sabremike]

Haha piss off back to Rome Nazio!!!!!!

 

[bluesfan94]

Not the best goal but good for Pepe. Hopefully this breaks his dry spell

I'll take the accolades for calling it

 

[ScottishCanuck]

Celtic Park bouncing at the end.

What a save Fraser Forster.

 

[ecemleafs]

Celtic Park bouncing at the end.

What a save Fraser Forster.

That was some volley by that Lazio player

 

[ecemleafs]

Celtic Park bouncing at the end.

What a save Fraser Forster.