Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
If there was ever a side that wouldn’t have been able to break down a 9-man low block it was today’s Chelsea.
So true.
If there was ever a side that wouldn’t have been able to break down a 9-man low block it was today’s Chelsea.
Weird comment when he has some of the best passing stats on the team? 2nd in progressive and key passes.Gallagher presses well without the ball but usually just makes side/back-passes with it,
Hopefully the hattrick will be a huge confidence boost for Jackson, he's been bottling chances all season.
Incredibly depressing.
Chelsea were shit. No point in making such tackles on Chelsea players when they have such poor end product. Romero and Udogie let the team down and should feel incredibly ashamed of themselves.
I'm happy with everybody else really. They did their absolute best. Showed good resolve. Especially Vicario.
The most depressing part is the injuries to Maddison and Van de Ven. The injury to Micky looked like it could be a very long one.
Spurs are only six points off sixth. And the next few games will be extremely ugly with all the injuries/suspensions. Which is why I think they will now struggle to qualify for the CL, but there's still plenty of time left I guess.
If there was no VAR, it would have been 2-1 Chelsea after 33 minutes, Romero wouldn't have been sent off and VDV and Maddison wouldn't have been injured because nothing would have been the same after the "second" Arsenal goal.
Did they have a sub for Udogie at that point?Yes, but I put a large bit of blame on Ange for not sitting Udogie at halftime. He was on a yellow and they were down to 10 men, get him OUTTA there. Not good game management.
All the cards were legit, no complaints about the result.
If there was no VAR, it would have been 2-1 Chelsea after 33 minutes, Romero wouldn't have been sent off and VDV and Maddison wouldn't have been injured because nothing would have been the same after the "second" Arsenal goal.
No, Davies injured, so would have had to do what we ended up doing and dropping Hoijberg into a weird CB/CDM role (which I thought he actually did fairly well)Did they have a sub for Udogie at that point?
Did they have a sub for Udogie at that point?
I think of it the same way I think of the offside challenge in the NHL. If I can't see it being offside at full speed, at that point I don't really care if it was by an insignificant margin. I agree that VAR is a good thing for fouls and penalties but for the offside, I'd rather not have it.I only mind VAR when it takes a long time and they still can't consistently get calls right. I'm glad we have it in the BuLi
With no VAR, that second Chelsea goal still doesn't count. That was was ruled out by the ref/linesman. The Sterling goal would have stood since it was VAR that ruled it out due to handball, but still would have been 1-1 at that point. IIRC the Sterling goal is the only one that VAR ruled out that was called a goal on the pitch.Yes, but I put a large bit of blame on Ange for not sitting Udogie at halftime. He was on a yellow and they were down to 10 men, get him OUTTA there. Not good game management.
All the cards were legit, no complaints about the result.
If there was no VAR, it would have been 2-1 Chelsea after 33 minutes, Romero wouldn't have been sent off and VDV and Maddison wouldn't have been injured because nothing would have been the same after the "second" Arsenal goal.
I think of it the same way I think of the offside challenge in the NHL. If I can't see it being offside at full speed, at that point I don't really care if it was by an insignificant margin. I agree that VAR is a good thing for fouls and penalties but for the offside, I'd rather not have it.
I think they mentioned a stat on the broadcast yesterday that most PL linesmen are in the low to mid 90s in terms of offside decisions which is actually pretty good considering how razor thing some of the margins are and that they're trying to look across up to 75 yards at the same time they need to use peripheral vision to check when a ball is actually released from an attacker.I'm open to arguments about making VAR more favorable to attackers when offsides is close, so am down to tweak the rules, but linesman have a tough job and miss too many offsides in real time for me to agree with getting rid of VAR for offsides completely.
Even if the EPL maybe isn't the best run organization and so might not have done the best job of implementing it...
Can VAR call a dive on a play while reviewing for a foul on someone else , because it sure looked like Sterling dove on the build up to the Romero penality. Wouldn't that override the penalty?
I'd have to confirm the specifics, but I think in that case it would actually be a red card but no penalty since it technically would have been a deal ball at the time and thus violent conduct under misconduct instead of a foul.Also, even in such a hypothetical scenario, a red card offense is a red card offense even if it took place downstream from the play. Romero isn't magically off the hook from a leg breaker just because something happened earlier in the play.
This is correct, I believe.I'd have to confirm the specifics, but I think in that case it would actually be a red card but no penalty since it technically would have been a deal ball at the time and thus violent conduct under misconduct instead of a foul.
Yes case in point, the Pickford/Van Dijk red card tackle controversy was basically that. They reviewed the offside but they never reviewed the red card because Van Dijk was offside. VAR got it all wrong and apologised but the damage was done.Also, even in such a hypothetical scenario, a red card offense is a red card offense even if it took place downstream from the play. Romero isn't magically off the hook from a leg breaker just because something happened earlier in the play.
Yea in that case VAR basically got distracted by the offside and forgot to think about if the act itself was bad. They were just looking at "is he offside and thus it would be a pen"Yes case in point, the Pickford/Van Dijk red card tackle controversy was basically that. They reviewed the offside but they never reviewed the red card because Van Dijk was offside. VAR got it all wrong and apologised but the damage was done.