TCTC
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Odegaard is the best player I've seen in an Arsenal shirt since peak Fabregas. Truly special player.
Other Sports: Soccer/Football Thread Part Six
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I was rooting for it, I won't lie. Anything to get Pochs other foot in the grave.
PDX Flyer
Lost in the Woods
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Got to be short list for player of year, and wouldn’t be surprised if he won. What a complete player. He absolutely controls the game
TCTC
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Him or Foden, imo. Probably depends on which team wins the title.
Klopp and Liverpool have checked out. They have bene terrible for the past month or so. Just looking forward to this season being over and a new beginning.
Striiker
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CanadianFlyer88
Knublin' PPs
Wrexham is visiting Vancouver this summer. I gave up my season's tickets a couple of years ago, but my old seats, which were off the six yard box, are going for $175 per ticket for this exhibition match. Regular season seats were ~$30 per match the last year I had my tickets. 
Yowza.
Yowza.
BritainStix
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Reffing in the Premier league has hit new levels of corruption this year. At least they were hiding it last year, but this year its free reign to openly make incorrect calls.Holy f***
By the way, anyone who doesn't understand the state of officiating in the Premier League and mistakenly thinks the statement from Forest was "petty," let me give you another example of something that is going on.
The owner of Manchester City, Sheikh Mansour, serves as the Vice President of the UAE. Premier League referees (including the four below) have been 'freelancing' in the UAE, raising questions about a potential conflict of interest.
Michael Oliver
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Arsenal - Manchester City
Referee: Michael Oliver
Incident 1:
Kovačić started off with a rash tackle on Ødegaard, resulting in a yellow card. VAR intervened to review the tackle for a potential red card, but Kovačić narrowly escaped with just a caution.
Incident 2: Five minutes later, Kovačić committed another late tackle from behind, this time on Declan Rice. Despite calls from Arsenal players for a second booking, referee Michael Oliver chose to ignore the appeals.
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Tottenham - Liverpool
VAR: Darren England
AVAR: Dan Cook
The two VAR referees responsible for Luis Díaz's wrongfully disallowed goal, Darren England and Dan Cook, had been in the UAE less than 24 hours prior to the match. Despite Díaz being in an onside position, he was deemed offside by the linesman, the on-field referee, and the VAR officials. Goal disallowed.
Additionally, they received two questionable red cards during the match. Liverpool ultimately lost the game in overtime.
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Manchester City - Fulham
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant referees: Stuart Burt and Dan Cook
When Nathan Ake scored a goal against Fulham, most viewers anticipated it would be ruled out for offside. Akanji was seen jumping away from the ball while being in an offside position, seemingly interfering with play. Despite a thorough VAR check, the referee's decision to award the goal stood.
PGMOL Chief Howard Webb later said that the goal had been incorrectly awarded, with Akanji deemed to have obstructed Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno's vision from an offside position.
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Liverpool - Manchester City
Referee: Michael Oliver
In overtime of a potential title-deciding match, Mac Allister leaned into the path of the ball as Doku attempted to kick it away. The ball made contact with Mac Allister's body before Doku's studs hit him in the chest. Despite the incident, referee Michael Oliver allowed play to continue.
Following a brief VAR review, no penalty was awarded.
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Manchester United - Manchester City
VAR: Michael Oliver
AVAR: Stuart Burt
Manchester City were awarded a penalty after Rasmus Højlund was penalized for holding Rodri in the box during a free-kick, a rare decision in such situations.
Initially, referee Paul Tierney waved play on, but VAR referee Michael Oliver intervened, instructing Tierney to stop the game for a review. Following the review, a penalty was awarded to Manchester City.
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Manchester City - Chelsea, FA Cup SF
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant referee: Stuart Burt
Assistant referee: Dan Cook
Fourth official: Darren England
Cole Palmer takes a free kick. The ball deflects off Grealish's hand and goes out for a corner. It's a clear penalty, but the referee disagrees.
One of the worst incidents yet, as all four referees who had previously freelanced in the UAE were involved. Chelsea was never going to win this game, no matter how well they played.
https://twitter.com/francoisplateau
It's been absolutely wild. As a United fan, it's next level(oh woe united fans bla bla bla).
You literally have an owner of a club paying multiple referees. No ones going to do shit, just like City's 115 charges will just slowly dissappear because the government wants Saudi investments.
The whole thing is disgusting.
FLYguy3911
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TCTC
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I share the frustration about City and the treatment they seem to be getting... but Fergie had the refs in his pocket for decades... So United will get no sympathy from me now that they're at the receiving end of bad decisions.
Another absolutely embarrassing effort by PGMOL. Less than 24 hours between games and the same actions are and aren't fouls depending on who is on the pitch.
Striiker
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It’s funny listening to commentators and assorted media people acting outraged about Forest speaking out about the refs, as if the refs are holy figures that can’t be criticized.
Captain Dave Poulin
Imaginary Cat
On NBC, that stupid Tory cow Rebecca Lowe had the f***ing audacity to say "... Nottingham Forest, where there is nothing but noise. In contrast, there is Manchester City, who have one target in mind." The motherf***ers have 115 charges hanging over their heads, and this is after the previous case of similar charges, which UEFA only dropped because City's army of lawyers ran them out of time and patience. They are as guilty as f***, and everyone knows it.
I know this is different, but it's just an example of how the media are mouthpieces for the establishment. It's so f***ing irritating. There are no words. There's no accountability whatsoever.
Curufinwe
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They've already signed his replacement according to Fab, and selling Salah would be a smart move imo, if no other reason to have a "reason" to blame if next seaaon goes bad and shield the new manager. The money wouldn't hurt, either.
CanadianFlyer88
Knublin' PPs
Burnley hosting Forest on the final weekend is potentially as expensive a match as the Championship playoff final.
Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
Exactly, they’re just shilling for the refs (and, by extension, the league) same as the Flyers media cucks.
I was watching the game and immediately after they finished crying about Forests ref complaints there was a moment where a Forest player slid and a City player went down. They show a replay and the Forest player missed both the ball and the City player, touching neither, but the commentators only comment was that it was a good foul call because he didn’t touch the ball. Just completely shameless.
I don’t know which broadcasters it was or what channel it was from (I was watching a shitty stream) but it was unreal.
Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
FLYguy3911
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i'd be shocked if they let the captain go...that being said..he is gonna be 33 in the summer and would probably net them a substantial fee, but not sure they have an immediate replacement
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