- Oct 17, 2008
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Still furious. FWIW.
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[Albion] The Five Clarifications
- Thread starter el punal
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- Oct 17, 2008
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He may have a point. Time will tell. I don’t doubt the players will do what they can on the pitch.
To be fair you could also say 1 point from a possible 9 against Brentford & Fulham who were in the mix also has a big impact on our final position
5Ways Gull
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It's the same situation as with players, current and potential, getting in to Europe makes us a much bigger attraction. If we fail due to our own shortcomings then fair enough, but if we are being denied due to the incompetence of parties outside our control.....
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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My view was we had to win at Spurs for UCL to become a genuine possibility. A loss would take it off the table completely.
I'm sure Spurs felt exactly the same way about the game.
It is unlikely the officials were unaware of the magnitude of the game.
My opinion is the importance of the fixture pushed the standard big 6 advantage into overdrive.
Hopefully we can get over this one soon.
We don't want to become Leeds and continue to harp on about an injustice from 50 years ago, that no one else remembers.
Europa League is the target now, missing out on that would be a travesty.
I'm sure Spurs felt exactly the same way about the game.
It is unlikely the officials were unaware of the magnitude of the game.
My opinion is the importance of the fixture pushed the standard big 6 advantage into overdrive.
Hopefully we can get over this one soon.
We don't want to become Leeds and continue to harp on about an injustice from 50 years ago, that no one else remembers.
Europa League is the target now, missing out on that would be a travesty.
5Ways Gull
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Just looking at the MacAllister handball again it occurs to me that he doesn't deflect it away from Lloris, but closer to him, so he hasn't been disadvantaged by the ball being deflected out of reach. Lloris actually let's it squirm under his body.
I don't know what that means, I should probably calm down and let it go.
I don't know what that means, I should probably calm down and let it go.
Superphil
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We should have had another penalty v Brentford, blatant handball by the same player 90 seconds after the third goal. But it was waved away as I guess that would have moved us up to 5th.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Many of us feel a certain way when it comes to the decisions made. We need to stay angry. Brighton & Hove Albion are the softest touch in the league.
Bold Seagull
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Any deflection can make it more difficult, doesn't matter whether closer to him or further away. If it has definitely hit his hand, then under the rules it's handball. The controversy for me is that it is not clear and obvious it does, he's onside so hitting his hip and deflecting is neither here nor there.
schmunk
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You seem to have misspelt #BarberOBE...
Nobby
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- Sep 29, 2007
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PB as always very honest.
What I would like to know in all of this, is why haven't things improved.
VAR has been a mess since day 1, they talk about improving it, but it hasn't improved at all since implementation.
So what will change?
And when?
When there is absolutely no track record of it improving....
5Ways Gull
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I was thinking yesterday that at least with the Palace disallowed goal it only meant we were denied the 2 points. The point they got is irrelevant to our season as they are miles behind (that's got a nice ring to it). However the Spurs/Brentford/Villa stitch ups all resulted in not only us being denied points, but close rivals getting points they didn't deserve.
Also I hope the Liverpool Cup game is included in any cumulative totting up the club are challenging PGMOL about. Ok we won the game but the 2 tackles on Ferguson (Fabinho) and MacAllister (glass chin man) both had the potential to cause serious injury, neither resultinginred cards. I was as angry about that game as I was Saturday.
That was never handball. March blasted the ball at their defender from 2 yards away, what's he supposed to do? They stopped giving those ages ago, they changed the rule, I think.
They give them for that all the time because he is making his body bigger. It is like when people charge down shots. They have to do it with hands behind their back now.
Nobby Cybergoat
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Classy yes, magnanimous yes.
But CE's of all other clubs would be approaching these situations with the sort of malevolent ferocity which is calculated to make sure this sort of thing never happens again. We don't and it continues to happen to us. I actually quite like the fact that we're nice. But there's a massive downside.
Think that maybe the agreed stance with Webb, behind closed doors I'm sure much, much more was discussed and Webb will be know in no uncertain terms what we as a club think of the current displays by the officials.
The spat between the match fixer and RDZ will no doubt have been extensively discussed. It will be interesting what happens next.
6 match ban and 10 point deduction
Bold Seagull
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How many club CE's do you hear giving interviews, let alone knowing who other club's CEs are. So where is your knowledge/evidence of other CEs approaching these situations with a malevolent ferocity?
It hadn't occurred to me but I think that's an interesting option. I'm not sure that a legal action would be successful, indeed I'm not even sure what success might look like. But it may well be enough to stick a big enough rocket up the arse of PGMOL, force them into having to be answerable for their decisions, and eliminate what really are the most elementary mistakes. Thank f*** these clowns don't run our air traffic control system!
5Ways Gull
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I don't know. Would cut down on Carbon Emissions