, Diego"Mad Dog"Costa.Europa Semi Finals
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
, Diego"Mad Dog"Costa.Red only. I agree
The biased English commentary does my head in
Ref hasn't been good he's been shite
Ref hasn't been good he's been shite
It's ridiculous. Both Ramsey and Xhaka should be in the book at least. So should Ballerin. The ref is allowing them to get on with it. If they are on yellows it has a big physiological impact on the game. The ref has been useless so far. If I'm Simeone I'd be fuming as well.
Total agenda by some posters rather than being neutral. Arsenal should be leading here.
A draw or even a one goal win would be a massive failure for Arsenal given the circumstances. Come on Atletico!
Bellerin stood on an Atleti players ankle a minute after the red card. Then you have a dive by Lacazette. Ramsey studs up on Correa's knee and not even a foul.
Nonsense the ref ( and I can't stand 99% of them ) has done nothing wrong,spot on with the two yellows and spot on regarding the fouls against Madrid , if anyone has an agenda it's you mate.
In terms of defending, a well drilled team like Atletico aren't significantly weakened by being a man down. I can easily see Arsenal going the whole game without scoring now. Bottlers.
Commentary has been biased beyond belief. Every decision the ref makes in favour of arsenal is 'terrific'.
Guarantee if its Bellerin getting booked twice in 10 minutes, they'd be talking about the ref ruining the game.
Vintage Atletico. A player and the manager sent off in the first 20 minutes.
The problem isn't the referee applying the rules consistency, it's the player making stupid decisions.
That bald american goalkeeper on commentary called Ramseys tackle on Correa 'fantastic'!. Then he saw the replay and didnt say a word.
Sorry about that.
2-1 Arsenal was my prediction earlier so either that or 2-0.Are you watching on BT Sport?
Indeed.
im going to be pissed if my gofundme for the ref only nets us a 0-0 draw
Sending a player off in a semi final for those two fouls is pathetic, however you look at it.
Yup, they need a Perez to take care of these type of things.
Savage was the same on BT, only his praise got bigger on the replay.
Yeah he caught him with the follow through, probably should've been a yellow or at least a foul.
Think United would have 2-3 goals already.
Sad, that Aubameyang can't play. I would take a 1:0 all day. Will be very hard.
Sad, that Aubameyang can't play. I would take a 1:0 all day. Will be very hard.
Whats far more pathetic is his handling of the game after that. If you want to ref the game strictly thats fine, but he reffed it strictly for those two challenges. Its madness that you give those 2 yellows and not a single card the rest of the half.
They need to get Costa on to calm things down a bit...
We need to score, I can see them scoring and us going blank. We have missed too many chances.
We wouldn't have created much but we'd probably have scored once from all of our 2 shots We'd have had in the first half.
So will Simeone be banned from the touchline next week as well? And the final if they get there?
Yep, keep the library nice and quiet.
The second yellow was also follow through. The atleti player kicked the ball then stepped on the ankle. The ref is winging at this moment. the occassion has turned him brainless
Any thing less than at least a 2 goal clean sheet cushion and its curtains for Arsenal in the next leg.
Yeah he's enjoying the attention he's getting, that's for sure.
Ruined my bet in first half. No worries, I bet on them again.
Prove me right, Arses, I dare ya!
valid point, i must have stepped out to make a drink for that one
Griezmann body checked trying to run into space and the ref plays on.
rubbish , both worth yellow cards , so what of it is a semi Final , what difference does it make , first round Semi Final or 90th min of a Final.
What the ref has not done is be consistent, 2 maybe 3 Arsenal players should have been booked also.
The ref will give a few late yellows to Arsenal to make him look like he was 'fair'
Aww, they almost kissed.