If it wasn’t for their ridiculous decisions, they’d have more points.
If it wasn’t for our ridiculous decisions, we’d have more points. And still plenty more than them.
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If it wasn’t for our ridiculous decisions, we’d have more points. And still plenty more than them.
The goal we had disallowed was in line with the current rules, blame the rules not the decision.
Haven’t seen the Wolves situation.
Haven’t seen the Wolves situation.
Yeah that's a penalty. Doesn't take the ball away from Gabriel Jesus(i.e. if he doesn't bring him down GJ could reasonably make an immediate play on the ball), which is the criteria that matters here.Well he took the chance and it went horribly wrong.
No idea how anyone can watch that and think "nah he got the ball for me"
Pretty baffling that neither City or Arsenal decision warranted any post-game analysis from Lineker and co...
That Wolves one is ridiculous.
The goalkeeper can see the ball the whole time, there's no way he can't see the ball in the air over the Wolves players head.
The goalkeeper can see the ball the whole time, there's no way he can't see the ball in the air over the Wolves players head.
The Madueke one is very similar to the Rashford/Walker red card call.
Apparently there wasn't 'enough' contact for Rashford to go to the ground and Walker was just 'too strong'.
What we're seeing, once again, is how interpretation depends on the player/team involved.
Apparently there wasn't 'enough' contact for Rashford to go to the ground and Walker was just 'too strong'.
What we're seeing, once again, is how interpretation depends on the player/team involved.
That Wolves one is so bad.
No wonder Gary O'Neil is fuming.
No wonder Gary O'Neil is fuming.
The wolves one is no more ridiculous than our goal against Burnley that was disallowed. Same ref, sent to the monitor for both…Same outcome. Don’t see the outrage except it’s not United, Wolves had that thing go against them first game of the season (that never seems to be given in any game) so the whole seasons narrative has been about it. While we continually have equally and more decisions which could be viewed as bollocks.
They should definitely get rid of the clear and obvious threshold. It's not even used consistently, eg it can be applied so an iffy penalty stands, but the decision will be overturned if there is the most narrow offside call ever.
It's also stupid and arbitrary that VAR can't get involved in yellows, even though can lead to reds, suspensions etc and the ref can't always see when players are diving.
Definitely. Just saw a Match of the Day clip talking about it.
"It started at Manchester United earlier in the season". As always, that's the one they will bring up.
Despite the fact they've had many worse decisions against them than that.
Im not sure - it’s clever because as soon as Fabianski pushes him, he becomes active and therefore offside. I’d imagine if Fabianski made no contact, it would have been given.
It’s stupid from the Wolves player, no need to be that far offside
I think you're giving the keeper too much credit. He pushed him, because that's what players do in that position and he didn't appear to appeal for offside, so I don't think it entered his mind. But as they said on MOTD, it might be something keepers engineer going forward, although I doubt it.
Just seen that Lamptey challenge. He clearly touches the ball first before touching Jesus so why was that given?
The Wolves one seemed an ok decision to me. The player is standing right in front of him and directly in line between the goalkeeper and the ball. It’s the type of one they nearly always give even if the keeper was unlikely to save it. Certainly not one of the most outrageous decisions this season.
He grazes the ball, he doesn't win it cleanly, or get a proper touch on it to change it's direction and took the player out.
It's a penalty all day long.
So touching the ball isn't enough now? You have to get x amount of contact on it? When did this happen.
Yes, I don't get the outrage around this, if he doesn't wipe Jesus out with the follow through he is still on the ball, so the minimal touch on the ball has barely changed the situation, the only reason he is not able to continue the move is because Lamptey plows through him.
It happened a long long time ago, he barely touches the ball, the touch doesn't change the direction of the ball or stop Jesus from playing it after, he's not in control of it either and takes the player out.
If that wasn't given as a penalty to Utd you'd have people in here complaining about it for the next 10 years.
Yeah, if he gets good contact and the ball goes away out of the box, or for a throw or a corner then it's not a foul.
They never mention that we should have two penalties that game. How beautifle from media to pick and choose.
We have been even more badly treated this year but because it is ManUtd it is always silence about that.
Disallowing the McT goal against Fulham for Maguire “interfering” was a far worse decision to the Wolves one yesterday and I don’t recall any commentators being bothered by that. I also don’t recall any issue when Evans had a goal disallowed which was near identical to the Wolves one against Burnley. It does feel that it’s one rule for us and a different one for everyone else at times (the Dalot double yellow been my favourite example of that this season).
I think it’s always been the rule? I agree that it’s a pen because the player doesn’t ’win’ the ball as such. I might be wrong though!
wont be all day long if that was us though
Because it was a foul. Seriously, rules are pretty clear on that. It wasn't a dubious or contentious situation at all. Very clear penalty
Var fecking Scottish football too 
Don’t think it was very clear. What happened to all those times in 1 on 1s when GKs have got a slight touch on the ball but taken the player out. I’ve never seen pens given for that.
Ball gets deflected away from the attacker's ability to play it = no foul
Ball remains within the attacker's ability to play it = foul
Been like that since forever
Been a topic of conversation for me and a few friends as Tony Harrington is the cousin of one of them.
Seems to me that he applied the rules. Apparently he's sat down with Howard Webb last night and they're happy that the rules were applied correctly.
Maybe I'm getting it wrong here, but the player was deliberately stood, directly in front of the keeper, obviously to obstruct his view, and (as I understand it) is offside once the ball is touched by his team mate.
On Match of the Day the pundits (three strikers, by the way) say the keeper should have moved. By that analogy, can you stand 4 players directly in front of the keeper at a corner and then just have someone attack the corner and head it in? How can you not be interfering with play from that position?
I take the point that on the face of it, the keeper looks like he can move but the rule doesn't say that you're not offside if the keeper can move to see it. Maybe the rule needs changing.
On a general point, O'Neil said nothing post match about the soft goal West Ham had chalked off.
Seen the wolves disallowed goal too. Again I don't get what all the fuss is about. Attacker standing right in front of the gk as the ball is struck? How did he not impact the play
We get treated like an away team for 50/50s Home and Away. Foul on Hojlund not given in build up to that corner. It's these micro biases which sway games.
So that’s what, 3 pens against is two games in a row?
All 3 dives too.
And no VAR review each time
Was there a PMGOL apology for the Chelsea game?
That's a pen
You can have no complaints about today's surely?
Slides in with no contact made. Elliott then steps onto AWB to force contact before the theatrical dive. It's simulation, yellow card and United free kick. I understand why it was given in real time but it's a screen review all day long.
VAR always views it, but obviously they don't act upon it unless they feel it was a clear refereeing error.
AWB is stupid but he doesn’t touch Elliott. Elliott is smart enough to let his foot behind to create contact but that’s it.
That’s called a dive in my book
I agree.
He starts going down, offloads the ball, only then is there any contact.
I simply remember far less controversial penalties being reviewed for minutes whereas we’ve had 3 pens in 2 games where there was almost no time taken for a review