The Barclays Premier League Thread 2013/14

[brenchill]

I'd rather have you at LB than Bennett.

[brenchill]

What the hell was El Ahmadi doing there? Bacuna was free.

Useless.

[brenchill]

Pretty good first 25 minutes from us. We've restricted Chelsea to long balls to Torres.

[Colly]

MOVES LIKE DEJAGAH!

Fuck it, I use it every time, but I love me some Dejagah.

Garth Crooks, Final Score Fulham 0-0 Newcastle

"Why don't we close our eyes and just accept the decision the technology makes? There's no point debating it, it's killed off debate. Make no mistake, with our bare eyes we would all have given that as a goal."

Fuck off - I hate Garth Crooks. Even if it would have benefited us, it wasn't in and should never have been given in.

Even worse:

Fulham 0-0 Newcastle

Garth Crooks - Final Score

"It couldn't have gone over the line, otherwise the referee would have got a bleep in his ear. But I'm against technology - the decision should be the referee's and his decision should be final. Forget what you think to see, we've gone with the technology all you technophiles wanted and we've got to abide by it."

An unveiled insult suggesting Garth holds technophiles in the same regard as paedophiles, plus the anger that we have to abide by correct decisions rather than guesswork. Fuck you technology and your simplification of difficult decisions!

[MJB]

Judge for yourselves.

Personally, I think Hawkeye got it spot on.

[stokeriño]

Goal disallowed for............nothing?

(^ Not that one, a Chelsea one )

[Colly]

Hawk eyes never fail.

[MJB]

Chris Foy didn't change his mind. He blew his whistle (not usually done when a goal is scored) and then pointed for a Villa free-kick. Man, commentators are thick.

[stokeriño]

Apparently the goal was disallowed for "handball". That would be the hand in the middle of Matic's chest, obviously.

[Colly]

Goal disallowed for............nothing?

(^ Not that one, a Chelsea one )

Probably for bringing it down with his hand.

[MJB]

Ooooh, I thought that was going to be a red card then.

[stokeriño]

Not really Oscar's range this...

Ayup.

[stokeriño]

0-0 at half-time in an away game. All as standard for Chelsea then. Also keeps me on track to win about £15 if we now go on to win.

[brenchill]

Well, that disallowed goal was just weird.

[Nerf]

Refresh Nerf >_>

[Ant]

It was a handball. Playing well. Benteke is back to his formidable best it seems.

Also at Mourinho brandishing for the red. Bennett wasn't even the last man

[stokeriño]

I don't think it was a red either. My understanding has always been that if there's another defender anywhere near then it's only a yellow, and that's certainly what we had here.

I can finally see the ball for the goal glancing off the inside of Matic's upper arm only when viewed from an angle that was about 90 degrees rotated from that of the referee. I would like to think that Chris Foy is psychic, but more likely he's playing to the home crowd again.

[Colly]

Barring the keeper he was, Bennett pretty much took out the guy chasing Ramires (Vlaar?). He's only saved by the distance and the fact he's running a bit to the right rather than directly at the goal.

[MJB]

Yeah, I actually think it could have gone either way. Personally, I don't think Vlaar was catching Ramires.

[brenchill]

Wouldn't be surprised to see Chelsea throw Ba on. Torres has been woeful.