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I see Lee Mason has been withdrawn from his next fixture Liverpool v Sheffield United due to pulling a muscle late on in the WBA v Brighton debacle Yeah, of course he did. 🙄

And he still walked off unaided. Made of steel that guy. We're gonna miss him though . That's the rest of the season😥

Impact bench !

I've said it in the past but I'd prefer scrap VAR completely, have 4 linesmen (assistant referees) one in each quarter. Every incident then gets 3 view points, one from left touchline, one from right touchline and one from the ref roughly in the centre. If ref is unsure then majorirty decision decides it. They'll still get the odd one wrong (or debatable) but hey ... VAR?. As with all other aspects of the game it can be replicated from the WC Final down to the most basic grass roots level (pros can make decision slightly quicker due to radio contacts but still wouldn't take more than a few seconds anyway without that. Does @Whitey Grandad or any other ex ref think that's workable?

In the process of typing Redmond is a waste of a shirt and he wakes up and plays the killer (against his better nature) forward pass for the goal.

Definitely possible, just depends whether it was actually written into the agreement. https://www.gannons.co.uk/shareholder-rights/minority-shareholders/

I said Bale, but Beckham probably a better shout. Similar on field status but Keegan was probably more like Beckham than Bale off the field as Englands biggest sporting media star at the time - advertising Brut (has that really just has a relaunch?) , hit single, falling off his bike on Superstars etc.

Maybe Messi is rose tinted specs although Keegan was European Footballer of the Year twice before joining us so not far off. Current equivalents, personally I'd liken it to signing Gareth Bale whilst at his Real Madrid peak, without a single press/media/internet rumour that he even wanted to leave let alone connected to us. Sadly there's probably not a possibility of that sort of surprise ever happening again at any club.

Maybe he's got wind they are onto him and is determined to go out with a bang, trying to see how many red cards he can dish out in the time he's got left to make sure he ends up in the record books. What poor sods have got him next?

I think anyone with the bare minimum of knowledge about body language would recognise that a) that wasn't the arm movement Soucek would use to make contact with something and b) his instant facial expression and turning his head to look at Mitrovic indi cated "what was that?" . Yet multiple viewings clearly indicated the opposite to the Dean/Mason Expulsion Agency.

Petition to get him sacked started this evening. It's growing fast. 😀Sign it HERE

It still amazes me how few players ( off the top of my head can't think of any) go on to referee after their playing career ends. Ok their peak fitness may have gone by then but doubt it would be any less than most current referees of any age. Certainly plenty go on to be studio pundits, nothing stopping any ex-pro sitting on their arse in the VAR centre and making (or at least helping make) decisions from there. Players, even at lower levels, are well paid. Maybe the PFA could withhold a small percentage of earnings whilst they play which they only get repaid once they've completed a season or two officiating. Only drawback I can see is some personal vendettas and/or anti club bias may still fester in their minds so soon after playing, influencing decisions, but that seems to be the case with several of our proper "impartial" refs anyway.

Even more embarrassing overturning 2 from the same evening. Arsenal have appealed theirs too. VAR has been controversial since it was introduced but I can't ever remember quite so much outright condemnation from such a variety of sources as last night. Hopefully the PL will finally get the message that fans are turning their backs on the game as it is currently being played (fixed).

When does he retire? I'll bet he's already touting himself to be a contestant in IACGMOOH.

Like to think they would overturn it but if they do they have to do same with David Luiz. 2 in one day ? Not a chance . Best we (and Arsenal) can hope for is an apology and a "rule clarification" like for Man City's offside goal against Villa.

So two teams who had decisions go against them in their last match play each other tonight. No prizes for guessing which one will benefit from the "even thing out" process. Clue: it won't be us

I actually thought that during the Villa game. Trouble is more often than not he usually ends up going backwards 30yds from where he receives the ball, if he's playing LB we'll have to practice defending a hell of a lot of corners.

How long in metres was the longest goal ever scored was a question on Richard Osman's House of Games recently. I got it spot on. The shock of it happening against us must have stuck it away in the back of my mind. As for this latest effort, I didn't think a goal could be scored direct from a goal kick - a quick Google search proved me (not for the first time) wrong.

Wow. At last. Thanks for posting that. My daughters were two of the mascots and apart from being there not seen the teams coming out etc before.

All those saying we now need to sell Ings, Vestergard etc seem to be forgetting one important factor - until normality returns the majority of teams are going to be in similar position to us, if not worse. Who will have the money to buy them? I can see this January and the summer transfer window (whenever that happens this year) being the quietest ones ever as most clubs concentrate on simply steadying the ship.

I know a forum is about discussion and opinions, but it's not often I diagree with every single sentence in a post of that length. Echo article only stengthens my opinion club are still trying to offload one or more of the loanees completely before comitting to new contract for Bertrand

Ahem. Some of us have Fantasy League teams to deal with.

Bookies don't know what to make of us. Many of them have us the same odds to win it as to get relegated, most of them 150/1. So mid table mediocrity it is then.😥

His best since his return I'd say. Djenopo on the other hand really does look like he's blowing what should be his last chance. Off the ball he just doesn't look like he understands where he's meant to be.