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How do you know they got it "right" when the camera frame rate isn't quick enough to determine the precise moment the ball was struck? It's a flawed system for marginal decisions.

Utd win. Bah...

And the Pope is catholic...

Coventry miss their 4th....

Coventry's third saved.... All square...

Erm... United's first penalty saved....! 😂

Inevitable that Coventry lose the penalty shootout now

That was always my beef with VAR when we were in the PL. The technology simply isn't fit for purpose when it comes to marginal offsides.

To be fair, it was also a feature of Ralph's tenure too... Indeed, I think we achieved a Premier League record in points lost from a winning position in one season (?) There seems to be an underlying mental weakness running through the fabric of the club which sticks around even when we change the manager and half the players.

Fixed it for you...

I've said it before and, like an annoying scratched record (!), I'll say it again.... The fabled "unbeaten run" was a false positive... Draws were lauded as helping us in our quest to achieve an ultimately meaningless "club record"... Look at Leicester... Top of the league despite having lost one more game than us... Yet they are 7 points ahead of us, in part because we've drawn 9 games to their 4. Yes, out of context, a 25 game unbeaten run isn't a bad thing per se, but the club's obsession with it in the end became a significant distraction... In my humble opinion...

That's quite a long time to wait for our next relegation....

A recurring theme...

The thought of us playing in the Premier League is making me a tad anxious at the moment....!

Yep, been saying that all season... Keeping him would've made the difference IMO

The table at half time.... So near, yet so far...

Great minds!

I'm going to be mighty annoyed if Downes was able to play today but "not risked". Yes, I get the argument that we need him fit for the playoffs but when we're still with a fairly decent chance of auto promotion you have to take risks and throw everything at it, surely....?

Boom!

Hope we're not being over protective with Downes. If it's "only a knock" then surely better to play him in a "must win" game rather than playing someone inferior and out of position? Unless of course his injury is more serious than we were led to believe... Regardless.... COYR!!!

One assumes the quality of Rotherham's defence was a factor in a significant number of those goals. The more important stat is how many goal preventing saves he made. Do we know how he's compares with Bazunu on that measure? (As a percentage of shots on goal, as no doubt he'll have had many more shots to deal with than Bazunu overall)

Yep, I think we need to start him even if he's not 100%. It's a risk if we play him but it's possibly a greater risk if we don't (IMHO of course). As Russell said himself today: we need to go full tilt on each game as it comes and not worry about any of the following future games until they come around (or words to that effect)

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Love that Stein fella... Doesn't mince his words!