Whitey Grandad

I played RB

Nope, not worried at all. Yet

Don’t try to be codescending to me, you’re not very good at it. Your understanding is very limited. He was beaten and he was standing at his near post. It’s called his near post because that’s where the shot came from. Come back when you’ve played in, watched or refereed over 2500 games. Until then keep your snide comments to yourself.

To be fair, this wasn’t a case of VAR going against us. It was a referee making two inconsistent decisions.

For Gawd’s sake. He was at his near post for a shot close to his near post. That was a near post goal. Always has been and always will be.

You’re all too young. You’ve been watching too much soccerball.

There’s something wrong with our basic game plan. We’re too busy trying to play the ball around at the back instead of making runs at their defence. Once Armstrong went off we lost that threat.

Indeed.

You have a very narrow understanding about ‘letting a goal in at his near post’.

Covering nothing. What does it matter what side of him the ball passed? From that angle it’s a very narrow target and he has to make it smaller. He’s just not a very good keeper.

McCarty finds touch and Ralph shakes his head.

Of course I have, just as I saw it in real time. He was beaten at his near post, not inside his near post.

And where was he standing?

Yes but that’s not the point. He wasn’t beaten inside his near post and I don’t think anybody said he was. He was beaten at his near post.

Which game are we watching? McCarty was standing at his left hand post. The shot came from his left hand side.

Eh? What are you in about? The shot was almost from the goal line.

Eh?

No. How many penalties has he ever saved, or even got near? Near post again. He should narrow the angle by getting closer. Like any proper goalkeeper does.

I blame McCarthy for this.

If he gives the Bertrand penalty then he has to give the Dendonker too.

Try and get in the way of them?

Forster in goal please.

His hand wasn’t up in the air. It was tucked next to his chest. Never a penalty in all my lifetime.

Down where? It was tucked away on the sheltered side of his body!

What a f***ing joke. Football has been ruined.