25/26 - Non Saints Games

[sfc4prem]

Leicester's second goal scored by the chap who should've seen red!

[Sheaf Saint]

4 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Leicester's second goal scored by the chap who should've seen red!

Nasty challenge that. He'll argue that he got the ball, but the follow through was a potential ankle-breaker. 

The pundits are blowing sunshine up Leicester's arse, but  Birmingham put them under plenty of pressure and it was their lack of quality rather than great defending that kept them out. 

[saintant]

Two poor sides from what I watched.

[sfc4prem]

32 minutes ago, saintant said:

Two poor sides from what I watched.

I think both moved it faster than we have thus far.

Leicester's players nuch pacier than ours, too.

[Appy]

18 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

I think both moved it faster than we have thus far.

Leicester's players nuch pacier than ours, too.

Fatawu the outlier, other than that they don’t look up to much. 

[Football Special]

58 minutes ago, saintant said:

Two poor sides from what I watched.

Leicester are still decent and for a side in supposed financial trouble have a good squad, fuck knows if they will ever get this points deduction but they'll be right up there. 

[S-Clarke]

Showing how crazy top flight football transfers have become, these sorts of stats equal £70-80m transfer fee.

This is the fella Newcastle signed, I don't see it myself. Maybe 15-20m striker tops, but 70-80? Crazy times.

[skintsaint]

Looks like Delap has done his hammy for Chelsea.

Also note that Chelsea signing Garncho, as well as loaning in the fella from Brighton. How many players do they need....

[skintsaint]

Stoke keeper just had a shocker.....

Edited 30 August, 2025 by skintsaint

[23rdSaint]

3 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Stoke keeper just had a shocker.....

Impossible. I thought he was better than Bazunu? 

[Sheaf Saint]

Well I think we can discount Sheff Utd as title contenders this season. They look fucking awful against Boro. So open at the back, and posing no attacking threat whatsoever. 

Edited 30 August, 2025 by Sheaf Saint

[Baird of the land]

So happy being in.a division without VAR.

[skintsaint]

2 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

So happy being in.a division without VAR.

Joke decision that. Fulham robbed.

[Saint NL]

9 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

So happy being in.a division without VAR.

It seems to get worse each year. Shocking decision

 

Video link for those that haven't seen it

https://streamff.com/v/8168da25

 

Edited 30 August, 2025 by Saint NL

[skintsaint]

5 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

It seems to get worse each year. Shocking decision

and due to the added mins of the VAR decision, Chelsea score 😅

[benjii]

8 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

It seems to get worse each year. Shocking decision

 

Video link for those that haven't seen it

https://streamff.com/v/8168da25

 

Pathetic.

[benjii]

The one that fucked me off was our disallowed goal at Wolves last season. Utterly ridiculous. 

[Sheaf Saint]

3 minutes ago, benjii said:

The one that fucked me off was our disallowed goal at Wolves last season. Utterly ridiculous. 

Yep. That was never even a foul, let alone a clear and obvious error.

[whelk]

6th season of VAR in PL and still massive problems 

[S-Clarke]

And then Chelsea score in the 9th min of added time, which was only added due to the time it took to chalk off Fulhams goal.

It's those sort of things which make the PL pointless. You might as well not even bother to compete.

Edited 30 August, 2025 by S-Clarke

[adrian lord]

VAR with a clear and obvious error. This is killing football. 

[Southner]

14 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

It seems to get worse each year. Shocking decision

 

Video link for those that haven't seen it

https://streamff.com/v/8168da25

 

Ridiculous decision.

[Jack]

VAR is a disgrace. Every week these referees are making the game about them, and taking all common sense and enjoyment out of the game. 
 

[Saint NL]

1 minute ago, Jack said:

VAR is a disgrace. Every week these referees are making the game about them, and taking all common sense and enjoyment out of the game. 
 

While you're right, the standard of refereeing is just generally awful. Every championship game I've watched this season has had an awful ref, it can't be coincidence 

[Master Bates]

UMEH STRIKES OOOOOOOO HIT FOR 6 3 MAN UTD ALL OVER AGAIN, WHERE'S OSTENSTAD AT?

[skintsaint]

Just now, Master Bates said:

UMEH STRIKES OOOOOOOO HIT FOR 6 3 MAN UTD ALL OVER AGAIN, WHERE'S OSTENSTAD AT?

🤔

[Southner]

2 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

UMEH STRIKES OOOOOOOO HIT FOR 6 3 MAN UTD ALL OVER AGAIN, WHERE'S OSTENSTAD AT?

U k hun? 

[adrian lord]

Now another VAR perverse penalty to rub salt into the wounds for Fulham 

[Saint NL]

This game has been a farce.

The sheer time taken to get these wrong decisions is staggering

[skintsaint]

Just now, adrian lord said:

Now another VAR perverse penalty to rub salt into the wounds for Fulham 

Might be another foul in the build up, i mean how far back you go?

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

While you're right, the standard of refereeing is just generally awful. Every championship game I've watched this season has had an awful ref, it can't be coincidence 

Indeed. Quite how the ref decided that Peck's challenge in the Boro v Sheff Utd game earlier was only worth a yellow is beyond me.

[skintsaint]

Silva interview might be amusing. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Matt Targett providing the assist for Boro's goal.

[whelk]

Is that Will Still’s missus doing the EFL games on Sky?

[Jimmy_D]

Can only imagine Fulham fans will be raging after this.

It’s bad enough just sat here watching as a neutral.

[whelk]

To think we wanted Sheff Utd to win play off final as would be more a threat to us than Sunderland 

[AlexLaw76]

Sheff United have an incredibly low-rent 'trust the process' manager

awful appointment 

[adrian lord]

A handball still has to be deliberate. He was not even looking in the direction from which the ball was coming let alone deliberately trying to handle it with his limb. The "unnatural position" and "making their body appear larger" criteria are deeply flawed: totally subjective and internally illogical. That these subjective criteria are both then deemed evidence for deliberate intent is ludicrous. Unless a player is an Ehlers Danlos syndrome person or a contortionist then how do they adopt an anatomically unnatural position? "Appear larger" ? So not actually larger? When knows what these things mean in cold analysis, let alone in the hurly burly of play. 

 

[Sheaf Saint]

Danny Ings on for Sheff Utd now.

[AlexLaw76]

If watching the Boro game, the Boro No.10 is horrifically greedy

[Hopper]

Tanganga has been an absolute colossus. Boro could be up be 3-4 here. Ings looking very ordinary so far. 

[Lighthouse]

29 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Matt Targett providing the assist for Boro's goal.

Must have been a hell of a ball from Seoul Airport.

[skintsaint]

Sheff Utd look as bad at finishing as we do.

[East Kent Saint]

13 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Sheff Utd look as bad at finishing as we do.

What I saw was the possession build up play which looked good and some good chances going begging in the final third . This style seemed to suit the slower championship league .

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, Saint NL said:

While you're right, the standard of refereeing is just generally awful. Every championship game I've watched this season has had an awful ref, it can't be coincidence 

The coincidence is that you're the one who's watching 😉

[Midfield_General]

Sheffield United fans have totally turned on Selles already. Played 4, lost 4. 

All chanting 'you're getting sacked in the morning' when he went over to try and applaud them after a 1-0 defeat where they had no shots on goal. 

He stood there and fronted them up to be fair to him. 

Edited 30 August, 2025 by Midfield_General

[Whitey Grandad]

47 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

A handball still has to be deliberate. He was not even looking in the direction from which the ball was coming let alone deliberately trying to handle it with his limb. The "unnatural position" and "making their body appear larger" criteria are deeply flawed: totally subjective and internally illogical. That these subjective criteria are both then deemed evidence for deliberate intent is ludicrous. Unless a player is an Ehlers Danlos syndrome person or a contortionist then how do they adopt an anatomically unnatural position? "Appear larger" ? So not actually larger? When knows what these things mean in cold analysis, let alone in the hurly burly of play. 

 

I'm afraid it doesn't have to be deliberate any more 😒

[Saint NL]

3 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

The coincidence is that you're the one who's watching 😉

Well I'm about to watch Watford Vs Saints so strap in....

[Master Bates]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

🤔

 

1 hour ago, Southner said:

U k hun? 

Appears i some how fell in to the wrong thread, meant for the U18s thread 😳

[East Kent Saint]

Jimmy Greaves scores for Ipswich , back to the future?