25/26 - Non Saints Games

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Var goal for Celtic after the lino ruled it out

Bloody close call.

[sockeye]

Boring

[Saint NL]

Pitch invasion before the game ended, boot Celtic from the SPL 

[Saint_clark]

Absolute wankers.

[obelisk]

Just tuned in to the FA Cup Final on the Beeb. Have they mentioned all the (alleged) cheating by the protagonists yet?

[Colinjb]

Dodgy VAR decision for their second, all hinged on that travesty of a penalty midweek though.

Perhaps Hearts need to get in touch with Steve Gibson.

 

[Lord Duckhunter]

9 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

Dodgy VAR decision for their second,

No it wasn’t. The only thing dodgy about that was the Lino flagging when the bloke was yards onside. 

[bpsaint]

Cole Palmer genuinely has one of the worst haircuts I’ve ever seen on a white bloke.

[iansums]

Refereeing expert on commentary needs to take it down an octave 

[Micky]

The 'cheats' are winning in the FA Cup, nothing but praise from the media.  Strange that. 

[sockeye]

2 minutes ago, Micky said:

The 'cheats' are winning in the FA Cup, nothing but praise from the media.  Strange that. 

yeah well if they were playing boro it would be a different story

#CantGimpTheGimpson

[Britannia]

A Glasgow club win the SP title and Manchester City win another trophy.  How ordinary.

[Saint_clark]

Fucking hell that was painful watching. Thank god it didn't go to extra time. 

[Swaythling Saint]

10 minutes ago, Britannia said:

A Glasgow club win the SP title and Manchester City win another trophy.  How ordinary.

Just another Saturday 🙄

[obelisk]

I'm old enough to remember the days when the cup final marked the end of the season. The Beeb kept telling me that it was a great game and that the fans of the same old clubs really did care about it too. Well I suppose they have to try.

[East Kent Saint]

29 minutes ago, Britannia said:

A Glasgow club win the SP title and Manchester City win another trophy.  How ordinary.

A pair of disappointing results although I didn’t want Cheating Chelsea to win either with their constant whinging on the field of play , how many penalty shouts did they have today 😀

[Turkish]

10 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

A pair of disappointing results although I didn’t want Cheating Chelsea to win either with their constant whinging on the field of play , how many penalty shouts did they have today 😀

Celtic would have got them all

[Willo of Whiteley]

2 hours ago, bpsaint said:

Cole Palmer genuinely has one of the worst haircuts I’ve ever seen on a white bloke.

He’s a drip

[Colinjb]

3 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

No it wasn’t. The only thing dodgy about that was the Lino flagging when the bloke was yards onside. 

Yep, re-watched it properly. That's what I get for watching on a tiny phone screen at a kids birthday party.

[tdmickey3]

No mention of the charges hanging over City during the build up or post match.

Why was that?

[saintant]

What a drab, colourless affair the FA Cup Final was with zero intensity or excitement. Just two of the usual suspects strolling around the pitch and the commentators desperately trying to make it sound exciting whilst being careful not to mention that the cheating done by this pair over a period dwarfs anything we may or may not have done. 

[Badger]

59 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

No mention of the charges hanging over City during the build up or post match.

Why was that?

Probably because the charges will still be hanging over them when the play in the cup final next season. And the season after that.

[adrian lord]

Not only was the Cup Final dull but there were empty seats and I suspect it was not a sell out.

[Patrick Bateman]

4 hours ago, adrian lord said:

Not only was the Cup Final dull but there were empty seats and I suspect it was not a sell out.

Was in the car listening on our way back from seeing family in Southampton, they mentioned lots of red, empty seats in the upper tier for both teams, we all (family) said uniformly "Saints v Leeds would've been full".

[Lighthouse]

VAR is the football equivalent of three ‘expert’ naturalists staring at a photo of a duck for six minutes and deciding it’s a giraffe.

[stknowle]

Having just seen Utd’s second goal against Forest I have to say that it is yet another fine example of how the whole VAR/reffing process is absolutely not biased towards big sides whatsoever. So that’s reassuring.

[obelisk]

Good job this is just another EPL exhibition match with nothing play for otherwise someone might accuse the ref of cheating.

[stknowle]

1 minute ago, obelisk said:

Good job this is just another EPL exhibition match with nothing play for otherwise someone might accuse the ref of cheating.

I don’t see any way that any sane rational person could not see that was a very clear handball. So he either isn’t that and shouldn’t be in his job or he has cheated. Fucking ridiculous.

[aintforever]

12 minutes ago, stknowle said:

Having just seen Utd’s second goal against Forest I have to say that it is yet another fine example of how the whole VAR/reffing process is absolutely not biased towards big sides whatsoever. So that’s reassuring.

Was a shocking decision but the sort that would happen way more often without VAR. The VAR obviously thought it was a handball, it was the guy on the pitch surrounded by 70,000 Man U fans that decided it wasn’t.

[skintsaint]

IF Forest lose Gibbs-White and Anderson they are in a world of pain next season.

[skintsaint]

"After review, the decision of goal stands because the handball offence is accidental, therefore the final decision is goal.”

Err...what? Most of the decisions given are accidental.

[Willo of Whiteley]

5 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

IF Forest lose Gibbs-White and Anderson they are in a world of pain next season.

When, not if

[Saint NL]

13 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

"After review, the decision of goal stands because the handball offence is accidental, therefore the final decision is goal.”

Err...what? Most of the decisions given are accidental.

If the defender did it, it's a penalty. 

 

[iansums]

27 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

IF Forest lose Gibbs-White and Anderson they are in a world of pain next season.

Agreed, two excellent players

[Kenilworthy1959]

Somewhat amazed that Luke Shaw has made it to 12 years with United.

[ecuk268]

AFC Stoneham win the FA Vase at Wembley.

Beat Cockfosters 4-2 on penalties.

 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/26113910.afc-stoneham-beat-cockfosters-penalties-win-fa-vase-wembley/

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I was at my local football, so missed the second half of the Celtic v Hearts game.

From what I'm told the Celtic fans invaded the pitch before the game was finished.

That it was a 2 goal advantage makes no difference. There was at least 30 seconds, plus whatever time for the goal celebration, p,us whatever else during added time the ref saw fit to add on.

We've just seen the York v Rochdale game that turned on the added time.

Looking at headlines, it's all about crowd trouble in Glasgow city centre and them picking up the trophy. I'd heard Beards left as quickly as they could, with rumours of assault and safety concerns.

Not a peep about potential sanctions, that considering the game was still on, should include points deductions.

 

Edit: SFA state that the game was over, and not abandoned.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4g9ww4p09do

 

Edit2: Except the ref blew the whistle due to the pitch invasion. So, it's poor after all, with the SFA washing their hands of that, as the whistle was blown.

https://www.givemesport.com/celtic-hearts-keith-hackett-verdict-abandon-game-scottish-premiership/

Edited 5 hours ago by Holmes_and_Watson

[Nordic Saint]

The first Southampton team to win the FA Vase since Sholing in 2014.

https://x.com/i/status/2056007270056571218   

Edited 6 hours ago by Nordic Saint

[Holmes_and_Watson]

25 minutes ago, Kenilworthy1959 said:

Somewhat amazed that Luke Shaw has made it to 12 years with United.

Yeah. I remember Mourinho subbing him, for not listening to instructions. It didn't look as though he had much of a future.

Just on the other points above, it was clearly controlled by the hand, and a terrible call.

[AlexLaw76]

I guess we are all Hammers this afternoon?

[Patrick Bateman]

13 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I guess we are all Hammers this afternoon?

James Cordon. So I've changed my mind. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Patrick Bateman said:

James Cordon. So I've changed my mind. 

Why'd you do that?

FFS

[AlexLaw76]

West Ham - 3 at the back and fucking shit

[skintsaint]

Thats them done then.

[Lighthouse]

Let’s just accept that Spurs were never going to go down, as per the Everton rule, and just enjoy West Ham being garbage.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

Let’s just accept that Spurs were never going to go down, as per the Everton rule, and just enjoy West Ham being garbage.

Silver lining, any sell on fee with have for Fernandes will sort out The EFL fine 😉

[Sheaf Saint]

6 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Let’s just accept that Spurs were never going to go down, as per the Everton rule, and just enjoy West Ham being garbage.

[AlexLaw76]

Changes to a back 4, look half decent

shocker 

[Doctoroncall]

7 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Let’s just accept that Spurs were never going to go down, as per the Everton rule, and just enjoy West Ham being garbage.

How much did West Ham spend in January? A lot to recoup it feels. 

Nunes adds another PL team relegation to his CV. 

[Saint NL]

West ham are pathetic. Just relegate them already