Happy Pardew Sack Day: Your EPL Game Thread

Stanley Steamer

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Sorry I missed Man U's meltdown earlier. This City/Chelsea match is already a testy affair. Got to be a goal or two in here somewhere.
As an aside, I really like Dave. So solid.
 

The Gray Eagle

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Leicester fans are great: ‘We’re taking the piss, we’re taking the piiiiiessss. We’re Leicester City, we’re taking the piss’, chant the crowd.
 
‘We want five! We want five!’ cheer the Leicester faithful.
 
‘Are you watching? Are you watching? Are you watching Nottingham?’ chant the crowd.
 

teddykgb

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JayMags71 said:
Of course you do.

He clipped Costa from behind, no ball at all. That's a stupid challenge.
This is nothing but noise. The ref has been schizophrenic. That tackle happens 20 times a match. Costa flips his lid and he sends the player off.
 

mikeford

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Nah, cmon man. Refs been calling everything a card in this match cuz its ALL ABOUT MIKE DEAN... in that atmosphere, thats an incredibly dumb challenge and warrants a yellow based on what else has gotten a yellow in this match. 
 

JayMags71

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teddykgb said:
This is nothing but noise. The ref has been schizophrenic. That tackle happens 20 times a match. Costa flips his lid and he sends the player off.
Listen, I like your 99% of your analysis. When it comes to what constitutes a a cardable offense, it seems like a player could pick up a red card after braining someone with a rock, get a yellow card , and your reaction wold be "Seems a bit harsh."
 

teddykgb

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JayMags71 said:
Listen, I like your 99% of your analysis. When it comes to what constitutes a a cardable offense, it seems like a player could pick up a red card after braining someone with a rock, get a yellow card , and your reaction wold be "Seems a bit harsh."
I hate cards and I hate penalties. I hate that I know all of these shithouse refs by name because they insist on making themselves the story every goddamned week.

But you want to say Dean is calling it tight so you have to adjust? Fine. Then why can Diego Costa pull Dzekos shirt in the box and then body block him without winning the ball? When Ivanovic clips Toures heels and he goes down, isn't that a pen if the ref is calling it tight ?
 

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I thought Costa on Dzeko was a penalty, and there were too many yellows but that was still a lot of fouling, many of them needless. Average day for officials today, interesting to see the appointments for the derbies.