Malcolm.Star
First Team Squad
MOTD showed the highlights, discussed Arsenal’s game, gave a non explanation that there was no penalty and on to the next. They p*ss me off.
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Official Matchday thread: 01. Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest . Saturday 12th August. Kick off 12:30pm.
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Robertson
Geoff Thomas
I don’t think it was a penalty either, but it was worth bringing up for the next time VAR gives a soft one like that. Not that they’ll remember it on MOTD obviously.
apondaway
Viv Anderson
If VAR did not review it then that needs looking into - clearly a ball that was goal bound hit the arm of a defender. Whether it is deemed a penalty or not is one thing but if VAR didn't even review it.... that's a problem, IMO.
Don’t know if it’s because I’ve been sat with Arsenal fans all day, but I wasn’t nearly as impressed as most seem to have been. The first half was crap for application, intensity, competitiveness - things that we could have offered even against a team as good as Arsenal. I thought that was concerning. Passing and possession was poor but that’s the quality of the oppo. That we were still in it late on was more about Arsenal’s fannying about than anything we were doing. We had absolutely nothing till Awoniyi and Elanga came on.
Still, these first 6 games are going to be about keeping chins up so if players and fans come away buoyed by the last 10 mins then great. But I thought we were really sluggish
Still, these first 6 games are going to be about keeping chins up so if players and fans come away buoyed by the last 10 mins then great. But I thought we were really sluggish
Malcolm.Star
First Team Squad
I didn’t know whether it was a penalty, I wouldn’t have minded an explanation of why it wasn’t or preferably any comment at all about Forest, the team or the performance. They said nothing about us.
Dirk Furtull
John Robertson
Let's just accept we're going to be relegated and we can just 'enjoy' the rest of the season without expectation.
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Dodgy
Youth Team
really mate, I don't know if your on the wind up or just one of the doom and gloom merchants. regardless I'll remember to skip any future comments I see by you if they are of that quality.
moving on...
Declan Rice handall - for me it should have been given or at least VAR should have made some sort of effort to check it.
His hand/arm's not in any sort of natural position prior to it being hit by the ball....
I guess the Arse's brown envelope stuffed with 50's is bigger than ours.
Jonno takes that early chance and it may have been 2-2. Or the potential handball penalty . Given most of our key players have had injury troubles over the break, and several key signings not yet made , I'd have taken a 1-2 scoreline happily before start of play. And that break from Taiwo / Elanga/ Taiwo gives a tantalising glimpse of what we may be able to do.
We got completely outplayed and somehow still could have grabbed a point with a half baked squad. Against a top 3 side. Better than expected.
We got completely outplayed and somehow still could have grabbed a point with a half baked squad. Against a top 3 side. Better than expected.
SouthManchesterTree
Viv Anderson
I don’t watch that Leicester fanzine. Waste of time.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Same here pal.
Cortez the Killer
Impressive member
That chance Johnson had might have changed the game so much. Disappointing he didn't try to take it round the keeper, I reckon Ramsdale would have given away a penalty.
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In fairness, Ramsdale saw the danger really early, and was out so quickly to Johnno, that he didn’t really have many options. Really good goalkeeping
Wes' Organ
Biggles
David?
if it was awoniyi, i believe he would have scored, johnson doesn't have the composure nor skill, with ramsdale looming large coming at him,he would either take a snapshot or lift it over him but as it was, it was way over and totally off target. He'll learn, hopefully.
Jah
Jack Armstrong
I guess we have consistency of some sort as VAR didnt take a look at Luton's penalty claim either - though theirs was given by the ref and clearly not a penalty on the replay.
I'm glad we are in a position to discuss what might have been rather than shrugging our shoulders and saying it was a free hit anyway
I'm glad we are in a position to discuss what might have been rather than shrugging our shoulders and saying it was a free hit anyway
Tricky Tourist
Viv Anderson
"The one thing they've got" - I assume these dullards have no clue why they're wearing red shirts?
Mcbeth99
Grenville Morris
Should he be getting done for fouling our player looking at that arm?really mate, I don't know if your on the wind up or just one of the doom and gloom merchants. regardless I'll remember to skip any future comments I see by you if they are of that quality.
moving on...
Declan Rice handall - for me it should have been given or at least VAR should have made some sort of effort to check it.
His hand/arm's not in any sort of natural position prior to it being hit by the ball....
I guess the Arse's brown envelope stuffed with 50's is bigger than ours.
Mcbeth99
Grenville Morris
Not if it is against a top 6 club
Redemption
One less gobshite...
thehockleyhustler
Stuart Pearce
Is that their singing section? There's about 30 of them
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YellowBelly Red
Viv Anderson
Block 25 Chompers!
Trying (and failing) to get an atmosphere going. Embarrassing!
Trying (and failing) to get an atmosphere going. Embarrassing!
Omar Devone Little
Mr Realistic
Welcome to the Premier League.
Nobody gives a shit about us now. We're not a story now we've been up a year and have a reasonably settled squad so we've just slipped into that middling nothing category along with Palace, Wolves and Bournemouth and probably a few others until we eventually go down or get into Europe.
We're not from London, we're not newly promoted, we aren't doing anything ridiculous, we're not a massive club struggling like Everton so we're just sort of fading into the background now.
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Cloughie1975
John Robertson
The 30,000 or so (plus the thousands who can’t get tickets) that turn up at the City Ground every home
game might disagree,Omar.