General EPL Discussion/Housery Thread

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Forum Troll said:

DeangeloVickers said:

I LOVE college football. But watching EPl and Champions League is so much more enjoyable because there is not a commercial every 5 mins.


3 minute commercial break

Kickoff for touchback

Immediate 3 minute commercial break again


Followed by a delay of game penalty if you're watching the Aggies.
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Jason_Ag98 said:

Forum Troll said:

DeangeloVickers said:

I LOVE college football. But watching EPl and Champions League is so much more enjoyable because there is not a commercial every 5 mins.


3 minute commercial break

Kickoff for touchback

Immediate 3 minute commercial break again


Followed by a delay of game penalty if you're watching the Aggies.
and then an on-air pause to identity the official meat sponsor of Aggie football - Slovacek Sausage.
Hey...so.. um
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DeangeloVickers said:




He used his arm and shoulder. That is a foul.
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Dre_00 said:

DeangeloVickers said:

I LOVE college football. But watching EPl and Champions League is so much more enjoyable because there is not a commercial every 5 mins.

Agreed x 10. It's not only the commercials it's the constant in-game ads, sponsored camera angles, sponsored in-game stats, cutaways. It's so ridiculous.


The 5 minute reviews kill me.
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DeangeloVickers said:



Thats a Duke level no-call
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tysker said:

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Thats a Duke level no-call
yeah that's a no goal and a booking for me.
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Wrong thread
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Not sure I'd book him for that but that's a foul given he pushed with the arm. I'd don't mind rubbing shoulders a little but can't push like that
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Also the respect given to super stars by commentators…"the hunger"…if that's Kieffer Moore no one is complementing that "hunger"
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The little push off early is the sneaky one. The big one at the end is never getting called. Its shoulder to shoulder. I thought on my phone he was from behind but on the iPad it's not. It's just a big man at high speed. I guess you can say he's not playing the ball but it's never getting called in the PL and it's not an error for VAR.
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Mathguy64 said:

The little push off early is the sneaky one. The big one at the end is never getting called. Its shoulder to shoulder. I thought on my phone he was from behind but on the iPad it's not. It's just a big man at high speed. I guess you can say he's not playing the ball but it's never getting called in the PL and it's not an error for VAR.


Show me in the laws of the game where playing the ball is a consideration.
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Ken Scarborough said:

Mathguy64 said:

The little push off early is the sneaky one. The big one at the end is never getting called. Its shoulder to shoulder. I thought on my phone he was from behind but on the iPad it's not. It's just a big man at high speed. I guess you can say he's not playing the ball but it's never getting called in the PL and it's not an error for VAR.


Show me in the laws of the game where playing the ball is a consideration.
It's not. But if he does that to a defender at midfield when the ball is in his defensive third he's getting a card for UB. You just can't randomly blow someone up.
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Ken Scarborough said:

Mathguy64 said:

The little push off early is the sneaky one. The big one at the end is never getting called. Its shoulder to shoulder. I thought on my phone he was from behind but on the iPad it's not. It's just a big man at high speed. I guess you can say he's not playing the ball but it's never getting called in the PL and it's not an error for VAR.


Show me in the laws of the game where playing the ball is a consideration.


Im confused. Players can't just go out there and run into other players. So Haaland has to be playing the ball (shielding it is playing it in my book). To me, the look up by Haaland to find the defender and then his change in path from the ball to the defender tells me he is trying to take the player out. Again if the defender does what Haaland did that is a red card 10 out of 10 times. You saw Haaland called for the same foul in the second half! Only the defender fell on the ball so the ref was forced to call something.
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That's a strawman argument. That's not what I said.
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ThunderCougarFalconBird said:

tysker said:

DeangeloVickers said:



Thats a Duke level no-call
yeah that's a no goal and a booking for me.
this is a hilarious take.....goodness
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texagbeliever said:

Ken Scarborough said:

Mathguy64 said:

The little push off early is the sneaky one. The big one at the end is never getting called. Its shoulder to shoulder. I thought on my phone he was from behind but on the iPad it's not. It's just a big man at high speed. I guess you can say he's not playing the ball but it's never getting called in the PL and it's not an error for VAR.


Show me in the laws of the game where playing the ball is a consideration.


Im confused. Players can't just go out there and run into other players. So Haaland has to be playing the ball (shielding it is playing it in my book). To me, the look up by Haaland to find the defender and then his change in path from the ball to the defender tells me he is trying to take the player out.


If the ball is in playing distance, a shoulder to shoulder charge is not a foul.

If the ball is not, it's a foul.

There is nothing in the laws that state you have to be play the ball.

Changing your path from the ball to the defender is also not a foul. and not playing the ball is also not a foul.
It's not a foul to be bigger and stronger than someone and make them fall with a legal challenge.

That was probably a foul, but I can see why it wasn't called.


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jeffk said:

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American Liverpool "fans" jumping ship in 3, 2, 1...


You recruiting for the Gunner bandwagon or what?


It would be a bad place to recruit. Aggies are already accustomed to pain.
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Dre_00 said:

DeangeloVickers said:

I LOVE college football. But watching EPl and Champions League is so much more enjoyable because there is not a commercial every 5 mins.

Agreed x 10. It's not only the commercials it's the constant in-game ads, sponsored camera angles, sponsored in-game stats, cutaways. It's so ridiculous.
Plus while I tend to pull for some teams over others I have no real emotional attachment to any of them. That allows me to watch and just enjoy it. The diploma on my wall says Texas A&M, not Whatever FC
The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you never know if they are genuine. -- Abraham Lincoln.



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Villa up 3-0 on Brentford inside of 15 minutes has to be the biggest F.U. to Gerrard there can possibly be.
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Ridiculous stat lines: Wolves 20 shots 5 on goal, 0 goals. Leicester City 3 shots 3 on goal, 3 goals.
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So how much longer will Jesse March last?
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Don't think he makes it to the end of the month. He might get to the Bournemouth game but I don't see it happening.
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texagbeliever said:

Ridiculous stat lines: Wolves 20 shots 5 on goal, 0 goals. Leicester City 3 shots 3 on goal, 3 goals.
Make that 4 shots, 4 on goal, 4 goals.
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Dre_00 said:

Don't think he makes it to the end of the month. He might get to the Bournemouth game but I don't see it happening.
I gather he pissed off the supporters last week. He had to apologize but it wasn't well received.
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That and the fact that he's now firmly in a relegation fight as other teams are picking up results. With the WC break, there's a big incentive for a club to make the move sooner rather than later.
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There's some truth to this but the two recent games that I've shown have shown comically bad defending. We'll see what happens but I'm pessimistic for Jesse.
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I like them allowing more physical play.

Newcastle just got a goal where the keeper was out of the box and ran into the Newcastle player, who was trying to avoid contact. Instead of rewarding the keeper who screwed up his clearance, they let the goal stand.

Still too much diving, but hopefully we get back to where someone hitting the deck doesn't mean a foul.
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Miggy!
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Tottenham appear to be regressing to the mean.
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A decently good manager and unlimited state petrodollars are about to make Newcastle a perennial top 2-3 team.
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I'm not happy about the ethical issues with Saudi ownership, but after 14 years of f'n Mike Ashley, I'm okay with a little success.
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It's amazing how he's turned it around this season. And he is getting more and more confident.
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Amn.
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I'm not sure if Eddie Howe is Newcastle's Mark Hughes or Roberto Mancini but it's just a matter of time before Newcastle become perennial contenders. I wouldn't make them favorites for top 4 this season but they definitely have a puncher's chance.

It'll be interesting to see what happens in say, 3 years, when both City and Newcastle are effectively locked into top 4 status year after year. My guess is that at least 1, maybe 2, of the 5 others with big club aspirations won't be able to crack the top 4 consistently enough to realistically keep their big club aspiration and we'll naturally see a top 6 re-emerge with Newcastle replacing one of the current top 6.

Of course I also wouldn't be surprised to see England get 5 CL spots in a revamped CL structure that brings in more revenue for UEFA and staves off continued ESL talk in which case...top 7 it is.
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I love this club. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be top 4 at this juncture of the season. My ultimate goal for the team this season is to qualify for European play. I'd honestly take conference league at this point.

Up the Mags!
 
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