It is both feelings at the same time which will take time to compute really. On one hand it shows that the season is more open than I thought a month ago and we are still in it (just). On the other hand it brings back the regrets of refereeing and not investing more heavily upfront last summer.
Good point on Nunez being glossed over.
I seem to remember a bit of skill where Timber accidentally caught a Spurs player on the shin. Neville was screaming that it was a red card. Replay upon replay was shown. Ref Watch on Monday, repeated the bollocks.
Compared to this genuinely nasty 'challenge'.
When Gary Neville was on receiving end of the generosity of same group of referees all his career it's hard to expect him to produce a genuine outrage.
It often comes down to chronology for me. If Liverpool had played first, I would feel like we missed an opportunity to close the gap. Because we dropped points first, I feel relieved they didn't extend their lead. I know it doesn't make much sense, but that's how I tend to view it.
It's the fact that we never have a full squad that leaves me thinking we're out if the races. There are always injuries and viruses and god knows what to key players and I just can't see us over coming that. Missing Saka is huge and now Nwaneri is injured too. We keep missing defenders as well.
Frustration for me. It only made me think it's their season cause everytime they've dropped points so have their direct rivals. It's not so much the points difference as well, it's just we aren't getting any breaks, not from the refs and not fitness wise
You’re forgetting the comment Neville made: “Michael Oliver has had a good game, he’s even let a couple go”.
Letter of the law for us, but referees can let a few go for everyone else, it seems.
What can we ever do about this though realistically? Can we ever go from its annoying to get pgmol to do something? Can we express our frustration on this to the club? Do a petition and take it to the parliament? Lol
100% relief. This was a weekend for maintaining the gap. Liverpool had an easier fixture at home after a seven-day break with most of their players fit. We had a(nother) tricky away fixture after only a three-day break (Brighton had two days extra) with players suffering from injury/illness.
Sky coverage is a man united fanzine at this stage. It was built when united were successful and they can’t seem to get their head around that’s no longer the case
Frustrated but it’s not due to the team’s performance in that game.
It is due to the poor decision making of crooked Anthony Taylor.
That penalty decision hurt me more than Declan Rice being sent off by Michael Oliver when we played Man City at Etihad.
I'm tending more to frustrated. We have teams around us with deeper and more balanced squads. Some teams are benefiting from breaking the rules and we are here yet complying and suffering.
Still more frustrated at the Everton home draw than that Brighton one. We were fully stocked against Everton and at home and couldn't score. Brighton a good team, terrible decision against us, half the team out. Decent point.
I beg to differ.
Everton is a tough team to beat. They play very low blocks.
In that game against Arsenal, they basically played 10-0-0 formation. The entire team was defending.
We tried to create chances but it’s more difficult to convert them when you play against such a defensive team.
I was listening to the game on 5 live in the car and they were shocked that Darwin got away so lightly. Are Sky too close to the PGMOL to criticise them?
I don't blame pgmol, I blame the league for continuing to employ an organisation that the game has clearly surpassed. Excellence is sourced across the globe for every aspect of the game except refereeing. Baffling.
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The squad had a virus going into two tough away games, taking out key players on top of the existing injuries/suspensions.
Take 4 points from those games and a Liverpool draw all day.
We lost Calafori for a spell & had to manage Timber for a time.
Both were over stretched during that period.
I seem to remember a bit of skill where Timber accidentally caught a Spurs player on the shin. Neville was screaming that it was a red card. Replay upon replay was shown. Ref Watch on Monday, repeated the bollocks.
Compared to this genuinely nasty 'challenge'.
Hopefully that turns around and things start to click, great to see some vulnerability in that Liverpool team though.
Letter of the law for us, but referees can let a few go for everyone else, it seems.
It is due to the poor decision making of crooked Anthony Taylor.
That penalty decision hurt me more than Declan Rice being sent off by Michael Oliver when we played Man City at Etihad.
Everton is a tough team to beat. They play very low blocks.
In that game against Arsenal, they basically played 10-0-0 formation. The entire team was defending.
We tried to create chances but it’s more difficult to convert them when you play against such a defensive team.