Carabao Cup - Semi Finals ** Spoilers ** [5th - 6th Jan 2021]

[fez]

That looked like a cracking save

Whilst that is true. Man City's is even worse.

Theirs isn't great but its bad in a different way to ours. We can get in behind them, they can get in between and behind us.

 

[turbot1984]

Its already better than that last totally bobbins game between them.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Some strike from KDB.

 

[fez]

Fernandinho starting off early. Wasn't going to get that in a million years. Utterly cynical but that is Fernandinho in a nutshell. Low level ****-housery.

That was a bullet from De Bruyne

 

[adam cool dude]

This game needed Bailly. Two slow at the back.

I also love the fact Sterling is on the right Ashe has no chance agaibs AWB.

 

[fez]

I also love the fact Sterling is on the right Ashe has no chance agaibs AWB.

Might trigger his PTSD

 

[fez]

Fodens a good player. Was constantly looking to see if someone else was in a better position to finish that and when he saw that there wasn't he took it really well on his own.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

This offside rule is as much of a mess as handballs now.

 

[fez]

This offside rule is as much of a mess as handballs now.

Because they allow play to continue?

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Because they allow play to continue?

Yeah. Don't mind marginal decisions but most today have been miles offside and we've lost about a minute of play as a result.

 

[adam cool dude]

I love the fact that City have literally no one in the box because they have no recognised striker. Aguero would have had a few by now.

 

[fez]

Yeah. Don't mind marginal decisions but most today have been miles offside and we've lost about a minute of play as a result.

I think they are petrified of calling anything that can be checked by VAR. They call it incorrectly and they have ruined a goal. They ignore a massive offside and they just waste 30s while VAR checks. What they really need is real time cameras to check offsides and relay that to the ref or linesman. I think that happens for the goal line. It wouldn't pick out the 2cm ones but it would get the 1m ones.

 

[fez]

Thats a handball no?

 

[adam cool dude]

Thats a handball no?

Think the rule has been changed now.

 

[vanandjuanunited]

Thats a handball no?

Certainly not letting us see it again. Strange arm position these days

 

[fez]

Think the rule has been changed now.

I know its changed to something stupid like "your shirt sleeve" or "upper arm is OK" but that looked like he just misjudged it and it hit his arm. Would be interested to see it again. Might be wrong.

 

[adam cool dude]

City getting tired.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

I think they are petrified of calling anything that can be checked by VAR. They call it incorrectly and they have ruined a goal. They ignore a massive offside and they just waste 30s while VAR checks. What they really need is real time cameras to check offsides and relay that to the ref or linesman. I think that happens for the goal line. It wouldn't pick out the 2cm ones but it would get the 1m ones.

Technology will make linesmen redundant eventually. The US Open used hawk eye for line calls this year and it was instant, pretty much made the 3 challenges redundant.

 

[Martynt74]

Yeah. Looked like it hit an outstretched arm to me.

 

[mid_gen]

Well, United actually looking pretty decent, like everyone what they're supposed to be doing and where they're meant to be.

AWB is still terrible at losing the player that peels out wide to receive a lofted cross. Someone's going to get on the end of a ball from Foden sooner or later.