Todays' games 2016/17

And what was the answer?

 

it was possible because we've been equally as bad

 

Wednesday blew it. Were the better side for much of the game. Missed a penalty and then lost their discipline.

 

Only saw the last 15 mins - Brighton were able to overcome adversity and get the job done, a feat that successful promotion chasing teams have a tendency to accomplish.

 

Rooney breaks the all time goal scoring record for Man Utd with a fantastic free kick!!

Take a bow son.

 

Those deriding chumps must be eating their words issued a moment earlier.

GOAL - Stoke City 1-1 Manchester United
Wayne Rooney (94 mins)

What an incredible way to make history! Wayne Rooney becomes Manchester United's all-time leading goalscorer with a sublime free-kick that rescues a point. From the left-hand corner of the box, curling into the top corner, past the despairing Lee Grant. Unbelievable.
Quite sensational. It's practically the last kick of the game. Expect to see plenty of pics of Wayne Rooney on your back pages tomorrow.

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Nikhil: Rooney is playing like Fellaini in disguise, zero impact since coming on.

Richard Darko: I believe this will be Rooney's last game for United. With him, United currently looks like playing 10 against 11.

Stephanie G: Okay United. This is not funny any more. Next week we train how to shoot and hit the target. Shocking.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/38499748

 

Once again after 2-0 win over Sunderland.

Man of the match - Matt Phillips

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Phillips was West Brom's most potent attacking force, causing problems down the right wing and linking up well with full-back Allan Nyom.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38620042

 

Watching the footie show on channel 5 and just seen one of the worst colour clash between Norwich and wolves......Norwich in yellow and wolves in lime green......what were they thinking? They would have been better playing in their traditional gold strip......

 

Burnley, after performing so well defensively away at Arsenal, finally succumb to a soft set piece headed goal, which would have been covered if they had a player on the far post.

Now Arsenal down to 10 men with Barton warming up for Burnley.

 

Burnley have lost a series of away games against top teams by 1-0 scorelines - only one away point this season - 96% of pts won at Turf Moor. Wish we could again turn Loftus Road into a fortress like that.

School teacher Jon Moss awards Burnley a penalty that Andre Gray scores - now Moss sends Wenger off, who pushes the 4th official in the tunnel 1-1

Now a penalty for Arsenal. Sanchez scores and wins the game for Arsenal 2-1

 

Premier League officials are getting worse and worse.
Arsenal's penalty shouldn't have been given as the player was a couple of feet offside.
Yesterday, Sterling was clearly shoved in the back for a penalty that wasn't given and then Spurs went up the other end to score, with Kane in a clear offside position with the assisted pass.

Now today, Neil Swar-prick, who must be a Chelsea fan, doesn't give a clear foul and Chelsea go up the other end and score and then the muppet and his assistant turn down an absolutely nailed on penalty for Hull.

These officials are a complete joke!

 

Not just the Premier League Col, seem to worse across the board. Yesterday the Fulham lad "won" the penalty by falling over akin to Young at OT in the Derry incident, whilst up at Newcastle Rotherham had a stone wall penalty not given when Darlow the keeper grabbed the Rotherham forwards' foot who stumbled but stayed on his feet.....the chance was missed and the ref should have gone back to award the penalty but didn't.............same with the Sterling incident yesterday, the ref should have gone back to the original offence and awarded a penalty and a Red Card for Walker.......

Add to that the demoted Mike Dean giving Leeds a penalty at Barnsley for hand ball 2 yards outside the penalty area......he was 40 yards away from the action at the time and the linesman didn't flag for it........

 

It's easy for us TV viewer's with often a better view than the Officials, action replays from different angles, digital offside views stopped at the split second of play, and often able to replay it back for infinity. But out there with everything else going on in front and behind you? Not easy at all. But I prefer this to continual stops in the game for another look by Officials

 

Agreed, not easy, but some of these decisions are criminally bad.

 

What sickened me on MOTD was Gullit saying that Sterling should have dived to ensure he got the penalty.

 

Agree with both of you, but Os the Walker/Sterling incident must have been so obvious in real time......I have no problem with Refs playing advantage, they really should do wherever possible, but when no advantage materialises then he should revert back to the original offence, the officials shouldn't need video technology in those sort of incidents.....

 

Problem is Strolls that's the modern day thinking as it showed yesterday that being honest doesn't do you any good.........Football is unfortunately reaping what it sowed.....

 

I thought that was a pen at first view on live TV. Why the Officials did not I have no idea. Maybe he didn't push Sterling hard enough?! Maybe Sterling did need to fall to convince them? Maybe the Officials were paid?

I thought the Ref in our game was terrible - never a pen and some of the cards we got, Furlongs especially, seemed very harsh. Don't see that he treated Fulham as harshly but then I'm biased.

 

Thoughts are with Ryan Mason, hope he pulls through. According the Mirror he has a bleeding in the brain and that it is critical.

 

He's stable now according to a Hull statement on BBC, and will be in hospital a few days. Fractured skull. All the best for him.