The Premier League Thread

On their forum someone was questioning why they couldn’t bring in an elite manager like everton did with Carlo and said something like “and we aren’t smaller than Everton”

Like mentioned - their fans are obsessed with how massive their club apparently is

 

He’d better not go.

 

Anyone any idea how much he is on ?

Someone posted here ages ago it was £6 million , pa , or total contract ?

 

Allisson OG. West Ham 1 up.

 

Cresswell could be off here.

 

Nope. Lucky boy.

 

West Ham were rightly given the goal (never a foul), but I think they've been fortunate over that tackle. Could easily have been a red.

 

That's my view as well. Not enough evidence to disallow that goal but Cresswell can count himself lucky.

 

It does though highlight something about VAR which I would like to change (and it's not the only thing!).

The referee neither gave a FK nor a card. VAR looked at it, and decided it wasn't a clear and obvious error to warrant a red card. OK. But why shouldn't the VAR be able to recommend a yellow and a FK? You wouldn't necessarily need to add any additional time onto the review by requiring the referee to look at the monitor card - for a lesser offence such as yellow, the referee could just accept the VAR's word.

That isn't me saying that VAR should be used to review FKs or first yellow cards (being able to review second yellows though is a different point). That's me saying that as part of VAR reviewing a red card, why shouldn't the VAR have the option to recommend a yellow card? The referee at the monitor is allowed to retrospectively give a yellow, but that first requires the incident to be significant enough to send the referee over there. So why shouldn't the VAR be able to?

 

I feel a bit dirty, but come on West Ham!

 

Jinxed that, didn't I

 

Both similar sized clubs Villa and Everton, not massive, but big; a size up from perfectly formed (us)

 

Maybe Villa should go for Ronald WARCHEST Koeman?

 

They will want Stevie G, but will get Kasper Hjulmand.

 

Their fans will be furious - with either …

 

2-1 West Ham

 

Blimey, who do they think they can get?

 

VVD immediately turns round to blame everyone but himself ................

 

Just take a look on their forum. They hate the idea of Gerrard - partially because they can’t stand that he would inevitably leave for liverpool one day

More than one has suggested Mancini! But I think most have shot those people down

Several want a “statement hire”. Not sure who really fits that

my favourite was someone hoping that getting Fonseca would mean they would have a good chance of signing that Italy left back that tore up the euros - simply because fonseca was the one who signed him for Roma. That one made me laugh

 

My goodness ……3-1