Welcome back to the Prem, 100 days of wait, finally we've got something to discuss and argue over.
Good luck to Michael Oliver, he's generally our best ref in the country,,,,,,,
Apparently this is our shirt for the game.....
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Not sure if they are pumping in crowd noise but we were 0-3 up last year with 10 to go and drew 3-3 plus there was a decent penalty shout, Villa Park was rocking in atmosphere that afternoon...
Am guessing if noise is pumped in, its only home team fans ?
Certainly for singing, but, if away team score, are there cheers, or, groans from home fans?
Same with say tonight, away player sent off, in real times, 40,000 would sing the cheerio song...
If anything, it's meaning results are generally closer to the "expected" results - as you say, teams are generally beating teams below them and losing to teams above them with a much higher degree of consistency.The better teams have generally been winning in the other European Leagues
The absence of crowds doesn't seem to be affecting results with any obviousness
Oh oh. First game. Goal line technology has failed miserably
Shouldn’t the assistant have been on the goal line in this instance? Surely he should always have a view in case technology breaks down
Shouldn’t the assistant have been on the goal line in this instance? Surely he should always have a view in case technology breaks down
So far in it was behind the post!
Given at one point he was pushing the ball onto the back of the post it had to have been over the line. Plus the lack of a goal line decision view like we normally get speaks volumes.
I think the officials may have known it was in, but there isn't really a lot they can do unless they are 110% sure it was over. If they overruled the tech and gave a goal only for it to be proven it hadn't gone in they'd be in serious trouble.
Given at one point he was pushing the ball onto the back of the post it had to have been over the line. Plus the lack of a goal line decision view like we normally get speaks volumes.
I think the officials may have known it was in, but there isn't really a lot they can do unless they are 110% sure it was over. If they overruled the tech and gave a goal only for it to be proven it hadn't gone in they'd be in serious trouble.