cheese Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 23 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said: Absolutely this. Massive credit to Tommy and he got his just rewards for staying on his feet. So refreshing to see some honesty in football, rather than the cheating b*starts who hit the deck without even being touched. How many times have we heard the comment “there was contact, so he was entitled to go down”. That one incident last night gave me flashbacks to the old days when there was far more honesty on football. Well done Tommy!!! But if he'd gone down maybe Fabianski might have been sent off. Quote Link to comment
transfer reader Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 1 minute ago, cheese said: But if he'd gone down maybe Fabianski might have been sent off. Not with the double jeopardy rule. Fabianski was going for the ball, just beaten to it, so a booking and pen at worst. 3 Quote Link to comment
Crackers Corner Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 21 minutes ago, JP Hampton said: Yes true, there were times when that throw could have been sent out sooner, although he’s probably under instructions to wait until we’ve got our shape back. There was a point where he did end chucking it sooner and I swear that was as a result of the fans urging him on. Great save and although there were a few wobbly moments, but I’m happy with Max and I doubt we’ll realistically get anything that’s better on our budget My only real complaint with him is that he isn't very good at commanding the defense hence the mix up with tanner which should have been an easy take rather than giving them a corner. He needs to work on when to come out as was really good last night but gash on Saturday. Save was excellent and overall very good performance. Quote Link to comment
Crackers Corner Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 (edited) From west ham forum, touch salty? "Let's call it right. Bristol City had about everything go their way. The unpunished red card offences across both games. The soft red for us. Playing us with half of our team away/injured. That is the absolute best they can play, and even then it needed a gift of a goal to win it. We had more than enough chances to bury them across both matches, we just didn't take our chances. That's the FA Cup for you. They really, really wanted it and played out of their skins. We didn't and weren't at our best. They just about shaded the tie." Edited January 17 by Crackers Corner Quote Link to comment
TMWANG50 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Crackers Corner said: From west ham forum, touch salty? "Let's call it right. Bristol City had about everything go their way. The unpunished red card offences across both games. The soft red for us. Playing us with half of our team away/injured. That is the absolute best they can play, and even then it needed a gift of a goal to win it. We had more than enough chances to bury them across both matches, we just didn't take our chances. That's the FA Cup for you. They really, really wanted it and played out of their skins. We didn't and weren't at our best. They just about shaded the tie." They are all over the BBC report saying we should have been down to 9 men and the ref gave us the game, love it... Quote Link to comment
cheese Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Crackers Corner said: From west ham forum, touch salty? "Let's call it right. Bristol City had about everything go their way. The unpunished red card offences across both games. The soft red for us. Playing us with half of our team away/injured. That is the absolute best they can play, and even then it needed a gift of a goal to win it. We had more than enough chances to bury them across both matches, we just didn't take our chances. That's the FA Cup for you. They really, really wanted it and played out of their skins. We didn't and weren't at our best. They just about shaded the tie." Soft red?? He kicked williams in the bollocks. Edited January 17 by cheese Added 3 Quote Link to comment
Henry Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 1 minute ago, cheese said: Soft red?? He kicked williams in the bollocks. Yeah, but his bollocks are so big it actually injured Benrahma. 5 1 Quote Link to comment
BrizzleRed Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Just now, cheese said: But if he'd gone down maybe Fabianski might have been sent off. True. Call me old fashioned though, but I will always go for those honest pros who’ll stumble to stay on their feet after being clattered, rather than go down like they’ve been shot. It may give your team an advantage to go down, but the line between gamesmanship and downright cheating has all but disappeared. If Tommy had missed the opportunity, I may have thought differently, but as it stands, he’s only gone up in my estimation for his honesty and drive to get the ball in the back of the net. 5 Quote Link to comment
Northern Red Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Did Fabianski actually make contact with Tommy? I wasn't sure he had. Quote Link to comment
Natchfever Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 11 minutes ago, Crackers Corner said: From west ham forum, touch salty? "Let's call it right. Bristol City had about everything go their way. The unpunished red card offences across both games. The soft red for us. Playing us with half of our team away/injured. That is the absolute best they can play, and even then it needed a gift of a goal to win it. We had more than enough chances to bury them across both matches, we just didn't take our chances. That's the FA Cup for you. They really, really wanted it and played out of their skins. We didn't and weren't at our best. They just about shaded the tie." **** the cheeky Cocknernee chappies but if we ended up in 2 games v Blackpool and it mirrors ours v WHU with similar outcomes our forum will be full of such comments Football fans innit 1 Quote Link to comment
Davefevs Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Robbored said: Not for me - yellow was the right call. Definite red for Benrama for relation tho. We are talking about the one on Ings early on. Quote Link to comment
reddoc Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 6 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said: True. Call me old fashioned though, but I will always go for those honest pros who’ll stumble to stay on their feet after being clattered, rather than go down like they’ve been shot. It may give your team an advantage to go down, but the line between gamesmanship and downright cheating has all but disappeared. If Tommy had missed the opportunity, I may have thought differently, but as it stands, he’s only gone up in my estimation for his honesty and drive to get the ball in the back of the net. Problem is, when did you last see a penalty given when the player didn't go down? If you're fouled and don't go down in the box nothing is given. Totally different outside the box. The referees are their own worse enemy. Moan about players diving but then force them to do so. Quote Link to comment
Robbored Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 34 minutes ago, cheese said: Soft red?? He kicked williams in the bollocks. Nicely put Cheese………. 22 minutes ago, Davefevs said: We are talking about the one on Ings early on. I missed that. Quote Link to comment
Fjmcity Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, Super said: In spells the atmosphere was good. Bit flat first half but a consequence of scoring early I think. Second half was pretty consistent and everyone played their part 1 Quote Link to comment
Admin Ian M Posted January 17 Admin Report Share Posted January 17 According to my West Ham season ticket holding cousin, Danny Ings is on £150k a week. Let that sink in. Quote Link to comment
PHILINFRANCE Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 23 minutes ago, Robbored said: We are talking about the one on Ings early on. I missed that. Did you actually watch the game? Quote Link to comment
Robbored Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 (edited) 5 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Did you actually watch the game? I was there Phil - were you? Just watching the replay - Williams got the ball and his foot slipped off and up catching Ings. Had there been VaR I doubt it wouldn’t even had been reviewed. Edited January 17 by Robbored 1 Quote Link to comment
PHILINFRANCE Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 2 minutes ago, Robbored said: I was there Phil - were you? Glued to the screen. Hence, I could even watch the replays and half time discussions . 2 Quote Link to comment
Malago Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 51 minutes ago, Natchfever said: **** the cheeky Cocknernee chappies but if we ended up in 2 games v Blackpool and it mirrors ours v WHU with similar outcomes our forum will be full of such comments Football fans innit Disagree. When things go wrong we blame ourselves, or more specifically the club hierarchy. Did we belittle Shrewsbury a few years ago when they knocked us out of the club? 1 Quote Link to comment
Natchfever Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 16 minutes ago, Malago said: Disagree. When things go wrong we blame ourselves, or more specifically the club hierarchy. Did we belittle Shrewsbury a few years ago when they knocked us out of the club? Cant recall,did they have 2 red card offences on another day ignored and did we have a man sent off? Seriously, acting holier than though and purporting to speak for the whole fanbase is a silly look. Were their comments above "belittling" anyway? Quote Link to comment
Malago Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 20 minutes ago, Natchfever said: Cant recall,did they have 2 red card offences on another day ignored and did we have a man sent off? Seriously, acting holier than though and purporting to speak for the whole fanbase is a silly look. Were their comments above "belittling" anyway? That is the absolute best they can play, and even then it needed a gift of a goal to win it. We had more than enough chances to bury them across both matches, we just didn't take our chances. 1 Quote Link to comment
transfer reader Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 25 minutes ago, Natchfever said: Cant recall,did they have 2 red card offences on another day ignored and did we have a man sent off? Seriously, acting holier than though and purporting to speak for the whole fanbase is a silly look. Were their comments above "belittling" anyway? We didn't have 2 red card offences ignored. So that's not even a good comparison. TGH wasn't ignored, he got booked (was lucky not to go, but it wasn't ignored) and Williams put in a cracking challenge. Quote Link to comment
Mihai Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 15 hours ago, 22A said: 1994; City drew 1-1 with a Prem team in the cup, then lost 2-0 in the League, but won the cup replay 1-0. 2024; City drew 1-1 with a Prem team in the cup, then lost 2-0 in the League, but won the cup replay 1-0 And what happened in the League after the replay ? Quote Link to comment
BrizzleRed Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, reddoc said: Problem is, when did you last see a penalty given when the player didn't go down? If you're fouled and don't go down in the box nothing is given. Totally different outside the box. The referees are their own worse enemy. Moan about players diving but then force them to do so. A sad reflection on the quality of officials we’re stuck with these days, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment
ChrisJ Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Robbored said: I was there Phil - were you? Just watching the replay - Williams got the ball and his foot slipped off and up catching Ings. Had there been VaR I doubt it wouldn’t even had been reviewed. It’s a red card every day of the week I don’t agree or make the rules but anything like that is straight red anyone saying otherwise is just arguing for the sake of it 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Malago Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 3 minutes ago, ChrisJ said: It’s a red card every day of the week I don’t agree or make the rules but anything like that is straight red anyone saying otherwise is just arguing for the sake of it A red card everyday of the week except a Tuesday night, well that’s what the ref thought anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment
Natchfever Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 24 minutes ago, Malago said: That is the absolute best they can play, and even then it needed a gift of a goal to win it. We had more than enough chances to bury them across both matches, we just didn't take our chances. Well... Currently that is the best we can play. As well as Tommy finished the killer pass was from them so a gift. They did have chances in both games as did we. Additionally they referred to unpunished red card offences (another ref would have given them) that we wanted it more, played out of our skins and they had key players missing. I dont see any belittling myself. Standard post defeat comments by all fans including our own. Quote Link to comment
Natchfever Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 16 minutes ago, transfer reader said: We didn't have 2 red card offences ignored. So that's not even a good comparison. TGH wasn't ignored, he got booked (was lucky not to go, but it wasn't ignored) and Williams put in a cracking challenge. Another ref would gave given them and my point (obviously) is that if the opposition had done them on our players we would have fans saying exactly the same. Quote Link to comment
JP Hampton Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, Crackers Corner said: From west ham forum, touch salty? "Let's call it right. Bristol City had about everything go their way. The unpunished red card offences across both games. The soft red for us. Playing us with half of our team away/injured. That is the absolute best they can play, and even then it needed a gift of a goal to win it. We had more than enough chances to bury them across both matches, we just didn't take our chances. That's the FA Cup for you. They really, really wanted it and played out of their skins. We didn't and weren't at our best. They just about shaded the tie." How can they call that a soft red. To give a yellow in that situation would have been completely ridiculous. Someone kicking up towards a players chest, that’s a red in my opinion. Quote Link to comment
BrizzleRed Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, reddoc said: Problem is, when did you last see a penalty given when the player didn't go down? If you're fouled and don't go down in the box nothing is given. Totally different outside the box. The referees are their own worse enemy. Moan about players diving but then force them to do so. A sad reflection on the quality of officials we’re stuck with these days, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment
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