Ripley

Nobody seems to be talking about penalties and shootouts, so having read everything there is to read on the topic including academic research, some distilled wisdom. From actual match experience and practice, you know who your best 5 are (on the pitch). The best 2 get pens 1 and 4. if your team is going second, you must be at least level after 3 rounds so front load the order at the expense of the above. Applies to the actual match too, but the kicker decides when he is ready. The whistle is not a signal to start your run up. The coach is in charge. Name the 5 and allow an opt out. Don’t allow an opt in. (Rafa/Garcia) Applying to last night and correcting what someone posted earlier, we (almost) all will have seen the Carabao shoot out against Chelsea. Virgil, Robbo and Harvey all scored their penalties with the trophy hanging on them. First 2 should have been on pens 2 and 3

View from the Bridge?

Said upthread that ref Kovac does like a yellow.

So he’s now sprinkled his billionaire stardust on ManU showing a Trump-like “Nobody knows more about football than than me” schtick, Ineos Grenadiers (Substitute cycling for football), Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup bids (Substitute yachting for football) and NZ Rugby (just substitute naked business s***housery for football) all while sending the planet to hell from Monaco and getting to call himself Sir. Just another example of an utterly thick “self made” / rags to riches businessman who gives zero fũcks and zero tax for this country.

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Referee for second leg is Istvan Kovacs from Romania, in spite of his Hungarian name. Likes a yellow, averaging 4.5 a game in his 28 CL appointments but doesn’t like second yellows. Reffed us only once previously - the 2-5 defeat.by Real Madrid.

The child Lewis Smith refs this and Matt Donohue is still chained to that radiator in Stockley Park

Kelleher would have saved all those Ali did obviously.

Davide Massa tonight. Normally good.

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He seems to be from what I've read but the signing criterion has also been stated as a "no díckead" rule. The two qualities are not mutually exclusive. I'm most of us know at least one good lad who is also a díckead.

Just the 25 stitches behind the ear.

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He’s great. That first tackle. The best game closer there is

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He's very good. Our lad with the laptop may have played a part in the tactical switch after 15 too

Chris Kavanagh ref, Matt Donohue VAR (who he?, you ask) He was VAR at Goodison on Saturday so possobly a good lad

As good an “out of possession” performance as you could wish for. Why all the creasing in the first half? And Anthony Taylor was excellent

But Peter Bankes on VAR at Arsenal correctly got Pawson to upgrade yellow to red. Has it been mentioned by any of the hard done by Gooners that Bankes is a scouser yet?