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Player Xavi Simons
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Eventually he will get those calls like Kane did.
It’s about learning what type of contact refs here will and won’t call.
And also the refs learning to respect him
And us
The club is so easy to disrespect from officials, its one of the things we really need to change
Refs, FA, Premier League - always very happy to fuck us over because they know they can
Gotta be honest, I though CG sliced his cross a bit.
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I think he just swung it into an area
Solanke and Odobert running onto it
Was actually behind Solanke, so hardly like it was a quality cross
I like that he won the ball, broke into space, played a ball into a good area early - it was good play - but it wasnt anything special IMO
The enjoyment of it is mostly two things, imo. 1) the spectacular goal on the end of it 2) how little we see that sort of play
We really need to stop this crying. Especially considering we got away with a goal from Solanke which should definitely have been disallowed for a foul.
We get treated no differently to any other club, we get some calls and we don’t get others. The victim mentality is ridiculous.
We dont. It wasnt a foul. We do. Its not victim mentality.
I think it was a foul but I’m not complaining. Solanke kicked the back of Guehi’s leg and that’s a foul all day. If Guehi had kicked Solanke that way we’d be screaming for a penalty and rightly so.
Solanke didnt see him coming, Guehi comes in from behind, stamps on Solankes ankle and gets kicked in the process
Never a foul on Guehi, IMHO
Sky’s ref watch said more or less similar and that Dom got his toe on the ball before making contact with Guehi.
Where is this stamp on Solanke’s ankle? It doesn’t matter if Solanke doesn’t see him. Mate,I’m delighted it was allowed but I see a foul there and as I said before I’d be wanting a penalty if Guehihad kicked through Solanke.
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Stamps on his ankle before Solanke makes any contact with him
He's becoming our star player..becoming a focal point in the AM.....if only he had a real striker to pass to...for me, that's our biggest priority. Instead of relying on defensive players to score...
Solanke had control of the ball, Guehi did not have control of the ball.
It was interesting that Danny Murphy and Troy Deeney said it wasn't a striker foul. But if it was the other way round and Guehi kicked Solanke's leg, it could easily be a defender foul and therefore a penalty to Spurs/Solanke.
If the following scenario happens:
striker is winding up for a shot
defender sticks out his leg between the shooting foot and the ball
striker kicks the defender's leg
These are almost always given as fouls on the defender as the striker has the right to that space. The defender has to play the ball. I get why this one looked a little different though because it's not a long distance shot and its congested.
I don't know what the actual rule is, though.
Ange was a complete wanker for his "we'll just cop it" line week after week. He eventually dropped it and moaned about officials at Forest a fair bit. Hated that. Don't kick up a fuss and you get bottypumped. No prizes for being nice in that game.
He was special against Man City proper special that doesn't happen unless you are the real deal. That shot goes in he proper arrives. But even so, joyfully he looks like he could end up being a far better more impactful player than Eze. He'd be brilliant with a fit Maddison. Hoping Xavi and LWB turn into a couple of world breakers.
The pass he put on Solanke's head against Burnley was even better.
Solanke didn't score though so the haters got to pretend like Simons had a "poor" game.
