25 Apr 2026 22:50:11
I was always taught to play the whistle so have no issue with the Palace goal (although I did enjoy booing the player afterwards). But the Ref blew up about 3 or 4 times for ‘injuries’ to Palace players that weren’t head injuries and when we were counter attacking, so why not do the same for the injury to Woodman? It’s the inconsistency that was irritating.
26 Apr 2026 00:17:42
Agreed, I've no issue with their goal either, like you say, play to the whistle. If it was us that scored it, there wouldn't be an issue.
26 Apr 2026 00:51:10
I think it's pretty common that if a keeper's injured, then play should be stopped. I thought pretty unsportsmanlike from their player, but these things usually come back to bite you in the arse. Let's hope so.
26 Apr 2026 01:51:55
Nothing technically wrong but absolutely zero class shown by Palace, but I expect nothing less from a Glasner team.
26 Apr 2026 02:21:30
The inconsistency is frustrating, but it's always been that way and always will. It should be expected, you play the whistle. I was more annoyed everyone just stopped playing and threw their hands in the air and nobody covered the net.
26 Apr 2026 03:16:59
Like all things in life, there was too much finger pointing and no one red taking control of what we could control,
Play to the whistle. That was our bad.
26 Apr 2026 06:09:31
Other bit couldn't get, when Palace player hit posts, the linesman put his flag up for offside and ref gave a corner? Minor detail, but seems an obvious and fairly basic ref error.
26 Apr 2026 06:11:02
Hopefully, that whinging ratskinner Glasner will leave the country at the end of the season. Miserable little fun sponge. I don't like him.
26 Apr 2026 07:36:43
There is always an important difference between what you can do and what you should do.
There is no rule against playing on if a player is injured.
There is no rule saying you can't shoot if a goalkeeper isn't in goal.
So, Munoz absolutely could take the shot and the goal has to stand.
However, good sportsmanship would dictate that you don't take the shot.
An injured keeper changes the game fundamentally more than if play continues with an injured outfield player.
Frankly, I thought it showed a complete lack of class and was a scummy advantage to take. Before anybody starts, I would feel exactly the same if it was us.
26 Apr 2026 07:54:04
Nothing wrong with the Palace goal, ref never blew, so you carry on... Imagine if it was the other way round n we had the chance to score but we stopped playing n let player recover, the outrage would be off the scale from our supporters.
{Ed078's Note - I don't need to imagine if it was the other way around... Robbie Fowler anyone?
26 Apr 2026 08:40:25
For me, nothing wrong with what happened.
Our players need to explain why they stopped.
This is a situation like the head injury situation.
I have absolutely no doubt, players use the head injury rule to fake injuries, just so that there is a break in play.
If play has to be stopped because a keeper is injured, then I have total belief that that rule will be taken advantage of as well.
It's not a common thing that keepers get injured in that situation, so need for a rule to stop play if a keeper is injured.
Imagine keepers coming out to close a player down, make a save and then they feign an injury so that play is stopped.
Not for me, thank you... I don't trust these modern day divas to not pull a fast one over the officials.
26 Apr 2026 12:33:06
The problem with the keeper being injured, the ref was right to carry on, but it was up to the player to either kick the ball out or score. He chose to score, he has to live with this as people do not forget.
But, in defence of the referee, if he stopped the game for the keeper being injured, then it would be setting a precedent and keepers would be going down at every attack. Imagine Arsenal, Arteta would love that.
YNWA.
26 Apr 2026 09:12:24
Ed078 - there's also Di Canio who caught a ball that was sent to him to score because a player was injured.
That's what the game is all about.
{Ed078's Note - that was a moment. Decent sportsmanship, like Fowler not accepting a penalty. I remember that as much as his great finishing.
26 Apr 2026 10:27:00
Ed078.and what did Robbie fowler do.he buried the pen, if that is the one you're on about
{Ed078's Note - when you say "buried", do you mean he scored, or refused to accept the penalty awarded to him?