19 Oct 2026 14:16:19
So ed025, how do you feel about the ref in your game vs Chelsea? Sounds like Chelsea should've been playing with 9 men? The standards are so bad in the PL something has to be done soon imo.
{Ed025's Note - i was not over concerned myself ASB even though the standard of refereeing is pretty poor on the whole mate, the tackle by Rodgers on Garner was pretty bad imo and it was touch and go whether it was a red or not, but to be fair we got what we deserved from the game which was nothing..
19 Oct 2026 15:53:01
Wait til the European league starts and they all get left behind. Can't wait.
19 Oct 2026 15:55:11
I thought that was a good old fashioned 50/50 Ed. Both players fully commited and Its something the game lacks these days - I thought the ref handled that incident pretty well.
Agree on the fact that Chelsea were good value for the win though mate.
{Ed025's Note - Rodgers was a bit late and a bit high BR but its a contact sport and you cant be calling for sendings off all the time mate, there are enough silly sendings off and simulation as it is...are you listening Jeremy Jaquet.. :)
19 Oct 2026 18:41:30
Love a bit of old fashioned honesty Ed025. We can blame refs all day long but we have to look at our own team too when it's just not good enough. Also hate to see players trying to get others sent off. Not part of the game I want. Someone experienced head needs to have a quiet word with JJ.
In a strange way playing against 10 is usually harder for us (they just defend in a low block then) so I thought it would be a disadvantage.
Last season I don't think we would have broken them down so there's a positive there.
{Ed025's Note - i will always say if a team plays well and will congratulate them JB, but it also works the other way mate and if a team plays rubbish i will tell them that as well even if its my own team..
19 Oct 2026 19:38:14
Thats not really fair Ed025 the Brentford player did actually headbut JJ, but the referees are so rubbish that if he hadnt gone down they probably wouldn't have sent him off, and he did deserve to go.
{Ed025's Note - thats your opinion Langland, but im a part time forensic detective mate and having looked at the evidence JJ never had a bloody nose or a cut lip or any swelling to the facial features, this leads me to believe he was playing the old soldier and basically cheating, he went down as though he had been shot actually which leads me to the conclusion that if he fails to make it as a footballer then the acting fraternity would welcome him with open arms..
19 Oct 2026 20:23:40
I thought Rodgers got to the ball first but was also. Agree on Jacquet tho?. I thought Luke Shaw was a pansy the way he went down last week. Embarrassing the way these players act ?.
20 Oct 2026 00:47:19
Langland makes a good point. If VAR aren't going to notify refs about incidences they miss then the players have to egg it up to get noticed. Kicking a player in the shins in the penalty box is unlikely to result in a penalty unless he goes to ground.
20 Oct 2026 07:07:53
Head butting someone in any other walk of life would likely come with a prison sentence due to it likely causing significant facial damage.
Professional football would have it appear that there is a huge head butting problem within the game.
Truth be told it's a slight coming together head push that causes no damage (someone name the last player subbed off with a facial injury from it) that is however against the football laws and is deemed a foul and red card.
But all players do go down like they've been shot by an elephant gun.
20 Oct 2026 07:41:05
It was a red in my view ;he goes to headbutt him, but dies a terrible job(&needs to work on it) but it's still violent conduct so has to go.
20 Oct 2026 09:48:36
Why are we arguing this point, exactly? It was a headbutt based on the rules which are very clear and straightforward.
Not a coming together. Not incidental contact. No nothing.
It was a headbutt and a red card every single day and twice on Sundays.
Move on.
20 Oct 2026 18:55:07
Agree it's a headbutt and a red card, those are the rules, same as when Nunez was sent off for us doing exact same thing. Doesn't have to cause an injury to be against the rules of the game. Agree JJ made sure it wasn't missed but that's because Refs encourage this exaggeration in every aspect of the game by ignoring the actual foul if the player doesn't ham it up as we saw with Haaland and Gabriel last year.