02 Nov 2026 13:33:56
Two losses against the two best teams in the league, with one being the reigning champions. Two decisions altered the game in both cases. But for me the biggest issue is the poor results against Fulham and Forest. That's 4 points dropped imo.
Even a win against one would of put us on the same points as if we drew with City and Arsenal. The biggest issue we had under Klopp in some seasons was to many draws, not killing the teams off. This is something I hope Iraola sorts out.
02 Nov 2026 13:47:57
Agree with what you say there, Big HA.
02 Nov 2026 13:55:38
We are miles better now than we were against Forest and Fulham. So that is a good thing.
02 Nov 2026 14:07:34
Those two decisions has cost us points. Grav was in no way a 2nd yellow, never in a million years, and Isak should have got a penalty. Never a more clear foul than you will ever see. The fact that VAR never even got involved with the shirt pull tells me that my suspicions about match fixing is true and prevalent. We are not the only team to suffer the consequences of, quite frankly, pathetic officiating either.
Something which seems to be a weekly occurrence. I've said it before, and i'll say it again, take these games as serious as you would watching WWE wrestling, as that's about as real as it gets. VAR is just a tool to micro manage the results to their (insert blame here) liking. The league is corrupt and so are the people that run it.
02 Nov 2026 14:33:44
BHA it is a work in progress. The Forrest game was unlikely as they were gifted a goal with that penalty which left us constantly chasing that game.
03 Nov 2026 10:23:20
@Big, refs ruined the result in the Forrest game as well because the Incident Review Panel ruled after the game that the pen they gave Forrest was an error and should not have been given.
And who was on VAR that game? You guessed it, Michael Oliver.