2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread - General Discussion - FM24/25 Update

An amazing chance to get into the top four, playing against a side who've lost the past four games and they were a man down for 45 minutes and we fail to win.

Welcome to Manchester United's season.

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By Carroll. | On 04 March 2017 - 14:29 PM GMT

Jesus, the ref had a shocker. United getting dubious penalty shocker..

Mings should get a long ban for that, could have been very very bad.

I know right, our 2nd pen in the league all season, dunno how we get away with it

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By SpinSwimScream | On 04 March 2017 - 14:34 PM GMT

I know right, our 2nd pen in the league all season, dunno how we get away with it

Meant more dubious decisions than just pens tbf

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04 Mar 2017 14:54:03

A surprising quantity of people on Twitter seem to think Mings shouldn't have been sent off. I'm not sure - not sure if intent given the obstacle of Rooney, but surely its still dangerous play.

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By Carroll. | On 04 March 2017 - 14:35 PM GMT

Meant more dubious decisions than just pens tbf

I'm not really sure why thats controversial to be honest, and I'm someone that thinks far too many fouls are given for handball.

Ok, the ball didn't travel that far, but he knows exactly what he's doing there. He's got his arms out as wide as they can go to stop the cross from coming in and it hits his arm. It is about as deliberate as it comes.

Thought that and their penalty were both good decisions, he probably should have sent Arter off, and Shaw was lucky to get away with the tackle in the first half. And then, yeah, the less said about that rubbish just before half time the better.

Carroll.

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04 Mar 2017 14:59:01

Wasn't I arguing with you before about deliberate handballs

? It's a yard away from him when Pogba hits it.

Not like it matters, Ibra bottled it anyhow.

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By Carroll. | On 04 March 2017 - 14:59 PM GMT

Wasn't I arguing with you before about deliberate handballs ? It's a yard away from him when Pogba hits it.

Not like it matters, Ibra bottled it anyhow.

Which doesn't justify why he has his hands out like that in the first place. He's deliberately making himself as big as possible and its hits his arm.

I think my point to you before was that how far the ball travels isn't the be all and end all, but a way to judge intention. I can't really see the argument that he didn't intentionally have his arm out there, and as soon as it hits his arm then well...

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04 Mar 2017 15:04:54

Your point before was that how far it travels does matter tbf.. I can't even remember the incident before but he jumped with his hands in the air to which I said was deliberate. You said by my logic everyone should jump like a pencil with their arms down.

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By Carroll. | On 04 March 2017 - 15:04 PM GMT

Your point before was that how far it travels does matter tbf.. I can't even remember the incident before but he jumped with his hands in the air to which I said was deliberate. You said by my logic everyone should jump like a pencil with their arms down.

?

But he hasn't jumped for a header here?

Based Jorge

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04 Mar 2017 15:17:35

Surely Mings and Ibra have to get retrospective bans?

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04 Mar 2017 15:22:20

Apparently Burnley just got a penalty for their own player hand balling it...

K3V0

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04 Mar 2017 15:34:09

Jesus the referees are absolutely wept!!

The sooner video technology is used in professional football the better.

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04 Mar 2017 15:53:38

Oh my.

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04 Mar 2017 16:14:20

That is a gloriously appalling bit of refereeing.

BR.

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04 Mar 2017 18:51:25

Thankfully they got beat in the end.

Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal after an hour.

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08 Mar 2017 17:37:35

Nice consistency from the FA, Mings gets a 5 game ban while Ibra only gets 3. Mental

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By King Luis | On 08 March 2017 - 17:37 PM GMT

Nice consistency from the FA, Mings gets a 5 game ban while Ibra only gets 3. Mental

Ibra accepted the charge and Mings didn't.

Mings gets a tougher sentence for saying not guilty.

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08 Mar 2017 18:45:34

Bournemouth's defence of Mings is really cringey. Anybody who thinks Mings didn't do it deliberately is a moron.

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By King Luis | On 08 March 2017 - 17:37 PM GMT

Nice consistency from the FA, Mings gets a 5 game ban while Ibra only gets 3. Mental

Stamping on somebody's head is worse than elbowing imo - also extra for trying to get out of it.

By K3VO | On 08 March 2017 - 18:06 PM GMT

Ibra accepted the charge and Mings didn't.

Mings gets a tougher sentence for saying not guilty.

Shame the same thing didn't happen when it was a Man Utd player doing it a few years ago. Think it was Evans?

Cisse accepted the charge and got 3 games, he didn't and also got 3 games.

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By Poe | On 08 March 2017 - 21:18 PM GMT

Shame the same thing didn't happen when it was a Man Utd player doing it a few years ago. Think it was Evans?

Cisse accepted the charge and got 3 games, he didn't and also got 3 games.

Was that the time Evans spat on him?

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09 Mar 2017 10:09:56

I thought the Cisse-Evans incident lead to both getting 6 game bans, with Cisse getting an extension for it being another red?

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16 Mar 2017 10:54:11

Whoever replaces Karanka only needs to try to get the side to score goals to be a massive improvement, think its to late to save them though.

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16 Mar 2017 11:09:48

I don't think it is impossible. They are only three points behind Palace and have a game in hand compared to Hull. It won't be easy as they still have Chelsea, Liverpool, City, Arsenal and United to play against but they also have games against the teams fighting for survival along side them and that is where they will have to do better to survive.

Wouldn't miss them though. Just hope Adama goes to a better team next season.

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16 Mar 2017 11:41:27

I'm really puzzled by what Middlesbrough were hoping to achieve by seemingly trying to play for a 0-0 every week.

Maybe Karanka is one of those managers better suited to the Championship.

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16 Mar 2017 11:44:44

Karanka did well to get them promoted - they were lower bottom half I think when he joined - but they were going down as it stood with him, simple as that. 4 wins and 19 goals all season is terrible. This at least gives them a chance.