I'm on zero points so far. Surely Liverpool can beat Arsenal to get me point? Fulham and Villa is hard to predict a winner. I don't think there will be many goals but who knows with this crazy round.
I don't understand why is VAR so bad in Premier League. Many leagues implemented VAR and it is working better in most if not all of them. VAR was a joke in last PL season and it is continuing in the same way. We have this situation today, then we have a penalty after final whistle for United yesterday and by my judgment worst VAR mistake this season - 3rd goal from Chelsea. If the ball just touches the striker on the arm it is always no goal rule and then yesterday with all the cameras and VAR, ball hits Havertz straight in the arm and ref judges the goal regular. Stuff like that just can't happen.
It seriously needs to be reviewed. Even the Newcastle boss Steve Bruce said it was a silly decision. It's taking far too much time out of the game which was already a problem and now they've made it worse as refs have started going over to the touchline to watch 5 minutes of replays from every conceivable angle. Firstly, I don't think every goal should be checked. What's the point going looking for something or penalising someone because the lace of his boot was offside? If you have to zoom in and start putting computer generated grids on the pitch to see if someone was a millimetre offside then it's going too far and is obviously overkill. Many players don't even celebrate now because there's a good chance of VAR overruling it for something. If nobody's spotted anything or the opposite team isn't complaining what's the problem? Let a team have 3 appeals per game like in tennis. That would cut down on any false claims and only legit ones would be challenged.
The thing is is that certain things are still open to interpretation like a 'clear and obvious error' and the hands being in an 'unnatural' position. Well what the hell is an unnatural position? Your hands naturally should be straight down your sides but obviously not when running. Or jumping. When you jump your use your hands to propel yourself up, so it's natural for your hands to be stretched out as balance or above your head. Take a look at when defenders put their hands behind their backs to try avoid the ball hitting them. Ironically doing that makes them not in a natural position because nobody does that when running or playing football, so what if the ball hits their hand behind their back when they turn their back to avoid getting hit in the face which many of them now do (and ironically they're not able to use their hands to protect their face). Is that handball when you're not even looking at the ball? I've seen them given. Many attackers often take advantage of the defender having his arms behind him as he's off balance and they can easily move past them instead of crossing it in.
Spurs were so much better today and they needed to put this game to rest much sooner. Did you guys see Maherz goal for City? Goal of the season so far for me, especially since it is his weaker right foot
Yeah, it was good but it seemed more like a reckless swing at it and hope for the best. I think both Vardy's cheeky flick and Madison's goal in the Leicester game were better.
If somebody told me that wolves would lose 4:0 against West Ham I would call him crazy. For me this is a bigger shock then Chelsea draw against WBA or even City loosing to Leicester. Wolves are just so solid and I can't imagine anybody putting 4 goals past them, not even City or LFC let alone some other club. I am sure West ham will be one of the clubs with least clean sheets come end of the season so this 4:0 result is really off the charts.
Not a single person even backed the West Ham home win which is bizarre. I went with a low scoring 1-1 draw but I'm surprised nobody had a faith in the home win.