Other Games 2025-26

[eye digress]

To think we beat both these at home last year.....makes you realise how far we have come

A great point.

Looking at Bayern fans celebrating at Parc de PrinceI had to say thank you Unai for taking me there last season to watch Villa play and Morgan score

That's so true. Watching PSG at their place, I am reminded of how good a defeat the 3-1 was for us!

Can still hear the chants of Martinez la salope!

[Baldy]

Great to see some dribbling again.

Forgot what it was.

[The Edge]

There isn't a rule that says you have to completely tuck your arms away so they can't possibly touch the ball.

He's probably done himself a bit by putting them behind his back, then back out again. If he hadn't, maybe he'd have got away with it. Still not a pen though.

We're at the point where a player can aim a ball at someone's arm to deliberately earn a penalty. That's how much they've tied themselves up in knots with the rules. They are ruining the game.

[Somniloquism]

Wow, I just put on Prime Vision. Is pops up the name of the player getting the ball, speeds people are running at, a constant map at the bottom of the screen showing the ball and everyones position in "realtime". Surreal.

[Goldenballs]

There isn't a rule that says you have to completely tuck your arms away so they can't possibly touch the ball.

He's probably done himself a bit by putting them behind his back, then back out again. If he hadn't, maybe he'd have got away with it. Still not a pen though.

We're at the point where a player can aim a ball at someone's arm to deliberately earn a penalty. That's how much they've tied themselves up in knots with the rules. They are ruining the game.

There was probably 0.05 seconds between him blasting it and it hitting his arm.

[andyh]

There isn't a rule that says you have to completely tuck your arms away so they can't possibly touch the ball.

He's probably done himself a bit by putting them behind his back, then back out again. If he hadn't, maybe he'd have got away with it. Still not a pen though.

We're at the point where a player can aim a ball at someone's arm to deliberately earn a penalty. That's how much they've tied themselves up in knots with the rules. They are ruining the game.

I think to deliberately aim a ball at someone’s arm to win a pen is probably quite difficult to do.
There are many, many other ways to ‘win’ penalties, which have been used forever.
I’m not sure they are ruining the game.

[Somniloquism]

4-2

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

To get to a point where you are having to put your arms behind your back, an unnatural position, to defend a cross, is just daft.

[andyh]

4-2…..brilliantly

[andyh]

Did both those PSG players deliberately ‘leave it’ for the goal ?

[Somniloquism]

5-2

[olaftab]

Why did Neur dive to the left, ther was no defection?

[dr.chekov]

5-2

[Somniloquism]

Why did Neur dive to the left, ther was no defection?

Old age and pre-empting. He doesn't even move for the next one.

[Somniloquism]

Danks affect?