@footballconfid1 Literally completely misunderstood Micah’s point. This is very different and the subtlety is important
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Sasha Watson
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Alan Shearer is 100% right here about the Djed Spence is incident.
It is a penalty every single time unless you have an agenda against Spurs or have never played the game (or both).
And I will prove it in my next quote.
Football Confidential 🌐@footballconfid1
I still don’t get how, seemingly, all match and VAR officials (both on duty for the game, and in the TV studios offering analysis) agree this isn’t a penalty… yet anyone who has actually ever played the game agrees it is a stonewall caste iron penalty 🤦♂️
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@Graham_J0 @_tjh96 It’s not against the rules what Spence did but that doesn’t make it a penalty?
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@_tjh96 Listen to yourself - “he’s opened his leg out in front of the defender….” And what part of that is against the rules? He’s shielding the ball or lining up a shot - who knows. On your take, just running in to the box would be an attempt to get a penalty if he then gets tripped!
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Got an earful at the time and I stand by it, he's tried to buy the penalty.
He's deliberately opened his leg out in front of the defender to buy the contact and generate the foul. You've seen them given but it was the correct decision for me
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The referee initially awarded England a penalty before reversing his decision and concluding there was no foul committed on Djed Spence. 🏴 Did you agree?🤔
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@Superspurs1982 How can you watch this and somehow not agree with Micah, who’s spot on, and Alan’s argument is a totally different scenario when a defending is shielding?
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@GunnerMasala @PaddyArsenal Just don’t put the obligation fee in then. Do what we did at Marseille and say you don’t play him, you pay more.
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@PaddyArsenal What they did with Harvey Elliott ..I don't want Nwaeri to go there...Another bad loan and things would go berserk
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I wonder if Nwaneri on loan to Aston Villa could suit all parties. They obviously have financial restraints forcing them to sell key players. They stopped playing Harvey Elliott to avoid being obligated to buy him. Might help us get Rogers. They get a top player without spending.
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@fpl_tactician @Ant08378129 Trouble is, not many teams count as weak really. Other than Coventry, who look like a Luton on paper.
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@Ant08378129 Rank isn’t in my control.
I’ll just pick good players playing poor teams with extremely good planning and see where I end up.
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Haaland has to be £15m, Bruno has to be £13m and Gabriel has to be £8m for the game to work this season.
Premium players are scarce and I’m worried that an elite team will be affordable.
#fpl
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@VictoryOwai Do you want Tielemans in a release clause? Do you want Digne? Players who we don’t want are the ones moving - we’ve not missed the boat on anyone we want
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Arsenal fans really need to stop using the "Berta is waiting for the World Cup to end" excuse because the evidence simply doesn't support it.
Manchester United have already moved and signed Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa. Lucas Digne is still with France at the World Cup, yet PSG have already held initial talks over a move for him. Serious clubs don't just sit around waiting for tournaments to end before doing business.
So what's the excuse for Berta?
The Christos Tzolis links have been around for a while now, yet there's been no real progress. Arsenal are also interested in Morgan Rogers, but once again, nothing concrete seems to be happening.
I'm trying to stay patient because I know transfers aren't always straightforward, but I won't lie... it's becoming frustrating watching other clubs act while Arsenal seem to be standing still. Hopefully Berta proves the doubters wrong soon because this window is starting to test my patience.
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@blattercake @Vipeholmskolan @WumboFace @mattletiss7 People voted for Brexit and like Coldplay. You can’t trust people
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@Vipeholmskolan @Swatso285 @WumboFace @mattletiss7 I’m this dumb. But more people agreeing with me than you…so…..
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Why did Embolo get a yellow card for initiating contact but DJed Spence didn’t 🤷🏻♂️
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@adamkeys_ I knew he was clutch, but look at the game state of each goal.. nearly every one was an equaliser or put us in the lead (including West Ham). Insane reliability under pressure
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@Swatso285 @WumboFace @Vipeholmskolan @mattletiss7 The goal is to the left. So you’ve proved he is in front of him
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@FZAFC83 The transfer window opened 8 business days ago with majority of our players and targets still at the World Cup. They’re going to have a break before joining up, you want to pay salaries for holidays? Desperate for the transfer dopamine hit?
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@blattercake @WumboFace @Vipeholmskolan @mattletiss7 I mean.. they’re not. They’re side by side jostling to be in front, in football terms. I mean look at this, he’s not in front at all to where the balls going
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@WumboFace @Vipeholmskolan @mattletiss7 And by your logic, these guys are never in front of one another 🤷🏻♂️
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@Hemmerz_ I mean this is very very different to the Spence one, to anyone with eyes
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@FPLSportScience @NicknameisBush Screenshots are great for agendas - Spence puts the breaks on and makes this contact happen. It was very forced
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@RKTweets It’s not even close to the same as knocking it past the keeper and absolutely not 100% a pen.. how can you say it’s 100% when the next sentence is he made it happen. Worse, he made it happen by lunging over and then basically stopping his leg.. it’s a tangle that he started
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On the Spence pen. It’s 100% a pen and a foul to me. Did he make it happen? Yes. Was he fouled. Yes. It’s like when a player knocks it past the keeper and gets clattered - it’s the same principle. If we aren’t giving pens for that - no idea what is a pen then.
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@wdavison10 @HACKETTREF Yeh because this is a natural move of someone in control. He does this then slams the breaks so they connect, Bobb hardly goes through him
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@HACKETTREF Spence in control of ball and makes legitimate move to shield it by getting his leg across to ensure he stays in front of opponent. Bobb then makes fairly forceful contact from behind. Standard foul, and normally given as pen. Idea it was "clear and obvious error" is farcical.
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The England player manufactured contact and it was an act of simulation. Lucky to escape a yellow card.
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The referee initially awarded England a penalty before reversing his decision and concluding there was no foul committed on Djed Spence. 🏴 Did you agree?🤔
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@NUFCslacker @ToonFan14 People saying it’s 100% penalty / stonewall are the reason we can have nice things - there’s so much more nuance in this, and Spence cuts across Bobb, not Bobb going into the back of him shielding.
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@ToonFan14 I reckon it was 100% a penalty, players always put their body across the ball to stop defenders getting it. Defenders always do it and fall over at the first touch to get a free kick. That pen would be given every time in the PL.
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One of the most jarring things about trying to talk about football on here.
People cannot speak honestly or without bias. And it’s tiresome.
Spence knew what he was doing. It wasn’t a natural movement. And it wasn’t a penalty. Opinions would be different if at the other end.
Sam@FPLSportScience
Bemusing that stepping across the defender and protecting the ball is not awarded as a foul now if the defender knocks you over from behind. I am so glad that this didn't impact the result. Outstanding bit of play from Spence!
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@ToonFan14 The worst bit is the whole “oh so he can’t do that anymore” stuff and that any collision must mean foul / penalty - yes he can, it’s not a foul either way, it’s a coming together. It’s not basketball, lads
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@2147mill 50k lump
Sum it’ll outgrow the £1000 a month over 5 years easily
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A or B:
A) £50k lump sum to invest today
B) £1,000/month guaranteed for 5 years
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@MoneyHacks16 They do. It’s what the state pension budget is. It’s triple locked for inflation, but they cant just trust the s&p500, otherwise people in the 2000s would have been screwed, and what about Covid pensioners?
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Can someone explain this to me?
Why doesn’t the government invest:
£1,000
for every newborn into a retirement account?
Leave it invested in a global ETF for 65 years
Assuming 10% annual returns:
That £1,000 becomes roughly:
£650,000
One small investment
Potentially one person needing far less state pension
I genuinely struggle to understand why we don’t talk about this more
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@2147mill Now factor in rent inflation, which is over 100% since 2000, cost of deposits so cash flow is lower, move out costs… and you have zero capital at the end and very limited piece of mind throughout.
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UK house prices vs FTSE All-World since 2000:
Houses: +187%
Stocks: +340%
and stocks didn't need a £30k deposit, a mortgage, or a boiler that costs £4,000 to replace.
Both build wealth. One gets romanticised far more than it deserves.
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