Today's Football 2025-26
- blueToffee
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Fair play to Bournemouth, they've sold most of their back line and they're still looking impressive.
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They clearly know what they’re doing. Outshooting Spurs 19-5 away from home is impressive.blueToffee wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 4:37 pm Fair play to Bournemouth, they've sold most of their back line and they're still looking impressive.
The wobble down the stretch last season probably did them a favor and helped them retain Iraola for another season. He’ll be off soon enough and then their back room setup will really be put to the test.
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Looks like Spurs got absolutely battered. More shocking officiating too. Semenyo not given a second yellow card in the same instance where Bournemouth somehow didn't get given a blatant pen.
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Today's Football 2025-26
Nice to watch this hoping for a Leeds win since Newcastle seem closer to where we’ll be this season than fighting relegation with leeds.
Terrible game of football though, it’s like watching us under Dyche
Terrible game of football though, it’s like watching us under Dyche
- weimaranerblues
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Awful watch would have been aa other 0-0 if not for the dodgy pen versus us
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Bluedylan1
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Obviously they've got to play tomorrow but potentially shocking starts for Villa and Newcastle this season
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Leeds are really going to struggle for goals this season.weimaranerblues wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 6:26 pm Awful watch would have been aa other 0-0 if not for the dodgy pen versus us
For all their dominance and possession in the first half and when the went forward 2nd half they never looked like scoring and wouldn't have it wasn't for that pathetic penalty decision.
It could be a long season for them
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I've just seen it for the first time.
To chalk off that fulham goal is an absolute fucking disgrace, calling it pathetic doesn't even begin to do it justice
Webb and his absolute shower of officials need to have a really good look down what path they're going, they are ruining the game.
They are a laughing stock, only it's not funny when your on the end of their incompetence and unconscious bias.
And it's getting worse season on season.
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Soft penalty that. After the Fulham one on Mount, the grapple a centre back and judo throw yourself to the ground maneuver is now in full effect... Refs seem to be buying it though.
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This is an absolutely perfect explanation of what is happening.Bluedylan1 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 1:13 pm It's not corruption in the sense that it's shadowy men meeting in dark rooms to decide outcomes.
It's a kind of soft, systemic corruption where biases lean towards the more wealthy clubs in 50/50 decisions, where referees cave to larger crowds, where officials are unconsciously intimidated by clubs with larger media presences. A referee is aware that giving a terrible decision against Liverpool or Man U will probably result in death threats on social media and them possibly being removed from games involving those clubs, whereas giving a dodgy decision against Fulham probably won't have much in the way of repercussions.
And of course all of this is exacerbated further by the inequalities of the league itself with bigger clubs being able to spend at will and not being punished for overt cheating (City, Chelsea), while clubs like Palace and Everton don't get the same discretion and wiggle room applied to them.
- weimaranerblues
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The Burnley offside was dodgy too . Should only be adjudged off if it's part of your body you can score from.
Semi automated used both players arms
Semi automated used both players arms