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Blake Griffin

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meanwhile ....

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hughy

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Watkins has got to be in with a shout for Player of the Season. Tops the assists chart now with 12, and only 1 behind Haaland with 19 goals.

Unbelievable season for him.
 

14/04/91

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I'm more curious what their source is. All refs at the top level declare what club(s) they support. They'd basically be accusing Attwell of lying to PGMOL which is a huge accusation.
Think I saw something linking him with Luton in 2010 so assume he had declared it.
As I say, if Webb knew he is an absolute fool for not erring on the side of caution and moving Atwell to Palace or Villa games.
 

14/04/91

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It's clear there's issues with the officiating generally but we can't have clubs selecting which refs they will and won't accept.

Away from that hilariously childish club statement, I'd be quite happy if we just did away with VAR next season because it's clear we can't use it properly in this country.
I’d say we absolutely can if a club are given a ref who supports a club just below them in a relegation battle.

Would you be happy if we had a Villa fan for the last game of the season, needing to get something for top 4?

It’s an integrity issue, pure and simple. If true, Webb should be seriously questioned about his suitability for the role.
 

Westmorlandspur

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I’d say we absolutely can if a club are given a ref who supports a club just below them in a relegation battle.

Would you be happy if we had a Villa fan for the last game of the season, needing to get something for top 4?

It’s an integrity issue, pure and simple. If true, Webb should be seriously questioned about his suitability for the role.
Luckily the bottom 3 are so crap it won’t cause a problem.
 

14/04/91

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It's clear there's issues with the officiating generally but we can't have clubs selecting which refs they will and won't accept.

Away from that hilariously childish club statement, I'd be quite happy if we just did away with VAR next season because it's clear we can't use it properly in this country.
But I also have to say I think Atwell is utterly useless and would’ve made the same call in a different game today. However that is down to poor officiating, this has possibly made it into a bigger issue of PGMOL’s own making.
 

ItsBoris

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Entire front 3 from the 4th lowest scoring team in the league?

Probably not...

Well Olise been out most of the season, but if you want to look at #'s, Olise has 7 goals 4 assists in 10 starts and 4 subs. Eze 8 goals 3 assists in 20 starts 3 subs, and Mateta 9 goals and 4 assists in 20 starts and 10 subs. Those are good numbers, but just using the eye test Olise and Eze are better than what we have
 

Jamturk

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I just found that article. It's really poor from PGMOL. You have nothing to gain and everything to lose by assigning Attwell to this match. You could have used any other VAR.

Why is the focus on the VAR, surely it should be on the ref that failed to award any of the decisions.
 

Jamturk

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Well Olise been out most of the season, but if you want to look at #'s, Olise has 7 goals 4 assists in 10 starts and 4 subs. Eze 8 goals 3 assists in 20 starts 3 subs, and Mateta 9 goals and 4 assists in 20 starts and 10 subs. Those are good numbers, but just using the eye test Olise and Eze are better than what we have

They are but with their injury records I would stay well away especially at the prices being quoted.
 
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