The Official Liverpool FC Thread [Vol 18]

[type-r]

Wonder if Jota will play the old Coutinho role at the tip of a diamond?

[SydneyBridge]

This formation apparently, very interesting

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Swap Jota and Mo I would have thought

[type-r]

If that is the formation, interesting that Firmino "drops back". Would make sense somewhat - he's scored 1 PL goal in his last 20 games.

[ChocolateFrog]

SydneyBridge said:

This formation apparently, very interesting

Looks like 4:2:4 to me.

Alisson back in goal

Thank fook.

[type-r]

Ajax have just thumped VVV Venlo in the Dutch League 13-0. Clearly wanting to get over Weds defeat!

[Flip Martian]

For all my matchday support of Adrian, its a big plus to have Allisson back. Interesting, attack minded formation.

[ChocolateFrog]

Don't even think it was a foul and it definitely wasn't in the box.

[GLENNRED]

VAR really got it in for us now !

[Flip Martian]

Hardly a foul but apparently if you get the ball first it doesn't matter. How that's a pen just defies belief. Bonkers.

[Sargeant Orange]

What the actual fk?

What is going on, that wasn't a foul and not in the box

[ChocolateFrog]

I really don't understand the rules anymore.

[paulrockliffe]

Won't complain about the foul, but as I said earlier in the week, in Cricket the ref would have had to make a decision to review, that would have been refs call with no clear or obvious error.

The video shown looked like the foul was not in the box to me though.

[Flip Martian]

Apparently if any of the foul was on the line (!) the line belongs to the penalty area and therefore its a pen.

What a load of utter toss the rules are now.

[Gadgetmac]

ChocolateFrog said:

Don't even think it was a foul and it definitely wasn't in the box.

It was a foul. It wasn’t in the box.

[Gadgetmac]

Flip Martian said:

Apparently if any of the foul was on the line (!) the line belongs to the penalty area and therefore its a pen.

Oooo. In which case I retract my earlier statement. It was a foul and it was in the box.

[Gadgetmac]

Frankly you’re now lucky it’s only 1-0.

[ChocolateFrog]

Gadgetmac said:

Flip Martian said:

Apparently if any of the foul was on the line (!) the line belongs to the penalty area and therefore its a pen.

Oooo. In which case I retract my earlier statement. It was a foul and it was in the box.

It still looked outside the line to me.

The foul was debatable, definitely got the ball.

[Gadgetmac]

ChocolateFrog said:

Gadgetmac said:

Flip Martian said:

Apparently if any of the foul was on the line (!) the line belongs to the penalty area and therefore its a pen.

Oooo. In which case I retract my earlier statement. It was a foul and it was in the box.

It still looked outside the line to me.

The foul was debatable, definitely got the ball.

They should have had another penalty no?

[paulrockliffe]

ChocolateFrog said:

The foul was debatable, definitely got the ball.

That hasn't been part of the rules for, what? 20 years now?