PREMIER LEAGUE: ROUND 2

Tonali up against his old mob will be interesting

Isak is looking a massive flop, Wirtz looks bang average

Forest 0-1 and it's deserved, Liverpool not a shot on target

Isak looks like he's been on the warfarin.

offside

Isak needs an attack built around him. He won't get it at top teams

Let's hope Liverpool score or Stephen Warnock will be unbearable

Oliver Glasner is a serious operator. Bayern surely his next stop once they rumble that spoofer Kompany

I don't believe it !

Warnock is unbearable no matter what the score is

A penalty for the opposition at Anfield, a rare beastie indeed.

Iraola first to be sacked starting to become backable

VAR out of control, offside and pelanty...

The first time liverpool have opened up with two 2-2 draws in a league season .

Chavs look a sensible price with a very good keeper

Three away teams could win today

Famous last words but Brentford are f00king brilliant!!

Brentford  look as good as 2015/16 Leicester

I could get a miracle yet

Brentford would now get a pelanty, if they were prime Leicester.

Why have we suddenly gone back to minimal extra time 10 subs in Brentford game and only 3 mins added on?

Because you have 10 secs for subs now

Two poor teams here. Could go either way.

When Enciso was through on goal the comms were saying they didn't realise how fast he was, what he wanted to say but didn't as dare not criticise United, alongside Neville, is that both fatty Shaw and fat @rse Mbuemo are too slow.

0-1

Carrick a dead man walking. Another failed experiment.

farmed by the Tractor Boys

Shaw outrun again for the goal

Lucky goal with the slip, Ipswich keeper was just a statue

2-1 Microwave Head.  Ruled out for handball?

HTF have VAR allowed that to stand, oh wait a minute just checking the badge.

If mcguire scores its not a goal because it becomes handball

That he's hit his shot off target it's not handball

Quirky laws

If he scores it's handball

As his shot is off target it's not handball

Its handball regardless of what happens.

Well it's not, because those are the laws of the game.

Not that I agree with the law, but that's why it's a goal.

4-1. Man Utd are BACK.

When did that particular law come in to force because its the first time I've seen it in 60 years of watching football.

The 0-1 lead was fun whilst it lasted.

July 2021,i think, which clarified law of year earlier.





It is a handball offence if a player:

    deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball;
    touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player's body movement for that specific situation. By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised; or
    scores in the opponents' goal:
        - directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper; or
        - immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental.

Accidental handball that leads to a team-mate scoring a goal or having a goal-scoring opportunity will no longer be considered an offence.

Wasnt accidental as he put his arms up to block it, could have chested it if he wanted to. Again down to interpretation but most people would think it wasn't accidental imo. Would Ipswich have got the decision, I doubt it.

does it ever stop raining in Manchester ?

Well they ruled it accidental, a deliberate handball is a free kick to Ipswich, if he scores or not.

But that's a side issue to you not knowing the laws.

Your such a clever ar$e arent you YHTL

Not really, but you now know the law and it's application here.

No need to be so embarrassed

I'm not, I dont know all the laws of the game and I doubt if everyone that bets on football does either. Easy to go to AI these days and find out....

Or ask on here, and find out.

Dale Johnson just been on radio to clarify it.

What and let you answer with your snidey insults, no thank you.

Manu used all their luck for the season today
Score very misleading

Lol, OK you are right and it should be ruled out, just ignore the laws.

if a defender handled the ball like that in the box no one,no one is saying its accidental and play on,

Aston Villa XI: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen, McGinn, Kamara, Buendia, Hemmings, Barkley, Jackson.

Subs: Bizot, Mings, Ruggeri, Garnacho, Abraham, Bogarde, Wan-Bissaka, Alysson, Lynch.

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Tzolis, Odegaard, Havertz.

Subs: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Konsa, Madueke, Merino, Zubimendi, Guimaraes.

It was deliberate handball because he purposely put his hand there, Kelly Cates said it doesn't count because he put his hands there to protect his chest, protect it from what ??

He purposely put his hands there, controlled the ball with his hands and then played the ball which contributed to the goal, if the law disagrees with that the law is clearly a nonsense.

On Villa, You cannot sell all your best players and not upset the morale of the players left...

Fully expecting a walk in the park for Arsenal tonight... imo.

Newcastle appear to have improved the morale of the players by selling the big names.

Maybe it works for villa too, but arsenal are a very good team

Aug 31, 2026 -- 7:54PM, Emitdeb wrote:

On Villa, You cannot sell all your best players and not upset the morale of the players left... Fully expecting a walk in the park for Arsenal tonight... imo.

BTTS for me :D

New Villa keeper, looking a liability already!... 9 minutes..

Might back overs, I'm an unders bettor, but i do my pieces betting unders, so started betting more overs:D o2.5 21/20

Villa the better team here. Only a matter of time before they score.

Abba alert...

Arsenal not interested yet no players in the box saka getting ball and passing it back boring.