| Armstrong should have played football.... 21:38 - Jun 23 with 5729 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
....rather than jumping in the air trying to force a pen. |  |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:38 - Jun 23 with 4347 views | redrickstuhaart |
Spot on. He was ahead of the guy. At least try to score. |  | | |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:39 - Jun 23 with 4327 views | Herbivore |
Never a pen for me, tried to play for it rather than just going for goal which is ridiculous. |  |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:40 - Jun 23 with 4324 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:39 - Jun 23 by Herbivore |
Never a pen for me, tried to play for it rather than just going for goal which is ridiculous. |
Glad I'm not alone in disagreeing with the commentary team who have more or less said it was a blatant pen. |  |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:40 - Jun 23 with 4326 views | SitfcB |
He got a knee in the leg? Clear pen. |  |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:41 - Jun 23 with 4304 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:39 - Jun 23 by Herbivore |
Never a pen for me, tried to play for it rather than just going for goal which is ridiculous. |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:42 - Jun 23 with 4292 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:40 - Jun 23 by SitfcB |
He got a knee in the leg? Clear pen. |
No chance.
Jumped in the air to do an emergency stop. Bonkers. | |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:43 - Jun 23 with 4260 views | SitfcB |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:42 - Jun 23 by Marshalls_Mullet |
No chance.
Jumped in the air to do an emergency stop. Bonkers. |
Looked like he of jumped to change position and shield the ball, going on the angles they just showed, then got the knee in the leg causing him to go over. [Post edited 23 Jun 2024 21:44]
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:44 - Jun 23 with 4249 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:42 - Jun 23 by Marshalls_Mullet |
No chance.
Jumped in the air to do an emergency stop. Bonkers. |
Exactly. Anyone who has played decent football can see this. He was not going for the ball, he slowed down and jumped, waiting for contact. He was not impeded, he created the contact rather than going for the ball. | | | |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:47 - Jun 23 with 4211 views | NthQldITFC |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:40 - Jun 23 by SitfcB |
He got a knee in the leg? Clear pen. |
Everyone's got a knee in the leg! No justification for a penalty, Shirley? |  |
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| He was offside anyway, so it's irrelevant. (n/t) on 21:52 - Jun 23 with 4165 views | Bloots |
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| He was offside anyway, so it's irrelevant. (n/t) on 22:11 - Jun 23 with 4074 views | leftback |
| He was offside anyway, so it's irrelevant. (n/t) on 21:52 - Jun 23 by Bloots |
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This……..
Nobody seems to be bothering to mention it tho! | | | |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:11 - Jun 23 with 4072 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:40 - Jun 23 by SitfcB |
He got a knee in the leg? Clear pen. |
Yeah, seeing it back now he gets whacked in the calf and that spins him. He did look like he was playing for it, so that presumably influenced the officials. I’d want a pen if it was us. There was a good chance he’d have been offside though. |  |
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| Yep, BBC making fools... on 22:14 - Jun 23 with 4057 views | Bloots |
| He was offside anyway, so it's irrelevant. (n/t) on 22:11 - Jun 23 by leftback |
This……..
Nobody seems to be bothering to mention it tho! |
....of themselves.
"Why didn't VAR look at it?! It's definitely a penalty!!"
...cos it was offside you divs.
These are "football people", getting paid for this analysis. | |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:17 - Jun 23 with 4018 views | joepublic |
Struggling with replays on my sky stream but thought the through ball to Armstrong looked off side.
Can anyone verify?
No pen for me. Silly to throw his leg out for contact. Should have got his shot away instead. |  |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:18 - Jun 23 with 3999 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:17 - Jun 23 by joepublic |
Struggling with replays on my sky stream but thought the through ball to Armstrong looked off side.
Can anyone verify?
No pen for me. Silly to throw his leg out for contact. Should have got his shot away instead. |
Yeah, looked offside | |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:18 - Jun 23 with 4001 views | WicklowBlue |
In the Prem that's a pen all day long.
I was wondering if he dived into the defender but on multiple replays the defenders knee caught his calf which took him down.
Really surprised it didn't go to a Ref review at least. TV over here said the offside check was passed if so that's a scandalous decision!!!
Mind you both teams were terrible, why was McTominay taking corners??? |  | | |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:27 - Jun 23 with 3909 views | ibbleobble |
I bet you were screaming for less when Omari went down too easily in the box several times last season 😂 | | | |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 23:20 - Jun 23 with 3775 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:11 - Jun 23 by Swansea_Blue |
Yeah, seeing it back now he gets whacked in the calf and that spins him. He did look like he was playing for it, so that presumably influenced the officials. I’d want a pen if it was us. There was a good chance he’d have been offside though. |
He was playing for it.
Jumped in the air, and performed an emergency stop on landing.
Dangled his leg.
Pulled the defender on top of him by grabbing his shirt.
Best ref decision of the year!! | |
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| He was offside anyway, so it's irrelevant. (n/t) on 23:57 - Jun 23 with 3681 views | berkstractorboy |
| He was offside anyway, so it's irrelevant. (n/t) on 21:52 - Jun 23 by Bloots |
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Has that been proven? I thought he looked it but not seen anything to confirm. He tried to initiate the contact with the defender but looked like the defender kneed him in the leg not so sure he was on the way down but strange he didn't make more of an attempt to actually shoot! | | | |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 00:04 - Jun 24 with 3646 views | bournemouthblue |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:11 - Jun 23 by Swansea_Blue |
Yeah, seeing it back now he gets whacked in the calf and that spins him. He did look like he was playing for it, so that presumably influenced the officials. I’d want a pen if it was us. There was a good chance he’d have been offside though. |
I did wonder if a possible offside effected the VAR check or lack of it |  |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 00:17 - Jun 24 with 3623 views | WicklowBlue |
Can watch it a million times...whatever side you are on not having a VAR review seems crazy! Let's be honest if that was Hirst we'd be saying penalty. I was wondering was Armstrong trying to get the ball on his favoured foot... or was he playing for the penalty? [Post edited 24 Jun 2024 7:47]
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 07:27 - Jun 24 with 3353 views | nodge_blue |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 21:40 - Jun 23 by SitfcB |
He got a knee in the leg? Clear pen. |
It was a pen. There’s nothing in the rules to say you have to get a shot off. He protected the ball with his body and got a knee in the back of the leg. That’s a foul all day long.
At least Steve Clarke took it well and didn’t bring up Argentina……. |  |
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| Armstrong should have played football.... on 07:56 - Jun 24 with 3242 views | BloomBlue |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 22:27 - Jun 23 by ibbleobble |
I bet you were screaming for less when Omari went down too easily in the box several times last season 😂 |
Precisely if that's not a penalty because Armstrong put his leg across the defender to protect the ball then at least 4 of Omari's pen I demanded last season, which he didn't get, I now have to admit they weren't penalties. As Omari would often get into the box put himself between the defender and ball to protect the ball and then the defender caught his leg
I'm no Scotland fan and delighted they're out, but that was a penalty all day long. Even if it was proved he was offside, VAR should review that, the fact VAR didn't was a disgrace. Like with the Dutch goal/non goal, the on field officials gave it as offside, but VAR still checked. VAR was introduced to help refs as often their position on the pitch can block a perfect view. VAR should review that and advise the ref to double check at pitchside.
Also proves those people moaning VAR only fails when it involves English officials have been proved wrong. |  | | |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 08:25 - Jun 24 with 3167 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 07:56 - Jun 24 by BloomBlue |
Precisely if that's not a penalty because Armstrong put his leg across the defender to protect the ball then at least 4 of Omari's pen I demanded last season, which he didn't get, I now have to admit they weren't penalties. As Omari would often get into the box put himself between the defender and ball to protect the ball and then the defender caught his leg
I'm no Scotland fan and delighted they're out, but that was a penalty all day long. Even if it was proved he was offside, VAR should review that, the fact VAR didn't was a disgrace. Like with the Dutch goal/non goal, the on field officials gave it as offside, but VAR still checked. VAR was introduced to help refs as often their position on the pitch can block a perfect view. VAR should review that and advise the ref to double check at pitchside.
Also proves those people moaning VAR only fails when it involves English officials have been proved wrong. |
There is a massive difference between shielding the ball and being at full pelt, then suddenly slamming on the brakes and jumping in the air waiting for contact. He was not impeded. He chose to have a collision rather than continue.
It is puzzling that there was no review (if there wasn't, which is not clear) | | | |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 08:29 - Jun 24 with 3125 views | Herbivore |
| Armstrong should have played football.... on 08:25 - Jun 24 by redrickstuhaart |
There is a massive difference between shielding the ball and being at full pelt, then suddenly slamming on the brakes and jumping in the air waiting for contact. He was not impeded. He chose to have a collision rather than continue.
It is puzzling that there was no review (if there wasn't, which is not clear) |
They will have looked at it but it didn't go to full VAR review, presumably because it was either offside or after one viewing they decided it wasn't a clear and obvious error. I agree with those saying Armstrong initiates the contact, what he did was very different from fully stepping across the man to shield the ball and then getting taken out, he deliberately positions his body in a completely unnatural way to try and make contact with the defender and go to ground. | |
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