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Apart from the offside incident (which would have been ruled out in the days before VAR too), you've otherwise dissected the match incident by incident whilst wearing little red glasses and waving a little red flag.

Show some dignity lad.

so you're happy with incorrect calls just to score points on here. clown of a fella.

The point is this.

There was a clear clerical error in the match, with regards to the offside. Nobody can deny it.

But everything else you've brought up above is somewhere between a subjective assessment of a fifty:fifty call, and sheer blinkeredness. 

Then you went and jumped the shark by "tying" everything back to Saudi Arabia.

You need a rest fella.

NOBODY IS OUT TO GET YOU.

who's mentioned Saudi? this is nothing to do with newcastle. you've your knickers in a twist to point score on a forum with no opinions of your own which seems strange given your verbal diarrhea on other pages.

Go on, tell me the match was fairly officiated so we can all get a good laugh at you.

[Scouse won a Champions League off the ridiculous and ludicrous decision to award that as a penalty.]

You know what's ridiculous? You know what's ludicrous?

The biggest game in Spurs' history was the 2019 CL final.

22 seconds into that game a hoof kick that presented no danger to the goal, smashed off Sissoko's arm which was tucked up against his body.

Scouse won a Champions League off the ridiculous and ludicrous decision to award that as a penalty.

So suck it up f**kers.

Jesus christ, what a cretin. Show me the spurs goal from that night.

Apart from the offside incident (which would have been ruled out in the days before VAR too), you've otherwise dissected the match incident by incident whilst wearing little red glasses and waving a little red flag.

Show some dignity lad.

so you're happy with incorrect calls just to score points on here. clown of a fella.

Liverpool moaning has extended into Monday on OTB with a 20 minute rant by Gareth Roberts. Imagine if it had happened at Old Trafford. It would be DEFCON 1.

Of course it has, this isn't some subjective decision that has went wrong.

It's a complete f""k up by ref, lino, VAR and Assistant VAR and their story of the VAR officials thinking the onfield decison was a goal doesn't add up at all.

Then throw in

- gomez pen not being giving
- jotas' two yellows which look like dives by Udogie
- free against salah + the yellow
- Udogie not getting booked for asking for a card which would have been a second yellow
- Robertson yellow - the spurs players isn't even looking at the ball and roberston makes a honest attempt on the ball.
- Jones tackle is a tough one, i don't think he's wreckless as he goes toe first then gets unlucky with the follow through but you have to ask, why did the VAR show the still image first and not the tackle in slo-mo.

I can't remember a game as bad as this for poor officiating.

Officials involved in UAE 2 days previous. City's owners funding their trips?

same VAR missed an offside in Arsenal v Liverpool last year. They blamed camera issues.
Ref involved in the non-penalty with Onana, United vs Wolves this year.

It all stinks.

Agree, Rossa very well placed. I'd like to see them draw slaughtneil this season in a semi final.

Sorry for hijacking the antrim thread lads 

[Bellaghy, Newbridge]

Of course the Downeys are talented lads but as to carrying the Musgrave men to a county title anytime soon.
As for Lavey replacing Glen top of the pops in Derry anytime soon  if that to happen are Bellaghy, Newbridge, etc coming to Antrim.

The Biddies never came close to a senior in our county and are these young lads gonna carry them over the line

Football to be played yet and I am sure Cargin are not about to abdicate......

Not ahead of Lavey anytime soon.

A good start for Lavey would be being in Divison 1...

leagues are for playing in...

look how the league winners got on against their neighbours.

But leagues also determine championship unless anything drastic happens Lavey are an intermediate team next year.
Be doing well to challenge Glen from there 

anything drastic? like the rules already in place?

lavey will be a senior championship team next year.

I'm not saying they are going to challenge Glen. IMO no-one will for a few years but lavey are in a much better place than those clubs you mentioned.
back to back reserve wins + very good u15 / u17 teams.

Newbridge have a number of quality players but they won't improve.

[Bellaghy, Newbridge]

Of course the Downeys are talented lads but as to carrying the Musgrave men to a county title anytime soon.
As for Lavey replacing Glen top of the pops in Derry anytime soon  if that to happen are Bellaghy, Newbridge, etc coming to Antrim.

The Biddies never came close to a senior in our county and are these young lads gonna carry them over the line

Football to be played yet and I am sure Cargin are not about to abdicate......

Not ahead of Lavey anytime soon.

A good start for Lavey would be being in Divison 1...

leagues are for playing in...

look how the league winners got on against their neighbours.

[Bellaghy, Newbridge]

Of course the Downeys are talented lads but as to carrying the Musgrave men to a county title anytime soon.
As for Lavey replacing Glen top of the pops in Derry anytime soon  if that to happen are Bellaghy, Newbridge, etc coming to Antrim.

The Biddies never came close to a senior in our county and are these young lads gonna carry them over the line

Football to be played yet and I am sure Cargin are not about to abdicate......

Not ahead of Lavey anytime soon.

[theres nothing spectacular there. Enda is a good asset as a left footed free taker but there rest are just fine.]

Sick of seeing ones complain about the lads who lost there starting spot. Ive seen these Downeys before and I seen them again yesterday and theres nothing spectacular there. Enda is a good asset as a left footed free taker but there rest are just fine. It seems to be that brigids (fairly minor) improvement is more down to there success at underage in recent years.
Really dont understand why these lads deserve this much airtime. If your upset some lavey lads took your starting spot then thats on you for not locking it down.

have you been living under a rock for 5 or 6 years.
this is easily one of the worst takes i've seen on this board for a long time.

Did lavey hurlers feel they didn't need to engage in WWE wrestling today or what happened?

Did they not have donegal football officials there to save the day?

Firm favourites for a county senior final to 4th place.

Irish news stating square ball was the wrong call. Any other neutrals give their view on it?

Still refusing to answer my question. Have a good day 'chap'

[Lynch's could have benefited from the situation better by getting the ball into the full forward more often drawing attention to the potential fouls and then picking up frees.]

The referee booked both players as they were both involved in wrestling each other to the ground in the goalmouth. The referee consulted his umpires and the linesman before issuing the yellows and I would presume this was to check what they had seen and to confirm no red card offences such as striking had taken place. Taken on its own merit for this individual incident the two bookings looked to be the correct decision.

From what I saw both players were at it throughout the match, and it wasn't possible to tell who started anything. Whilst you would say the defender is most likely to start the holding, a forward may also do so to get the defender involved aso they can win an easy free in front of the posts or get the opponent booked or sent off. Particularly if the ball into the full forward was unlikely to reach them. I thought Lynch's could have benefited from the situation better by getting the ball into the full forward more often drawing attention to the potential fouls and then picking up frees.

It was clear from early on that the referee was going to let things go and both teams seemed to take advantage of this without stepping over the line. In a tight game the referee's decisions, or in this case lack of decisions can always be queried. But Lynch's loss was more down to not taking as much advantage of the conditions in the second half especially since their goals had put them in a good position at half time.

That's what the umpires are there for. They could easily see who started the pulling and if they were miked up like our antrim friend has stated, it could have been nipped in the bud early. They took the cowardly option of ignoring it.

We often see instances in football of frees been given for holding inside. Not once did the donegal ref do this yesterday. As i say weak officials.

You still haven't answered my question as to why full forward would start wrestling.

Not once in my posts have i mentioned a straight red.

Full back should have been off due to persistent fouling and holding off the ball. Multiple times as photos show.

Why would the full forward initiate any wrestling? He's a much faster player. I've seen both of them play both codes multiple times.

Full back should not have lasted the 60 minutes. Weak officials.

It is 100% true that the ref went to Eamon Hasson after speaking with his two umpires. He took the easy option of booking both players.

Brendan McTaggart photography on Facebook. 3 examples of the holding. Kevin lynches also scored a free in first half due to similar. FF missed the ball, FB held onto him so he couldn't reach rebound.

You may watch a lot closer next time Antrim Coaster.