Everton and Liverpool fined for ‘mass confrontation’ during Merseyside derby

How the fuck they always favour those bastards in such matters raises further credibility questions about this Premier League.

Hopefully this will stir the squad to get stuck into Villa.

UTFTs!

Where is that news, Paul? I can't find it.

I was in the most red of red pubs and seemingly on my own as a blue. I took quite a bit of abuse but didn't experience any violence.

I'm not a hard man, but I'm a big lad who can take care of it without it resorting to handbags or punches.

I didn't see any trouble.

I'd be interested in those reports.

Because of Crystal Palace.

Let's chuck bottles at a coach and have a captain with the widest open gob in football and maybe we'll get our kick-offs forgotten.

It was the players scuffling – not the fans. Likewise, the Palace game… which is apparently why our fine was higher – and no doubt will be even higher after they investigate the Leeds scuffle.

It's also reported in The Echo.

We're a marked card, mate.

Simple as!

What's the difference?

Fuck me, we've another potential charge coming our way after the scuffle with Leeds last week.

I withstood a lot of in-my-face taunting in my Grandad's old local with the red scarves and banners draped all over the place. Some of them got a bit feisty, but nothing you can't calm down.

They won't stop me going there. I went there with him as a young lad and do so after most Everton matches to have a drink for him.

I talked them down but they're still gobshites. Every single one of them.

But the bar staff in the Arkles are really friendly.

Tbh, these days, Everton will be getting fined for the bad wind and heavy rain on match days, home and away.

Focus now on Villa, and peaceful protest.

UTFTs!

Still, that's what you get for having players suspended for diving for penalties, no other club has, or have players breaking and dislocating ankles when an opposition player had no part in causing the injury as seen in the rescinding of a red card. It's just wannadem songs ya hear now and then…

Danny – I'm a bit lost as to how you've translated reports of an on-field scuffle into something to do with the pub you went to.

I've now got a McFly song in my head for the rest of the day.

Next time they should start a scrap in the tunnel before the game. That might put them in the mood to do something aggressive and positive in a derby.

Get Queen Calvert-Lewin in his schoolgirl outfit to plonk a snog on Alisson. The big blunderer will go mental.

As for their fans, they are still as nasty and hostile as ever. We all know what type of creature bore them. Rhymes with bat.

I had a 9am meeting over at the Tower Bridge area of London this morning, so got up at 4am to get the boy dog out, get ready and then commute in from my place near Heathrow.

Posted that one in the wrong thread as I was still having my first dose of caffeine.

It's that simple in my simple head. Then there is no debate.

That's for when play stops. I believe you are allowed a period, 1 minute (?) for things like throw-ins and goal-kicks.

But for injuries, substitutions and the like, just pause the clock.

Otherwise, we are reliant on the officials adding on the token 2 minutes at half-time and 4 minutes at full-time… 10 minutes if it's Liverpool so they can win.

Visibility and transparency.

But bearing in mind the actual shit show they have made of VAR so far, I wouldn't have much hope.
I really did have high hopes for the process but instead of catching out the obvious, Goals are being being disallowed because a toenail is offside.

Let's face facts, If Michael Oliver told you it was raining you will still put your arm out the window to check.

It must have been this kind of thinking that infected the World Cup where we regularly saw 10 to 15 minutes of added time.

Since, I get the sense that the Premier League time-keeping has reverted to previous bad habits.

And can there be anything more ridiculous than giving a yellow card for time-wasting? Just add on more time, ya daft referees!!!!