Premier Lg EPL Matchday 17 - On Optus Sport

[moomba]

You need a rectangular stadium for football. West Ham might get 60k crowds but have struggled to create a good atmosphere in an oval stadium where the fans are a long distance from the players.

Then it's a compromise between fans being close to the action and those in the stands not being too far away to be involved. Plus the financials of building a larger stadium. Tottenham and Arsenal have built new stadiums catering for 60k fans. City and Everton more like 50k.

Ours was 47k when it opened, now 53k. Will be 61k with the current development.

Best thing they did when planning ours is have the first level underground. So when it was an athletics track that was actually where the second tier (ground level) is now, then they dug down and made it a more traditional football shape. Avoided that whole issue of seats being too far away from the action.

 

[jd2010]

Pretty average first half. Another injury not ideal. Weird it was Skipp to come on, but the quality of Kulu on the right came thru in the end. Happy for the pigeon to finally look fit and have a run in angeball

 

[hawkman]

It is weird though to be a big club in the Premier League and not own your own stadium.

So not weird then that West Ham don't

 

[jd2010]

Awful start to the second half. Basically playing with 10 men bringing Skipp on for Johnson

 

[hawkman]

How has the assistant ref missed that

 

[Topkent]

Awful start to the second half. Basically playing with 10 men bringing Skipp on for Johnson

Skipps been horrible has been called for the pass once?
This is as bad as spurs have looked all season.

 

[RPCB]

Very poor goal to give away. That should seal all 3 points.

 

[Topkent]

Kulu been way more assertive in his decisions

 

[RPCB]

Red card challenge. Horrible.

 

[RPCB]

What the hell is the referee doing? Do your job, look at the replay once and give the red card. He didn’t need 5+ replays.

 

[Topkent]

Ange can't catch a break. Loses Udogie and Bissouma now for the next game and Bissouma is gone till like February now poor bloke just can't get a team on the field

 

[citizen-erased]

Stupid dive that. Was through.

 

[Topkent]

Stupid dive that. Was through.

Should get a yellow card for being a moron

 

[SC_Power]

Or let Onana pass the ball to Nunez to let him shoot at an open goal every time so he can then waste another 30 seconds after the inevitable goal kick

commentators

fans

 

[jd2010]

Skipps been horrible has been called for the pass once?
This is as bad as spurs have looked all season.

He just isn't suited to a progressive style of football. Was okay when we were under the counter managers.

 

[Topkent]

So next game no

Maddison
Solomon
Peresic
Bentancur
Udogie
VDV
Bissouma
Lo Celso

and Johnson as well?

That's just brutal

 

[jd2010]

Great to escape with 3 points playing pretty average football. Stupidity from Bissouma too rash of a challenge to make, especially with him now missing 4 plus afcon

 

[jd2010]

So next game no

Maddison
Solomon
Peresic
Bentancur
Udogie
VDV
Bissouma
Lo Celso

and Johnson as well?

That's just brutal

Throw in Perisic and our young CB signing Ash Phillips

 

[Topkent]

Throw in Perisic and our young CB signing Ash Phillips

Perisic is in there but yeah that's horrific

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Thought the ref was poor. The red to Bissouma was there but Forest were very cynical tonight ..how Spurs ended up with twice as many yellows while have twice as many free kicks. Yates and Murillo could’ve easily had two yellows each. Not sure why Yates wasn’t booked for waving phantom card numerous times

 

[hawkman]

Thought the ref was poor. The red to Bissouma was there but Forest were very cynical tonight ..how Spurs ended up with twice as many yellows while have twice as many free kicks. Yates and Murillo could’ve easily had two yellows each. Not sure why Yates wasn’t booked for waving phantom card numerous times

Murillo should have gone

 

[moomba]

Not sure why Yates wasn’t booked for waving phantom card numerous times

Just wait until they start sin binning.

 

[jd2010]

Murillo should have gone

His challenge on Porro was an ankle breaker like Cash's, but it's deemed safer than showing some studs

 

[jd2010]

Perisic is in there but yeah that's horrific

I meant Sessengon but typed Perisic lol

 

[citizen-erased]

Thought the ref was poor. The red to Bissouma was there but Forest were very cynical tonight ..how Spurs ended up with twice as many yellows while have twice as many free kicks. Yates and Murillo could’ve easily had two yellows each. Not sure why Yates wasn’t booked for waving phantom card numerous times

Yep.
Missed a few from forest.
Elbow in davies face and williams on udogie