Photek wrote:Smashed KT, who was fine after it, plays entire game. I never defended Mane, I just didn’t think it was a red. I think it was a yellow. Stop gas lighting what I said. It’s conjecture it was “down to luck” he wasn’t seriously injured, or, he wasn’t caught by an elbow.
Mane’s arm slips off his shoulder onto his neck, he didn’t catch his face. He never looked, he was holding him off, he literally does the same thing throughout the game but holds others off at shoulder. You obviously get triggered about me and Liverpool for some reason but don’t twist what I said. It has nothing to do with Pickford in terms of culpability.
Never defended Mane:
"his arm slipped he wasn't looking he never looked he was holding him off!"It's funny you mention KT playing on. Thiago completed the match after Richarlison's tackle - was that not a red then? Or is waiting till a player gets seriously injured before you deal with violent conduct a really stupid way to ensure player safety? Most players get back up after being on the end of a red card tackle, and very few face prolonged spells out. This is a good thing! (By the way, I don't have the stats to back that assertion up, so I'd like to take this time to point out that this is conjecture. Pointing out that someone who is forearm smashed by a player - who was not even looking according to you - could easily receive a serious injury is not conjecture, it is basic anatomy.)
Should Pickford have been sent off? Yeah, probably. It was a wild lunge from a player whose head is in completely the wrong place. A month out of the spotlight would probably have done him some good in all honesty. But at the same point the ball has fallen to VVD in the six yard box so Pickford absolutely
has to challenge him somehow - it is his primary job on the football pitch. So whilst he has done a terrible job of it (
quelle surprise) I've actually got a lot more time for the intentions behind his tackle than I have for Mane leaving one on an opposition player when the ball's going out for a throw.
I said to you after our game that you'd feel very differently if the shoe was on the other foot, and here we are. Your player needs surgery, their player gets away with one, and you're crying.
But hey:
Photek wrote:Opinions gonna opinion.