Without Mr Hodgson we'd now be playing in the Championship, so get over your issues with him.

Edited by Tickled pink (20 Nov 2021 7.38pm)

Totally agree considering Benteke practically got no service under Hodgson for 3 years or so. I remember him getting slated by a few on here after the Brighton draw. Baffles me. People need to move on from scapegoating and accept he is a good player

What’s your point? Hodgson is a good manager yet many countless games benteke literally got no service?

Benteke haters like you are never happy. If he plays awesome but doesn’t score, “he’s a forward and should be judged on goals.” If he scores a brace but only plays okay, he’s simply scoring the goals he should.”

Give me a break. He’s on fire this season.

Give the lads credit for a great 1st half of football. We knew what to expect from the home side, and they did not disappoint. We were all over the place on set pieces but still earned a point. Credit to PV and his staff - only baffled to see Ayew and Benteke in starting 11 with Olise and Edouard on the bench.

This, exactly. When a six-foot four-inch (or whatever) twelve stone finely honed athlete goes down lack a sack of s*** simply because someone brushes a couple of hands across his chest, their credibility goes out the window. I think refs are getting tired of players not trusting their judgment, not letting them run the game and not respecting them; instead simply trying to con them at every turn. I think it was probably a foul (borderline) but the pathetic collapse of the Burnley player who could quite easily have ridden it and still had a scoring opportunity sealed his own fate. Not a great call but maybe enough decisions like this and the penny will finally drop. Players who don't deserve any respect shouldn't be surprised when the ref doesn't give them any.

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