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Bluedylan1 wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:42 pm Nice to see you around and about, Clanger.

I only come here when there isn't much drama afoot.

I kind of understand where this idea is coming from because it's definitely what all the English footy media wanted to see and boy did they bang the fuck on about it for days. Is it possible that this somehow subconsciously affected the referee? Possibly, although I feel it more likely that it was y...

I've said this with pretty much every new manager who had a good start: we need to wait and see how they react when we hit the inevitable shit run, most failed that test. Dyche passed, not with flying colours cos 4 months is a hell of a long shit run but he has turned it around and that's all that m...

Stumpy wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 6:51 pm This guy is laughably the top ref in the league.

The bad news is that he genuinely is.

Bluedylan1 wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 5:39 pm Yet another example of him making a mockery of the world of pundits.

That's a pretty low bar.

777Kidnappings wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 5:06 pm Var gave the ref a chance to get it right

Yeah, that's fair. But given the outcome it'd be cheaper to not have it.

I bet we'll still vote to keep VAR cos we're always our own worst enemy.

I was going to say exactly the same thing because you either wilfully misinterpreted my initial point or didn't understand it. Either way, it wasn't controversial or personally offensive in the slightest, so I don't see why you're being so objectionable. Fair enough, maybe I am just cranky. In any ...

You're incredibly patronising, aren't you? I tend to react badly to people arguing in bad faith, and "offside doesn't depend on intent" is a bad faith argument from someone who understands the laws of the game. (Not to mention the weird goalpost shifting from VAR to just offsides, but I t...

I'm not really sure what point you're making here. Intent hasn't got anything to do with offside, and that's the main bone of contention with VAR. And I said we need automated checks for those anyway. "interfering with an opponent" says hi. You can (and should) in theory check automatical...

Based on this, what I would do is: 1. Bin VAR for now because as it stands, it's a clusterfuck of disappointment. 2. Take some time to think through what rules we want to/don't want to apply automated checks for. 3. Develop and test those automated checks properly, like they did with the goal line s...

Tennis, rugby and cricket all have better versions. Athletics and horse racing use photo finishes. It's absolutely laughable that football's system is so far behind. There is a huge difference between all those sports and football: a lot of football's rules are based on the concept of intent. This ...

Shogun wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 12:38 pm Should be independent medics that assess these things, it's a joke he continued playing.

With a fractured eye socket apparently.

Shogun wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 5:12 pm Shame Forest stayed up but realistically Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton are up there with the worst collection of promoted teams the Premier League has seen. None of them deserved to stay up.

And I'd say out of the 3 only Luton had a reasonable excuse.

Pretty insane what they're doing this season. They're not only unbeaten in the league but they're also unbeaten in Europe and in the cup where they have a final coming against second division Kaiserslautern. If they manage to go the whole season unbeaten and win the Bundesliga, Europa League and DF...