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I can't believe any mackem doesn't want promotion, if they say they don't it's a comfort thing. They're unlikely to break Derby's record. And once relegated will get parachute payments making them more competitive. On balance promotion is a good thing for them so for me the best outcome is for them to get smashed by Sheffield United or another penalty loss heart break.

It's okay to be wrong.

% of unraised flags resulting in serious injury will be miniscule.

Well now you’re talking about percentage of risk. That’s distinctly different to my point being invalid. Look we disagree on it, and unlikely to get to a mutual agreement. It’s not an exact science and can be looked at from different points of view.

How often does it happen in a game? If players routinely play 95+ minutes in a match then the amount of time played (and risk of player injury) is reduced by a tiny amount by changing the protocol. It’s using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Part of me hopes they do spawn it … and have 38 games of utter pain next year.

Disagree that it invalidates the point.

If players only got hurt when play possibly should've been stopped you'd have a point.

Yes.

Play to the whistle.

Their massive cash boost is already committed on signing that French lad that spent most of the time injured since he joined on loan. Mackems at work are desperate to not come up because they are absolutely convinced they'll go back down having broken Derby's point record. On that basis - I wish them all the luck in the world in the playoff final

If they get promoted they will get a massive cash boost, maybe even become attractive to a rich buyer. Fuck them, a decade in the wilderness is 100 times too short a time. Can't believe what I'm hearing from some posters here.

And if its blatantly offside why did the player(s) still carry on resulting in the injury?

And your logic only holds because it’s not involving a Newcastle player. if that was Isak in hospital now there’s no way all of you would have the attitude “tough shit, it’s one of them things”

New linesman flag prototype spotted

Raise the safety flag !!!!

Your logic only holds if players only clatter posts/get hurt when there's an offside not given. Offside or not, foul or not, players get hurt.

Craig "IT'S A POTENTIAL DEATH TRAP" Hayton

I’d rather have 100 PL goals chalked off than see one Newcastle player hospitalised because of the linesman going too late with his flag.

In any of you watched that game, you’ll know the offside was blindingly obvious. That’s the point I’m making. When it’s too close to call, let the phase play out. But everyone in the stadium knew it was offside. The commentators even said “the flag will go up here”. Stupid rule. As Alex says there’s no perfect solution and they really need to see what can be achieved with AI / semiautomation.

We could have the VAR stop play for the referee to review if it would have been correct to flag

I don't agree. Immigration is a great example. Most people who want immigration to go down understand only one side of that issue. They do not understand for instance that social care will be decimated, that pensions will be threatened, that certain sectors will struggle with impacts felt throughout the economy. Most of them don't even understand that immigration is a net positive on the economy. People sort of drift through life thinking that governments make these choices out of some Marxist agenda, whereas in reality the choice to permit immigration is a response to an economic need. I am yet to see an anti immigration voter properly contend with both sides of that issue, and thats what I mean when I say people don't understand these issues as fully as they'd need to in order to make an informed decision. I debate with the fuckers day in, day out. I can see it.

Allardyce that must have been embarrassing

Looks like we need a new rule for how far offside a player needs to be to flag immediately. It’s the only way.

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