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Just now, Gemmill said:
That's surely gonna be given by VAR.
That's surely not going to be given by VAR, it's like they've been asked to make the wrong decision of late.
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Has to be a pen that. If it's anyone else it's given on the spot. That's ridiculous honestly.
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1 minute ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:
We have been complete and utter dogshit, I turned it off. Have we made a sub yet?
We subbed off our fairweather fans.
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3 minutes ago, Dazzler said:
Anderson wins a battle of strength. Freekick to them. They grab hold of our players. Play on.
They're definitely getting the rub of the green, but can't say they don't deserve their lead.
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Great movement and passing and then a shit pass Longstaff.
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1 minute ago, Toonpack said:
Well second best and that Eze is fucking running us ragged
We've got no answer to skilled pacy attacking players, particularly through the middle. Burn and Schär would have to be amongst the slowest defensive pairings in the league and we've not got a shielding midfielder to help them.
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Good tackle Gordon, shit refereeing, but Gordon shouldn't have reacted for that long, obviously frustrated from the rest of the game.
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Can't say it hadn't been coming, but poor defending with Burn doubling up instead of marking the open man.
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On 07/12/2019 at 19:32, Alex said:
I get the application of the rule and everything, I just think it should be there for the ‘howler’. More widely I think it interferes far too much with the flow of the game. The decision was correct though, in terms of the offside but I’m not actually clear if the official was at fault for putting his flag up or not tbh.
Edit: I thought HMHM was saying it should just be there for clear and obvious errors
Maybe that's the measure; if you can't prove the onfield decision wrong in 10 seconds then it's not a clear and obvious error and the game goes on. Minimal disruption to the flow of the game and anything that's actually clear and obvious is addressed. Drop the charade of the ref going over the the screen, just have the VAR announce the correct decision and have the audio able to be heard in the stadium and by TV audience. Simple. Effective.
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Better late than never on the celebratory gif front
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3 hours ago, Andrew said:
I don't disagree but that is still all that is happening right now, unless the critical margin is kept secret from all but the VARs or the machine determining who is off and on then we'll keep having this conversation.
For it to stop its not about what the gap is, or when the line is considered the rule has to have a wholesale change.For sure people will still complain but now the complaint is that they're not offside because their toenail was in front of the second to last defender. This would take that understandable complaint out of the reckoning. It would br their whole boot that would be infront. Where it can still be confusing is when they consider the shoulder and head. Make the rule relate to feet as this is how players move... if your head and/or shoulder is in front of the defender but your feet are behind theirs (or in the allowable zone) then that's fine.
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1 hour ago, Andrew said:
The thing with the offside rule, is that no variation of it actually changes anything that we all hate about the offside rule.
in line - ok so a millimeter out of line and you're offside
daylight - ok so a millimeter of daylight and you're offsidea yard off - ok so one yard and one millimeter and you're offside
Everyones variation is just moving the margin because there has to be some point where you're off vs not off.
VARs shifted the debate to shit about the lines and whatnot but we still spent 50% of every match of the day or whatever moaning about marginal offsides before VAR, nothings actually changed.
The number of cameras at the top level of the game now ensures that we are trapped in this endless debate forever.I don't think anyone will complain with any justification if there is a clear advantage to the attacking player being ahead of defenders. I'm sure they will still complain but there will be no validity to it. There should be an allowable margin of error considering that they also need to identify the moment the ball was released to determine when to draw the line. That's my biggest contention. So for example if there is less than 150mm* between attacker and the second to last defender at the determined moment then allow the goal to stand. If it's 151mm and you're still complaining then you need a new hobby.
* - Or if you really want to be generous 300mm
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On 18/04/2024 at 21:59, RobinRobin said:
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On 18/04/2024 at 20:53, Gemmill said:
🚨🚨🚨EUROPE IN PERIL KLAXON🚨🚨🚨
Man City winning the cup simplifies things a canny bit.
Public stoning and permaban for @LondonBlue if they don't win it.
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On 17/04/2024 at 00:07, Holden McGroin said:
Thats leaves our midfield back to bare bones. Big Joe is back on training pitch kicking footballs again now. Hopefully he can feature towards end of season.Hope he's back for the post season games in Melbourne, he's my son's favourite player.
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1 hour ago, toonotl said:
It doesn't get any better but it could be wirtz.
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7 hours ago, Gemmill said:
Shearer is thick as mince. Just gets through talking about what a huge weekend it's been for Man City, then when presented with the "supercomputer" title percentage chances showing Man City up to 70%, says "Well it said Liverpool last weekend, it can't be that super."
Eesh.
Not having seen it it sounds more like pointing out that championing a percentage with this many games to play and so many teams and factors involved is rather pointless (but then so is most punditry) as it will change so frequently. I like the statistical analysis from games after the fact, but it needs to be consumed along with the match itself. Not a fan of the win loss draw percentages that they now put up in each match and with each goal scored. It really doesn't add any value.
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3 hours ago, aimaad22 said:
He'll have learnt a lot from this season no doubt. Admittedly I've been frustrated at times too not least when Burn was getting rinsed down the left every week. Generally speaking he's just had very little tools at his disposal this season.
With Howe you know he is always looking to improve not only the team but his own management, you just won't hear anything said about it until after the fact as he is very guarded.
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I went to an A-League game tonight (the Sydney Derby) and on the way home spotted a fella wearing a current toon top which I complimented him on. He was going to watch the game at a bar in the city (invited me to come) and was watching the game on his phone. In the approximately five minute interaction we scored twice causing us both to proclaim the other as our lucky charm. You're all welcome.
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34 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said:
crytal palace, sheffield and burnley up next.
Europe is BACK ON
Did you see Spurs run in? Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City
and then us again (down under).
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Absolutely fucked their goal difference as well
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A few upset fancy boys out there, bit late to try to show a spine isn't it?
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I really didn't expect to be doing this for this long, right. Alex Isaks dutchman twisting, ange-ball battering, well rested Mags vs ...Who the fuck is Oliver Glasner?! Err, Crystal Palace
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Yep, that level of contact is fine if both players are going for the ball or if there was already contact. That has to have been such a simple decision as the palace player has reached across the body of Longstaff for no reason other than to slow his run. Diabolical. Let's get Nottingham Forest's social media on the case.