The one thing you can all be assured of is that the rule will be changed after this.
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A short, old woman who looks like the one in my avatarI swung by too but wasn’t sure what/who I was looking for. Think we need some kind of secret salute…
Of course it will! I don't know why it's so complicated that there appears to be a million interpretations for every single rule.
Still fuming!!!
I thought the benefit of the doubt went to the attacker?
Yep, still fuming!!!!!!!!
Yep, still fuming!!!!!!!!
That's not a rule anymore.
Offside rule isn't open to interpretation, it's set in stone. No benefit to attacker, no only changing decisions if they're clearly and obviously wrong. If a goal is even a fraction of an inch offside, they will chalk it off.
All by the book.
It was a robbery. It should never take 4 minutes to make a decision. If it takes more than 30 seconds it isn’t clear and obvious.
The game is ruined when fans go wild then have to sit in agony for 4 minutes whilst some idiot moves imaginary lines around to get the decision TV wants.
Agreed on Son. I'd like to take the same opportunity to defend Kane from his various detractors. He was pivotal in almost every attack last night and scored his only chance with aplomb. It's been the same for weeks: he's been making mostly great passes and is doing good things when he has the ball. But the team isn't getting the ball into the forward line and particularly Kane enough for his low-key solid play to stand out. I blame, for the most part, all the sideways passing around the back and along the halfway line.
On an unrelated note, you should consider submitting fewer Disagrees (like on a few of the VAR posts on pages 111-113, including mine). The community as a whole seems to have agreed to reserve Disagrees for posts to which they truly object and not simply for alternative perspectives in friendly debates, and I think that's good. What's your perspective?
The rules should favour the attacker for the sake of the game though, tbf.
If you want it to be more exciting, sure. The issue there is you're then leaving it up to the interpretation of referees and where do they draw the line? You're gonna end up with lots of controversial decisions where refs favour the attacker a bit too much or not enough, depending on who you support.
I think in most cases the fact that the offside rule is extremely clear cut is a good thing, personally. It leads to less frustration to me as it applies equally to everyone. Or at least that's the theory. Sure it's annoying when a player is a millimetre offside, but as long as it would be the same for the opposition you can't really complain.
Maybe some sort of trendy / stand out hat would work better. We’d all know each other then.
The FA would never withdraw VAR, as it would be a massive admission of failure. The marginal offside calls are the biggest problem in my opinion. If every goal is being scrutinised, why aren't blatant examples of cheating that the referee misses, being pulled too?
Absolutely spot on!
I'm baffled when I keep seeing a clear and obvious pass to a player in space, who could then make an attacking run down the flanks, turned down in favour of a short pass into a congested area.
Surely, this can't be coached.
They destroy the game!
They're doing a World Cup in Qatar!
Corruption is daily bread!
Check out how the kids have to stand with millimeter precision before the teams walk in!
I don't want this machinations anymore!
A handball is a handball!
Offside is when it's offside, not when I need a magnifying glass!
The game is destroyed by hours of searching for the fly in the ointment!
I want my street football back and I want it to be our game again!
Not their game!
(If this continues, I'll start smoking again!)
They're doing a World Cup in Qatar!
Corruption is daily bread!
Check out how the kids have to stand with millimeter precision before the teams walk in!
I don't want this machinations anymore!
A handball is a handball!
Offside is when it's offside, not when I need a magnifying glass!
The game is destroyed by hours of searching for the fly in the ointment!
I want my street football back and I want it to be our game again!
Not their game!
(If this continues, I'll start smoking again!)
I had 2 agrees and 1 like for my post, you had nothing, who is "even sillier"?
2nd half yes. First half I’m not even sure we had a best player
have some more, it's obviously the metric you judge your life byI had 2 agrees and 1 like for my post, you had nothing, who is "even sillier"?
I've been saying for years that this is the most corrupt sport on the planet, and I think that the English game is the worst of the lot.
There is only one way that I can see us getting our game back, and that is for the fans to en masse boycott the game. Bring it to it's knees.
Unfortunately, this will never happen, as trying to get Football fans to make a coordinated effort would be like herding cats.
And the petro clubs, and their fans wouldn't care.
There's 3 pumped up fake clubs in the PL now, and there's probably going to be more as time goes on.
Even if it stays at 3, I can guarantee that within a few short years, it will end up as the top 2 being City and Newcastle (I'm hopefully discounting Chelsea) every year and then it's a battle between the rest.
"Ordinary" clubs are fucked.
Its the way of the world - people are too quick to berate and accuse (cancel) people if they are perceived to make a mistake. The VAR ref could have happily said that was good, and I doubt anyone would have complained
particularly as it was such a magnificent goal, at a time of incredible drama
And if it has to take 4 minutes to review, we should be allowed to play those 4 minutes. Instead the ref blew the final whistle as soon as Sporting took their free kick.
I'm almost more pissed off about that than the review.