Musketeer Gripweed Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) That Villa offside is a fucking joke as well. Surely the referees must be sick off it as well now. Apart from Dermot Gallagher who will agree with whatever the final decision is, while stealing a living. That Villa strip is vile as well. Happy new year by the way, Edited January 2, 2020 by Musketeer Gripweed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Confused about the Mahrez incident that VAR looked at. VAR showed he was onside and broke into the box where they reviewed a potential foul....only to decide on a free kick to Everton for....OFFSIDE??Seems to me they should have re-started the game with a drop ball at the Everton keeper's feet but maybe there is some quirk about it re-starting with the original decision even though it was wrong? Looked like a complete shambles in any event. That Villa offside is a fucking joke as well. Surely the referees must be sick off it as well now. Apart from Dermot Gallagher who will agree with whatever the final decision is, while stealing a living. That Villa strip is vile as well. Happy new year by the way,When they first showed it on MotD I couldn't understand why Wesley would have been active as I couldn't remember him being near Grealish when he scored. It was only when they showed the full incident after the highlights when I realised it was in the first phase of play - which I thought VAR wasn't going to be used for? They seemed to mention the other night in the Wolves game that any potential handball by Van Dijk was too early to disallow the Liverpool goal for instance? Those two decisions today sum up VAR really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eez-eh Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 VAR moment from the Spurs v Chelsea game a couple of weeks ago that I couldn’t get my head round: Spurs were given a free kick on the edge of the box and the check was for a penalty to see if it was actually in the box. Wankers in the VAR room were looking at the replays where you could clearly see the Spurs player was offside immediately before the foul, absolutely no need to get out the protractor, yet after looking at the offside angle a number of times they continued to check the location of the foul for a good 2 minutes. Despite the clear as fucking day offside they were all set to award a penalty if they thought the foul was in the box. In the end up they didn’t and Spurs kept their free kick. And another from the Norwich v Spurs game at the weekend - Spurs were given a foul right on the edge of the box after a VAR review. Replays clearly showed the Spurs player was offside in the immediate build up yet they carried on giving the free kick and Erikson scored from it. They’re happy to rule out goals for a bawhair’s offside but if someone’s blatantly offside before a penalty or dangerous free kick it gets ignored. The whole thing is a fucking mess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Apologies if previously posted, but former referee Bobby Madley has written the attached in regards to him being sacked from his job: https://therefereesword.blogspot.com/2019/12/time-to-move-on.html?m=1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Apologies if previously posted, but former referee Bobby Madley has written the attached in regards to him being sacked from his job: https://therefereesword.blogspot.com/2019/12/time-to-move-on.html?m=1Certainly an idiotic mistake, but obviously somebody he trusted has flung him under the bus. Also underlines the well known fact that the press are c***s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Interesting to hear Luiz saying last night that Arsenal aren't fit enough, that's a very big failing on Emery and his coaching staff's part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Does any club persist with utterly stagnant players to the extent Man Utd do? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 An utterly stagnant club persisting with utterly stagnant players. Makes sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 23 minutes ago, nsr said: Does any club persist with utterly stagnant players to the extent Man Utd do? I think Gabby Agbonlahor was a Villa player for about 35 years, so... yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: I think Gabby Agbonlahor was a Villa player for about 35 years, so... yes. Weird how you kept him on for so long and now he's just randomly retired at 32. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertlegend Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 From reading the story about Bobby Madley, I got the impression it was his ex Mrs that stuck him in it. It's pretty poor from whoever it was that a guy has lost his livelihood and Jamie Carragher can spit on people and keep his job! At least he cleared up he never pumped a jack russell dug. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 A real shame for Bobby and the guy who ratted him out must be a truly bitter individual to do that. Does that mean grassed on him? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Most amusing rumour so far, Alan Pardew wants to sign Ravel Morrison for ADO Den Haag 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 53 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Weird how you kept him on for so long and now he's just randomly retired at 32. He said he couldn't bring himself to play against us. Odd, because for much of his career, he couldn't bring himself to play for us, either. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 People asking bookies on twitter for odds on Var ruiling out goals ffs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 VAR moment from the Spurs v Chelsea game a couple of weeks ago that I couldn’t get my head round: Spurs were given a free kick on the edge of the box and the check was for a penalty to see if it was actually in the box. Wankers in the VAR room were looking at the replays where you could clearly see the Spurs player was offside immediately before the foul, absolutely no need to get out the protractor, yet after looking at the offside angle a number of times they continued to check the location of the foul for a good 2 minutes. Despite the clear as fucking day offside they were all set to award a penalty if they thought the foul was in the box. In the end up they didn’t and Spurs kept their free kick. And another from the Norwich v Spurs game at the weekend - Spurs were given a foul right on the edge of the box after a VAR review. Replays clearly showed the Spurs player was offside in the immediate build up yet they carried on giving the free kick and Erikson scored from it. They’re happy to rule out goals for a bawhair’s offside but if someone’s blatantly offside before a penalty or dangerous free kick it gets ignored. The whole thing is a fucking mess.I saw that one in the second game, couldn't believe that they didnt even mention it on motd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Does any club persist with utterly stagnant players to the extent Man Utd do?This will have changed a wee bit since it was published last week, but not that much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 When they first showed it on MotD I couldn't understand why Wesley would have been active as I couldn't remember him being near Grealish when he scored. It was only when they showed the full incident after the highlights when I realised it was in the first phase of play - which I thought VAR wasn't going to be used for? They seemed to mention the other night in the Wolves game that any potential handball by Van Dijk was too early to disallow the Liverpool goal for instance? Those two decisions today sum up VAR really. The van dijk handball did not directly lead to the goal, and so it was not deemed deliberate. It was the pass before the assist and I think they said the new any handball will be chalked off had to be the assist or the goal for it to count. They can go back to first phase with offsides...I think. It's certainly complex, but there are usually reasons for these decisions. It's the time taken, and the ridiculous harshness of the offsides that really get to me. If they brought in a margin of error, and let the bloody ref decide at the side of the pitch it would be a lot better. (Although it would still be changing the nature of celebrations, which seems totally against the spirit and joy of the game) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Average pay per player is a stupid thing to use, and it genuinely infuriates me that it has taken off because of that "Sporting Intelligence" bellend. Total wage bill is fine - the average one favours teams with massive squads over those who have smaller ones, regardless of the relative quality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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