Rab B Nesbit Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 minute ago, accies1874 said: 19 minutes ago, Rab B Nesbit said: Agreed Panda. I’m quite happy with the outcome of that late call today but was never keen for it. It’s causing more problems than we had before with the 3 officials out there making all the calls on the spot. Out of interest, what's it like being at games with VAR? Pretty confusing accie. Even away in Porto we got a text message saying Mane’s opening goal was onside before it was announced in ground. It’s creating more confusion and argument than ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 48 minutes ago, sergie's no1 fan said: If only we had VAR up here. The Old Firm would be fucked. Do you really believe that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 The sky sports pundits clearly hated it but basically towed the line. The best defence they could make was asking the lines of "this is the new normal, it's what we have to put up with". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) The funniest thing of the whole VAR thing in City Spurs game is the look on Aguero's face. Not for the first time he behaves like a KUNt while being replaced. He's then savvy/sneaky enough to start hugging Pep after Jesus scores the "winner" only for the goal to be disallowed by VAR. Tremendous stuff Edited August 17, 2019 by Distant Doonhamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, pandarilla said: Did you see the incident in question? It's not a deliberate handball in a million years. Doesn't need to be deliberate anymore though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 hours ago, the_bully_wee said: I suppose it all comes down to personal preference, but I feel that having the VAR empowers match referees in making difficult/controversial calls... that's what it should be used for - to make those difficult calls, at the request of the referee when they feel that they cannot make a decision because their line of sight was blocked, or that something is too close to call without checking - I'd have no problem with that intervention 'after the fact' to highlight shit that no-one has even considered might have any bearing on proceedings it absolute cuntery and will smother the life out of the game; they should bin the 'every goal is reviewed' bollocks to do away with that BUT they should throw in two queries per team, per match, so whiney turds still get to have what they think may be a duff call checked out if they think it's a blatant enough error; this would have the added benefit of showing up ignorant fucks who do not know the laws of the game which would be genuinely amusing; having goals called back for the sort of bollocks that cost city the game s'afternoon cannot be of any benefit to the game whatsoever 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 The handball law is ridiculous. Why is it okay to accidentally prevent a goal with your hand, but not okay to accidentally score a goal with your hand? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 A second howler in 2 games from Adrian. The coverage after the Super Cup about him was bizarre, Sky and Liverpool seemed to be making out like he was some kind of hero despite costing Liverpool the win in extra-time by diving in and conceding a needless penalty. His only contribution was to illegally save a penalty that I could have saved. Today speaks for itself. If Allison is out for any length of time they will have real issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Teemu Pukki has as many PL hat-tricks as Cristiano Ronaldo and Dennis Bergkamp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said: A second howler in 2 games from Adrian. The coverage after the Super Cup about him was bizarre, Sky and Liverpool seemed to be making out like he was some kind of hero despite costing Liverpool the win in extra-time by diving in and conceding a needless penalty. His only contribution was to illegally save a penalty that I could have saved. Today speaks for itself. If Allison is out for any length of time they will have real issues. He also made a number of good saves in both games. He made 2 in the first half today at 0-0 but also twice got caught trying to pass it out the 2nd he was punished for. Especially being a late free transfer it was a great story during the week and hopefully the coverage will do him a lot of good confidence wise. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Long one down to the south coast today and coming off the back off the Super Cup on Wednesday night was worried about this one. Fabinho, Gomez and Henderson didn’t start but it was still a very strong side Klopp was able to put out. Liverpool certainly rode their luck a bit today but in the end 2 quality finishes from Mane and Firmino were the difference. Adrian made an arse of the Ings goal late on and made it a nervy ending but he made 2 excellent saves in the first half to stop Liverpool from going behind and another after half time from a deflected shot. So 6 points out of 6 to start with coming off the back of such a disjointed pre-season and with the Charity Shield and Super Cup got to be delighted. Man City and Spurs both dropping points a bonus also. The Southampton support has always had a bit of a roaster element and it all got too much for some today with the Champions of Europe chants . Counted 7 who saw the red mist and were ejected by the stewards / police. The fume is real. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 6 hours ago, Rab B Nesbit said: Long one down to the south coast today and coming off the back off the Super Cup on Wednesday night was worried about this one. Fabinho, Gomez and Henderson didn’t start but it was still a very strong side Klopp was able to put out. Liverpool certainly rode their luck a bit today but in the end 2 quality finishes from Mane and Firmino were the difference. Adrian made an arse of the Ings goal late on and made it a nervy ending but he made 2 excellent saves in the first half to stop Liverpool from going behind and another after half time from a deflected shot. So 6 points out of 6 to start with coming off the back of such a disjointed pre-season and with the Charity Shield and Super Cup got to be delighted. Man City and Spurs both dropping points a bonus also. The Southampton support has always had a bit of a roaster element and it all got too much for some today with the Champions of Europe chants . Counted 7 who saw the red mist and were ejected by the stewards / police. The fume is real. Wait, are you a Liverpool fan? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigOutYourSoul Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I’m generally in favour of VAR, mainly because I spend 37.5 hours a week trying to show and explain to people that using data/facts helps with decision making, but I think the new handball law is nonsense.I can see what they’ve done, trying to take away the intentional debate. But they made a good point on MOTD last night that the rule now favours defenders as the same application isn’t made to defensive handballs and penalties. I think a lot of the flack received by VAR comes from its correct application of some of the games nonsensical laws. It seems, certainly in the PL that it’s trying as hard as it can to stick to “clear and obvious” with regards to overturning the refs original decision, which I agree with. It then, however, opens the door to the debate we have with cities penalty where people think it’s a penalty and then blame VAR for not overturning.All in I think it’s still for the betterment of the game, the handball rule is not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 17 minutes ago, 18May1991 said: Wait, are you a Liverpool fan? Hes a Whitehill Welfare fan, who spends thousands upon thousands following an English club that was successful when he was young. He'll mock anyone who is on thread for watching English football though, and if you dare to reply he'll follow you around the forum for the next year red dotting all your posts and bringing up Liverpool in every single thread he can reply to you in. 8mile tries to crawl up his arse all the time aswell. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 9 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said: The handball law is ridiculous. Why is it okay to accidentally prevent a goal with your hand, but not okay to accidentally score a goal with your hand? ^^^This. If the player gained an advantage from it hitting his hand/arm, it should be a foul. If not, play on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 28 minutes ago, 18May1991 said: Wait, are you a Liverpool fan? I watch loads of stuff at all levels mainly up here 91 and help out a bit at a couple of local clubs but get to the odd Liverpool game. It annoys the living daylights out of P&B’s Sky Sports customers who have tried miserably using every tactic under the sun to shoot me down so they can get back to posting all sorts of make believe about something they’ve only ever seen on the telly. It’s generally very quiet now nowadays though we used to have seperate Lolverpool threads and lots of generally vile stuff but most have moved onto other interests such as pet care, wrestling, doing crosswords etc. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Weren't the majority of posters on here behind the introduction of VAR? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Zaha is having a shocker here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Zaha is having a shocker here. A horrible game of football from “The greatest league in the world” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, lichtie23 said: A horrible game of football from “The greatest league in the world” Switch it off then. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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