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So if from the refs angle you cant tell what the ball has hit because there is a crowd of people, and from the reverse angle it’s clearly handball, why would you not want to use the better angle?

Thanks for that spot. I must have missed him out on my various lists. He’s in now in the ‘Jim Arnold’ slot. Jim had 0 votes at the time of the edit. If you want to vote for him then vote on ‘Others’

At least it's blue and white, these fucking brain deads can't even get that right.

Totally agree. They're going to miss things, that's just natural but standing round for 10 minutes watching numerous slow motion replays is just bollocks. If it's clear and obvious then it should be apparent from the first viewing at full speed. If a decision can't be made then the original decision stands and the game continues.

There's no denying that he was a great player but he's now being painted as one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots and this is just ridiculous. He was never even United's best midfielder and also wasn't really used in his natural position for England. Funnily enough I don't remember anyone waxing lyrical about him like this until years after he stopped playing, almost as though there's some rose tinted glasses revisionism from some and many others just blindly repeating this. On another note, chaddy calling someone out for embarrassing comments is absolutely laughable.

For me, I think the VAR should get one replay, at full speed, from the nearest angle to which the ref had. If that isn’t enough to show an error then, in my eyes, a clear and obvious one can’t have occurred.

But surely he'd have won it once, right? If he was as good as you remember?

https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/video-assistant-referee-var-protocol/#principles

For conspiracy theory purposes he'd appear to be on 47 appearances in all Comps according to Wikipedia.

It's difficult to define clear and obvious errors, as everyone will have their own opinion on what is clear and obvious. I think VAR is an all or nothing kind of thing - either it is used to implement the laws of the game down to the most minute detail, or it just isn't used at all. Some kind of vague middle ground is just asking for trouble and discontent. On balance I'd probably be rid of it as I think judging everything on the smallest of details goes against the spirit of the game. Football shouldn't be broken down with mathematical precision, as imo that ruins the spectacle and what makes it such a compelling sport to follow. Some of the greatest moments of lore in the game come from refereeing mistakes, good and bad. It's part of what fuels discussions and debates. Hawkeye is enough for me. If they could implement something else for blatant offsides as well, then I'd be fine with just having those as technological assistance.

Didn't we have that with Mulgrew and him being stuck on 99 appearances for ages? He made his 100th in the end and as I recall looked absolutely shot at, which might have been why!

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No, VAR is hardware and mechanics showing the physical facts. The people using VAR are interpreting the results, using the laws of the game.

Always trying to integrate is Steve…

The biggest loss here, is McLaren never accidentally slipping into a fake Jamaican accent, like he did with the Dutch one, once….

Yeah, as long as you don't physically attack them, just because you are losing the 5-aside in training. Ask Cole and Yorke!

That’s a truly horrible kit and whilst club staff continue to read this forum it’s worth hiding before they get any more stupid ideas.

Who is good from the staff!?!?

Well yeah it all adds to his appeal and value. Might just have a knock or niggle that won't clear up properly but he doesn't want to go under the knife before January. Strange how no real details have emerged about his alleged injury seeing as normally information comes out pretty quickly.

Would they have made him captain if an issue like this was on the horizon? Actually, given who ‘they’ are I’ll answer my own question with a yes.

Fair point

There's no tick box for Terry Gennoe?!

Depends who we are losing to. A draw is a better result than a loss against those around us.

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Isn’t that, to a point, the same thing?