flibbertyjibber
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Yeah cruel that your 2 best players are full backs but to have 2 left backs and not one each side is taking the Michael.
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**Official** English Football Season 2023/24
- Thread starter Furball
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dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
I feel like both are pretty black & white but the issue lies in that there's no grey area with VAR like there used to be in the before times.
I suppose the complications come from them changing the rule every season.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Just watched a replay of the Newcastle-PSG match. Jesus Mbappe is so ****ing good, it's unreal.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Oh come off it, even the most diehard Gooner knows that was dire, especially with the timing, context and what was at stake here. And yeah the Joelinton one was a foul.
Jarquis
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Oh, I’m not disputing that. Just funny to see how quickly Howe fell off his high horse about not criticising the officials.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
I mean Arteta fell off his horse far more drastically than Howe, who I'd say was restrained. Not that I'd blame either of them.
flibbertyjibber
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It was one of the very worst VAR decisions I have seen, could easily knock them out.
As for League 1 a predictable 0-0 and a pretty poor game between Exeter and Shrewsbury. Both sides scored 12 each this season, great to watch. Not. Though I'd take a point with 10 players out injured and losing another yesterday, god knows how many we can put on the bench on Friday in the cup. Notts County must be a banker.
As for League 1 a predictable 0-0 and a pretty poor game between Exeter and Shrewsbury. Both sides scored 12 each this season, great to watch. Not. Though I'd take a point with 10 players out injured and losing another yesterday, god knows how many we can put on the bench on Friday in the cup. Notts County must be a banker.
Spark
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Is the problem really VAR or one of the dumbest handball rules imaginable? I feel like it's every other game now that gets decided by a ludicrous handball where the ball ricocheted onto someone's elbow from 0.2m away.
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I didn’t mean to imply causation exactly, they could do much better even with VAR. But the current shambles is a consequence of VAR eliminating the grey areas of refereeing that were necessary for the game to make sense. Handball rules weren’t designed to be dissected in slow motion. The ref would just look at the one last night and go ‘mmm nah’ and not worry too much about whether it technically ticked the boxes.
Spark
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Yeah every time I make my periodic rant about how sport isn't designed to hold up to rules lawyering levels of scrutiny I have football and particularly handball in mind. Yes it's made things more "consistent" and "black and white" and "predictable" but it's made everything that actually matters about the sport significantly worse.
I still think it would have been a complete travesty had that WC ended up swinging on that "handball" for instance.
dontcloseyoureyes
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Yeah VAR is definitely the reason.
Jarquis
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I don’t think Arteta was ever on one. He’s been pretty frank throughout the season.
Aidan11
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Just seen it myself. I can't believe it. What a joke.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Link?