FerrisBueller Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 1 minute ago, Leeds Fox said: How does measuring 10 inches become any easier than just an inch? It makes it much more difficult and ambiguous. Using the players feet makes sense, but offside is offside. The rule works (could be better, granted). Insert penis joke here.
David Hankey Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 The authorities have pissed about with the offside rule over the years and with the advent of VAR we are where we are. If a player is in front of the last defender by a gnat's cock he is offside. We've brought this saga all on ourselves and in future we should all be careful what we wish for.
TJQuik Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 1 hour ago, Koke said: Fabregas was my favourite player of the 2010s. Haaland is my man of the 2020s. For me it's Vardy and Maddison 3
coolhandfox Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 On the offside and VAR I'd take something from cricket, for marginal dicison with technology they have umpires call. With off sides you could say anything less the the a set limit say 5 inches, goes with the onfield dicison and thing over goes with the technology. That what you stop all the massive mistakes and we aren't have goes ruled off for being 1mm off side and gives power back to the on field officials.
cruzFOX Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Problem is we’ve gone down this rabbit hole of eternal tinkering so sadly it’s never gonna be perfect whatever ruling is made
cruzFOX Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Interesting game Villa vs Spuds. Really despise spuds but don’t want villa to pull away from us either in the table. What result does everyone else want?
StanSP Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 5 minutes ago, cruzFOX said: Interesting game Villa vs Spuds. Really despise spuds but don’t want villa to pull away from us either in the table. What result does everyone else want? Would rather keep Villa in check. Spurs win is preferable in that respect. Some interesting games this week though, and also emphasises why we need to win against Fulham to try and make a bigger gap between us and teams below us: Southampton vs Forest Aston Villa vs Wolves Leeds vs West Ham Man Utd vs Bournemouth The first 3 is where teams will take points off each other, and the last game we'd like a Man Utd win... 2
StanSP Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 As much as diving needs to be punished, players faking head injuries when they go in for challenges and it's proven there's NO contact needs to be stamped out too. Bissouma just did it then. Challenged Watkins for the ball. Watkins went in with his foot; Bissouma went in with his head. Watkins didn't touch him, but then the ref stopped play because he believed Bissouma had a head injury.
Sunbury Fox Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 The quality of this Tottenham - Villa game is utterly appalling.
Jimothy Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 1 hour ago, StanSP said: Would rather keep Villa in check. Spurs win is preferable in that respect. Some interesting games this week though, and also emphasises why we need to win against Fulham to try and make a bigger gap between us and teams below us: Southampton vs Forest Aston Villa vs Wolves Leeds vs West Ham Man Utd vs Bournemouth The first 3 is where teams will take points off each other, and the last game we'd like a Man Utd win... Also as much as I don't like Spurs, or Man Utd, or Liverpool, those teams winning and overhauling Newcastle might finally end this media love in. Currently sat 3rd but have played a game more than everyone close to them. A Spurs win takes them 1 point behind on the same number of games, a Man Utd win takes the above Newcastle. Liverpool win and its a 3 point gap, Chelsea win their 2 games and its a 4 point gap. Also should Arsenal and Man City win theirs too, they go 5 and 12 points clear of them. Doesn't look quite as exciting and looks less like a title challenge when the leaders pull away and the rest pass you or are a win away from passing you.
Sampson Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Surprised VAR didn’t turn that Davies challenge into a red. I know he didn’t make contact but that’s a leg-breaker if he does. Over the players legs, 2 footed, studs up, no attempt to play the ball
ealingfox Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Spurs are absolute dog muck, how on earth do they manage to dig out results most weeks? You're tempted to call it mentality but they then also bottle all the biggest games 1
StanSP Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Game needed a goal, but didn't expect it to come from that.
PhillippaT Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 (edited) Villa players falling over like they're playing against Mahrez (EDIT: Not that it seems to matter if Loris loses it like that...) Edited 1 January 2023 by PhillippaT
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Can see Spurs going in for Pickford. Lloris isn't that good anymore.
Bordersfox Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Time wasting from the 53rd minute by Villa. Really do need to stamp that out, it's ridiculous.
Fox92 Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Still can’t believe Villa got Emerey. Just shows ambition. I’d expect them to be much stronger next season. 1
RowlattsFox Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Villa are the worst in the league for time wasting. 1
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said: Villa are the worst in the league for time wasting. What do we reckon? Standard 4 minutes added on?
David Hankey Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 4 minutes ago, Bordersfox said: Time wasting from the 53rd minute by Villa. Really do need to stamp that out, it's ridiculous. The only effective way to do this is to have an independent official timekeeper who stops the clock on every appropriate occasion. Take this responsibility out of the hands of the match official/referee. 2
kingkisnorbo Posted 1 January 2023 Posted 1 January 2023 Villa see a problem, act on it and bring in a high level replacement. Shock, they look great. Plod, plod, plod along until anyone can be arsed to do something about it here though. 4
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