Man City - the new bitters?

[Barrington Womble]

49 minutes ago, Jennings said:

Surely VAR can make it 100% sure, to remove the 'easy' decision thing, he is prattling on about.

 

It actually shows what a farce VAR is. Refs don't give it because they need to have a higher degree of certainty than outside the box. And if it goes to VAR, they don't judge is it a pen or not, they judge if it a "clear and obvious" mistake, whatever the fuck that means. So it allows the VAR to put the bar wherever they want. And they also don't want to give a pen in the last minute, because as carragher says it wins and loses games. So what we end up with is a situation where unless the ref wants to give a big decision, he won't. And if he does, like the one in the manc derby, the VAR will find a way. The whole thing is a farce. VAR just has to be dumped, it brings nothing and at least puts pressure on the referee to make some calls, instead of feeling he can fall back to VAR..

 

We seem to be allowing the referees to live in a world where they're allowed to give decisions based on what they want to give and alter their decision making depending on where it happens on the pitch and what the clock says at the time. Instead of accepting a foul is a foul. Like the ederson incident yesterday. Put a sky blue shirt on him and that's a red card every single time, it was every bit as bad a challenge as the one mcginn was sent off with earlier in the day, that absolutely everyone agreed was a red. Put a keepers shirt on, it seems dangerous takes on a whole new meaning. 

[Jennings]

21 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

It actually shows what a farce VAR is. Refs don't give it because they need to have a higher degree of certainty than outside the box. And if it goes to VAR, they don't judge is it a pen or not, they judge if it a "clear and obvious" mistake, whatever the fuck that means. So it allows the VAR to put the bar wherever they want. And they also don't want to give a pen in the last minute, because as carragher says it wins and loses games. So what we end up with is a situation where unless the ref wants to give a big decision, he won't. And if he does, like the one in the manc derby, the VAR will find a way. The whole thing is a farce. VAR just has to be dumped, it brings nothing and at least puts pressure on the referee to make some calls, instead of feeling he can fall back to VAR..

 

We seem to be allowing the referees to live in a world where they're allowed to give decisions based on what they want to give and alter their decision making depending on where it happens on the pitch and what the clock says at the time. Instead of accepting a foul is a foul. Like the ederson incident yesterday. Put a sky blue shirt on him and that's a red card every single time, it was every bit as bad a challenge as the one mcginn was sent off with earlier in the day, that absolutely everyone agreed was a red. Put a keepers shirt on, it seems dangerous takes on a whole new meaning. 

 

Agreed.

 

To quote an Americanism from WW2, VAR is SNAFU.

[Pete]

1 minute ago, Jennings said:

 

Agreed.

 

To quote an Americanism from WW2, VAR is SNAFU.

I'd say VAR is FUBAR'd.  

[KevieG]

I expect it from Shay Given, but Carrragher, McManaman and Owen all saying no pen is a disgrace. 

 

And all this high bar stuff is bullshit, penalties are given for fuck all these days. Take your pick from hundreds of examples

[Jennings]

Weirdly they're more comfortable to make decisions that rule-out goals than give them.

 

The whole system is designed to rule-out goals. Every goal goes to VAR; higher bar for foul play in the box; striker can't accidentally handle it, but a defender can. It has not made the game better.

[Vincent Vega]

Apparently City’s directors work for free, and Newcastle’s for a pittance.

 

[Manny]

https://x.com/KieranMaguire/status/1767095325779440003?s=20

 

Spot the two outliers on here. Average pay of highest paid directors across the PL outside of the sportswashers (and Chelsea although that's from their mental accounts year when they were sold) is £1.4m a year. But City's all work for free, and Newcastle's are all paid less than £7k per year.

 

Seems legit.

[Manny]

@Vincent Vega look at me not reading the thread before I post!

[KevieG]

All makes sense now why Abu Dhabis Ceo is joining United, he wasn't even getting paid ffs.

[TheHowieLama]

Guaranteed that all "City's directors" are paid/employed by the parent company. Probably all good under the current structure.

[Scott_M]

Acknowledge us…. Please. 

[Bob]

3 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Acknowledge us…. Please. 

Absolute fucking losers.

[Leyton388]

The smell of desperation.

[Pete]

Look at us!!! We're a proper football club. Seriously just look at us! We're over here!!! 

[stringvest]

There’s a reason why Sven had a day at Anfield and not at the emptyhad this weekend

[Reckoner]

2 hours ago, Scott_M said:

Acknowledge us…. Please. 

There aren’t any trophies emblazoned on that bus.

1 hour ago, stringvest said:

There’s a reason why Sven had a day at Anfield and not at the emptyhad this weekend

He’s a Liverpool supporter.

[Scott_M]

2 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

There aren’t any trophies emblazoned on that bus.

He’s a Liverpool supporter.

It’s also at the Emptyhad and not Kirkby, I don’t think it’s the actual photo.

 

Also, I think you’ve missed the joke on Sven. 

[Dapower]

Good job they never won the community shield in August because that would be treated like a major trophy too the fucking no marks 

[TheHowieLama]

Speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports after the game, Keane said of Haaland: "The levels of his general play is so poor, and not just today. His general play for such a player, it is so poor, I think he has to improve that, he's almost like a League Two player."

[Mathewbet1]

Bit harsh on League 2 players that.

[Dapower]

4 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports after the game, Keane said of Haaland: "The levels of his general play is so poor, and not just today. His general play for such a player, it is so poor, I think he has to improve that, he's almost like a League Two player."

The more things that wind up the Bald one is fine by me 

[Scott_M]

Bad idea this…

 

 

[Rushies tash]

1 minute ago, Scott_M said:

Bad idea this…

 

 

 

Fuck that right off. I wonder who is floating this idea then...?

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

That'd work really well for clubs like Everton who haven't got a pot to piss in as it is. Of course it wouldn't just work as an additional cost for the cheating bastards of the world would it.

[TheHowieLama]

Baseball that.

 

At some point the league will have to introduce some kind of enforceable salary cap/FFP or they might as well do the tax. It would be far better than the current cluster fuck.