Other Football - 2019/20

[Elite]

Pros: Fondly remembered for a couple of great years here.

Cons: Couldn't save a medicine ball.

 

[dockers_strike]

Im onside with VAR. Im not onside with how mike riley and his mates have utterly fucked up what was a tool to help refs reach the right decisions. Dont use the pitchside monitors, what's that all about?

 

We can dance around words like 'clear and obvious' error all we like but the fact is, VAR is intended to correct bad calls by the ref and his team on the pitch. How can anyone say that fernandes 'penalty' wasnt an error never mind 'clear and obvious'?

 

The 'big toe' offsides should have been anticipated by the VAR working party before the system went live.

 

Overall, it seems to be the more senior the match official is, the less likely a less senior VAR team are to overrule them. The fernandes decision isnt the only bad call by VAR.

 

Im not in agreement with ex players being involved because they would introduce bias plus, the more people you have in the decision making process, the longer it takes to reach a decision.

 

I dont profess to know the answers but people saying bin VAR off miss the point that the fernandes decision would still have been made and upheld. Whoever was on VAR for those games yesterday should be sanctioned because at the moment, a ref can be dropped down to the Championship due to poor performances but what are the sanctions for incompetent VAR officials?

[Numero Veinticinco]

3 minutes ago, aRdja said:

That’s much better. Cheers.

 

Okay, he’s elite on the ball. He’s a sweeper keeper, he gets the club and he’d be happy to accept playing second fiddle to Alisson. Sure he’s not what he used to be, but I think he’s a better fit to our system than Adrian.

He isn’t elite on the ball. He isn’t a sweeper keeper. He’d have a fucking aneurysm if he had to run to the edge of his area. I hate to break this to you, but it isn’t 2006 anymore. Have you seen him try to dive for a shot lately? He has the reaction time of fudge. 
 

You’ve made some strange suggestions in your time Code, but this is absolutely fucking stonking bonkers. 
 

 

[Elite]

5 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

Im onside with VAR. Im not onside with how mike riley and his mates have utterly fucked up what was a tool to help refs reach the right decisions. Dont use the pitchside monitors, what's that all about?

 

We can dance around words like 'clear and obvious' error all we like but the fact is, VAR is intended to correct bad calls by the ref and his team on the pitch. How can anyone say that fernandes 'penalty' wasnt an error never mind 'clear and obvious'?

 

The 'big toe' offsides should have been anticipated by the VAR working party before the system went live.

 

Overall, it seems to be the more senior the match official is, the less likely a less senior VAR team are to overrule them. The fernandes decision isnt the only bad call by VAR.

 

Im not in agreement with ex players being involved because they would introduce bias plus, the more people you have in the decision making process, the longer it takes to reach a decision.

 

I dont profess to know the answers but people saying bin VAR off miss the point that the fernandes decision would still have been made and upheld. Whoever was on VAR for those games yesterday should be sanctioned because at the moment, a ref can be dropped down to the Championship due to poor performances but what are the sanctions for incompetent VAR officials?

There needs to be an independent team that are completely separate to the match

day officials, it would stop a lot of the hierarchy decision making bollocks.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

8 minutes ago, aRdja said:

That’s much better. Cheers.

 

Okay, he’s elite on the ball. He’s a sweeper keeper, he gets the club and he’d be happy to play second fiddle to Alisson. Sure he’s not what he used to be, but I think he’s a better fit to our system than Adrian.

He has earned enough trophies doing nowt, I would not touch him with a barge pole.

[Stickman]

#TaintedTrophy or the Asterisk Cup take your pick draw taking place 

 

City or Madrid will get Lille or Juventus in the quarters 

[Numero Veinticinco]

I googled ‘fat Pepe Reina’ and this came up. It would have been rude not to share. 
 

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

Just now, Stickman said:

#TaintedTrophy or the Asterisk Cup take your pick draw taking place 

I’m going for the old ‘Champions, fuck you’.

[an tha]

3 minutes ago, Stickman said:

#TaintedTrophy or the Asterisk Cup take your pick draw taking place 

 

City or Madrid will get Lille or Juventus in the quarters 

Totally tainted this year and much more relevant for an asterisk than the league that all the bitters et al keep shouting for.

 

They've changed the format and made last 8 and last 4 single games in neutral venues.

 

And clubs can name full 23 man squad and have full 12 to pick from as subs on bench - something only usually allowed in final.

 

It is absolutely ripe for a big fat asterisk this year and i'd say that if we were in it.

 

Totally tainted

[sir roger]

If we don’t change the air bridge list will the English teams will have to self isolate for 14 days when they get back from Portugal ?

[Trumo]

25 minutes ago, Numero said:

I googled ‘fat Pepe Reina’ and this came up. It would have been rude not to share. 
 

 

She's hiding two Pepe Reina's under her shirt, hence the link.

[Johnlj]

City will stroll it home. Not even having to get out of fourth gear. They have two teams and can have them both ready with the 23 player squads. Only real test left is Bayern, but they haven't had a competitive game for ages when it starts.

[dockers_strike]

59 minutes ago, Elite said:

There needs to be an independent team that are completely separate to the match

day officials, it would stop a lot of the hierarchy decision making bollocks.

Yes, I agree this has to be the way forward.

[El Rojo]

32 minutes ago, Johnlj said:

City will stroll it home. Not even having to get out of fourth gear. They have two teams and can have them both ready with the 23 player squads. Only real test left is Bayern, but they haven't had a competitive game for ages when it starts.

Bayern’s performance against Chelsea was the best I’ve seen this season that didn’t involve us. I still reckon they can do some damage. 

[joe_fishfish]

Seeing the CL draw makes me even more disappointed we had to play Adrian against Atleti. They got RB Leipzig, then the winner from Atalanta and PSG, who have barely kicked a ball in months.

[Grinch]

I'm glad for young Curtis that Peoe still can't keep anything out of the net. 

[Jairzinho]

Real Madrid v Juventus will be a good game.

 

[Lee909]

Rumours City going to be let off the hook with the Champions League ban. Leicester need to sort their shit out

[J-V]

53 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Rumours City going to be let off the hook with the Champions League ban. Leicester need to sort their shit out

What a surprise...

[Scott_M]

5 hours ago, an tha said:

Totally tainted

I still wish we were in it.

[Scott_M]

1 hour ago, Lee909 said:

Rumours City going to be let off the hook with the Champions League ban. Leicester need to sort their shit out

Where is this from please?

[Scott_M]

4 hours ago, Johnlj said:

City will stroll it home. Not even having to get out of fourth gear. They have two teams and can have them both ready with the 23 player squads. Only real test left is Bayern, but they haven't had a competitive game for ages when it starts.

Although I agree about Bayern, I disagree about them strolling it. 
 

Assuming Juventus overcome a first leg deficit to Lyon, that’ll be tough, as will whoever the semi is again. 
 

If they go on to beat the Spanish, Italian, German & French champions, fair play really. 

[Anubis]

If City get off the CL ban then FFP is dead in the water. The Saudi’s will be in at Newcastle. If Usmanov is waiting in the shadows at Everton he may as well step out because if the only consequence of a serious FFP breach is a financial penalty, then there really isn’t a consequence for the  super rich owners. We’ll have done well to get another CL and League Title under our belt.

[cloggypop]

27 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Where is this from please?

https://mobile.twitter.com/iancheeseman/status/1281594779915227136

[Lee909]

30 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Where is this from please?

Some journo on twitter. Didn't bother reading more