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  1. Red House
    https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/match-thread-man-city-vs-tottenham-champs-league-17-04-19.339905/page-140
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    Nope, I'm loving it already. Title of their match thread on bluemoon: "SOLD OUT! - CL QF vs Tottenham"
  3. Red House
    Bluemoon time
  4. Red House
    Hahahahahaa, utterly fucking brilliant!!!
  5. Red House
    Good prospect this lad.
  6. Red House
    Would definitely prefer Pepe over Werner personally. Pepe and Brandt would be my two attacking signings.
  7. Red House
    Dreaded this one. Top result.
  8. Red House
    Gini has been shite and Matip is getting dragged out of position far too easily.
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    Possibly, but he should probably have been flagged offside before that.
  10. Red House
    Tyler sounds suicidally depressive there.
  11. Red House
    Very poor from Wijnaldum. No effort whatsoever in tracking that run from midfield.
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  13. Red House
    Meanwhile, a great penalty in the Championship... https://streamable.com/k14c8
  14. Red House
    Loved the composure, patience and general intelligent play against such an experienced side. They were dead set on preventing the game from getting too hectic, but we still beat them at their own game.
  15. Red House
    Firmino is getting completely bullied by Hummels and Sule. We need the ball to stick upfront when played into him, otherwise we will definitely come under incessant pressure at some point.
  16. Red House
    Just do not concede first. We won't do well chasing the game with that midfield.
  17. Red House
    Well, I guess Koke's predictions has to go in here.
  18. Red House
    And, for the record, this will be the new handball 'rule' as from next season. That's definitely going to make it better. What the fuck is a natural silhouette? "Another change to the laws of the game means that if the player's arms extend beyond a "natural silhouette", handball will be given, even if it is perceived as accidental."
  19. Red House
    There are already plenty of (most, in fact) penalty decisions that the referee completely missed that have been awarded by VAR without sending the referee to review the decision on the on-pitch monitor. Never stopped the referees from keeping on refereeing the game. By the same token, does that mean linesmen who are overturned for offsides they did not see cannot carry on adequately for the remainder of the game, as the officials are not consulted by VAR for these either? So, that argument does not stand for me. Also disagree about there not being any right or wrong decisions on a football pitch. Just because the game is refereed in the opinion of the referee does not change the fact that there are factually right and wrong offside calls, clear fouls, clear dives, balls that over the line or not. That's why goal line technology has been so successful. And, that's what VAR has been introduced to help with. That said, I quite like the idea of challenges myself. I suggested something along similar lines on here previously.
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    But, the referee having to go to the monitor always occurs after interference from the video assistants anyway. So, if anything, it interferes even further with the flow of the game than if they simply had the video assistants make the call themselves. I can see plenty of advantages in video assistant referees making the final call on reviewed decisions, can barely see any in the match ref doing so.
  21. Red House
    The throw in example was just in reference to the claim that only offside calls are not referred to the match referee. But, my main point is why is the match referee expected to deliver a 'more accurate interpretation of the law' (for lack of a better term) than the video assistant referees, taking into consideration that, unlike the match ref, (i) the latter do not have to face the pressure of the crowd, players and staff when reviewing the replays, (ii) they should be more lucid as they have not been sprinting all over the pitch and (iii) there are more than one of them and can even afford to take a vote in need to. I am not really asking about the situations in which the match referee can be called upon to the make the call. I've got that down. What I am curious about is what benefit is there to be gained from him having to make the call instead of the video assistants?
  22. Red House
    Ha, I just sold him for £14m on FM. Edwards got nothing on me.
  23. Red House
    Well, that's not really true though, is it? Ajax goal yesterday being a point in case. The VAR refs were clearly unsure as to whether the ball had crossed the line or not, but they still made the call instead of going to the match referee, so it's not just offside calls. But in any case, it still does not answer the question as to why it is the match referee who has to make the ultimate call for reviewed decisions even though the video-assistants are in a much better position to do so (for reasons I mentioned above). I still can't think of any logical explanation.
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    Irrespective of today's decision, I still have no idea why the fuck the match referee has to go review the decision on the monitor instead of the VAR refs making the call themselves. First, it would save a considerable amount of time, which is the main criticism aimed at VAR. Secondly, how can you expect someone who's been running all over the pitch to have enough lucidity to make a better call in the 90th minute than the blokes who have just been sitting monitoring their monitor all game. And, third, there are more than one of them, which should increase the likelihood of getting it right. Just cut the drama and have the VAR refs make all the review calls, or am I missing something obvious here?
  25. Red House
    Well, that's one shit estimation.
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