John Smith Is Declan Rice good?
A friend of mine, who is a West Ham season ticket holder, rates him very very highly.
by Hendo » 14 Jan 2019 14:06
John Smith Is Declan Rice good?
by tmesis » 14 Jan 2019 14:08
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For me the problem is that it's also still a matter of opinion and so even on review it comes down to what that official thinks at that moment in time.
That's the nuance I was trying to pull out. In cricket, the umpire gives his opinion, and if technology says it's a close call, it stays with his on-field decision. That's the bit that football fans can't get their heads around - VAR isn't and wasn't ever designed to be used to adjudge the minutest of fouls or barely detectable simulation, but to correct obvious mistakes.
You're right - even on review, if it's a marginal call it stays with what the official thought at that moment in time. That's how it should be.
I don't see why that is a problem. The argument seems to be that because technology can't help with subjective decisions, it shouldn't help with objective ones.
Talking to a Turkish lad the other day (he runs the local paper shop and is a fan of Galatasaray and played both football and basketball for them but not at the very top level) his gripe is that the ref decides whether to refer to VAR (they have VAR in Turkey for all games).
He admits to looking at things through RTGs but is convinced that the refs have it in for his team and hardly ever refer when it might be to Galatasaray's advantage.
In his opinion the top Turkish ref (the one we see in European games with the very dark hair flattened by overuse of brylcream-can't think of his name) is the worst culprit of all and seemingly never refers to VAR if the decision could favour Galatasaray.
I would guess his "never" isn't actually never.
by John Smith » 17 Jan 2019 10:22
Old Man Andrews .
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Been a while since we did any predictions. Few corkers this weekend which are nigh on impossible to call:
Bournemouth v West Ham
Plymouth v Coventry
Aldershot v Chesterfield
Bath City v Torquay
by John Smith » 18 Jan 2019 12:06
John Smith Can't stop thinking about Aldershot v Chesterfield. I might have to knock Pride Park on the head and go down to watch it I'm that excited!
by Sanguine » 21 Jan 2019 17:28
by John Smith » 22 Jan 2019 09:58
Sanguine - 12 of the 72 penalties awarded in 2004-05 (16%) went to Crystal Palace.
by sandman » 26 Jan 2019 18:08
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by John Madejski's Wallet » 26 Jan 2019 23:31
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by Sutekh » 27 Jan 2019 09:58
by 6ft Kerplunk » 27 Jan 2019 10:08
Sanguine That number has been around 15-20% since 2005 - did something change then?
Sutekh I see we get chelsea reserves v Sheff we’d on tv today. Why, exactly? We already get every ManU cup game on tv irrespective of how irrelevant the game is so are Chelsea about to join that collective?
Wolves’ trip to Shrewsbury would have been a better game to have.
Also they obviously don’t give a tuppenny about the away supporters. 6pm on a Sunday!
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