The Footie Thread

[clubchamp98]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028018325251342352

That’s a red card .
Nobody should interfere with an injured player .

 

[Arthur Wedge]

If there is one referee that will always like to get involved it’s Paul Tierney- even more so when it’s VAR and he will spends ages finding something to cancel a goal or provide a red card

Taking over 5 mins to find a handball is a joke but that’s standard Tierney - there was no way there was any 100% proof that it was handball

 

[Steve Wilkes]

If you’re talking about the Burnley match, you should of watched MOTD, they agreed about the handball, but the offside was definitely off.

But, we've already had this season, where even VAR has agree the player was offside, but because he was only 5cm offside we'll let it stand

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Agree with last paragraph.

In the offside, it was the shoulder, not the elbow (i.e. the shoulder is deemed part of the body an outfield player can use). Still feels really harsh though. Less so if those calls could be made almost instantly, so at least fans know the outcome. Otherwise, too many of us simply dont celebrate until the match kicks off again and goal been clarified.

Daylight, in my view, would make no difference. You can still only either be on or off. It would just move the debate as to whether there was a millimetre of daylight or not, or that someone's toenail closed up any daylight between players

Ah, sorry , my bad re shoulder/elbow. Apologies.
Re offside, it wouldn’t be too hard to define “daylight”, as discernible to the naked eye. And looking at a video still that would be obvious to any fair minded person, I submit.

Mind you, if it is between what rules,VAR, etc that we have now…. And going back to 1960s refereeing, then I’d choose the latter

 

[Swango1980]

From a purely football point of view, I am very intrigued as to whether it will be business as usual when Iran start their World Cup in Los Angeles in a few months time