The Footie Thread

[HomerJSimpson]

Think Ange is losing the plot or feeling the heat from above

Ange Postecoglou insists response to Spurs fans' boos misinterpreted in Chelsea defeat

Tottenham suffered their 16th Premier League defeat of the season after a tepid performance at Chelsea as the fans turned on Ange Postecoglou for his substitutions; Enzo Fernandezs second-half header sealed the win for Chelsea as Moises Caicedo and Pape Sarr each had goals ruled out

www.skysports.com

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Bit late for an April Fools. Surely a joke https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5yg3y0v17jo

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Thing is with Sturridge he did Chelsea, City and Liverpool and prob a few more.
Sancho did City, Dortmund and Utd, Chelsea.
Lingard mugged off Utd.
Makes me wonder how desperate some clubs really are going after these players.

How is Sturridge any comparison to Sancho

 

[HampshireHog]

Everton condemn death threats towards James Tarkowski

Everton condemn death threats made towards James Tarkowski and his family following the defender's tackle in Wednesday's Merseyside derby at Anfield.

www.bbc.co.uk

Classy

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Everton condemn death threats towards James Tarkowski

Everton condemn death threats made towards James Tarkowski and his family following the defender's tackle in Wednesday's Merseyside derby at Anfield.

www.bbc.co.uk

Classy

Social media especially Twitter is a cesspit of abuse and it happens too often that there is this level of abuse and the social media platforms need to find ways to stop these people getting a voice

Before people got social media they just abused from the stands

 

[HomerJSimpson]

De Bruyne leaving City. I think he has been a great servant for them https://www.skysports.com/football/...-latest-on-deals-signings-loans-and-contracts

 

[Arthur Wedge]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1908112693501755555

Don’t think its a shock

Off to Saudi prob

Been one of the best midfielders to have played in the Prem - such a classy player

 

[Tashyboy]

Noooooooooooo
The greatest player I have ever seen at City.

 

[CountLippe]

Noooooooooooo
The greatest player I have ever seen at City.

Better than Paul Lake?

 

[Billysboots]

Better than Paul Lake?

I was thinking more of Shaun Goater.

 

[Orikoru]

Think Ange is losing the plot or feeling the heat from above

Ange Postecoglou insists response to Spurs fans' boos misinterpreted in Chelsea defeat

Tottenham suffered their 16th Premier League defeat of the season after a tepid performance at Chelsea as the fans turned on Ange Postecoglou for his substitutions; Enzo Fernandezs second-half header sealed the win for Chelsea as Moises Caicedo and Pape Sarr each had goals ruled out

www.skysports.com

Awful manager but he's 100% correct on VAR there. Useless system that has ruined the game and made referees ten times worse.

 

[AmandaJR]

Noooooooooooo
The greatest player I have ever seen at City.

Lovely words. Wish him everything he wishes for. Amazing servant for the club. Such a glorious player in his heyday. Made it look effortless.

 

[Aztecs27]

Awful manager but he's 100% correct on VAR there. Useless system that has ruined the game and made referees ten times worse.

Still continues to baffle me how other sports have video assisted refereeing and it works absolutely fine with minimal adverse impact on the game.

Rugby and NFL are two that immediately spring to mind.

Then you've got TMO in Cricket

Hawkeye in Tennis

Yet the richest sport in the world can't get it right.

 

[Bdill93]

Noooooooooooo
The greatest player I have ever seen at City.

One of the best midfields to ever play in the prem, his passing range and accuracy was just incredible. Was a pleasure to watch!

 

[Bdill93]

Still continues to baffle me how other sports have video assisted refereeing and it works absolutely fine with minimal adverse impact on the game.

Rugby and NFL are two that immediately spring to mind.

Then you've got TMO in Cricket

Hawkeye in Tennis

Yet the richest sport in the world can't get it right.

Because its subjective and opinion based.

Most of the other sports are very clear cut.

 

[Aztecs27]

Because its subjective and opinion based.

Most of the other sports are very clear cut.

Based on this - the solution to the current problems with VAR are very clear to me.

 

[Orikoru]

Still continues to baffle me how other sports have video assisted refereeing and it works absolutely fine with minimal adverse impact on the game.

Rugby and NFL are two that immediately spring to mind.

Then you've got TMO in Cricket

Hawkeye in Tennis

Yet the richest sport in the world can't get it right.

Two things. On the one hand, decisions that other sports use it for are black and white - was the ball on the line or over, did the ball hit the bat or not, etc. Whereas football has countless grey areas and subjectivity around whether something was a foul or not. But on the other hand, the sport is owned and run by money-grabbing morons so it was always a losing battle.

 

[Aztecs27]

Two things. On the one hand, decisions that other sports use it for are black and white - was the ball on the line or over, did the ball hit the bat or not, etc. Whereas football has countless grey areas and subjectivity around whether something was a foul or not. But on the other hand, the sport is owned and run by money-grabbing morons so it was always a losing battle.

Remove these things from being reviewable, and it would improve enjoyment of the game infinitely.

Just use the automatic offside and goal-line alerts and let the referee referee instead of the responsibility being passed to someone sat in a tiny room hundred of miles away surrounded by monitors.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Remove these things from being reviewable, and it would improve infinitely.

Just use the automatic offside and goal-line alerts and let the referee referee instead of the responsibility being passed to someone sat in a tiny room hundred of miles away surrounded by monitors.

Wasn't it 4 minutes last night to rule out the Chelsea goal for offside? I know it wasn't automated but it might have had the same issue?

I think football is more free flowing than those other sports and so the break in play stands out more.

I also think that the failure to include the spectators in the process is a mistake. In those other sports you can both see and hear what is going on. In football they see nothing in the ground and no spectator hears any of the discussion. Make fans part of it, they would understand it more then.

Oh, and have a 2 minute, or less time limit on any decision. If you can't see clearly after the time agreed, the infield decision sticks.

 

[RichA]

Because its subjective and opinion based.

Most of the other sports are very clear cut.

Yep. Although in the other sports there are still errors of judgement.
It's only football where it's still being discussed days later.
Also, there aren't many other sports where one score/penalty/red card given or denied is felt to have decided the result. That level of ref blaming is reserved for football.