Football Is Dead

[Daytripper]

Understand totally, sad thing is the media won’t make a fuss about us. It shouldn’t be used to cover how poor we were tho, disheartening.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

There was a directive this season any ball hitting an arm in the box was a penalty, intention had nothing to do with it.

Now I don't agree with that, but that was the directive so look at the state of that decision today, apparently the angle that showed a clear arm ball was not available to VAR only Sky Redmen TV had it.

 

[Deckard2049]

Do people avtually watch any games that don’t involve Everton? There’s a VAR controversy in practically every game now. To genuinely suggest we’re the victims of a conspiracy is laughable and we shouldn’t be giving the manager, players or boardroom a get out clause to excuse their failings.

 

[Zezti]

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Do you think end of the season the PL clubs will try vote to get rid of VAR?

If it has gifted the RS their first title with the bonus of relegating their neighbours, the FA will not care if it stays or goes. It will have served it's purpose majestically.

Who's for a £9.99 one off day pass to watch the parade?

K'off SKY/BT and your grubby, dirty game.

 

[blue to the bone]

Said it last week.. I have never been as disillusioned with it.

 

[Tubey]

Do people avtually watch any games that don’t involve Everton? There’s a VAR controversy in practically every game now. To genuinely suggest we’re the victims of a conspiracy is laughable and we shouldn’t be giving the manager, players or boardroom a get out clause to excuse their failings.

No, I'm not talking about Everton or a conspiracy (although I'm absolutely CERTAIN there is one that protects the bigger/London clubs, there's a mountain of evidence for it) - no, I'm saying tonight was the tipping point. There's zero consistency, no accountability for poor officiating.

The game is dead.

 

[chrismpw]

If it was 90 minutes and we conceeded a penalty to that based on it being handball I would be gutted.

Yes technically it was but I hate all these soft pens these days - same way as Brighton technically was a penalty but for me it shouldn't have been given as whilst Keane stands on their player it wasnt intentional.

Its the inconsistency of the refs awarding on the unintentional calls which is the problem not the tech itself imo.

Dorry, can't agree. It was a pen because the rules as stated at the start of the season were clear - any hand ball where the hand is raised in an "unnatural position"

His hand even moved towards the ball ffs.

They made no rule about accidentally part stepping on somebody's foot while you're watching the ball.. also football is a contact sport - it's not basketball. The pundits are WRONG when they keep bleating that contact is a penalty.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Patent Pending before anybody gets any ideas.

Hosted by Ant and Dec with Chris Sutton as the ex player 'expert'.

 

[tommytowne]

There was a directive this season any ball hitting an arm in the box was a penalty, intention had nothing to do with it.

Now I don't agree with that, but that was the directive so look at the state of that decision today, apparently the angle that showed a clear arm ball was not available to VAR only Sky Redmen TV had it.

First sentence says it all. John Terry got away with countless such instances so a change in the rules was granted.

 

[Tubey]

Will Atkinson be sacked/punished for his performance tonight? Will Anthony Taylor be reprimanded/removed from VAR duties for his performance?

You know the answer to both, right?

It's as bad as boxing. I thought the Crolla judges were bad but this is a whole other level of terrible.

In 99% of other jobs they'd be on the dole tomorrow. But not in football, because it's a massive con job. A completely scripted fix from officials to artificially elevate drama for their Sky overlords.

 

[paulbefc]

Dorry, can't agree. It was a pen because the rules as stated at the start of the season were clear - any hand ball where the hand is raised in an "unnatural position"

His hand even moved towards the ball ffs.

They made no rule about accidentally part stepping on somebody's foot while you're watching the ball.. also football is a contact sport - it's not basketball. The pundits are WRONG when they keep bleating that contact is a penalty.

By "hand ball", do they mean "any contact with the arm/hand whatsoever. So if the ball flicks someone's arm on its way past, barely changing direction/stopping and the arm isn't by the player's side, that's definitely a pen?

Genuinely just want to know as that's not what I thought the rule was and I feel like it'd have to be for us to be fuming here.

I should add that I think if that definitely is the rule, it's ridiculous.

 

[orchard]

An entire life of loving football, but while that's been fading in recent years, it snapped for me tonight.

It's not about Everton, although them being abysmal doesn't help - it's about the lack of fairness, the corruption, the way money controls everything in the game.

I'm a season ticket holder who didn't go tonight because I simply couldn't be arsed. I stopped watching the moment that handball decision was made. I won't watch another minute of the sport.

Happened to me a few years ago, still listen on the radio, but like you say, it's ridiculous to invest emotion in something that's so prone/subject to constant manipulation.
Bloody circus

 

[Chewbacca]

100% agreed

Sky in the bin. Papers left in the racks.

I’m off to watch amateur sport

 

[hirons11]

It hit me a few weeks ago and, again, it's not just because we're crap, it's because the game has become a scripted pantomime.

I live I a small wiltshire town - I'm going to just watch local amateur stuff from now on - theres no money and no absolute necessity to fix games.

Sky and bt have robbed the common man of a sport and murdered it.

IF ANY OF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO SKY, DITCH IT, SAVE YOURSELF SOME CASH AND GIVE IT YOUR KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS INSTEAD.

My Sky subscription ends on the 11th November as I was already ahead of this sentiment. Won't be getting it back at any price.