Today’s Football 2020/21 Season

[ForeverBlue92]

Ah probably geolocked. Anyway it's Walcott's goal against Watford.

Relaxing the handball rule was stupid. Defenders are aware of how easily they can get away with making themselves bigger and take advantage. If they'd have kept their bedsheets dry and given it 2 months defenders would have figured out how to keep their hands down.

People just need to relax, tweek things as necessary and accept that it isn't bad just because it isn't how it was in 1998.

Tbf mate an American telling English footie fans to relax and enjoy these daft new rules which spoils the atmosphere and actual game celebrating a potential winning goal is going to get the same reception as me going onto some NFL teams forum and telling them they need to change their rules to make it more whatever (not saying being American makes you any less of a fan btw just making a point as you obviously dont get down to the games as much as most of us lot can for example).

Its daft mate - VAR was brought in to help officials clear up missed/basic errors on the pitch.

It wasnt ever implemented or sold to clubs or its fanbases that it was brought in to go out of its way to find the tiniest nose hair of a player being offside in order to call an offside.

Its a con.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Watkins and Ogbonna were grappling with each other. Given all their diving, Villa got exactly what they deserved.

Ogbonna had his arms wrapped around Watkins and was holding him back, Watkins was doing nothing wrong.

 

[marsh]

Just get rid of VAR and let the ref and linesman make the decision and that's the end of it, like it used to be

 

[DanB90]

Ah probably geolocked. Anyway it's Walcott's goal against Watford.

Relaxing the handball rule was stupid. Defenders are aware of how easily they can get away with making themselves bigger and take advantage. If they'd have kept their bedsheets dry and given it 2 months defenders would have figured out how to keep their hands down.

People just need to relax, tweek things as necessary and accept that it isn't bad just because it isn't how it was in 1998.

Penalties where being given nearly every game at the start of the season, for balls hitting a defenders arm from positions where it was near impossible for them to move it out the way, just because the arm was slightly away from the body. This couldn’t carry on and thankfully, common sense seems to have prevailed on this.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Tbf mate an American telling English footie fans to relax and enjoy these daft new rules which spoils the atmosphere and actual game celebrating a potential winning goal is going to get the same reception as me going onto some NFL teams forum and telling them they need to change their rules to make it more whatever (not saying being American makes you any less of a fan btw just making a point as you obviously dont get down to the games as much as most of us lot can for example).

Its daft mate - VAR was brought in to help officials clear up missed/basic errors on the pitch.

It wasnt ever implemented or sold to clubs or its fanbases that it was brought in to go out of its way to find the tiniest nose hair of a player being offside in order to call an offside.

Its a con.

I don't dismiss ideas based on where someone is from. So whatever, if you've got good NFL ideas I'm all ears.

What people seem to miss is that offside/onside is a basic error. It isn't a judgment call. You are or aren't.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Penalties where being given nearly every game at the start of the season, for balls hitting a defenders arm from positions where it was near impossible for them to move it out the way, just because the arm was slightly away from the body. This couldn’t carry on and thankfully, common sense seems to have prevailed.

It wouldn't have carried on. These guys are very skilled athletes. They'd have figured it out.

The most controversial one was Dier's and I genuinely think that he knew he lost his header and made himself bigger as a reflex.

 

[Ring master]

Probably another pen as been said,but looking for the offside and not the foul

 

[DanB90]

It wouldn't have carried on. These guys are very skilled athletes. They'd have figured it out.

The most controversial one was Dier's and I genuinely think that he knew he lost his header and made himself bigger as a reflex.

You can’t physically play football with your arms strapped to your sides. Your arms are used for balance in a lot of instances. What we’d have started seeing is players flicking the ball towards a defenders arm for an easy penalty.
Offside is something I don’t have an issue with. Fine margins, but you’re either on, or off.

 

[TheBigIguana]

You can’t physically play football with your arms strapped to your sides. Your arms are used for balance in a lot of instances. What we’d have started seeing is players flicking the ball towards a defenders arm for an easy penalty.
Offside is something I don’t have an issue with. Fine margins, but you’re either on, or off.

But you can play it without having your arm bent 90 degrees at the elbow with your hand away from your body and those started being given only for people to complain anyway. Maybe an in between is necessary but where the rule is now isn't good. Defenders get away with a lot and I think it is more intentional than people want to acknowledge.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

I don't dismiss ideas based on where someone is from. So whatever, if you've got good NFL ideas I'm all ears.

What people seem to miss is that offside/onside is a basic error. It isn't a judgment call. You are or aren't.

Once already this season, the rules on the parts of the body that can be judged offside has been changed. That means that there are already some calls made this year that are outdated and wrong.

If players look at this call today, roll up their sleeves and get into EXACTLY the same position but don’t get called offside because their sleeve is behind the line, is that consistent? There has to be common sense in the application of these rules and I don’t think that there is.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

You can’t physically play football with your arms strapped to your sides. Your arms are used for balance in a lot of instances. What we’d have started seeing is players flicking the ball towards a defenders arm for an easy penalty.
Offside is something I don’t have an issue with. Fine margins, but you’re either on, or off.

Mate. A guy has just had a goal chalked off because his arm was forward in keeping his balance when he was being fouled.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Once already this season, the rules on the parts of the body that can be judged offside has been changed. That means that there are already some calls made this year that are outdated and wrong.

If players look at this call today, roll up their sleeves and get into EXACTLY the same position but don’t get called offside because their sleeve is behind the line, is that consistent? There has to be common sense in the application of these rules and I don’t think that there is.

I don't support changing the rules mid season. I hated that they added subs during the restart.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Carragher now calling Moyes dour.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I don't dismiss ideas based on where someone is from. So whatever, if you've got good NFL ideas I'm all ears.

What people seem to miss is that offside/onside is a basic error. It isn't a judgment call. You are or aren't.

If you was at Goodison the night Big Dunc scored the winner against Utd where literally the ground was physically rocking and VAR pulled it up as Dunc's boot lace was offside - if you then turned around and said thats a fair call then for me football is dead to me.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Ogbonna had his arms wrapped around Watkins and was holding him back, Watkins was doing nothing wrong.

Villa were diving and rolling around the whole match. They deserved the square root of f*** all for that alone. They had it laid on a silver platter and still missed their penalty.