Today's Football - 2023/2024 Season

[NorthernBlue]

Worked out well for Chelsea in the end that disallowed goal

 

[matty1878]

No Spurs are

it’s been a mad game so far the game has been crazy nit spurs

lol they thought he saved it then lol

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Dier coming on will contribute to the spectacle, I can assure you.

 

[matty1878]

Not far off now

that was a red tho all day

 

[Billy Dean]

Palmer is such a good player

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Proper spectacle this

 

[jazzy]

Spurs should be down to 9 and will be soon if they carry on like this
Heads have fallen off

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

This will be a real test of Tottenham’s title credentials if they can get out of this scenario with 3 points

 

[longers]

This shouldn't be football.

Zooming in for millimetres.

"Clear and obvious" FFS.

Give the benefit to the attacker and only use VAR for clear and obvious errors.

'Clear and obvious' still leaves a grey area and makes things subjective. They just need better tech, so they can quickly see without question if it's onside or not... like Tennis. That's why i think VAR isn't ever going anywhere, tech will improve and it will become a non issue.

 

[PhilM]

This shouldn't be football.

Zooming in for millimetres.

"Clear and obvious" FFS.

Give the benefit to the attacker and only use VAR for clear and obvious errors.

The problem is that they can't even consistently define what clear and obvious is. Genuinely, I'd just bin the whole thing off because it's counter-productive.

Statistically, they may now be getting more correct decisions, but some of the decisions are irrelevant while others are utterly needless.

I'm not arsed if someone's little toe is offside or if they're leaning forward with their arm: show it on the screen, give 'em twenty seconds and that's it.

 

[Runub]

Spitty will need about an hour to go through all these incidents at half time

 

[nsno-chris]

that was a red tho all day

Not in my day Matty. Brush that off and have a scrap, the worst punishment would have been a yellow

 

[kenada_blue]

'Clear and obvious' still leaves a grey area and makes things subjective. They just need better tech, so they can quickly see without question if it's onside or not... like Tennis.

Tennis there's lines. It's in or out

Offsides we're introduced so attackers didn't gain an advantage on a defender. Being offside by a mm, a toe, or an inch of a shoulder...isn't an advantage

 

[HowardsWay]

This will be a real test of Tottenham’s title credentials if they can get out of this scenario with 3 points

Spurs ain't getting near the title... it's the usual media hype and they really haven't been that good.
I'm enjoying thus kick fest though.... very enjoyable... hope they all get sent off.

 

[PhilM]

Tennis isn't subjective. There's lines. It's in or out

Offsides we're introduced so attackers didn't gain an advantage on a defender. Being offside by a mm, a toe, or an inch of a shoulder...isn't an advantage

I remember there was a game once where the striker was deemed offside because his heel was ahead of the defender's foot by a mere few cm.

What they didn't think about was the striker was facing away from goal while the defender was running towards it, so the defender had the advantage.