Man city vs spurs offside?

[soupdragon1]

Blib said:

For me, the greatest flaw of VAR is that it will remove the wonderful, life affirming spontaneity of celebrating a goal.

Instead, in many instances fans will catch a breath.....and wait.....then wait some more......then watch the ref watch a TV screen and then finally respond to his decision.

Respond and not react. The glory and the joyous energy for the fan is in the reaction.

Football is an entertainment industry. And VAR adds to the entertainment in my opinion. It's another slant. Sometimes, you get to celebrate twice for example.

[Blib]

soupdragon1 said:

Blib said:

For me, the greatest flaw of VAR is that it will remove the wonderful, life affirming spontaneity of celebrating a goal.

Instead, in many instances fans will catch a breath.....and wait.....then wait some more......then watch the ref watch a TV screen and then finally respond to his decision.

Respond and not react. The glory and the joyous energy for the fan is in the reaction.

Football is an entertainment industry. And VAR adds to the entertainment in my opinion. It's another slant. Sometimes, you get to celebrate twice for example.

Football is spontaneous. Without spontaneity the very essence of the game is sacrificed.

VAR may provide another form of drama, as witnessed last night. However, whatever it was, it was certainly not pure.

[Puggit]

HRL said:

Guess I’m in the minority then but I’m looking forward to VAR in the EPL next season.

Looking forward to it helping level up the playing field.

[soupdragon1]

Blib said:

soupdragon1 said:

Blib said:

For me, the greatest flaw of VAR is that it will remove the wonderful, life affirming spontaneity of celebrating a goal.

Instead, in many instances fans will catch a breath.....and wait.....then wait some more......then watch the ref watch a TV screen and then finally respond to his decision.

Respond and not react. The glory and the joyous energy for the fan is in the reaction.

Football is an entertainment industry. And VAR adds to the entertainment in my opinion. It's another slant. Sometimes, you get to celebrate twice for example.

Football is spontaneous. Without spontaneity the very essence of the game is sacrificed.

VAR may provide another form of drama, as witnessed last night. However, whatever it was, it was certainly not pure.

I totally get what you are saying, and I sort of agree to a point.
From a statistical point of view, i think refs get something like 90%+ big decisions correct. So in theory, incidents like last night will be fairly rare. It is a bit of a spoiler at times, that I agree with, but overall I think the overall benefits outweigh that negative in my opinion.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

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[Ridealong]

Davos123 said:

DocJock said:

What, like ex-prem referee Peter Walton, who, after watching the same replays as us punters, last night stated that the ball went in off Llorente's knee?

Preferably ones with decent eyesight, then.

Dermot Gallagher is Sky's Ref Watch, not the first or last wrong decision he made on or off the pitch below, of which the FA still have not changed the rules where they cannot intervene because the referee took action at the time, apart from this one to lodge a charge of "serious foul play" against Ben Thatcher.

40 seconds in and Ben Thatcher's assault/GBH of Pedro Mendes back in 2006.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anAAJ2fba6E

[Ructions]

If only there were specific Tottenham and Man City threads to discuss the alleged offside or handball or whatever. The City thread, like their stadium could do with a few extra visitors.

[monty999]

Ructions said:

If only there were specific Tottenham and Man City threads to discuss the alleged offside or handball or whatever. The City thread, like their stadium could do with a few extra visitors.

I'm sure we can get this to Vol. 2;)

[Black can man]

At least it looks like Spurs are giving it a go. Still think we can get something from this .

[Black can man]

How did Walker get away with that one

Awaits ban

[anonymous-user]

DocJock said:

Wasn't it Bill Shankly who was credited with saying "If you aren't interfering with play, what are doing on the pitch?"?

First credited to Bill Nicholson at Spurs but a few managers have said similar, such as the best manager England never had :
"If any one of my players isn’t interfering with play, they’re not getting paid."

Other Cloughies:
"Rome wasn't built in a day. But I wasn't on that particular job."
"Beckham? His wife can’t sing and his barber can’t cut hair."
"Ah yes, Frank Sinatra. He met me once y’know?"
"I'm sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd, because that's exactly what I would have done."
"The River Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years."
To the Forest physio after Stuart Pearce suffered concussion: "Tell him he’s Pele and that he’s playing up front for the last 10 minutes."
On Sven getting the England job: "At last we’ve appointed a manager who speaks English better than the players."
After his liver transplant: "To put everybody’s mind at rest, I’d like to stress that they didn’t give me George Best’s old liver."
On who might have nominated him for a knighthood: "I thought it was my next-door neighbour because I think she felt that if I got something like that I would have to move.