Football Thread 23-24 Part 2: The VAR Apocalypse

[dontpaintyourteeth]

that small child is GOING TO PRISON

[BlodwynPig]

Look, I don't know about any of this red card bollocks, it's just very funny when Man U lose

Its not the 00s anymore. The club is an irrelevance these days. A Norwich

[Psybro]

that small child is GOING TO PRISON

Come on, Rashford's 26 now.

[dontpaintyourteeth]

Its not the 00s anymore. The club is an irrelevance these days. A Norwich

I find that pretty amusing personally

[DrGreggles]

Intent is important. Imagine Rashford is bombing along, a small child throws an ice cream on the pitch and Rashford slips, colliding heavily with a player and killing him. Red card?

Yes, according to Greggles.

Intent isn't mentioned when it comes to serious foul play. Words like dangerous (like a raised boot) and reckless (like not looking where that raised boot is going) are, but not intent.

Shame that the laws of football aren't easily found online...

[BlodwynPig]

Intent isn't mentioned when it comes to serious foul play. Words like dangerous (like a raised boot) and reckless (like not looking where that raised boot is going) are, but not intent.

Shame that the laws of football aren't easily found online...

Yes. I guess a violent action not intended to harm would count. See racquet smashing or hammering a ball wildly into the crowd in tennis.

[DrGreggles]

Not sure what you're arguing about.

You either weren't previously aware of the law (you're welcome!), or you don't like that it was correctly applied.

I don't know the rules of tennis in depth but, if I ever wish to learn*, I'll give you a shout.


^{*I won't}

[BlodwynPig]

Not sure what you're arguing about.

You either weren't previously aware of the law (you're welcome!), or you don't like that it was correctly applied.

I don't know the rules of tennis in depth but, if I ever wish to learn*, I'll give you a shout.


^{*I won't}

I wasn't arguing. I was agreeing with you.

[DrGreggles]

Then I disagree with everything I've said.

[El Unicornio, mang]

Looks like Liverpool's going to lose

Also, glad we're on a new thread now cos I've had that Rolling Stones song stuck in my head for the past six months because of the previous one.

[Kankurette]

Diaz's dad is safe.

[bgmnts]

Just need three more goals!

[jobotic]

Cor look at Brighton

[Kankurette]

Ajax's misery continues. Happy for Brighton, but Ajax really are in the toilet.

[The Culture Bunker]

I did see a Liverpool player do the Rashford-esque stamp on a players ankle and... not get sent off. Just nice to know inconsistent VAR is a constant, I suppose.

[bgmnts]

The officials are inconsistent, yes.

[Kankurette]

Speaking of which...Liverpool got VAR'd. Klopp rage incoming.

[bgmnts]

Probably was handball? Unsure of the rule at all.

Liverpool were shiiiiit anyway.

[Chollis]

What happened to phases of play? We didn't deserve the draw anyway, VAR is just bollocks

[Herbert Ashe]

Ajax so useless that they're the only team we've kept a clean sheet against all season, and it's happened twice now.

Drop them into the championship right now and they'd probably be 14th or something.

[BlodwynPig]

Then I disagree with everything I've said.

Then I still agree with you ;)

[Thursday]

VAR is shit, but at the same time it's got to the point where every single use of it is a HUGE CONTROVERSY! VAR IS OUT OF CONTROL!!! Even when it makes a correct decision.

And if it's not used to change a decision then it's "WHY DON'T THEY USE VAR??? WHAT IS GOING ON? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?" Damned either way at this point.

[Psybro]

I remember the pundits all baying for VAR because they were sick of talking about refereeing, which was clearly untrue in the first place.

[gabrielconroy]

I hope at least when they inevitably implement some major changes to VAR they call it VAR2, because it sounds a bit like "fart"

[mr. logic]

As somebody who grew up during the nineties obsessed with football, I have two (among many more, of course) prominent memories: Ajax winning the European Cup in 1995 (the first final of that competition I ever watched), and Brighton drawing with Hereford to stay in the entire league in 1997. (They had a fans' day or something didn't they? I was a bit morbidly  fascinated by their entire plight.) With that said, tonight's result was a bit of a mindfuck

[centristmelt]

Diaz's dad is safe.

Mathematically?

[shoulders]

Mathematically?

He's still got to go to Middlesbrough and get something

[bgmnts]

Wolves deserved that if given.

[BlodwynPig]

Spurs.yaml

[DrGreggles]

Last weekend I read an article called something like "Why Tottenham Aren't 'Spursy' Anymore".

^{[insert 'that aged well' image]}