Football Thread

neddy · February 24, 2020, 1:50pm

Looking forward to it.

nazoreth · February 24, 2020, 1:53pm

I wonder who is going to lose worst, West ham tonight or us in the league Cup final

Dent_Face · February 24, 2020, 2:05pm

Interesting VAR anomaly at Burnley vs Bournemouth on Saturday, something the football writer Jonathan Wilson has termed the ‘Wilson scenario’. Basically, in normal play, VAR can only give a penalty if a handball is deemed deliberate. If a goal is scored, however, VAR has to check the run up play to check there’s no handballs - even if a handball is not deliberate, but a goal ensues subsequently, VAR has to overturn the goal.

Bournemouth scored on Saturday, but VAR overturned the goal and awarded a penalty to Burnley for a handball earlier in the play (the ball did not go out of play until Bournemouth’s goal was scored). Now, if Bournemouth hadn’t scored but had missed then there’s an argument the penalty wouldn’t have been given. The earlier handball was not blatantly deliberate (it hit the defender’s upper arm), but because a goal was subsequently scored any non-deliberate as well as deliberate handballs had to be checked for.

1:19 for the incidents:

The handball may well have been deemed deliberate so this whole scenario could be mute but though it was interesting nonetheless.

neddy · February 24, 2020, 2:10pm

That game was mental!

Gray · February 24, 2020, 2:47pm

Wouldn’t say mental, just horrible for Bournemouth and highlights (along with the Lo Celso red card that wasn’t) the worst of VAR

voodoo · February 24, 2020, 3:19pm

Can’t stand VAR at the moment, even though it’s be really kind to United. I hate people saying, ‘It’ll get better, early days’. All that means is that it wasn’t ready to be rolled out and shouldn’t be used yet till they had it perfected.

nazoreth · February 24, 2020, 3:36pm

I can’t see it getting any better. It’s just pissing everyone off and making things less fair than just having referee’s

Unfortunately unless fans stop attending matches altogether I can’t see FA doing shit

Dent_Face · February 24, 2020, 3:57pm

I actually quite like VAR. Has made for some really interesting moments. Probably shite if you attend a game though.

sk8arrog8 · February 24, 2020, 9:26pm

Fucking hell Fabianski. Basically should be 2-0 to West Ham. Shocking mistakes, especially that second one. Jeez.

nazoreth · February 24, 2020, 10:02pm

Yeah that was…odd

sk8arrog8 · February 24, 2020, 10:19pm

I mean Liverpool definitely deserved to win the game but still…

He’s had a shocker.

telmernatorx · February 25, 2020, 1:30pm

and that sums up west ham. when we finally pull a half decent performance out of the bag, granted against liverpool at 70% our usually most dependable player has a fucking mare

ihatethegeneralpublic · February 26, 2020, 9:49am

This guy is quite good. Also, how much did Arsenal sell Gnabry for again?

nazoreth · February 26, 2020, 9:51pm

Damn could this be City’s year? I mean I hope not but hey

sk8arrog8 · February 27, 2020, 9:09am

They absolutely bossed that match.

De Bruyne. Wow. Always WOW.

ihatethegeneralpublic · February 27, 2020, 9:47am

Is this City’s first big result away in CL or do I have a short memory?

nazoreth · February 27, 2020, 1:18pm

beating Real, at Real, in the CL last 16? Must be one of the clubs biggest results ever

Dent_Face · February 27, 2020, 1:27pm

The Sterling substitution was a masterstroke. Really freed De Bruyne up.

sk8arrog8 · February 27, 2020, 10:37pm

Fucking LOL at Arsenal.

Load · February 27, 2020, 11:11pm

after that amazing auba goal as well.