Alternatively, sport is about human frailty and human error as much as feats of skill or strength or achievement and I don't see why referees should be excluded from that, other than to make a million armchair twats happy.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 07:45 (four years ago) link
like i said before, half the time all VAR does is defer to another fallible ref no better than the one on the pitch anyway
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 07:47 (four years ago) link
Lol @ offsides being the easiest thing. It is...except that one with the tiniest bit of leg in it, or was it? *Checks VAR for five mins*
If it doesn't stop the TV money coming in FIFA or whoever are not gonna care.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 07:56 (four years ago) link
highly recommend the first ep of this podcast, re: VAR:https://atrpodcast.com
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 08:05 (four years ago) link
Lol @ offsides being the easiest thing
Indeed, the entire history of Association Football suggests otherwise.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 09:14 (four years ago) link
Wasn't offside initially introduced to stop goal-hanging? The idea of policing every single call to the finest hair's breadth is extreme pedantry and will be the death of football. It can't work
― or something, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 09:41 (four years ago) link
otm
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:32 (four years ago) link
it is kind of hilarious given how extremely relaxed refs are about touch-line calls, which as far as i know are not subject to VAR yet result in a change of possession and are presumably much easier to call
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:36 (four years ago) link
(using VAR)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:37 (four years ago) link
What do you mean by touch-line calls?
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
Sorry, whatever the hell you call out-of-bounds over here
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
I feel like the ball has to be about a foot out of bounds before it gets called and nobody ever really complains
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:54 (four years ago) link
Yes but that happens all the time, matches would last three hours if you had to use VAR for that!
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:56 (four years ago) link
Having said that, FIFA are stupid enough to do it.
why VAR the touchline when you could surround the pitch with spiked walls that gradually close in on the players over the 90 minutes?
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 10:57 (four years ago) link
Haha no I'm just saying that offside should be treated with the same level of "good enough"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:00 (four years ago) link
Also I feel like the "challenge" system in tennis and baseball is useful in terms of limiting the number of times the game stops
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:01 (four years ago) link
offside "benefit of doubt goes to the attacking team" was tracer's "good enough" and always seemed okay to me. can honestly say that i've never been outraged when the team i support concedes a goal that tv later shows the scorer was offside by a few inches or smthg.
noodle nails it upthread that it isn't designed with stadium going fans in mind at all with the added bonus that it's crap for tv viewera too!
― oscar bravo, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:28 (four years ago) link
ill go one further and say sterlings 94th minute goal shouldve stood
spirit of the game
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
I think giving teams 2 VAR challenges per half is a great idea
― . (Michael B), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:40 (four years ago) link
if i do say so myself
only the ref should have a var call
and it should never be mandated
and any player asking for it should be shot
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:48 (four years ago) link
or yellow carded
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:11 (four years ago) link
deems otm
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:28 (four years ago) link
yeah i think that would work
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:35 (four years ago) link
envisaging legions of keyboard tacticians angrily condemning this or that coach for using all their VAR challenges by the 80th minute when everyone of course knows that marginal calls are statistically more likely after the 82nd etc etc and then putting my head in the oven
― wot's the tea mum? (not beef again) (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:56 (four years ago) link
it is kind of hilarious given how extremely relaxed refs are
always amazing to me how, with the fate of nations riding on games, no one ever really knows how much time's left. eight minutes of added time? sure, why not. one side is pressing forward when that ends? we'll just let things go until they score or turn the ball over
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0JFuWqwFg4
inverse of this is Clive Thomas refereeing Brazil-Sweden in 1978 WC and electing to adhere to injury time so specifically as to blow the whistle exactly as a corner is headed in. love to see it
(also enjoying the "great protests from the Brazilians" in fact being the players looking a bit pissed off then walking off the pitch as normal)
― wot's the tea mum? (not beef again) (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:27 (four years ago) link
Not stopping the clock and refusing to keep accurate time to add at the end is so ridiculous. It’s simple to track the exact amount of time play was stopped and display that time to the audience and players.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:27 (four years ago) link
lol exactly. bad form to blow the final whistle with the ball in the air heading towards the box.
still think each half should be 30 mins actual time with clock stopping every time ball out of play but then i think about what TV would do with the stoppages and i see enough of ray winstone and lads lads lads and everyone at half-time and can do without it during the actual game.
― oscar bravo, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
Also maybe goals should count for two points, one if they bounce
― Fuck Trump, cops, and the CBP (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:38 (four years ago) link
as an American it's kind of weird to watch a sport on TV with no commercial breaks (besides the one)...like, when am I supposed to go get a beer
not complaining though
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
er indoor will grab you one on her way to do the messages
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:42 (four years ago) link
you get get food/drink when there is a lull in the play which is basically most of the time. then u rush back when the crowd gets louder.
― hollow your fart (m bison), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
At my local MLS team's games, i sit in a premium section where the food and beer is free and we're allowed to take two at a time. Solves that prob easily.
― Fuck Trump, cops, and the CBP (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
out of curiosity is anyone in the uk even the tiniest bit offended by alex morgan sipping tea or is it just american trump supporters
― gbx, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
loads of uk fans are performatively outraged but that's a symptom of how social media has made idiotic cunts of us all tbh
― imago, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
It seems more RuPaul’s Drag Race than Boston Harbour but idk if anyone cares either way.
I’ve warmed to her since finding out she was once reprimanded for being drunk and disorderly at the EPCOT Centre.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
reprimanded for being tired and emotional, surely
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
Funnily enough some people were talking about in work this morning and one woman was all, "What a cheek!", she's an older lady, of Pakistani heritage, actually born and grew up in East Africa.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
She probably just thought it was ill-mannered.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
StuWall got angry and immediately tried to rebuy his seat three times only to be told itd been sold
― Fuck Trump, cops, and the CBP (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
I figured it was entirely directed at Piers Morgan
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
But he's Irish.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
can u fuckin not
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
ffs the usa will win the final by more goals than the last final
― imago, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
They only beat England by one and these two both look better than England
― Blandford Forum, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
Yeah I don't think the US were that impressive last night. They didn't need to be.
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
nah
england would beat these both
― imago, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
typical sassenach arrogance
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link