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Post by El Goodo on May 5, 2024 16:55:08 GMT
Come on Bromley, get it Dunk.
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Post by funkymonk on May 5, 2024 16:57:17 GMT
Bromley it is.
Fair play, get Harrison onboard and you'll have 7K new 2CWs.
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Post by Mark Peters’ Bonce of Power on May 5, 2024 18:13:59 GMT
Can’t wait to draw them in The EFL Cup and see Dunk score at The Abbey again. I will not apologise if I accidentally celebrate.
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Post by artvandelay on May 8, 2024 21:23:12 GMT
I very rarely watch football on television as a neutral these days but ended up watching the last thirty minutes of the super-de-duper league semi-final and I'm at a complete loss as to what VAR is supposed to do and how it's supposed to be used, especially in relation to the offside law! How can anyone watch that as entertainment?
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Post by flouncingarburyboy on May 8, 2024 22:17:13 GMT
My post is kinda linked to yours but as someone who quite likes Harry Kane (does his bit for England and has fine Galway roots) it is a little bit funny about how he's brought his Spurs-yness to serial winners Bayern Munich.
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Post by foolhandy on May 8, 2024 22:33:23 GMT
I very rarely watch football on television as a neutral these days but ended up watching the last thirty minutes of the super-de-duper league semi-final and I'm at a complete loss as to what VAR is supposed to do and how it's supposed to be used, especially in relation to the offside law! How can anyone watch that as entertainment? It lost me a couple of years ago. Like F1, top level football has stopped being about entertainment I dread the inevitable filtering down to our level.
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Post by Mark Peters’ Bonce of Power on May 9, 2024 7:32:09 GMT
Yeah, I reached a point a couple of years ago where I find myself increasingly uninterested in watching football other than U’s games. I’ve essentially found myself in a situation where I still absolutely love Cambridge Utd, but largely hate football as an entity.
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Post by cambsno on May 9, 2024 8:19:47 GMT
I very rarely watch football on television as a neutral these days but ended up watching the last thirty minutes of the super-de-duper league semi-final and I'm at a complete loss as to what VAR is supposed to do and how it's supposed to be used, especially in relation to the offside law! How can anyone watch that as entertainment? I guess it's easy to pick up on the odd thing that goes wrong - in the main the offsides are correct 98% of the time (?) and I would say far more accurate than not having VAR. Yes, when you get one like Liverpool v Spurs its a bit of a joke, and the time it takes can be an issue but while it is patchy for some things, VAR works pretty well at offsides
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Post by artvandelay on May 9, 2024 8:34:54 GMT
I very rarely watch football on television as a neutral these days but ended up watching the last thirty minutes of the super-de-duper league semi-final and I'm at a complete loss as to what VAR is supposed to do and how it's supposed to be used, especially in relation to the offside law! How can anyone watch that as entertainment? I guess it's easy to pick up on the odd thing that goes wrong - in the main the offsides are correct 98% of the time (?) and I would say far more accurate than not having VAR. Yes, when you get one like Liverpool v Spurs its a bit of a joke, and the time it takes can be an issue but while it is patchy for some things, VAR works pretty well at offsides Really? I would say it's what it works worst on! It used to be, in theory at least, that the benefit of the doubt went to the attacker, there's now twenty minutes added time as we draw lines on a pitch! Lines which are completely impossible to get right as there's never going to be a way of getting it just right. The Coventry goal that should have beaten the Manchester Marlins being the perfect example.
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Post by cambsno on May 9, 2024 8:41:51 GMT
I guess it's easy to pick up on the odd thing that goes wrong - in the main the offsides are correct 98% of the time (?) and I would say far more accurate than not having VAR. Yes, when you get one like Liverpool v Spurs its a bit of a joke, and the time it takes can be an issue but while it is patchy for some things, VAR works pretty well at offsides Really? I would say it's what it works worst on! It used to be, in theory at least, that the benefit of the doubt went to the attacker, there's now twenty minutes added time as we draw lines on a pitch! Lines which are completely impossible to get right as there's never going to be a way of getting it just right. The Coventry goal that should have beaten the Manchester Marlins being the perfect example. But what is the benefit, 1cm, 5cm, 10cm??? We prefer consistency - how annoying is it when get get a pen against us when we had a stronger shout not given. And no, it has taken 3 or 4 mins which is too long but not 20... Coventry goal was offside - had it been the other way round and it had been given everyone would be shouting about Man U bias
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Post by artvandelay on May 9, 2024 8:50:49 GMT
Really? I would say it's what it works worst on! It used to be, in theory at least, that the benefit of the doubt went to the attacker, there's now twenty minutes added time as we draw lines on a pitch! Lines which are completely impossible to get right as there's never going to be a way of getting it just right. The Coventry goal that should have beaten the Manchester Marlins being the perfect example. But what is the benefit, 1cm, 5cm, 10cm??? We prefer consistency - how annoying is it when get get a pen against us when we had a stronger shout not given. And no, it has taken 3 or 4 mins which is too long but not 20... Coventry goal was offside - had it been the other way round and it had been given everyone would be shouting about Man U bias But it's woefully inconsistent! It's impossible to freeze it at the actual point the ball leaves the foot, which makes the 'technology' redundant. That Coventry goal was onside, the line drawn was ridiculous and you couldn't tell if the ball had left his foot or not, so you give the benefit to the striker. I hate the EPL and CL, so I'm delighted they have VAR, but it's an absolute farce, as last night proved again.
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Post by malotru on May 9, 2024 9:07:28 GMT
I’ve a bit of sympathy for Bayern last night with the way that injury time ‘goal’ was disallowed because the Lino has gone against the instructions given to the officials by flagging when he should have kept it down and let VAR decide. Of course the Madrid players stopped and the keeper may have tried to save the shot but Bayern should have at least be given the chance to be allowed to get the shot away.
Madrid benefitted from VAR 10 minutes earlier so if you can’t even give both teams the fair use of VAR what’s the point of having it.
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Post by texaspete on May 9, 2024 9:16:38 GMT
I guess it's easy to pick up on the odd thing that goes wrong - in the main the offsides are correct 98% of the time (?) and I would say far more accurate than not having VAR. Yes, when you get one like Liverpool v Spurs its a bit of a joke, and the time it takes can be an issue but while it is patchy for some things, VAR works pretty well at offsides Really? I would say it's what it works worst on! It used to be, in theory at least, that the benefit of the doubt went to the attacker, there's now twenty minutes added time as we draw lines on a pitch! Lines which are completely impossible to get right as there's never going to be a way of getting it just right. The Coventry goal that should have beaten the Manchester Marlins being the perfect example. The problem is that VAR has led to the offside law being changed. The solution is changing where the offside line is for VAR purposes is to 30cm or so behind where it is now
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Post by harryhabin on May 9, 2024 9:20:14 GMT
Yeah, I reached a point a couple of years ago where I find myself increasingly uninterested in watching football other than U’s games. I’ve essentially found myself in a situation where I still absolutely love Cambridge Utd, but largely hate football as an entity. Couldn't agree more with this post.
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Post by artvandelay on May 9, 2024 9:32:36 GMT
Really? I would say it's what it works worst on! It used to be, in theory at least, that the benefit of the doubt went to the attacker, there's now twenty minutes added time as we draw lines on a pitch! Lines which are completely impossible to get right as there's never going to be a way of getting it just right. The Coventry goal that should have beaten the Manchester Marlins being the perfect example. The problem is that VAR has led to the offside law being changed. The solution is changing where the offside line is for VAR purposes is to 30cm or so behind where it is now The solution would be to get rid of it!
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