jdckelly

is it just me or were prem teams unable to draw each other in round 2 before?

Arsenal bench is a bit terrifying

But the point isn't what works on or off TV. The point is that decisions are corrected. If it's a problem in ground, which I'm sure it is, they need to solve that with some commentary or whatever. The box has been opened, there's no going back. You can't now wish for less accuracy it's mental. Surely it depends on your personal view as to whether inaccuracy was ever really a problem? When VAR was used in the world cup a few years ago it was sold to the world under the impression that it would be used to correct "clear and obvious errors", and to-date that tournament has been the only good use of the system that I've seen. It's gone way beyond the clear and obvious now. Those offsides in the city game today were mental, there's no way it's an obvious error from the linesman if different frames of the ball being kicked show different results... If they have to analyse things frame-by-frame and still need a computer display to figure out whether it was actually offside then it's definitely gone too far. If they want to get those decisions perfect then why bother having people there to review it anyway? In this day and age you could probably just whack a GPS on every player and every ball and have it work as efficiently as goal line tech anyway; I'd rather wait for a solution along those lines if we're aiming for perfection, because at least the decision would be instantaneous rather than the shambles it is now. Something in the way VAR's used needs to change like. Almost every time a goal goes in now we're just waiting to see if it'll actually count, that just isn't right IMO. It's a bad enough experience on the tele with the commentators telling you what's going on, it must be a complete mess for match-goers. My point on VAR would be they've tried to make it fit existing rules and it won't. They need to amend the rules to fit the technology. Then we can move on. or we could just go back to the old rules which worked just fine and throw var in the bin rather than try and mutilate the rules so var fits.

well this is ominous from City

thats my thought, if its as close as the first one just leave it with the on-field decision

fuck var throw it in a fire and burn it

1-0 City

How does nobody pick him up?!

Don't, every time i heard a commentator or pundit say it, it drove me mental. The result at the end does actually matter you divs But that gets in the way of Sky/bt drooling over city/liverpool hammering the "little teams" 5 or 6 nil

Good lord I know its Liverpool etc etc but Norwich look so bad in defence all well and good trying to play football but defending is part of football too

Norwich look kinda hopeless at the back

I'm surprised Man Utd let Lukaku go without having a replacement ready to sign immediately, they made some good signings (eventually in the case of Maguire) but really they needed to do more imho. Personally I doubt OGS will be there next season but unless man utd are bottom half or something he'll probably see the season out before getting the boot.

nah summer post first relegation was worse players going, no one coming in, the barry moat saga, no manager and the bannana kit.

well he'd have to go through the full preseason basically, probably be "fit" after the international break

I do like him

thats probably woodwards/glazers plan

did he have an agent before? I remember Given never bothered with one just used his lawyer for any contract stuff etc

Drinkwater to Chelsea was such a weird transfer

worth a gamble, if it works out great if it doesn't its only a 1 year deal

apparently the Dybala deal broke down over image rights of all things

its not the worst idea in history to bring him back

was waiting for Carroll to be linked

always amuses me to see that kind of transfer as its blantantly obvious its filling the english (well homegrown) quota for CL and prem

not heard anything about him moving and with Luiz gone you assume thats not going to happen

honestly surprised Liverpool have done nothing, they had the season of their lives got every bit out of the players and fell short of City its hard to see a repeat of that consistent level of performance and lack of injury trouble this season.