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Never have I been less tempted to subscribe to any sports package like

The Willian cross free kick that went straight in was Timmy. Unless Elliot conceded a howler to him in the reverse fixture I'm on about the one where he was beaten by Costa (I think) to a ball that he had about a 10 yard advantage on. It might not have been Willian who scored like.

Is part of the interview process to getting a job for a national paper that you repeatedly nut brick wall until you black out?

Elliot made atleast 3 high profile howlers in the season we went down like. Cleverly, Shaquiri and Willian (I think?)

Shelvey in hands on knees mode. This half has been absolutely vile.

HE'LL NEED THEM EH LADS?

I've always had a funny feeling Inesta would finish his career here.

I'm just putting it out there that it isn't happening like before I get quoted.

I'm not drinking piss through my eyes like.

Average sized shot drank through the eye.

I'm not going to piss into a pint glass and drink it like, but I'd definitely piss on my hand a little bit and lick it off when I'm in the bog.

Nah correct decisions don't count. I mean anything where after the game we can all universally agree that VAR either completely fucked up (ie if they miss Mitrovic flying elbowing Tim Cahill off the ball - yet in the same game award a penalty to Serbia) or if they overrule a contentious decision and replace it with another contentious decision (like a handball in the box where 50% of the board says it's a pen and the other 50% say it's not).

How has he not actually been banned for it?

Much lower chance of losing due to VAR than losing due to incompetent reffing though Maybe, but I reckon the odds will be quite low for at least one team being knocked out of the competition directly due to a negative consequence of VAR. Probably multiple. Not really sure why you think that. I could see teams feeling aggrieved by soft but correct decisions being made alright Why I feel what? That there will be atleast one mistake that will cause a team to be knocked out? If so I think it's pretty much a given, but we'll see. I'm actually going to hoy a random figure out and say I'll drink my own piss if less than 4 teams are knocked out of the competition due to a negative consequence of VAR. Whether it be missing something for one side yet catching something for the opposition, or reversing a debatable decision that the ref had made only for the decision to still be debatable because - by the letter of the law - it's down to the referees interpretation. We now have about 10 referees watching the game each with their own interpretation of what is happening.

Much lower chance of losing due to VAR than losing due to incompetent reffing though Maybe, but I reckon the odds will be quite low for at least one team being knocked out of the competition directly due to a negative consequence of VAR. Probably multiple.

It has nothing to do with being a purist, VAR just doesn't improve the sport for me. If I think something actually improves the game then I'll probably be all for it.

But the way it is is inherently 'flawed' but that's how the game has been for decades. VAR is meant to make the game 'bulletproof', so when they fuck up and lose someone the World Cup it's going to feel far, far worse than just a referee who missed something. Losing a world cup because FIFA randomly decided to trial some shite system?

I also wonder how many titles, cups, relegations (and fucking World Cups) will be decided while we trial this shite out too. Considering the whole point of it is meant to make the game more fair, over the next few years we're going to see some pretty unfair shit because of it.

I KNA HOW TO FIX FOOTBALL!!!

But that would only work for certain decisions. We still have things like offsides that haven't been spotted. You cannot just have the captain stopping the game like he's at Wimbledon, pointing to the VAR umpire to have a look at the video. Find out it was onside and then resume play with a drop kick. That's something football really doesn't need. Tennis and cricket are also stop start games without a clock.

Aye. VAR completely changes the game like. It has to otherwise it would be redundant. I disagree it’s unfair on lower league teams though, they should be thankful their game isn’t being pissed about with I’m notagainst using technology for certain things like. Goal line stuff is fine imo, off the ball stuff like assault/spitting I would like delt with during the game. Offsides ‘n that though? Fuck off man.

I'm afraid of change when it's pointless like. VAR doesn't improve the sport. It doesn't make it any more entertaining, it just adds further pointless caveats and distances it even further from what you can play yourself on a Sunday. Just let the ref do what referees have been doing for over a century and let us call them cunts when they fuck up. It's all good. Genuinely cannot see how any football fan would want this shite implemented like.