David Edgar

Commentator just said "Sarri really built something at Napoli." How many of the first 11 were Rafa signings?

"If I could make money asset stripping another brand, I would. But I can't so I'll blame the government."

I figured the same for both of those points. Might just be cos of FIFA

Referee has fucked this game with the handball call.

Frank Lampard's Chelsea getting battered.

That's an OG from Kepa.

Really enjoyed that. A fully functioning Barcelona win that by a few, but fair play to Slavia for their efforts. Hope Chelsea v Ajax is a belter next.

Vidal should be shot into the fucking moon for that dive. Wanker.

Vidal has been rubbish. Imagine playing him as a #10.

I thought it was VAR that gave the red card, overruling the referee who had initially given a yellow?

Barca v Slavia first half was proper engrossing.

So there would still be a margin for error. An armpits worth...

This is just stupid, where do you draw the line? 5cm, 10cm or 30cm? Then we would be back arguing about the same thing again. No, it is definitely not stupid. It is by far the most sensible way to use VAR for offside decisions seeing that VAR objectively cannot make accurate judgements due to limitations in frame rates. There 100% has to be a "referee's call" margin for error applied just like they do in cricket with LBWs and Hawkeye. That frame rate thing has been debunked and it was completely made up by Daily Mail. Games are broadcast at 50 frames per second but the cameras VAR use go up to 300 frames per second IIRC. I can't find evidence of the debunking.

Nah, I don't think that is all too necessary. But the actual justification for the decision should be explained clearly to the fans in the stadium and fans watching on TV by the referee who is overseeing the implementation of VAR. It would make things so much clearer to all.

This is just stupid, where do you draw the line? 5cm, 10cm or 30cm? Then we would be back arguing about the same thing again. No, it is definitely not stupid. It is by far the most sensible way to use VAR for offside decisions seeing that VAR objectively cannot make accurate judgements due to limitations in frame rates. There 100% has to be a "referee's call" margin for error applied just like they do in cricket with LBWs and Hawkeye.

Better lock the thread now then. Save the wasted bandwidth.

Such a bullshit decision cos players do trips like that all the time... Are they going to red card every trip? Nope.

Get the impression that he is the definition of a model professional.

Add in the Longstaff brothers. I have a lot of time for Dummett and Atsu as well.

I watched the second half out of habit when I got home, but wasn't remotely fussed when West Ham brought it back to 2-3.

Textbook Almiron in the box.