Recent content by Muttley

Either just switch the bloody thing off or... 1. Show substitution names as they take place 2. Show replays of our goals if not straight after if that is too taxing then at HT and full-time. 3. Clearly announce and show goalscorers Thank you

Pears was only identifiable from the kit. Only one I got. I'm never very good at it but it was particularly difficult last night

Hoping you're having a better day today AET.

No it doesn't. Yes some errors were made but we got a full blooded exciting game of football without five minutes of dead time staring at a big screen. It demonstrated how much more entertaining football can be without the nonsense of VAR

Gerrinto 'em

First saw this on some show presented by P**do R*lf, just popped into my YouTube feed. Brilliant cartoon, very clever yet simple.

Hubba!

Eh? The ball must fully cross the plane of the goal. It's a simple rule and it is easy to implement using video technology. Those "laws of physics" dictate that it is a much simpler problem to address with technology. It works instantly, it has thrown the occasional bad error but we can accept...

It really isn't. But you know that.

The decision must be as "instant" as the linesman raising his flag. I have no problem with technology, the goal-line tech is obviously working well (though even that has had the odd hiccup). I accept that nothing is or can be perfect which is where I diverge from the VAR cheer leaders. The...

FTFY

Of course it is, I was using dramatic exaggeration to make the point. That's not football drama though is it? It is a manufactured nonsense which for those in the ground was a period of staring at a big telly waiting to be told what had happened, no replays in case that gets them agitated or...

To pretend that VAR is not removing these things from the experience of watching football "live" in a stadium/ground is abject denial.

Is four thousand really too many?