The on topic thread 4.0

[moomba]

It's just financial squabbles.

 

[Zidane98]

Love this photo, can zoom in and see the different reactions from players and supporters.

A going of beauty, should be hung on a wall at the Louvre.

I agree, the Louvre Abu Dhabi would be the right place for it. Quite symbolic considering the corruption & human rights abuse associated with the Abu Dhabi Louvre,

 

[moomba]

PMSL

 

[Magma]

I agree, the Louvre Abu Dhabi would be the right place for it. Quite symbolic considering the corruption & human rights abuse associated with the Abu Dhabi Louvre,

they can place it next to the liverpool tears exhibit.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Shit 3 month end to season coming up.

 

[Restricted Free Agent]

Czech international Jakub Jankto becomes the first active men's international footballer to come out as gay. A monumental moment for the sport. Sad that it takes so much bravery for someone to be their authentic self, but Jakub's braveness will be an inspiration for so many young people all around the world.

 

[Magma]

Czech international Jakub Jankto becomes the first active men's international footballer to come out as gay. A monumental moment for the sport. Sad that it takes so much bravery for someone to be their authentic self, but Jakub's braveness will be an inspiration for so many young people all around the world.

it's pretty bad that my first instinct looking at the comments under his announcement was going to be how awful it is, but it's so full of positivity. genuinely lovely.

 

[Bradesmaen]

it's pretty bad that my first instinct looking at the comments under his announcement was going to be how awful it is, but it's so full of positivity. genuinely lovely.

It's people replying to the PL etc that somehow make it awful. Usually the african/muslims because of their religion.

 

[moomba]

 

[moomba]

 

[Zidane98]

Semi automated offsides is the way to go. Individual tracking of all players and the ball is a pretty fail safe way of getting offsides correct. Also allows you to nail the ball release time down very accurately (ball has sensors inside it that detect when it is played). And the few times where there's an obstructed view VAR can go to the replay.

 

[moomba]

 

[Bradesmaen]

Referee abuse: Hundreds tell of safety fears at grassroots level

Hundreds of grassroots referees tell the BBC they fear for their safety when refereeing and are dissatisfied with the current measures to tackle abuse.

www.bbc.com

And this is why abusing a ref should be an automatic yellow card.

 

[moomba]

More for the headline than the birthday, but happy birthday anyway King Kev.

 

[moomba]

21 years ago, ****ing hell.



Wonder what VAR would have made of that (answer who knows?)

 

[jd2010]

Pure evil capitalist greed that in general business is genius, but for a football club is sad

1. Charge customers more than anyone else (Man U with a much large attendance only 4m higher)

2. Pay your staff as little as possible

3. Pay yourself as much as possible

4. Claim as much depreciation and amortisation as possible to bring real profits down and pay no tax

5. Put as little money into the club as possible

And we know what's coming next, Art_Vandelay disagrees with this. Before you do, take it up with the Swiss Ramble and Deloitte I'm just passing on their facts!

 

[Frank Bunn]

Semi automated offsides is the way to go. Individual tracking of all players and the ball is a pretty fail safe way of getting offsides correct. Also allows you to nail the ball release time down very accurately (ball has sensors inside it that detect when it is played). And the few times where there's an obstructed view VAR can go to the replay.

We went through all this during the WC and it was clear that the semi-automated VAR for offsides also got things wrong.

Such as the blatant wrong offside against Argentina in their Saudi Arabia game. Canada were robbed of a penalty against Belgium. Buchanan was tripped in the area. Offside was given but it clearly came off a Belgian player.

Also the graphics were less clear than if we saw still images of the real action.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

We went through all this during the WC and it was clear that the semi-automated VAR for offsides also got things wrong.

Such as the blatant wrong offside against Argentina in their Saudi Arabia game. Canada were robbed of a penalty against Belgium. Buchanan was tripped in the area. Offside was given but it clearly came off a Belgian player.

Also the graphics were less clear than if we saw still images of the real action.

Just go back to trusting humans ffs. VAR has always been a crock of shit

 

[moomba]

I don't trust the humans PGMOL employs.

VAR isn't the problem, the people in charge of VAR are the problem.

 

[moomba]

 

[moomba]

Like it

 

[RPCB]

Didn’t this happen 5 years ago?

 

[moomba]

Didn’t this happen 5 years ago?

Not sure

 

[RPCB]

Not sure

That’s when they all won the rights, in 2018. It would have been a first if the hosts had to qualify.

 

[SM]

That’s when they all won the rights, in 2018. It would have been a first if the hosts had to qualify.

Yeah pretty sure it's very old news. Every piece of coverage I've heard about the WC has referred to them all as having already qualified. Weird tweet.