Whitey Grandad

Thanks Tamesaint. At the moment I am inconsolable.

Now you’re just being obtuse. Nobody, not even you, can argue that he saved a goal. The word ‘save’ has multiple meanings. Not just the only one in your limited philosophy. And I don’t know about your world but does every sentence have to include an obscene swear word? You need to get out more.

Indeed he is, but nothing is more certain than death and taxes. All very personal for me. I lost my lovely wife early in October. She was magnificent, never angry or complaining.

Of course he saved a goal. I mentioned on an earlier thread about him coming to the edge of his box when an opposing forward was through and causing that opponent to put his shot wide of the goal.that is just as much a save as a fingertip push over the bar.

Generous applause for him last night. Very sad.

I have come to realise that he can’t use his left foot. I watched him more closely last night and he never tried to go past his defender and cross with his left. Can anyone remember him making a pass with it? As opposed to KWP who seems equally comfortable with either.

He saved a goal. Lord Duckhunter described it as an interception.

We’ve been through this before. Many times. This just reinforces what I said about “misleading statistics”.

Ivan Golac used to be a close neighbour and we had many chats about football. He said that he always like to keep three up front when defending corners as it meant that the opposition had to have at least four players to cover them.

Much improved in the second half.

Also the African Cup of Nations, perhaps.

Indeed he did. https://www.squawka.com/en/features/famous-footballers-acl-injury-recoveries/#:~:text=Alan Shearer,£3.6m from Southampton.

That’s your definition. Coming out to snatch the ball off the feet of a striker who’s through on goal is also a save.

I’ve said this before but our style of walking football is never going to get the blood racing.

Too close for comfort though. Any team can fluke a goal at any time and one unlucky bounce can cost you a win. But the more important point is that there is no need for it to be like this. Being ‘well on top’ does not mean passing the ball around in your own half just trying to be too clever. I lost count of the number of times that we carelessly lost possession inside our own half. A better team would have punished us.

Literally not true.

That has to be a foul on the keeper. Not for it’s intensity but because there is a separate category for ‘preventing the keeper from releasing the ball’.

Or how you can record it on Virgin Media to watch later?

I would

People who can’t spot sarcasm.

In general I agree with you but you can’t let money rule the game. I have always been against VAR and I have seen no reasons to change my mind. Seeing that game in Paris tonight shows that it’s not just the EPL that has problems.

#sarcasm

#lifechanging

VAR last night simply got in the way of a football match. It’s impossible to judge a foul by looking at a slow motion replay and the more times you look at it the more it will appear deliberate. Bin it.

It’s bad management to ball out your workers in public. By all means have a go at them behind the scenes but you should always support them publicly.