Whitey Grandad

In terms of cup chances there is very little difference between the bottom of the Premier League and the leagus below.

Of course it doesn’t. We meet many Americans on our holidays and one was telling us about how he had got something in his eye when he had leant out of a window on a heritage steam train. His treatment was “wonderful” and he desperately wanted to pay for it but they wouldn’t let him. Not that there was any mechanism for him to do so anyway. In other encounters it was made clear that in America you will definitely get treated. The only issue was who was going to pay for it. We met another English gentleman whose wife had been taken into hospital in Florida after falling ill on a cruise. He described how he was gaily writing cheques for thousands of dollars not knowing whether his insurance company was going to cover them.

Tonight, Kidderminster Harriers v Chester, BT Sport Tomorrow, Gillingham v Dagenham & Redbridge, BBC3 etc. ?

What trains?

They had enough of a rest during the first thirty minutes.

Maguire won’t get anywhere near him.

That lasted well

Well there’s a surprise.

Best I’ve ever seen.

It’s the only way to watch the game 😋 I’d even have a bucket of popcorn if my doctor would allow me.

I think the backs should do more running.

Is that the silly little table that pops up on the left hand side? Something about receiving the ball from defence? What has gone wrong with the beautiful game? They are turning into some obscene American sport.

An alternative to Roma. I know that Totti played exclusively for Roma but haven’t Lazio also been a bigger attraction than Roma?

Lazio?

These computer generated images that youhave become used to are a fraud. Anyone who has worked in image processing will tell you that there is a margin of inaccuracy and that any image that is shown should be blurry and the more closely that they zoom in the blurrier it should get. All this nonsense that you see on CSI and other programmes about 'enhance' is pure fantasy. You can't create image data where none exists. In this case the images were not computer generated.

Sad to see the passing of one of the all time greats but he leaves us with such wonderful memories.

Nope. ‘The whole of the ball over the whole of the line.”

You just haven't looked very hard. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-out-why-japans-controversial-goal-stood-after-long-var-delay-vmt8klhz2 (paywall) https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/02/why-japan-second-var-goal-against-spain-was-allowed-to-stand-world-cup-ball-line Why are you so keen to assume that it's a stitch up?

They were saving him for the final

Japan won that game with 17.7% possession. The lowest in World Cup history.

Gesundheit

The Lino didn’t flag and in the absence of any conclusive evidence to the contrary the goal stands. I don’t know why Souness was bleating on about it. Why should it have to de definitive one way or the other? At some point there will be a few centimetres of uncertainty where nobody could say for sure whether it was in or out.

If only there was a German word for it

But can he defend corners?

It’s amazing how many times that happens. You can’t rely on it though.