Whitey Grandad

A true gentleman.

It was his back that forced him to retire.

That depends on the total of ‘don’t knows. If 90% were don’t know then the figures are meaningless. Mind you, they’re meaningless anyway.

Interesting, thanks. Seems a lot of palaver for a minor problem. I see that they use the plane of the goalmouth for their baseline which is less accurate than using the foot of the corner flags.

Call centres. Especially ones that spend the first couple of minutes telling you that you can find all your answers on their website. Don't they realise that if I could find what I wanted there I wouldn't be calling them?

Does that price include his head?

Sorry, you’re right of course. Please see my edit (crossed posts) I copied my list from The Mirror’s website but there was an advert just above the bottom two numbers.

26 teams in total, 25 that we could get drawn against. 1. Bournemouth 2. Brighton 3. Cardiff 4. Crystal Palace 5. Fulham 6. Norwich 7. Southampton 8. Watford 9. West Ham 10. Portsmouth 11. Colchester or Swindon 12. Wimbledon or MK Dons 13. Oxford or Peterborough 14. QPR or Bristol City 15. Plymouth or Leyton Orient 16. Wycombe or Reading 17. Charlton or Forest Green 18. Gillingham or Newport 19. Stevenage or Southend 20. Luton or Ipswich 21. Walsall or Crawley 22. Bristol Rovers or Cheltenham 23. Brentford or Cambridge 24. Coventry or Exeter 25. Swansea City or Northampton Town 26. West Bromwich Albion or Millwall

I might try that one day

Goal Line Technology is not 100% accurate but it’s accepted because it’s not easy arguing against a machine.

You’re being pendantic, not pedantic

In that case I repeat my question. Why can't we have a more definitive view? Yes, I do think that these lines are drawn arbitrarily. I don't trust any technology to get it more accurate than 20 to 30cm at best. There are supposed to be 3D simulations on the way but they're not here yet.

Then why can’t we see a shot from a view which is at right angles to the players? The red and blue lines that they showed for Sterling’s armpit didn’t look right to me.

You are welcome to have mine.

Dr. Richard North has probably done more research on leaving the EU than anybody else. I read his blog daily and there is a wealth of information on there from all sides of the argument. I highly recommend it.

I agree, and what was Stephens doing with his Dancing on Ice performance?

We referees have to stick together It’s amazing how many professional players don’t actually know the Laws of the Game. We were told on our referee courses that there was a specific reason the they were called Laws and not rules. Rules have a tendency to be bent or broken.

But the present ‘view’ from the TV cameras is off-axis in at least two dimensions. You would need an array of cameras on both sides of the pitch, preferably down near player level. Even then you end up with different interpretations of where the arm begins and where you draw the cut-off line through the armpit. It’s a sledgehammer to crush a grape. The Law is not written to be implemented by some imprecise, remote technology. OK for instances of clear offside such as Gabbi at Wembley but trying to adjudicate over a couple of centimetres is ridiculous and unnecessary.

The first? Please see my other response just above. The second was well out of his reach, at least two feet. The scorer was allowed to get right up close before lifting the ball into the far corner. Our problems lie just in front of him and are much more serious.

Straight between his legs with his weight evenly spread. Not many would have stopped that.

It’s come to a very sorry state when we are suspecting children of being a security threat. Just because it’s a football match shouldn’t make any difference. What next? Supermarkets, shopping malls, train stations?

But VAR is for super-pedants. It’s the sort of system that’s designed to be used by traffic wardens. Your argument is that anybody doing 71 mph on a motorway should be fined. It takes all the joy out of life.

It’s inappropriate for any adult to improperly touch up a child, excuse or no excuse.

I’ve just watched MOTD and the was nothing that Gunn could have done about any of those goals. They were hammered past him at close range. Some of you have unrealistic expectations.

Hmm... is it too late to cancel my season tickets?