Whitey Grandad

There is a maxim in football that is universal and timeless. ‘Always pick your best team’

No, no, this one is original. Previously it was a taxi,

It was the 'Black' bit that confused them.

From what I saw on a poor television that could have been given as handball under the old ruling.

To stop Long backing in to him and to feel where Long is. There’s nothing wrong with that and it happens all the time. Touching does not count as a push.

So many... so many... I was just going to suggest that Pires one. Up til then we could live in hope but once that went in you knew it was game over.

Thanks, I’ll have a look.

Yeah, there is no time to react. To get a bit technical, Pukki hits the ball on the edge of the goal area at about 3m away from McCarthy. Even at a conservative 60mph (27m/s) the ball goes past McCarthy after a ninth of a second or 111ms. Human visual reaction time is typically 250ms so the ball is past him before he knows it. Goalkeepers make saves by anticipating the path of the shot from the boot of the attacker but Pukki actually hits across the ball so that it almost seems to come off his toe.

I'm ok with a monarch and a couple of spares awaiting on the shelf but it's all the others in the extended family with their noses in the trough that I object to.

Thanks. When I looked in late on Wednesday the catchup was not available. As I said earlier, the Virgin implementation that I was using did not provide for video scanning or pausing so I shall have to try another route. The picture quality also was not what I have become accustomed to. Edit: If I tune in halfway through a live game can I start at the beginning of the match, does anyone know?

A couple of points: Just how would you choose a head of state and just think about who you might get as President How does 'President Abbott' sound? Or President Prescott? or... Elections to choose a president would cost more that the monarch does so at the moment we actually have the cheap option

Thanks. My app is in the Virgin TiVo box and doesn’t offer these options at the bottom. I have the full choice at the top of the screen. I shall have a go at the Firestick. I still can’t see how to ‘record’ (download) so that I can catch up on events later. Catch-up isn’t as versatile.

You reading of Long’s actions is spot on. Have a look at it again and watch Long’s feet. There’s a delay between him feeling the touch on his back and him the leaping forward with both feet leaving the ground. Yes, he’s more concerned about winning the foul than winning the ball. It goes on all the time.

The Queen already pays Income Tax an Capital Gains Tax

I agree. We were central Kingsland and right behind the run of Pukki wondering which side he was going to put it. There wasn’t much of a gap at the near post but it was past McCarthy before he knew it.

Eh? Long was standing on the ground when this incident happened. Don’t be fooled by the commentators. The defender touches Long on the shoulders with both hands but doesn’t push him. His hands don’t move any farther forward than where they started, Long is waiting for the push and feels the touch but the rest is just embarrassing.

It wasn’t a foul. There are many such incidents during a game and just because someone flings themselves to the ground doesn’t mean that they were shoved there. These players practise ‘being fouled’ and trying to make it look natural.

I agree. I also hate this Premier League business of walking out and shaking hands. Much better when they used to run out onto the pitch kicking some footballs in front of them.

Holes in defence are rarely the fault of just one player.

I thought that was Alan Shearer?

We don’t know whether he is following Ralph’s game plan or doing all off his own volition. If the latter then we would expect Ralph to convince him otherwise.

I’m trying to watch the Arsenal game at the moment and I’m not impressed. I’m using the built-in app in the TiVo V6 box. The picture quality is not that great and the sound ambience is very thin. You don’t feel like your part of the crowd. It reminds me somewhat of the time we were invited to watch a game at White Hart Lane from a six seater box. We were sealed behind glass and listening to the sound through the TV on the wall. It was like watching a game through a window. The other problem is that I can’t find a way to pause, rewind or record the programme.

The last report that I can find for him from about ten years ago has him living in Cyprus but also owning a place in Spain.

VAR can never judge the intensity of a push. It really was very feeble, little more than a touch and not enough to send Long sprawling the way that he did. He possibly might have got a penalty for it but it would have needed to be more definite. VAR is used in every Premier League game this season and that incident would have been examined.

I'm sorry I can't help you. I ended my suffering by sticking my fingers in my ears.