Whitey Grandad

They are good referees. Just because you don’t agree with their decisions doesn’t change that.

You’re quite right but of course the yellow line is in fact parallel to both the goal line and the 18-yard line. The offside law was never intended or designed to be used with technology. It is a vague law with a lot of latitude and was only introduced originally to prevent goal-hanging. In my view anything within a foot or two is fair game. Fortunately these days we don’t have sequential-scan cameras because they can introduce an offset between the too and bottom of the screen. I agree with you, in my days of running the line if you had to think about it then you played on. The game needs a rapid and clear decision or else the whole tempo is smothered.

That's disgraceful and is as good an argument against VAR as you could find.

Of course it won't rdeuce errors. It just pushes the decision onto another referee who isn't at the game and has a much poorer view of the action.

Every time he plays fullback. Away to Newcastle a few sesons ago is a good example. Those of us who used to play in that position are probably more sensitive to his failings than others.

I’d rather they spent it on Hoedt.

As a fullback Targett is a massive downgrade on Bertrand. As a left midfielder he’s not bad but equally he’s not great. He doesn’t have the positional sense to guard our flanks and a straightforward give-and-go will get past him every time. He can’t play tight marking because he doesn’t have the speed and if he stands off the other winger will just skim past him. Great header at the end of last season though.

That was a very good case for VAR, but according to that logic we would have got a draw after 90 minutes. Leaving aside the fact that if we’d been awarded that goal then the game would have followed a different course subsequently.

These are all very good points. I have never been a fan of it because it destroys the flow of the game. It should never be used for subjective decisions such as handball, except perhaps for incidents such as that ‘handball goal’ away at Watford. I don’t like the way that it distorts the decisions taken, or rather not taken, by the officials at the game. The assistant referees on the line are instructed to keep their flags down for offside and wait to see what happens in the belief that VAR will take a decision later. As East Kent Saint says above, the offside law is not suited to VAR. Without a gridiron pattern on the pitch the camera images are not accurate enough to judge whether or not a toe is offside for a fraction of a second. Slow motion replays should never be used for any penalty decisions because they give a false impression of the incident. There is also a lot more information that the referee sees such as where the players’ eyes are looking, what they might have said previously and sometimes the sounds that may occur. Whenever the pitch referee is advised to go and look at a replay he is then under pressure to change his decision because usually in such situations he would be overruling his bosses. I’m not a fan of it.

People on the radio who use that irritating uptalk? You know, the way of speaking that’s really annoying? It makes every sentence sound like a question? It's usually young women who do it? But not always? Anyone who uses the word ‘like’ all the time. Like, every other word.

Remarkable, but hot actually legal

Now you're getting above my pay grade but You're probably right: "After joining from Ipswich for an £8million transfer fee in 2015, the centre-back suffered a knee ligament injury on his Cherries debut, which kept him out for more than a year, while he was ruled out for eight months with a back problem last season." https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/17664648.tyrone-mings-believes-aston-villa-loan-has-refreshed-his-career/

My thoughts exactly. I have often wondered wat the maximum score could be in practical terms. It takes quite a bit of time to run up half the pitch, score, bring the ball back and wait for the other team to kick off again. I have played in quite a few drubbings in my time. On the receiving end, of course.

I think he's probably better than some of what we have but not as good as we should be aiming for. To my mind if he were really good then he wouldn't have been out on loan.

I’ll wait until tomorrow. At my age you don’t get excited over such things any more but I do need to get some holidays booked. Then the bastard TV companies will go and move them anyway.

Mings is a Bournemouth player who has been on loan to Villa for last season.

Google search results that don't include one of the words that you typed. There's a reason that I typed it you long-haired, drug-crazed load of adolescent pimple-arsed hippies!

I expected nothing and I don’t expect to be disappointed. That’s really my point, a few extra million from Liverpool will not make a noticeable difference.

Machines that nag at you. Microwaves that keep beeping when they've finished. Washing machines are just as bad.

Car park ticket machines that make you type in your registration number but then time out before you can find the right coins to put in making you go through the whole f*****g procedure again.

A few million here or there won't make any difference to the ordinary supporter. It certainly won't make my season tickets any cheaper.

Google results that don't include the answer you're looking for because they want you to click on their links.

I think that in order to be fair the receiver should be allowed to make a large scream at any time they choose.

Hamstring in training

All too true, sadly. They think they’re better than they are.