Whitey Grandad

Commentators who had dignity. I hate this modern fashion of screaming their heads off at the slightest possibility of a goal.

Cash in advance from now on.

Despicable

He very nearly deprived us of two of the greatest goals I have ever seen. That home evening match against Newcastle when Le Tiss flicked the ball over their defenders and then ‘stroked’ the ball into goal followed by the other when he trapped a header back on his thigh and then lobbed the ball into goal will stay in my memory of legends forever. Branfoot was on the point of substituting him with Moody and the number 7 board was prepared when he scored the first. On the recording you can seen Branfoot give a wry smile and then turn round and say “Moods, sit down”.

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I'm not in favour either. Winters are dismal enough already but the biggest problem I can foresee is the weather. We could have a two week break with mild weather followed by a month of snowed under countryside.

Thanks. I was there at the game but all that I can remember is that he completely lost it.

Same thing

I miss the first time passing. Too much take a touch, then decide what to do. It’s safety-first and slows the game down and leads to missing goal opportunities. By the time the ball is under control the chance is blocked.

That’s what I remember him for the most. That and whacking a referee.

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He’ll be off to Tottenham in the summer then.

For corners only part of the ball has to be over part of the arc. It can look as though the ball is outside from some angles.

Thanks for that, but if that is the case then they were both useless. The flag signal that the Lino gave was for offside, not for a foul. The fourth official takes no part in match decisions.

You don’t need VAR for that Sterling incident. You just need a referee who understands the Laws of the Game. The linesman called it correctly so I don’t see what the referee could have seen that would have led him to overrule the flag. It doesn’t matter that the ball was kicked onto Sterling’s foot by a defender, if that’s not ‘interfering with play’ then I don’t know what is.

I’m with you on this, Professor. The danger is now that the aim of the game is to win penalties rather than to score goals.

The teams were initially gathered in the traditional ends so Spurs must have one the toss. I don’t remember the sun being out. All was grey and gloomy from my seat.

If a yellow card is given at the time there is no further sanction because the referee is deemed to have seen the offence.

Armstrong didn’t have the ball so I think that’s the reason.

I can’t disagree with that.

You are aware that the ball struck his right arm? The one that’s down by his side with his hand hidden across his stomach. It’s difficult to imagine what more he could have done to get it out of the way. If the shot had hit his left arm then I might have agreed with you.

True, but in this case he was nowhere near 'flailing his arms'. The arm that the ball hit was in a natural position by his side. Even then, aiming to hit somebody's arm all the time is not the type of football that I want to watch. I agree with Tony Cascarino in The Times this morning: "Tony Cascarino: It is too easy to win a penalty – and VAR will make it worse" https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tony-cascarino-there-are-too-many-penalties-and-var-will-make-it-worse-qpbjd2lws (paywall)

No, because it’s further away and there are a lot of people in the way trying to stop you.

The problem with this interpretation of the laws is that players are going to spend the whole game aiming shots at their opponents’ arms in the hope of winning a penalty. It distorts the whole purpose of the game.

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