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Personally getting the VAR involved to tell the ref to go and have another look doesn't solve anything. A big part of the problem is waiting around whilst the ref is sent to go and look at replays on a monitor. For me everything is the referees decision unless offsides can be automated so it gives an instant answer and unless there's a real howler that needs to be overturned for some reason in which case the VAR can just say into an earpiece what should happen. We should definitely go back to linesman flagging for infringements rather than doing nothing and then making everyone look at the ref before celebrating. For me that's the absolute killer and why this year has been miles better.

Indeed. What this underlines is that tragedies occur in the fog of war and where people always shout that there's intent behind a death or a tragic occurrence, often it's simply a horrible accident.

It's one of the things that made Poch such a notable coach. His willingness to be brave and give our youngsters a chance. Some of them must think if they aren't getting a look in at this level then is it really worth being in an academy at a relatively small club. One of the few things we can give young players that bigger clubs can't is the ability to be involved in games. You would hope that changes next year, particularly if we are in this division again.

Good post. The way you describe it, you wouldn't need any particular skill to operate VAR as anything subjective is referees decision so they would simply be dealing with obvious rickets. Automate offside as much as possible and make the decision immediately and it cuts out any delays and you can mostly celebrate goals again. I'd be in favour of it in those circumstances.

Yep I'm expecting all to go apart from maybe Fraser.

I knew he was full of shit when he said the fans have been great all season. The lads speaks well though so seems he has a brain in his head.

Yep that's the biggest negative by far that outweighs any benefits for me. This year has been like a breath of fresh air being able to properly celebrate without having to stop yourself and waiting every single time. One proposal that is better than now is to have two challenges per team per half which isn't perfect but should stop most clear and obvious errors. Anything that is too close to tell with the naked eye leave it as the refs decision.

I think there's a balance between "putting them front and centre" and giving them opportunities off the bench. I would have liked to have seen Amo Ameyew and Dibling given more opportunities such as off the bench or fifteen minutes here and there to show what they can do. I understand the importance of the season but I think you can shield young players from over exposure whilst also giving them enough game time to signal to the rest of the group that they can get opportunities if they are good enough. Some of the performances of Rothwell and Brooks have been such that it has felt like they have blocked opportunities for younger players and Rothwell in particular has largely stunk the place out bar a couple of games.

Agree. If they had really wanted a party atmosphere then make it 50% off and give everyone with an adult ticket a free beer. Bet they would have still made money in the scenario.

He didn't say rape apologist so I reckon he's warming to me.

Ha! Sure pal whatever you say

I would say I'm surprised that he's accusing everyone else of doing the exact thing he does repeatedly but anyone who has any idea of who he is on here knows that already.

If you mean not aligning myself with literal communists and queer non binary witches then you'd be correct. I'm not sure how you can be a communist and have any real moral compass. Good to see you continuing to white knight for soggy though. Looks like Hamas aren't the only people who require human shields...

Very British.

Received this in the post. Thought I'd post it up to give soggy the chance to make plans to travel down.

Good post. You're right that I forgot Edozie and that does make our options look pretty strong still. It is inevitable that we will make extra signings to replace some of the loans from this year. Like you I'm hoping that we can give some of the youngsters more of a chance. If we don't do it in the championship then they aren't more likely to get in the team in a higher division. I'm not sure Martin is a big fan of throwing the youth in.

My uncle has been mates with Gordon Watson for years and consequently I've used his complimentary corporate seats a few times. Lovely stuff. Imagine being butthurt because someone like Franny might get a free ticket. You'd like to think someone like him of all people would deserve a ticket whenever he wants one frankly.

Think I've found a member.

I wonder if anyone on this thread is a member:

And all the saints fans furiously pumping their dicks when Ross Stewart scores a perfect hat trick before half time

Well done to the UK Eurovision audience for shoving it in the face of the angry commies and giving Israel maximum points. Heartening to know that despite the antisemitism we see on the news, plenty of people are firmly behind the Israeli people.

"de facto military of Gaza" fucking lol. Anything to legitimise terrorist scum. I didn't suggest anything-maybe you have a guilty conscience. You've got absolutely no idea that handing back the hostages and rounding up the ringleaders wouldn't have ended things by now. You're in no position whatsoever to call that opinion bollocks there's nothing naive about it. In my opinion, if this had been done months ago then external international pressure would have been such that things would have ended before now. These are opinions at the end of the day so we aren't dealing with certainties. You're just repeating what you've repeated a million times trying to get me to agree with you on something that I fundamentally disagree with you on. There isn't a moral equivalence between the two groups. There just isn't it doesn't matter how many times you say it. That doesn't mean you can't criticise the Israeli regime or suggest there's things they shouldn't have done but saying they're all as bad as each other is a distortion of the truth (and many on here don't share that opinion anyway they think Israel or "the Jews" are much worse.) Anyone guilty of provable war crimes should be tried and convicted for them just like they would be anywhere else. That doesn't mean that there won't unfortunately be many casualties of innocent people in a war - which is what this is in exactly the same way that innocent people were caught up in what occurred when we fought the nazis. You can bet anything you like that if the terrorists had access to better weapons that they would have already used them and they would destroy Israel given any opportunity. Israel has stated what it's aim is which is to break the back of the terrorists and prevent further attacks for a generation. Let's hope this is achieved as quickly as possible and then there can hopefully be sone semblance of a solution that means those who are innocent from Gaza are able to live a life free from war and free from terrorist scum putting their lives at further risk.

I assume when you refer to soldiers and the Gaza army you mean the terrorist criminals Hamas? Wouldn't want to falsely accuse of trying to downplay their crimes and provide them with an air of legitimacy that they don't merit. I don't expect them to rape and kill and then hide among the civilian population (a tactic they have explicitly said they will use and that civilians should be happy to die in service of their agenda). It's been mentioned before but ideally they wouldn't have committed any of these despicable acts in the first place but once they had, hiding amongst civilians and effectively encouraging civilian casualties should have been the last thing they would do if they gave even the smallest consideration to the people of Gaza.

Perfectly reasonable for terrorists to use the civilian population as human shields then. Nothing wrong with it in fact. No "soldiers" are going to invade somewhere and not take something for leverage. Perfectly fine to take hostages and not return them.

If Tel aviv were doing that I'd probably be having a go at the Hamas equivalents in your hypothetical scenario using the civilians as human shields and hiding amongst the population.