Lighthouse

How is the flow different exactly? I can pause and rewind a game 5 seconds instantly just using sky plus. Why can an a video ref not do exactly the same but with a couple of screens showing different camera angles and say, 'pen/no pen/offside/redcard' etc. Stopping the clock in rugby seems to work well enough and they have 80 minute games with plenty of stoppages. They also don't have players rolling around on the floor, demanding a physio and some magic spray to try and waste time when they are winning. If the clock is stopped that doesn't happen. I find it odd that you are happy enough watching this but feel video replays would disrupt the flow of the game. There is no reason why games have to be 90 minutes. We could have 80 minute games too but without including all the time wasted kicking the ball away or 30 seconds of waving at your team mates before taking a throw in.

There are a couple of ways of doing it: 1. The 'video ref' can review the footage whilst the game continues. If a penalty is awarded, play can be stopped and brought back. 2. The captain of each team gets 2 or 3 video penalty appeals per game. If a captain calls for a video review, play stops. Then either a pen or a goal kick is awarded depending on the outcome. If successful that team keeps their 2/3 appeals, if unsuccessful they only have 1/2 left, like in tennis, in order to prevent frivolous appealing. This isn't a flawless system but would prevent some of the silly decisions we see. A video ref may or may not have given the second penalty yesterday but would almost certain not have given the red. Also incidents like the penalty not given to Aguero at St Mary's would be wiped out. Not to mention some incidents which are an utter farce, like the ref sending the wrong player off for West Brom a few weeks ago.

It seems like every week now sh*te refereeing decisions are being discussed on here and in the wider media. This week alone we have the JWP incident, Burnley sending off and an Aguero penalty claim which many would argue the officials got wrong. How hard would it be to have a quiet isolated room somewhere in the stadium with a couple of TV screens and a radio link to the referee? Two officials who can quickly review the last few seconds of footage from different angles and pass the info on to the ref. I don't buy the argument that it would slow the game down at all. I'd say there is a good minute between the foul being committed and the penalty being taken, plenty of time to review the footage. Every other sport does it and we're stuck in the stone age having to accept these daft officiating errors. Also, why don't we stop the clock when the ball is out of play and do away with injury time, like they do in rugby. It would stop players from time wasting by taking ages to take throw ins, free kicks, goal kicks, slow substitutions etc. No more Fergie time, just play until bang on 90 minutes then end the game when the ball goes out of play.

If you're going to talk about what should have happened, you can't have it one way and not the other. That should have been a penalty, Long should have had one at 0-0. Neither should have been a sending off.

Not to mention he had lost control of the ball and it was already going wide. A penalty and a yellow but not a red to the letter of the law. I'm amazed at the number of people who think a red is automatically 3 matches. Only for violent conduct.

Don't see why we can't get a result here. Leicester have improved but are nothing amazing. I don't get the logic of people who can only see another defeat. We're playing well below our best but that's the whole point of form, it's temporary and will always change sooner or later. Back in December we'd just lost 5 in a row, most recently at Sheff Utd in the cup, before that Burnley in the League. Then we went and comprehensively beat Everton, without Wanyama and Morgan present. It's hard to pick a team when nobody really looks like they want a place. I'd probably go with: Davis Clyne - Fonte - Yoshi - Bertrand Wanyama - Toby Long - Mane - Tadic Pelle Depending on any groan injuries obviously.

Heck of a finish from Ritchie there.

I don't think an alpha male like Turks would tolerate such a strong and domineering wife. I think that's more likely to be Bateman and Lou.

Jeff =

I seem to remember our resident number 9 leaving his shooting boots at home. Good laugh though.

I was the sh*t centre half behind you. The one who turned up and said I'll play anywhere except centre half. 50p head doesn't do me justice. Christ knows how we kept a clean sheet.

On the plus side he will probably play for 3 packs of Marlborough Lights.

I'm pretty sure I played in the forum game with Smirkers at Flemming Park a couple of years ago. A midfield general IIRC, very much in the mould of Jermaine Wright.

What time zone is Liverpool in?

You've met the wife then.

I can't really hate Monday's because I was born on one. Plus is Asian Sluts Night on Babestation, which is pretty much the highlight of my week. We've got to start liking Thursdays now if we're going to be playing Europa League football. Not Wednesday though, Wednesday can f**k off.

For Bucks I'm thinking

He's a bit older now

I think I once paid a girl $20 for that in Thailand.

I think we will probably end up with about £25m for him, or £35m plus Townsend.

Also, I don't think Sarnia would like being called Russian. I'm thinking more

I've always imagined Turks to look like Joe Pesci in the Home Alone movies, with Bearsy looking a bit like Marv. Lou didn't like me suggesting she looked like Norma Major earlier so I'm going to leave that to everyone else.

My mistake.