Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:35 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

And yet you still sing about us when we're not playing. Awesome.

It's the comedy factor. Liverpool also do it which you have admitted. Think before you post. Most teams do it about their rivals, you just give us more ammo than most.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:05 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

must admit it was sweet when Man U got relegated - even better that it was Denis the Menace who sent them down

technically not true though is it? iirc that actual result turned out to be irrelevant

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:25 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Didn't say that. They do sometimes, not very regularly mind but it seems to becoming a regular occurrence these days at OT. I like it actually. Obsessive.

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

I'm just glad we dont sing songs about other teams that we aren't even playing, your lot seem to do that on a regular basis.

Looks like you said that to me.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:55 pm  

LTS making a prat of himself. Football seasons properly under way!

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:26 am  

flipper wrote:

technically not true though is it? iirc that actual result turned out to be irrelevant

yeah, the worst case scenario for Utd with their fate not being in their hands - just goes to show just how bad that squad really was - they went down with games to spare !

I recall the Spurs game at WHL in '73 with Besty scoring, you could smell the gin as he ran past with the goal celebrations - was that his last ever Man U goal ? ( can't recall being nearly 40 years ago, where have the years gone FFS ?)

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:43 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

yeah, the worst case scenario for Utd with their fate not being in their hands - just goes to show just how bad that squad really was - they went down with games to spare !

I recall the Spurs game at WHL in '73 with Besty scoring, you could smell the gin as he ran past with the goal celebrations - was that his last ever Man U goal ? ( can't recall being nearly 40 years ago, where have the years gone FFS ?)

couldn't tell you fella, just before my time.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:12 pm  

Decent game at Goodison, but a completely farcical performance from the referee. Absolutely awful decisions, why football can't swallow it's pride and just have a video referee is beyond me. Two perfectly good goals ruled out by clueless officials. The offside I don't mind too much, shocking decision, a foot onside, but at least there were bodies in motion to confuse things. But the ball over the line was an absolutely horrendous decision. You could clearly see from the front on angle that the ball bounced with clear grass in front of it and the referee would have seen it as he would have been watching the clearance. He's got to give it. He bottled it, then farcially realised he'd messed up when he stopped Newcastle breaking 3 on 1 on Howard because he knew it was a goal.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:14 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

why football can't swallow it's pride and just have a video referee is beyond me.

You work out a proper system where video refs can adjudicate without completely messing up the flow of play and I think there's a chance that they will accept video refs.

Until that can be worked out though, I don't think VR's will stand a chance of being brought into football. And I suspect that it's virtually impossible to do it.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:26 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

You work out a proper system where video refs can adjudicate without completely messing up the flow of play and I think there's a chance that they will accept video refs.

Until that can be worked out though, I don't think VR's will stand a chance of being brought into football. And I suspect that it's virtually impossible to do it.

That's tbe reason I always give when asked. Decisions have to be instant and if they aren't then it can't be done.

Hopefully the hawkeye or goal ref system will come in.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:36 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

You work out a proper system where video refs can adjudicate without completely messing up the flow of play and I think there's a chance that they will accept video refs.

Until that can be worked out though, I don't think VR's will stand a chance of being brought into football. And I suspect that it's virtually impossible to do it.

As soon as the ball crosses the line and triggers the magic, an air horn goes off and everybody goes wild. Now surely if we can do just about anything with technology these days, surely it can't be so hard to create some sort of technology to track something crossing a line? I don't believe for one minute it's impossible and I definitely believe goal line technology can be made without the need of a VR.

Also, maybe it's just me, but how much flow in the game is there, really? The authorities quite happily see the game regularly stopped for a minute or so for set pieces, throw ins (Stoke), goal kicks and players feigning injury. Would it really be so bad to see the game stopped for fifteen seconds to see a replay of something that could completely decide the outcome of the game? Surely if we're concerned about the flow of the game, we should look to remove the consistent crap we get every game that wastes time, rather than prevent something potentially pivotal to helping the game?