Silver Fox You didn't say anything about improving the lot of smaller nations, I'd quote what you actually said but I'm not convinced it will work

"When the World Cup is expanded to allow more teams to play (but also generate more money) everyone cries blue murder."

That is what i wrote.

:D An old fashioned idea perhaps but at our lowly level I think the better set up is to have a winger playing on his "correct" side and being able to cross a ball that comes away from the keeper when using the player's best foot. IMHO by playing the left -footer on the right it means that...

Obviously that wasn't what you said and anyone who believes that expanding international tournaments is for the good of the smaller nations is probably just being deliberately obtuse What do you mean its not what i said? Its written right there? People are anti football expansion at a world cup. FI...

people need to stop looking at the getting a replay/not getting a replay from a financial point of view IMO I agree with this. When the BBC / FA move the FA Cup final to evening slot to make more money every cries blue murder. When the World Cup is expanded to allow more teams to play (but also gen...

Seriously, who is a fanatical enough fan that they'd willingly corrupt a sport and put their entire job/career at risk to boot? Just can't see it being a thing Sensible organisations have conflict of interest policies and enforce them so that they dont have these issues crop up. Now that we've all ...

When I watch cricket and there is a review it happens quickly openly and whichever way it goes i do t mind but with VAR I just have an irrational hatred of the whole thing Also cricket is all about fine margins. Look at the size of the ball and how short the "pitch" is. Football has a big...

Pre VAR no-one would have complained at the goal standing. Gutted for Cov This is always my feeling. Offside pre-VAR was a lot more around actually being in front of other players, anything reasonably level was deemed fine. What i will say is this, we are the only country that does it like this. Yo...

When I watch cricket and there is a review it happens quickly openly and whichever way it goes i do t mind but with VAR I just have an irrational hatred of the whole thing Also cricket is all about fine margins. Look at the size of the ball and how short the "pitch" is. Football has a big...

Yeah that's outrageous. Hopefully a huge fine and their club account banned from social media posting. The PGMOL also have some questions to answer if they knowingly used a VAR who supported one of the teams that had an "interest" in the result. I think they should sue Forest for defamati...

as a general point and not a dig at people here, I can't help but think that all areas of football have now become so analysed that even company bottom lines are now debating points for fans and the extra profit they might make becomes a thing to get enthused by. I don't want replays to go because ...

people need to stop looking at the getting a replay/not getting a replay from a financial point of view IMO I agree with this. When the BBC / FA move the FA Cup final to evening slot to make more money every cries blue murder. When the World Cup is expanded to allow more teams to play (but also gen...

Lol. Those options likely to be some fairly hot water, given they've basically accused the VAR ref of being corrupt. Yeah that's outrageous. Hopefully a huge fine and their club account banned from social media posting. The PGMOL also have some questions to answer if they knowingly used a VAR who s...

VAR has completely ruined the emotion of the game Pre VAR no-one would have complained at the goal standing. Gutted for Cov This is always my feeling. Offside pre-VAR was a lot more around actually being in front of other players, anything reasonably level was deemed fine. What i will say is this, ...

Forgetting about greed, power grabs etc., those at the top of the pyramid just seem highly incompetent. The super league was a shit show too. The EFL have just come out and denied being consulted. This will be reversed. Piss up and brewery come to mind. But of course they don't need a regulator. Th...

not really sure why we can't do stuff like this in house to be honest. What are they offering that we didn't do already before? Presumably buying an off the shelf product is a lot cheaper than employing an IT contractor to start one from scratch, and maintain it. How did we do it before these guys ...

Brogue not really sure why we can't do stuff like this in house to be honest. What are they offering that we didn't do already before?

Presumably buying an off the shelf product is a lot cheaper than employing an IT contractor to start one from scratch, and maintain it.

This has been like this for 5 years now since they upgraded the system. They do say: LOYALTY POINT HISTORY - UNFORTUNATELY YOU ARE UNABLE TO VIEW THE POINTS TOTALS FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BUT WE HOPE TO PROVIDE THIS IN A LATER RELEASE OF OUR TICKETING PROVIDERS SOFTWARE. IN THE MEANTIME, PLEAS...

On the plus side, its easier for a giant killing over 1 leg than it is over 2. So you may see more giant killings and smaller clubs progressing further and get more prize money that way. Ask an EFL club that has drawn 1-1 at home to City over 90 minutes whether they'd rather chance their arm in ext...

On the plus side, its easier for a giant killing over 1 leg than it is over 2.

So you may see more giant killings and smaller clubs progressing further and get more prize money that way.

I do sometimes wonder whether commentators are a bit dumb, or just stick to narratives because it makes their life easier bit of both imo. Same as when someone takes a pen that goes in and the replay shows it went at a very convenient height for a keeper and not that far to his side, but the keeper...