Weekend Football

[Sutekh]

Villa to complain to PL about refereeing at OT

but also...



fcuk'em

Oh dear, don’t referees like good old 1950s challenges on a keeper? The game is going to pot.

[stealthpapes]

There's probably sensible points to be made about VAR, about the referee blowing too soon, about the implications of allowing those sort of challenges on a goalkeeper.

Trawling Twitter for a five year old example of goal line technology going wrong, a different issue altogether, is shit-tier posting.

[genome]

Did Villa consider gaining one more point across the other 37 games?

[BRO_BOT]

Did Villa consider gaining one more point across the other 37 games?

tbf I'd have been talking shit as well!

[Sutekh]

Keith Hackett agrees with Villa’s complaint about the appointment of such an inexperienced ref to the fixture.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... le170wgp6o

[Snowflake Royal]

Keith Hackett agrees with Villa’s complaint about the appointment of such an inexperienced ref to the fixture.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... le170wgp6o

Cross over with things I hate about modern football thread.

The idea that the problem here is the ref or his 'lack of experience'. He's not a novice, he's refereed 10 PL games this season and hundreds of games over his career across multiple levels.

He's made what appeared to him to be a clear cut decision and only multiple replays and slow mos shows he's wrong. He's blown his whistle a second or so early.

The problem here, as usual, is the implementation of VAR and its terms of reference. VAR is prevented from correcting a simple error, where doing so has no in game consequences other than the correction of the error because its terms of reference say it can't intervene once a ref has stopped the game, despite the fact the incident involves no further action afterwards than the flight of the ball across the goal line.

It's pathetic.

[Royal Rother]

Agree 100%.

[Sutekh]

Some ex Slough players doing very well for Southend at the moment. In 10 minutes they’ll be back in the league again.

[Orion1871]

Some ex Slough players doing very well for Southend at the moment. In 10 minutes they’ll be back in the league again.

Or not.

[Sutekh]

Some ex Slough players doing very well for Southend at the moment. In 10 minutes they’ll be back in the league again.

Or not.

Typical Reading style PO final defeat for Southend in front of a record crowd for the final of 52115. Oldham had finished 29 points behind Barnet

It’s Oldham’s first “promotion” since winning the 2nd division in 1991!

[Winston Biscuit]

Paul Scholes playing for a Sunday league team in Stockport just recently (apparently)

[AthleticoSpizz]

Yes, lots of ex-pros do that….
Normally for charity/ one-off ‘money makers’ for their formative club/ etc….

Some ‘non descript’ non-league northern team had a Brazilian WC winner sign-up for a game….it was just a publicity stunt.

That’s how Soccer Aid works I guess

[From Despair To Where?]

Yes, lots of ex-pros do that….
Normally for charity/ one-off ‘money makers’ for their formative club/ etc….

Some ‘non descript’ non-league northern team had a Brazilian WC winner sign-up for a game….it was just a publicity stunt.

That’s how Soccer Aid works I guess

Garforth Town. They were owned by a bloke who ran Brazilian soccer schools with Socrates. He offered to play as a publicity stunt and lasted about 10 minutes.

Lee Sharpe played for them and Carreca played in a pre season friendly.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Indeed, thanx

I’d happily play for my old team, but it would bankrupt one of us in insurance costs

[Double C]

Paul Scholes playing for a Sunday league team in Stockport just recently (apparently)

Gareth Barry signed for Hurstpierpoint fc last summer who play in the local Mid Sussex Saturday league (for me)

He's friends with the manager and is local to here, about 15 minutes drive from me I think. Played a few games for them and I know a few players who play for them as used to play with them, said he is obviously insanely brilliant like they've never seen.

[Sutekh]

Mr & Mrs Scum are alive and well and Palace fans I hear.

[LUX]

Pleased they won though

[BRO_BOT]

Pleased they won though

The beginning of the end

Terrible games for VVD & Salah

[Sutekh]

Pleased they won though

The beginning of the end

Terrible games for VVD & Salah

Thought Slot had the worst game though. Utterly nonsensical substitutions.

[BRO_BOT]

Pleased they won though

The beginning of the end

Terrible games for VVD & Salah

Thought Slot had the worst game though. Utterly nonsensical substitutions.

may just be down to fitness issues, getting minutes for various players etc