It is indeed.boltonbonce wrote:I agree. Should be fun.Cajunboy wrote:Mourinho's antics will make the Premiership more interesting for the rest of us. Just sit back and enjoy the fireworks.
He always starts out cool and happy, but slowly turns into the monster from the black lagoon.
He does get results though.
In passing Cajun, is your avi painting a Norman Cornish? Always loved his stuff.
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561 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Sun Dec 01 2019, 15:57
Cajunboy
Frank Worthington
563 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Tue Dec 03 2019, 22:39
karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
Good god. They must really be desperate!
565 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Tue Dec 17 2019, 13:18
Norpig
Nat Lofthouse
Seen that earlier, just shows they have no idea on how to tackle racism in Italy
567 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Sat Dec 28 2019, 18:34
finlaymcdanger
Frank Worthington
My primary areas of interest in the Premier League this season are seeing Jack Grealish relegated and Jonny Evans lose a leg.
568 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Sat Dec 28 2019, 18:48
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
I'd settle for Grealish pulling his socks up, and getting a decent haircut. Don't know what the fuss is when it comes to Grealish. Very average.finlaymcdanger wrote:My primary areas of interest in the Premier League this season are seeing Jack Grealish relegated and Jonny Evans lose a leg.
569 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Mon Dec 30 2019, 10:47
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
VAR getting slammed again this weekend -which is a total red herring.
What they should be talking about is how and when to use it, not whether or not it's a good thing to be able to see what actually happened better.
Ian Wright made a good point regarding how it's used for offside i.e. if total accuracy is required for where players are, the same should be applied to the actual point when the ball was passed as one affects the other.
Moreover, they need to think about the actual offside law and how it should be applied for the benefit of the game - they've done it before when they changed the offside rule to allow strikers to be "level" so there's no reason why they can't change it again to prevent stupid decisions.
The technology itself is fine although it can always be improved to measure relative positioning, but the way these narratives are going they could be shaping up to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Like banning cars because of bad drivers.
All we want is clarity, communication and fairness in the way that the technology is applied.
What they should be talking about is how and when to use it, not whether or not it's a good thing to be able to see what actually happened better.
Ian Wright made a good point regarding how it's used for offside i.e. if total accuracy is required for where players are, the same should be applied to the actual point when the ball was passed as one affects the other.
Moreover, they need to think about the actual offside law and how it should be applied for the benefit of the game - they've done it before when they changed the offside rule to allow strikers to be "level" so there's no reason why they can't change it again to prevent stupid decisions.
The technology itself is fine although it can always be improved to measure relative positioning, but the way these narratives are going they could be shaping up to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Like banning cars because of bad drivers.
All we want is clarity, communication and fairness in the way that the technology is applied.
570 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Mon Dec 30 2019, 10:54
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Having various parts of the body judged to be offside is ridiculous. The line should be drawn at the players feet. You shouldn't be offside because of an armpit.
Poor old Ian Rush would have ben permanently offside with that hooter.
Poor old Ian Rush would have ben permanently offside with that hooter.
571 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Mon Dec 30 2019, 13:07
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Spurs fans had a chant about Ozil's eyeballs being offsideboltonbonce wrote:Having various parts of the body judged to be offside is ridiculous. The line should be drawn at the players feet. You shouldn't be offside because of an armpit.
Poor old Ian Rush would have ben permanently offside with that hooter.
572 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Mon Dec 30 2019, 16:57
terenceanne
El Hadji Diouf
Correct....it should be were the feet are. That's the first change needed and see how that goes for a season.boltonbonce wrote:Having various parts of the body judged to be offside is ridiculous. The line should be drawn at the players feet. You shouldn't be offside because of an armpit.
Poor old Ian Rush would have ben permanently offside with that hooter.
Also making an injured player walk off then come right back on is a load of bollocks too.
573 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Mon Dec 30 2019, 16:59
terenceanne
El Hadji Diouf
Grealish is a decent player not great - so the move for Villa is to sell him to Manure for 80 million and turn around a buy 3 or 4 good players with that dosh.boltonbonce wrote:I'd settle for Grealish pulling his socks up, and getting a decent haircut. Don't know what the fuss is when it comes to Grealish. Very average.finlaymcdanger wrote:My primary areas of interest in the Premier League this season are seeing Jack Grealish relegated and Jonny Evans lose a leg.
574 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Tue Dec 31 2019, 06:54
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Apparently the football "law-makers" - whoever they actually are - have cottoned on to the problems to do with how VAR is used as being the issue as per this articleterenceanne wrote:Correct....it should be were the feet are. That's the first change needed and see how that goes for a season.boltonbonce wrote:Having various parts of the body judged to be offside is ridiculous. The line should be drawn at the players feet. You shouldn't be offside because of an armpit.
Poor old Ian Rush would have ben permanently offside with that hooter.
Also making an injured player walk off then come right back on is a load of bollocks too.
However I take issue with Mark Halsey's comments that the guidance can't be changed halfway through the season. Why on earth not? If something needs fixing then fix it now. If anything, the proposed guidance would have an immediate positive effect without changing anything that players do on the pitch - it would only change what the refs do.
A good point made was that if something needs reviewing several times from loads of angles then it's not "clear and obvious" anyway.
575 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Fri Jan 03 2020, 08:28
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
A year or so ago I mentioned my mate saying that Liverpool had a long term plan and that he'd heard from inside the club that Klopp had refused some obvious signings as he was intent on signing specific players and was prepared to wait for them to become available - e.g. Van Dyke. He'd done the same at Mainz who I follow as my German nephews support them - and got them promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time. At the time I thought it was a brave strategy as they were losing games and Klopp was under pressure to deliver, but it's now obvious that the whole club had bought into his plan.
Now they've gone an entire year without losing in the Prem.
And they're champions of the world.
I know Klopp's a great manager and Liverpool have a relatively huge budget, but this story emphasises what can happen when a manager's long term plan gets the backing of his club and they are prepared to give him the time to put it into action - a bit like Ferguson's appointment at Manure when they lost regularly at the start but stuck with him.
It's taken Klopp over 4 years to get to here but now he seems to have established Liverpool as top dogs again.
I'm kind of hoping that in some small way, Hill and Flitcroft - limited as they are - have a long term plan and that the fans and board give them time to rebuild some semblance of the BWFC we used to know, even if they have to go down to L2 and have no money. They showed some foresight in the transfer window and maybe, just maybe they can do the job if everyone is patient with them.
Now they've gone an entire year without losing in the Prem.
And they're champions of the world.
I know Klopp's a great manager and Liverpool have a relatively huge budget, but this story emphasises what can happen when a manager's long term plan gets the backing of his club and they are prepared to give him the time to put it into action - a bit like Ferguson's appointment at Manure when they lost regularly at the start but stuck with him.
It's taken Klopp over 4 years to get to here but now he seems to have established Liverpool as top dogs again.
I'm kind of hoping that in some small way, Hill and Flitcroft - limited as they are - have a long term plan and that the fans and board give them time to rebuild some semblance of the BWFC we used to know, even if they have to go down to L2 and have no money. They showed some foresight in the transfer window and maybe, just maybe they can do the job if everyone is patient with them.
576 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Fri Jan 03 2020, 09:34
finlaymcdanger
Frank Worthington
365 days since Your team lost a game. Just imagine that for a moment
577 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Fri Jan 03 2020, 10:36
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
I'm really trying...but nah.finlaymcdanger wrote:365 days since Your team lost a game. Just imagine that for a moment
578 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Sat Jan 04 2020, 14:24
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
40 year old Aaron Wilbraham scores in the FA Cup
He has now scored in 4 decades.
He has now scored in 4 decades.
580 Re: OTHER FOOTBALL - News and Views. Sun Jan 05 2020, 00:43
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Wilbraham definitely scored - as did all the actors on Richard Desmond's pornography channel.boltonbonce wrote:Some disagree.
https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1223380/labour-leadership-sir-keir-starmer-jeremy-corbyn
And I'm not talking about his other publications like the Daily Star
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