Recent content by Guy Fawkes

Only thing i slightly disagree with here is the last point, as there may be no other player near the ball and it would therefore speed the game back up if the closest player can return the ball to the point of the free kick otherwise all very good ideas. Needs something about the opposition...

Checks clubs history - surprised it's taken you all this time to figure this out as its what we have always been since we were formed in 1901. Glad you've finally caught on to it though

Shocked and gutted he's going. Had hoped for at least one more season with him in charge and to finally win a major trophy (to go with our 1910 charity shield win). Shame we were so injury hit this season (especially the 2nd half of it) and haven't been able to finish as highly as I suspect we...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/25/nhs-hospital-trusts-paying-hundreds-of-millions-in-interest-to-private-firms There were some examples where the deal signed meant that they'd be making payments for the length of the contract, but at the end of the contract, the trust / state...

How do you know whether South west water had any spares or not? Have they said that the issue here is that they didn't have the part and there will be a lead time before it arrives? and that caused the water quality issues that has led to some getting ill because they kept supplying this...

So do valves never go faulty if they are owned and run by the state? We see constant politicking about the lack of money in public services and cuts being made, so why do people think nothing can and will go wrong if under state control? Surely the evidence says it could and probably would...

Aren't they called PCSOs nowadays?

Maybe a solution is to do what some other sports do, you have a set limit for the number of challenges you can make and these challenges are the times that VAR then reviews it? if successful, you keep your challenge, if not then you lose it (not sure if they keep if subjective) Cricket has...

This, the changes they made to the laws to make it easier to use VAR have been, in many cases, proven to be a disaster. Scrapping things like is the player interfering with play and going back to simply on or offside would simplify the process but what you are left with due to this rule is...

What VAR will never do, and will never be captured in any of the stats they produce to show how well (or poorly) VAR has been working, or which teams have benefitted most / least from VAR interventions is show how bias the officials are, especially towards the big six (they get awarded softer...

If it is subjective, then the onfield decision stands If it's a clear and obvious error, then VAR intervenes and the decision overturned (a clear handball to rule out a goal, a clear offside by a goal scorer, a clear red card that was missed, etc) - If marginal, leave the onfield decision...

Or, especially after watching the ref's performance today against Chelsea "You're the reason, you're the reason that there's a need for VAR"

They don't even need to show it all of the season's VAR decisions, they simply have to teach it which are the top 6 sides and to find in their favour

I'd only keep it for really obvious offenses (like Maradona's hand of god goal) but if it's not obvious within a few seconds, then it doesn't change the on field decision You are right that getting rid of it wouldn't solve the issues with poor officiating (and the clear bias that seems to exist...

Olise's agent has been banned (plus do the BBC know something we don't? hence why this is under league 1 on their site?) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cjljl839580o