All purpose football thread 2023/24 Season

[webster]

Replaced by Pawson, who was absolutely dire in the weekend's game.

The reality is that if they stood down all the dross there wouldn't be many left standing.
The players don't help by continually cheating.

 

[ks.234]

The reality is that if they stood down all the dross there wouldn't be many left standing.
The players don't help by continually cheating.

I do agree except that a lot of cheating could be minimised by applying rules consistently. On penalties give a foul by the same criteria inside the p box as out. Why does a player ‘have’ to go down to get a pen? So annoying.

Playacting is more difficult, but a signal from the ref could give a player a, for example, 10 sec warning after which an further 20 seconds are added as a penalty

 

[bernardhepworth]

Very sad to hear about this. He was my favourite player when I started to watch City in 1966.

Francis Lee, former England and Manchester City player, dies aged 79

The former England and Manchester City striker Francis Lee has died at the age of 79

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bjork67]

Aye classy player.

 

[cooky1257]

RIP Franny Lee.

 

[Weekender]

RIP Franny.

 

[gavreid]

One fight too many for him - RIP

 

[webster]

Very surprised Livarpool are appealing the Jones red card - banking on the sympathy vote maybe?

 

[andrew d]

Saw Franny Lee playing for Derby at the Baseball Ground against Liverpool. Talked about in hushed tones in the away end. Unlike loads of ex players who went on to run pubs he had a successful toilet paper business after his playing days.

 

[ks.234]

Top Of The Bottom Half Of The League !!

 

[webster]

Top Of The Bottom Half Of The League

32 points to go.

 

[Salamander]

I do agree except that a lot of cheating could be minimised by applying rules consistently.

100% agree with this. It is time cheating was stamped out, if the referee misses the incident during the game, a ban should still be given afterwards. Eventually players will learn that cheating does not pay dividends.

 

[Weekender]

Liverpool v Spurs VAR: PGMOL releases controversial audio of Luis Diaz's disallowed goal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66998252
The "cock-up" theory appears to hold water. The debate and subsequent pressure around urgency/delays to the games in recent weeks appears to have been a contributory factor.

 

[Spraggons Den]

The VAR/replay operator/referee transcript from Liverpools disallowed goal has been released - send ten and sixpence were going to a dance.

 

[Weekender]

The VAR/replay operator/referee transcript from Liverpools disallowed goal has been released - send ten and sixpence were going to a dance.

It's three and four pence.

 

[webster]

Curtis Jones appeal fails and he will serve 3 match ban - lucky they didn't increase it imo.

 

[Spraggons Den]

It's three and four pence.

Inflation.

 

[webster]

Good to see two of our top teams from the strongest league in Europe doing so well last night in the CL

 

[gavreid]

Back to the VAR. In general terms I'd be happy for the offside rule to be a rough average of the last person's body weight because there is no measuring device precise enough to expose the finest of decisions so how do you define offside anyway. I don't care where his foot is it's hardly active given where the rest of his body is. I hate pixel peeking on VAR the mathematical reconstructions and I hate protracted delays. In this case they forgot the on field decision, which doesn't appear to be 'flagged' as in cricket, for example. Offside was a reasonable decision for the Lino.

 

[Weekender]

Jurgen Klopp wants Tottenham-Liverpool replay after VAR error - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67003386