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  1. 1 hour ago, Redcar Rioja said:

    I'm just amazed that Harry Maguire wasn't blamed by the Engerlund fans despite him not being on the pitch!

    Quite honestly I'd be happy if neither wore an England shirt again, but I guess there isn't exactly an abundance of English defenders in the PL at the moment.

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  2. On 3/19/2024 at 9:09 AM, Erimus74 said:

    VAR is the worst thing ever brought into football, IMHO mind

    I think its a close-run thing between VAR and Man Utd's dreadful grey away kit. 😁

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  3. 2 hours ago, GrimsbyBoro said:

    Not specifically to do with law changes but I would have every pundit and commentator go on a refereeing course. It’s amazing how many of them don’t know the Laws of the game they are the supposed expert in. 

    Whilst I don’t like VAR and never had I think some of the issue is a perception issue. “Experts” are making uninformed decisions which the general public pick up on. 

    I would like to see the anti-ref bias taken out of the media. Comments like 

    being clever

    if you are going to abide by the letter of the law

    we don’t want to see people sent off 

    these things are all said with a negative slant against the ref. Notice they don’t say things like we want cheaters sent off for ruining the game.

    I think this would have a knock on effect at grass root level as well.

     

     

    To be fair I think some of the comments made by pundits reflect the lack of consistency by referees in the interpretation of the laws of the game. Think they often reflect the exasperation of the average fans when they see refs make one decision for an incident in one game (usually featuring a top 6 team) while a different ref gives a different decision for a (near) identical incident at another game featuring mid or lower table teams.

    They might come across as (or actually be) sarcastic and unhelpful, but I've always thought they do a good job of hammering home the need for greater consistency and fairness in the application of the rules (not that anyone seems to be listening). Lets face it, we often bemoan the standard of refereeing in our league and VAR only seems to have increased the amount of controversial decisions in the PL.

    I will agree that there is a glaring lack of comments on the need to deter cheating. For the sake of balance they should take players to task more for simulation and blatant / unnecessary fouls.

  4. Was interested to read this today:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68602074

    The Football Governance Bill is being introduced into Parliament today.

     

    It follows a "fan-led review" which concluded an independent regulator was necessary to help ensure the future financial stability of the men's game, across the top 5 tiers. It will have a range of powers, including acting as an arbiter in the event that the PL and EFL are unable to reach agreement on new deals.

    Predictably the PL have been making some unhappy noises...obviously worried that this might reduce the amount of cash in their own trough.

     

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    A Premier League statement read: "With our clubs, we have advocated for a proportionate regime that enables us to build on our position as the most widely watched league in the world.

    "Mindful that the future growth of the Premier League is not guaranteed, we remain concerned about any unintended consequences of legislation that could weaken the competitiveness and appeal of English football.

    "The Premier League remains fully committed to delivering its world-leading funding to the wider game, through £1.6bn distributed to all levels of football across the current three-year term."

    Roughly translated: be nice to us or we might have to reduce the amount of money we hand out...

     

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    West Ham owner David Sullivan told Sky Sports: "The Premier League is the best league in the world so why change a winning formula?

    "I hope the government don't wreck something that works. If over the coming seasons the Premier League ceases to be the best league in the world, it will be down to an interfering government."

    He added: "Between the 20 clubs there is almost £2bn of debt, so there isn't really 'available cash' to give away."

    Ha! What a load of crap.

    £2bn of debt between the clubs...yet the likes of Man City and Chelsea can still somehow blow hundreds of millions in the transfer market. Something doesn't add up.

     

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  5. 16 hours ago, RiseAgainst said:

    That could become far worse than the current system. If managers had the ability to appeal, they'd find spurious reasons to appeal at times of maximum opportunity - to disrupt waves of opposing attacks, for instance, or to buy an injured player time to come back on. They'd then howl about the injustice of not being able to appeal an obviously wrong decision because they'd used up their allocation earlier in the match. I can almost hear the likes of Guardiola bleating about it on MotD now. The original number of allowable appeals would be steadily increased over time, too, I have no doubt. Football managers aren't respectful of existing rules like tennis players.

    I loathe VAR and its unique ability to sap the joy out of a goal being scored, but at least it's not being cynically manipulated by managers who would sell their own mothers to gain an advantage. It's 'just' killing top-flight football as a spectacle, especially in the stadia itself.

    Well thats the whole point of limited appeals and losing them if the decision doesn't get overturned. If you blow them on frivolous appeals - tough luck. Get a bad decision after your un out of appeals? Got to suck it up.

    Mind you that doesn't stop cricket teams doing it.  Tennis players seem to be a bit more savvy about using them mind.

  6. 17 hours ago, Old Codger said:

    VAR is a poorly implemented system in its current form. Would far rather see it run as an appeals based set-up where each team had a couple of chances to appeal a refs decision if they are convinced it is wrong, retaining the number of appeals if proved right and losing one if proved wrong. This would in the main discourage frivolous stuff and allow players and fans to celebrate knowing that there is no review for every little thing as well as putting on field officials back in charge. I might be in the minority, but I couldn't care less if a player's left ear is offside when the rest of the body isn't. Works in other sports so why not football. Appreciate it is a thing that was designed by the suits and due to that, has little to do with the way the game should be played but just for once, it would be nice to hear them say "the premise is good but we are getting it wrong and need to reboot".  

    They should just ask the RFU how they implement the Third Match Official (TMO) system and copy that. Its worked very well for years, seems a lot less complicated and a lot more consistent.

    Although in football's case part of the problem is the offside rule itself. To my mind, to make it more consistent and fairer, the whole of the attacking player's body should be beyond the defender...as in if you drew a line on the graphics screen, all of the attacking player's body would be over it.

    To my mind that constitutes an unfair advantage.

    All this crap about being offside by a hand or foot is just stupid IMO.

     

    Having appeals I'm not so sure about. I know they do that in tennis and cricket - but they use Hawkeye to decide if a ball is out of court / hitting wicket etc. which at least is more consistent than a bunch of people looking at video replays.

    Think I'd rather the decision-making process remained in the hands of the refs and VAR team - the rules just need to be simplified and given a common-sense approach, instead of the ridiculous absolutist rules we have now.

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  7. 17 hours ago, RiseAgainst said:

    If Forest got four points for a temporary financial breach and a guilty plea, what should Man City get? 200 points deducted? 250? Relegation to the Conference?

    In truth, City will probably spend six or seven years enmeshing the football authorities in oceans of red tape and spurious arguments through one court after another, and then when the PL are on the brink of bankruptcy, City will be given a token fine and asked not to do it again.

    I'm honestly glad Boro aren't in the PL, with its institutionalised cheating and six-minute VAR checks. What a cesspool of a league.

    I'm hoping the new independent regulator will put a stop to crap like this, where it seems there is one rule for the big clubs and another for everyone else.

    Same rules apply to everyone and the process is streamlined so big clubs can't use delaying tactics to effectively sidestep any kind of punishment.

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  8. 30 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said:

    New England kits, love the home shirt....not sure about the away shirt yet

    Those prices though, ooft

    I really don't get the obsession with these retro-looking kits. Looks like something England would have worn in the 1960s.

    Its a minor improvement over the last couple but still a long way from making me want to open my wallet.

  9. 13 hours ago, Redcar Rioja said:

    Makes the fuss over Arsenal Ladies white socks the other day seem even more ridiculous. I don't get how Clubs are allowed to have away kits that are only a few shades different from their normal kit. When I was a nipper and dinosaurs ruled the Earth if teams played in Red they would have a white or yellow or even a blue away shirt, something that was the polar opposite. Even Boro had a Blue and Black Inter Milan style Away shirt and that was sexy and unusual for those days.

    I really liked the 2001-02 away kit. Wish they'd bring it back. Or the white, burgundy & blue from 2004-05 or even the white and gold from 2007-08.

  10. In the end I don't think we can be too upset with this result.

    Don't forget Blackburn are now coached by the guy who had Birmingham in the top 6 when they decided to sack him. On paper, at least, I'd say he now has a better squad to work with and fully expect to see Rovers comfortably in the play-offs next season.

  11. 23 minutes ago, BoroDave4 said:

    I'm *** sick of Carrick saying "it's just one game" and things like that. I get it, but we've had 15 or so "just one games" this year. I want to see him be passionate about driving standards up, expecting more and demanding the maximum. 

    You can't tell me that Sir Alex would have been OK with that. I know we aren't Man United and Carrick isn't Fergie, but I want to see a bit of it if you know what I mean

    Agree. I mean protect the players and don't single people out for criticism, thats fine.

    But a bit of passion and engagement, about what he expects, what the club is working towards etc. wouldn't go amiss.

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  12. 14 minutes ago, Changing Times said:

    Azaz did the first bit right at least.  Just the finish that was lacking.  A lot like Rogers in that respect actually.  Jones did well for his effort.  I'm assuming that Clarke's and Ayling's shots were from set pieces?  Did we have any other good chances earlier on?

    Ayling pinged in a great cross to Forss, whose header went right across the goal and I think grazed the far post on the way out. Still wondering how it didn't go in. Not long after that he did his hamstring. ☹️

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  13. Just now, Changing Times said:

    Only managed to catch the last 15 mins or so.  16 shots but only 3 on target?  Just one of those games was it?

    We wasted / missed a few really good chances but on the flip side Dieng made some great saves to keep us in the game. So a draw feels fair, if disappointing.

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  14. Well that feels like 2 points dropped...although on balance a draw seems fair.

    Boro squandered some great chances, but Dieng also kept us in the game with some great saves, (my MOTM) so...

    Some decent attacking play from both sides in the first half. Game got pretty scrappy in the last 20 minutes or so - likely due to tired legs on both sides (though still managed to create chances).

    Keeps our unbeaten run going, but I guess it highlights Boro really are a 3-5-2 team. Forss going off and Carrick having to revert to 4-2-3-1 also didn't seem to help us.

     

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