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  1. Possibly but if it was only limited to things like penalties, blatant simulation, red cards or missed fouls and had to be made within 30 seconds or so, then possibly not. The answer to spurious appeals is simply to say "Tough, you wasted your chance, so don't try to cheat". All systems have faults but if it could be made to work like it appears to in baseball, hockey and the like, then why not. If we can't be bothered to try, then we are stuck with what we have and sometimes things do work out. You are undoubtedly right that people always try to manipulate things but if a system could be intro
  2. 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 b
  3. Muniz has stated that his time here and the advice he was given about what he needed to do to make the grade was directly responsible for his change in attitude to training, fitness and off-field distractions and was in essence, the wake-up call he needed. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fulhams-rodrigo-muniz-forced-grow-28664070
  4. If we want to retain an interest in the run-in, three points are essential tomorrow, so if we can name an unchanged side then stick with it and cross fingers we don't turn in a typical Boro show. Would settle for winning by a 95th minute own goal but given the ref anything is possible, maybe he could pull a hamstring or something just to be different 🙂
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68579553 Might be wrong but didn't something like this happen in the Prem some years ago with one team packing the wrong shirts and having to borrow their opponents away shirts?
  6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68575640 Presumably this means that whichever Glaswegian club comes out on top will enter the tournament in the qualifying round. Does that mean the runner-up will be allocated to the Europa League or will they have two representatives in the qualifying round. Appreciate Plzen have to get something out of Fiorentina first, but article doesn't seem to be very clear about full implications.
  7. Worth having him just to see him run half the length of the pitch before falling over then getting up again and sticking it in the back of the net 🙂 Now that he is settled, he seems to be a much calmer finisher and he is also beginning to contribute defensively (like Forss) He also seems to be one of those players like Crooks that is hard not to like in the way he comes across. Pace is always useful and coaching can improve him where its needed so what's not to like.
  8. Could Ayling fit as a replacement for Howson?. His knowhow would help and his awareness could ameliorate his decline in speed. Might be worth a try if we get the chance to keep him
  9. I have had an eye out on his progress for a couple of years ..................
  10. £75m fee wanted for Jarred Branthwaite. May be it is just me, but I think that is getting beyond the ridiculous in terms of reality.
  11. Blackburn ref announced .... DANGER !!!!! STROUD ALERT!!!! Prepare for excessive whistling and incomprehensible decisions. To prove how much it affects people, EFL have us playing Bristol Rovers on their site 🙂 Oh well, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger
  12. Think I'll start a publishing empire beginning with "Old Booer's Almanac" 🙂 To be fair, it was Cleverley timed .... Wonder if it was a coincidence that Warnock stepped down a few hours earlier.
  13. Remembering all those who were advocating buying Willock and Chair in the window, seemed to be hardly any mentions of them during the game so did we just negate them or were they just ineffectual?
  14. Just had a thought about our last game of the season. Each year one team seems to fall apart towards the run in and Watford have all the top teams to play. Can't be long before we see a new manager in charge there. Wonder what sort of a day it would be if we needed a win to get into the playoffs and they needed the same to stay up 🙂 Long odds on that happening, I suppose but this morning Stoke were in the bottom three and now they are four points behind them
  15. Next thing you know we'll have a positive GD 🙂
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