World Football Thread....

[Barney Rubble]

Yep - as was Ronaldo's pus at the end.

[dan cake]

Great performance from Ajax, the so called Lionel Messi (as Martyn Tyler once described him) scores his 24th goal against English sides in tonight’s other game 

[ParisInAKilt]

Football just won’t be the same when Messi retires. 

[dandydunn]

Wrong thread

Edited April 17, 2019 by dandydunn

[Fairbairn]

31 minutes ago, dandydunn said:

Wrong thread

Please tell me this was supposed to be in the Dumb Footballers thread?! 

[dandydunn]

2 hours ago, Fairbairn said:

Please tell me this was supposed to be in the Dumb Footballers thread?! 

Yup 🙈

[dandydunn]

2-2 at the Etihad after 10 minutes 😳

[dan cake]

What a game 

[dandydunn]

3-2 City

20 gone 😂😂

[dan cake]

3-2 man c

[dandydunn]

My mate had a tenner on Sterling & Son to have 2+ shots on target each at 16/1. 

Came in after 19 minutes 😳

[dan cake]

4-2 the champions league is s.hite 

[Toepoke]

Spurs back in front after a nervous wait for VAR.

[dan cake]

4-3

[Toepoke]

Spurs win after a nervous wait for VAR.

[McTeeko]

VAR definitely slows the game down but you cannae argue with the decisions after review. Spot on 👍🏼

[Auchinyell Sox Change]

Porto v Wrexham ecwc 84 ....

[dandydunn]

16 minutes ago, McTeeko said:

VAR definitely slows the game down but you cannae argue with the decisions after review. Spot on 👍🏼

It shouldn’t of been in use for me  

If it can’t be implemented for the whole competition, it shouldn’t be implemented at all imo. 

[McTeeko]

6 minutes ago, dandydunn said:

It shouldn’t of been in use for me  

If it can’t be implemented for the whole competition, it shouldn’t be implemented at all imo. 

What, so Spurs may not have got their 3rd goal and Sterling’s injury-time ‘winner’ should’ve stood just cos Rosenberg v Celtic didn’t have VAR six months ago? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[McTeeko]

4 minutes ago, thplinth said:

I feel it undermines the whole ethos of football. It is a dynamic game and ref mistakes (assuming they are always honest ones) were part of the dynamism. VAR is turning real football into American football. Ponderous and full of wank breaks (which suddenly will become advert breaks you see) and the decision-making is no better over anything that was not obvious to begin with. How is it Rugby is able to do this so well while Football is so shit.

I get all that 100%, but surely getting the decisions right overrides everything else, no?

[Toepoke]

6 minutes ago, thplinth said:

VAR is turning real football into American football. Ponderous and full of wank breaks 

Have never felt the urge myself during a VAR break but I guess the process is in its infancy...

 

[dandydunn]

4 minutes ago, McTeeko said:

What, so Spurs may not have got their 3rd goal and Sterling’s injury-time ‘winner’ should’ve stood just cos Rosenberg v Celtic didn’t have VAR six months ago? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Exactly that

[The Ormond]

13 minutes ago, Toepoke said:

Have never felt the urge myself during a VAR break but I guess the process is in its infancy...

 

😂

[McTeeko]

25 minutes ago, thplinth said:

If your team was physically fucked and being run ragged... just provoke a VAR review. 1-5 minutes of rest every time.

How long before you think professional football players are playing this game?

Teams don’t provoke VAR reviews. It comes from above by the head referee. It’s no like a time-out or something. Even if that DID eventually come into play you limit it to 2/3 challenges per game like in tennis. 

Edited April 17, 2019 by McTeeko

[The Ormond]

5 minutes ago, McTeeko said:

Teams don’t provoke VAR reviews. It comes from above by the head referee. It’s no like a time-out or something. Even if that DID eventually come into play you limit it to 2/3 challenges per game like in tennis. 

The day we get time oots in fitba’ I’m done wae it. Baws tae that Yank pish.