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I mean, it can't really be any worse but I have the same fear as you. It worked well in 2021 as Kane had Saka &/or Rashford as his support players, Bellingham & Foden are not those types & I can just see the 3 of them trying to occupy similar positions.

Signed for Oxford

Is the narrative still that our officials are the worst?

Most International football is that way tbf.

£7.5m transfer fee, £45k p/w, 3 starts all season. Knew he had a stress fracture in his back, signed him anyway... And people wonder how they got in a mess financially.

Binks made specific reference to looking forward to working with Viveash again in his signing interview.

Like he announced we were looking to mutually terminate Eghosa's contract a week after he'd already signed for his new club.

Given the (alleged) gulf in quality, that's genuinely one of the worst performances I've ever watched of any team at any level. Zero shape or tactical awareness. Blushes spared by some good fortune & outrageous individual brilliance.

As you say, I expect it will just be Mainoo for Gallagher, but I'd be going with something like this:

Once again, an interesting game, in the knockout stage of a major tournament & all anyone talks about is VAR... Yet we're supposed to believe it's improved the game.

And all because of VAR, again. Bin it.

We didn't have to completely destroy the whole spirit of the game for that though In the L2 Playoff, it was once again a ref being condemned for a wrong decision, not a single mention of a player intentionally cheating to con him. That should be where the focus is, with strict punishments for...

Or, you know, just use the same old system that's worked perfectly fine for a hundred years.

Yes. They are using Semi Automated VAR, i.e. not relying on someone just having a guess when a ball is kicked & where to draw a line whilst using a 50fps camera.

True, but incredibly rare & getting even rarer. There were 62 on field reviews in the PL last season. I think there were only 3 where they rejected the VAR & stuck with their original decision.

Yep. Unwritten protocol is if you're sent to the screen they expect an overturn. Watching a ball strike someone's arm, in a natural position, from a yard away all in slow motion with a snickometer. This is what the game has become 😡

It's not the referees. They are correct decisions. The laws are stupid though & VAR is a stain on the game.

Spot on Clive, it's all about changing the game to fit VAR. It's destroyed the game we knew.

Correct decision by the law but the handball law is an absolute fucking mess.

??? It's clearly the correct decision & well spotted.