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Yeah, and if we could It'd be nice to go back to the days when decisions could never be proven one way or another, so people could argue pointlessly about them forever if they wanted. The problem is that now we have multiple cameras and technology capable of definitively proving whether the...

Apology accepted, but please stop calling me "baby brain" 😂

Sorry to bang on about this, but you've introduced the word "reliability" where it doesn't exist! It actually says:- "The operation of semi-automated offside technology does not change the accuracy of the decision making but enhances the speed, efficiency and consistency of the process."

Your link says:- "Will SAOT rule out more goals for offside? No – SAOT will not affect the accuracy of the decision making or change offside calls. In the Premier League this season, offside calls have been adjudged to be 100 per cent correct. It will enhance the speed and efficiency of the...

Just looked up the semi-automated thing on the FA website. It speeds things up a bit, but makes no difference to the outcome.

Genuine question here - what is the difference with that tech and why would it make Haji onside? I'm not being confrontational, just curious.

Your two sentences are contradictory? I agree that trust is everything - with the goal line tech how can anyone even know whether it's 100% perfect? It measures where a moving ball is to within a millimetre or something. Even if happens to only be 98%, if it's exactly the same for both sides and...

I agree with the sentiment of this, and although I get negative reactions for saying that Haji really was offside at Wembley, I’m merely referring to the rules as they are now applied. Whether the rules should be changed, or VAR should be abandoned, is an entirely different debate. The most...

Thanks for this. I just managed to catch it - they only showed a couple of minutes, but it brought back some memories from that era! Great to see everyone's favourite Graham Oakey, even if only for a few seconds. And a fine striker's goal from Donal Murphy, who had a lot of ability but maybe...

I'm sure, but sadly not at the moment O'Hare makes first contact with his pass, nor indeed as it leaves his boot. Just for that split second (the only moment that counts) Haji's stuck-out foot was offside. I wish the timing had been different, because he was definitely onside just before and...

That's a wonderful post 💙 If it's any consolation, you and I were both correct in thinking Haji was offside. He was, but far more narrowly than I thought in real time. I actually anticipated the goal being overturned straight away, so I kind of missed out on the euphoria and maybe that helps me...

Yes that was the worst moment of the game, thinking we'd gifted it to them through an inexcusable error.

Yeah, a really horrible night in London 😭 Goddard's goal equalising the tie hurt almost as much as the last-minute winner.

This is going to sound really random, but there's no accounting for the moments that stick in your mind. Stan Bowles scoring a very late winner against us in the FA Cup for QPR in 1974. Was at a party listening on the radio and we all had a drunken breakdown🍷🍻. Time has healed things a bit 😂.

It's a daunting job, and he's brilliant at it.

You seem to have been getting high on something lately Pete 😁

That's a pound shop "tennis girl" poster for someone's bedroom wall

They're the company who make ripped jeans aren't they?

Yeah that was what I said in my first post, but I later thought I must surely have been wrong. In hindsight, what a horrible way to spend an afternoon, but I kept going through thick and thin!

Actually I've probably got the timings a bit mixed up there. The all-seater initiative must have enabled the cages to be taken down, but it destroyed the atmosphere at that time, and for some reason people didn't fancy sitting uncovered in the rain in winter 🤷‍♂️ Our home gates went below...