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  1. Otis

    Team of players no longer with us

    Huh? We are saying that Graham Oakley is still alive, but Graham Oakey is dead?
  2. Otis

    Fancy Bumping Into You !

    I saw Kevin Whately at Coventry Airport, which seemed rather odd, as it was a budget flight we were all getting on.
  3. Otis

    Meeting AnOld Mate

    Either that or really go all guns on the lubricant, as she is now 88.
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    Meeting AnOld Mate

    I will tell my mum to stay indoors.
  5. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Argentina still have a very decent chance of going through. Only really bad result tomorrow for them is if Iceland win. That would give Iceland 4 points. A Nigeria win tomorrow and the Argies will almost certainly qualify if they beat Nigeria in their last game you would have thought. A draw...
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    Westworld

    Ha! Certainly will give that a look.
  7. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Very good question.
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    The World Cup Thread

    It needs uniformity though doesn't it. If the VAR team said to the ref he may wish to check the handball incident in the Denmark game then that's fine, if that's the way they wish to play it. The ref didn't give the pen. The ref though should then review the footage and unless he has seen...
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    The World Cup Thread

    Yeah, but by the rules of the game that was clearly a foul on Kane. No interpretation to be had. The second one was less clear cut as Kane was pushing and pulling a bit too. They get away with it in other parts of the world. That doesn't mean it is right to do so and a number of the officials...
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    The World Cup Thread

    The VAR system should and can work in my opinion. Needs to be for obvious errors. Today was not an obvious error and was very subjective. Harry Kane's I would say was an obvious error. Anything that is not clear cut should be left to the ref.
  11. Otis

    Team of players no longer with us

    That's the trouble. There must be loads of players who have passed away way before my time. I would have to guess at Clarrie Bourton too, simply based on the amount of goals he scored.
  12. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    I have money (virtual money) on a Peru win or a draw. Thought Peru looked very good and were rather unlucky against Denmark and France do wobble at times. Definitely worth a punt.
  13. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    My point is if they are saying he is wrong they should just overule him. They are not saying that though.
  14. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Not so sure. Surely the ref can have a look and see that nothing is different from how he saw it originally. They are not saying he is wrong, they are saying it is worth having another look. How was the French one now a handball?
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    The World Cup Thread

    Don't think they outranked him though anyway. Isn't the VAR officials job to relay to the ref that he may wish to take a closer look at things? The ref could still have not given the pen today. And if anyone says that is not realistic because of the pressure from the video refs, then we might...
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    Burnley

    Yeah, I may be wrong, but do think there are other clubs in Lancashire. Top of my head, what about Chorley?
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    The World Cup Thread

    Yup. He has to be bigger than that surely. Otherwise what's the point of a 23 man squad?
  18. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    It is. I have been calling for clarification for sometime. The ones that are given when a ball is blasted at a player are quite ludicrous on occasion.
  19. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    Hmm, I just saw it that the ref didn't see it properly. Simple as that.
  20. Otis

    The World Cup Thread

    We have just been talking about overreaction on social media of stuff on the Maddison thread and here we go again here. Someone on the BBC sports text has said that, that pen in the Denmark /Australia game was the softest penalty in footballing history. Seriously? People seriously need to get...
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