Exactly. Classic distraction techniques the kind of which are used in politics every day of the week. When something's going on that you want to divert people's attention away from, this is exactly the kind of game to play.
Trouble is people buy it.
We surely know there was an indemnity clause for one very simple reason.
If there never was an indemnity clause, Wasps would have been all over it when it came out about it. On this matter, their silence has been thunderous.
I still believe the technology can have a place and be successful, but not in its current form.
Before the season started, I predicted that there would be plenty of discussion about VAR and offside to such an extent that the rules may well need a rework. That's exactly how its working out.
The...
If VAR is going to be used as it currently is for offsides, then something similar to "umpires call" in cricket should probably be considered, especially in these incredibly marginal situations.
Man City have Ederson sent off, then get a big help from VAR giving a pen, which is saved, retaken for encroachment, saved again and scored on the rebound.
No way in hell that was ever a penalty in the first place, in my opinion.
That's the major plot twist. When all this comes to a head, Eastwood is going to peel off his face, revealing it was a mask. And underneath is going to be none other than Tim Fisher....
Don't know what Gazzaniga was thinking, all he had to do was go to catch or punch and he either gets the ball or probably wins the free kick as goalkeepers always get the decision in that situation. Not sure how the ref managed to give a free kick to Spurs originally, it was a properly poor...