PaddockLad

So how are you measuring the standard of refereeing? By what some pundit in the media tells you? Perhaps you'd also like to expand on how VAR will change the way the game is played in a fairly significant way as changing the back pass rule did? I don't remember having strong opinions one way or the other on that tbh but if you had a goalie who could actually play a bit of football as we did with Pav it was easy to adapt to. What a change in the way the game is played has got to do with games being reffed from Heathrow fuckin airport am not sure though.

Like against Spurs in 2008?...the fuckers still here 10 years later man. Ellis Short has got an empty stadium, he's still there too. A full vibrant stadium has brought PCP to the table...do you think theyd be keen on buying the mackems if they sat among 20k fuckin silent mongs staring at pink seats because what's on the pitch is so poor it's a better option?

And Jim White literally saying on talk sport 10 mins ago that he's spoken to pcp this morning and the 250 mill offer is still on the table

ok, explain to someone with a passing interest in cricket why that's the case.

No they wouldn't have, not least becasuse I wasn't aware of the guidance notes/appendices to do with body parts that are now in use. Yes in that youre right VAR worked perfectly last night. No because I'm aware of, due to a mate being a referee on the national list and my own experiences in 20 years of Sunday league football that there's an immortal phrase uttered by refs to linesmen before a lot of games up to a very high level; " if you think it's offside stick your flag in the air and I'll make the decision". It really is that simple, and it's been that simple up until very recently. And we've all loved that game. For me, and I understand this has now been near 30 year process, the game is no longer a sport it's a multi million pound business and decisions on the pitch are now subject to business type scrutiny. It's one of the final nails tbh.

You can have a Ashes test match without umpires. Theyre irrelevant. I do not want that to happen to football

It's a sport ffs, not a fuckin moon shot

Fuck me it's TTs very own seeker of truth and justice. Do you wear a cape? Am not suggesting anything you're saying is incorrect. Am questioning the need for VAR because of the history and traditions of the game in the 130 year history of it up until January 2018. I hope I've indicated that I'm aware of and understand the issues to do with its introduction and implementation, but for me Its change for change' s sake and not welcome.

Yes and no, on the correct interpretation it's fair to put the flag up. If the rules are that anal then it's virtually impossible to tell what part of the body is in front. I think refs welcome this tbh, it takes pressure off them. The situation where any punter with sky can know better than the ref is plainly ludicrous too. But in every other sport the crowd is informed clearly what is going on, either by big screen or as in NFL (after consulting his 4/5? colleagues) the ref goes to a mic and informs the entire stadium and the viewing public. I think for it to be a real success it'll have to include the crowd being informed properly. I don't agree with any of it though. Life is imperfect. I don't see why sport shouldn't be. Football became the world game without this nonsense. As I quoted before, what do we want sport to be for? Why do we have to seek truth and justice on the field of play? I get fairness, but we've got this far without it. It's just unesscessary.

Yeah, what I posted isn't the only way way to look at this. I think as a rule of thumb us not being worth anywhere near 400mill is ok though.

I missed that meeting

aah. It's late. Thanks for clarifying/telling me to read what is in fuckin front of me

saw this in another place, some fair points... Hold the fuckin bus here. Southampton sell 80% of their shares at £210m. With a £30m training complex and a conveyer belt of huge player sales? Latest being Van dijk (75m). Everton sell 50% of their shares at £85.5m making them worth £171m. Everton a premier league ever present. So how are Nufc worth £300m+? Relegation twice in 6 years and a squad of championship players. Hrmc case hanging over the club. Our transfer record sits in 2005 while every other club has broken theirs numerous times. The club is and has been shambolic under Ashley’s ownership. Why would anyone regardless of funds overpay to pay for the previous owners mistakes. Doesn’t make sense.

Reported.

It'll work ok, it's whether you feel it's required or not. The offside rule says "player", not foot, forearm or nose. People have been brainwashed by media replays for the past 40 years into thinking that this is the correct interpretation of the rule, it's not, it's fuckin nonsense. If a player is a yard in front he's offside, if he's level but his foot is in front or something (like tonight's goal) he's not. So flag should've stayed down and no need for VAR. Leicester fans get a tiny moment of instant ecstasy on a cold Tuesday night and everyone's happy

Hmmmm....from that article... Ashley’s appointed legal representative, Andrew Henderson of Dentons. seems to be different info to what Caulkin claims... No fucker knows anything, nothing to see here

keep troops away from the sharps for fucks sakes!

Jesus All basically some sort of construction ponzi scheme according to the FT https://amp.ft.com/content/a4dd80be-f9f1-11e7-a492-2c9be7f3120a?__twitter_impression=true

I have misgivings about personnel to say the least, but I agree with a lot of what they intend to do. A Carillion situation (the dictionary definition of neo liberalism should just be their logo and a pic of the currently MIA Chris Grayling) won't be allowed that's for sure.

Yeah that's why I think it's not happening, it's largely irrelevant to a potential sale. Tbf it's very similar to what Gloom was saying before Christmas i.e. "it'll be after the new tv deal is announced".

This has come from the Stavely camp, she's known to be friends with Richard Desmond the publisher of the star & express. If Ashleys not taken her hand off he's not selling. I think if we were being sold it would've happened by now. Someone hide the scissors in Troops house

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-pioneer-on-the-pitch-leader-of-a-generation?__twitter_impression=true

3rd or 4th choice?? Turned down by MoN and Bilic. Pardew similar at WBA. Managers getting sacked without the club's having much of a clue what to do next it would seem...

Still not working?? Am surprised your sparkling personality hasn't worked well for you tbh