World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 3 (16 June)

[ajspurs]

Love the spirit in that Peru team.

 

[Col_M]

The ridiculous thing is that VAR only seems to come in when the attacker makes a meal of it. All these pushes in the area are still fouls and they go unpunished.
I just don’t like VAR, the delay is too long. Why can’t a second ref just call it?

 

[ajspurs]

Wpuld it have counted even of he'd scored? He stopped his run. He didnt stutter it.
Was way worse than sons.

This rule is enforced in an incredibly inconsistent manor, so to answer your question, who knows?!

 

[Nerine]

Some of the Peruvian players look pretty decent.

 

[hughy]

Baggio'd the pen. Good WC tradition.

 

[heelspurs]

The irony of Cesc Fabregas actually mouthing the words "He doesn't need to dive".

 

[glacierSpurs]

The ridiculous thing is that VAR only seems to come in when the attacker makes a meal of it. All these pushes in the area are still fouls and they go unpunished.
I just don’t like VAR, the delay is too long. Why can’t a second ref just call it?

Responsibility. No one wants to shoulder it anymore.

 

[cwy21]

If some of you aren't happy with how VAR handled that situation then it's pretty safe to say you'll never like it. Everyone expected it to be an absolute disaster with a half dozen long delays each match. Can you really say you haven't been impressed with how efficient its been?

 

[slartibartfast]

I'd nip out to the car park now its ht and get that ball

 

[tiger666]

Jenas is a great pundit

 

[Dazzazzad]

If some of you aren't happy with how VAR handled that situation then it's pretty safe to say you'll never like it. Everyone expected it to be an absolute disaster with a half dozen long delays each match. Can you really say you haven't been impressed with how efficient its been?

I think it's been great, personally. Like night and day compared to the fa cup mess.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

Imagine i put a whole 25 pence on Christensen to score a header and peru to score a pen at 400/1 and @Trix mate goes and does that

Farfan is Defoe’s Nordic cousin aint he?

 

[Bobbins]

Too many grey areas for this to be something that is used so often. If you the fan can't understand then how can the official.

Getting decisions correct shouldn't be contingent on the "average fan" (who let's be honest often isn't the brightest) understanding why the right decision has been made.

So far, VAR has worked perfectly. The only people really railing against it are old men like Lawro who can't rely on their eyes anymore and clueless wankers like Phil Neville who wouldn't know what a football looked like if he fell over one.

 

[Trix]

Imagine i put a whole 25 pence on Christensen to score a header and peru to score a pen at 400/1 and @Trix mate goes and does that

Farfan is Defoe’s Nordic cousin aint he?

I thought apart from the pen catastrophe he had a very good first half.

 

[Deleted member 27995]

Getting decisions correct shouldn't be contingent on the "average fan" (who let's be honest often isn't the brightest) understanding why the right decision has been made.

So far, VAR has worked perfectly. The only people really railing against it are old men like Lawro who can't rely on their eyes anymore and clueless wankers like Phil Neville who wouldn't know what a football looked like if he fell over one.

As long as they get the correct decision in the majorities view then I guess it's okay.

As for the pundits ... I tend to either mute or tune them out. Like any other broadcaster tbh.

 

[werty]

Denmark's striker is hopeless.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

I thought apart from the pen catastrophe he had a very good first half.

I thought he was quality and was highly confident he was gonna tuck it away until that awful run up...then again i shoulda known if i put a bet on it he would have channelled his inner Andros Townsend and aimed for row Z.

 

[werty]

Eriksen's been disappointing.

 

[Gb160]

Getting decisions correct shouldn't be contingent on the "average fan" (who let's be honest often isn't the brightest) understanding why the right decision has been made.

So far, VAR has worked perfectly. The only people really railing against it are old men like Lawro who can't rely on their eyes anymore and clueless wankers like Phil Neville who wouldn't know what a football looked like if he fell over one.

Fucking leave Lawro alone, he says it how it is.

 

[Bobbins]

Poor Christian having to play with these absolute cloggers.