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Video ref to be trialed...

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by originallambrettaman, Dec 7, 2017.

  1. Mr Hatem

    Mr Hatem Well-Known Member

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    The pen is mightier than the sword?
     
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  2. SydneyTiger14

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    Pens. Penalties. Penalty shootouts that you lose quite often.
     
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  3. dennisboothstash

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    What do penalties have to do with it?
     
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  4. SydneyTiger14

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    Huh?
     
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  5. dennisboothstash

    dennisboothstash Well-Known Member

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    I give up

    Whose your favoured sponsor for the VAR screens?
    I’d like it to be sponsored by the TV show ‘Pointless’
     
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  6. balkan tiger

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    You've been framed, 250 quid a clip it all adds up you know.
     
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  7. Sir Cheshire Ben

    Sir Cheshire Ben Well-Known Member

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    Confused.com?
     
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  8. SydneyTiger14

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    What was so confusing? VAR will mean England won't go out on dodgy goals, which means instead you'll be getting knocked out of the WC on penalties.
     
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  9. Walter Sobchak

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    Have the aussies ever got far enough to be knocked out on pens? :emoticon-0112-wonde
     
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  10. SydneyTiger14

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    We got knocked out by A pen. :(
     
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  11. dennisboothstash

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    Oh, ok
     
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  12. PLT

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    Excellent point. That really is a depressing thought.

    It's not the delay in terms of time, it's the breaking up of things. No one knows whether a goal has counted or not until after the delay. Not being able to celebrate a ball hitting the net any more but instead celebrating a word on a big screen.

    In fact while we're at it, why not just simulate the whole thing on the latest edition of Football Manager. Do away with any possibility of incorrect results - the better team will always win and nothing will be influenced by human error.
     
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  13. SydneyTiger14

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    You mean like whenever there's a controversial goal at the moment and the Ref runs over to check with his linesman?

    Goals that are clear goals will still be scored and celebrated in real time..

    Your second point is some sort of weird straw man as if VAR implicitly favours bigger/better teams in any way.
     
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  14. Quill

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    I feel like this entire argument was just so Syd could make that joke about England.
     
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  15. SydneyTiger14

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    What joke?
     
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  16. dennisboothstash

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    The one I didn’t understand
     
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  17. Hot_Fluff

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    I hope the video ref gets a fair trial...judged by his peers. He'll be out in 2 if he keeps his nose clean.


    Where does that expression come from ?
    'nose clean'?
     
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  18. tigerscanada

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    <laugh>:emoticon-0148-yes:

     
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  19. Mr Hatem

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    Does this thread come with Australian to English subtitles?
     
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  20. SydneyTiger14

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    That wasn't a joke?
     
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