There used to be a chant that went 'His nose is offside, his nose is offside, someone or other, his nose is offside'. How long before we see some some poor bastard with a decent sized conk looking the wrong way and being pinged for just that?
Good job VAR wasn't around when Kevin Hird used to play for us then. On a serious note, the only way to do it is draw the lines at the feet. I hate VAR and wish it was scrapped.
I played against Kevin Hird in the late 90's. He was still turning out for a local side well in to his 50's. He was some player even then.
Exactly. We haven't had a decent team since the WC in, what, 2004, in Germany? Bit more luck and we could have had that one. Never since.
Yep, apart from the result obviously, I really enjoyed the cup game against wolves with no VAR in use. Game flowed just like the old days.
I know FIFA don’t want any English officials for VAR duties in the WC, but where are the referees and linesmen? not seen any as yet or have I missed them?
Probably the only thing fifa got right mate if they've not bothered with English referees, they're the worst in the world
Can’t remember the teams involved but the Qatar referee I saw the other day was far better than the useless English refs and Qatar isn’t even a proper footballing country
Tbh Forza they are football mad, they import big names to play with there own, I remember having a couple of rounds of golf with a certain Gabriel Batistuta in Doha back on the late 90’s who said some of the players were not bad at all.
I see U2 must be at a loose end then..... Things are livening up now as Bono throws himself right into a crowded box to punch away a ball into the area.
