SurreyGeez….where have Utd ***ked off to
[Football] FA Cup semi finals
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Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
Which is down to PGMOL and the refs rather than the technology. It should be used as it was designed and not how you think it should. As someone who spent all my working life in engineering, I get really hacked off when people use technology outside of its design parameters and then blame the technology when it doesn’t work as they expect.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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They’ve gone to line up at the exit for the Coventry fans so they can tell them “you’ve seen United, now f*** off”.Geez….where have Utd ***ked off to
They won’t be able to resist a chance to gloat.
oldboyroy
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To be fair, the majority aren't happy with that win and admit they were lucky, very lucky. Calling out Ten Hag and left wembley in embarrassment.
Shooting Star
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I get angrier about it the more I think of it.
But then, we all assumed we would have beaten Coventry if we'd got through - then we assumed Wolves would beat them. I don't think Coventry getting to the final would have been a fluke, they would have earned it. And would have given them as good a game as Man United.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Only just seen this - would the new automatic offside system have called it offside?
pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Having attended the match and spent the day around Cov fans, no chance! Great support, brilliant match, the offside decision notwithstanding.At 3 nil down and with 20 minutes left, you've got to wonder if any Coventry fans decided to leave early.
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pigmanovich
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For neutrals maybe! Cov fans wouldn’t have minded I’m sure.
Milano
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It’s not CLEAR though is it, the tech isn’t that good. VAR is destroying top level football, it’s sucking the soul out of it.
If you think that what happened today is good for the game then you’re part of the problem.
pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Can confirm they did just this. Dickheads.
American Seagle
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- Jun 14, 2022
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Serious questions need to be asked after that. The offside call was so bad it's hard to not think it's fixed. How you get the lines wrong like that with all the time and checks so often without something strange going on is...well itn makes you think.
Milano
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Just seen Liverpool’s 3rd goal, I can’t see the difference.
The offside law was introduced to stop goal hanging, not mm differences.
The offside law was introduced to stop goal hanging, not mm differences.
American Seagle
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We all know the difference. That is the problem.
American Seagle
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Exactly this. It highlights how bad and how biased the officiating is. VAR if used correctly should reduce bias and give good officials extra tools to make better decisions. Instead it is shining a light on how bad and biased they are.
I am amazed the media is not talking about this instead of just blaming var. Blaming var is missing the ugly truth.
I’m with you. Even if the tech was infallible, ruling out goals for a margin that small is not what offside is about. People moaning about the officials etc .. I’ve got no issue with anything they did. It’s missing the massive point that it’s ridiculous to ‘flag’ someone for being an inch ahead of an opponent who is in no position to stop the move amyway.
Sorry but this conspiracy is a sideshow. The ref was decent. If it was bias, why did they give Coventry a marginal stoppage time penalty? The VAR could have overturned that if he was pro-United. If the line was wrong, it’s a mistake. I suspect it wasn’t anyway. They use a much finer line to make the decision (as we used to see), then the thicker ones are overlaid to illustrate the outcome. That may explain the furore about Wan-Bissaka’s toe.
The actual issue is that the decision was probably correct but that scenario is far too tight to be deemed offside.
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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This for me. There really isn't a conspiracy against the little clubs. It's totally ruined the game though. I think the decision was probably correct as you say, but the whole thing is just so wrong for football - it's sucked the life out of top level football
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I'm pretty sure they have no concept of that emotion.Calling out Ten Hag and left wembley in embarrassment.