Recent content by Calista

Yeah should have just stuck his arm out :)

Poch gives Haji's first goal a really dodgy salute!

Nah, he'll sleep like a baby. Look how cool he is getting that award 👌

Arguably good for our squad. Time will tell whether the breaks make us lose momentum though.

I always swear by the spelling on the Kids Encyclopedia Facts website 😉

Nothing obscure about the Battle of Ellandun. Mercia was never the same again after that, still rankles with me tbh.

It's amphetamines isn't it?

That's what Beornwulf of Mercia said after Egbert of Wessex won the Battle of Ellandun in the year 825.

The real problem is that they need to massively speed VAR up. Maybe that's a solution - if VAR can't confidently overturn an on-field decision within (say) 5 seconds they should shut up and keep out of it. Now that would have given us Torp's goal alright 👍

Yeah, and if we could It'd be nice to go back to the days when decisions could never be proven one way or another, so people could argue pointlessly about them forever if they wanted. The problem is that now we have multiple cameras and technology capable of definitively proving whether the...

Apology accepted, but please stop calling me "baby brain" 😂

Sorry to bang on about this, but you've introduced the word "reliability" where it doesn't exist! It actually says:- "The operation of semi-automated offside technology does not change the accuracy of the decision making but enhances the speed, efficiency and consistency of the process."

Your link says:- "Will SAOT rule out more goals for offside? No – SAOT will not affect the accuracy of the decision making or change offside calls. In the Premier League this season, offside calls have been adjudged to be 100 per cent correct. It will enhance the speed and efficiency of the...

Just looked up the semi-automated thing on the FA website. It speeds things up a bit, but makes no difference to the outcome.

Genuine question here - what is the difference with that tech and why would it make Haji onside? I'm not being confrontational, just curious.