Robioto wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:59 am
I'm so excited for Sunday
I've been pretty chilled all tournament because we were playing so badly I felt we'd go out before now... However now we've reached the final I'm already nervous as hell.
It's hard to see us winning this, we have form under Southgate of failing at the first main challenge... Dunno though, we've been poor and made it this far, there seems to be real grit and character in this team to go to the final whistle, we are cool under pressure and Southgate has some amazing options off the bench to change a game and seems to be using those options well.
Shogun wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 5:49 pm
ITV News talking about Southgate bringing on the next generation with his subs last night. Kane (30) for Watkins (28) and Foden (24) for Palmer (22)
Stumpy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:27 pm
That penalty was about as stonewall non penalty as you can get.
Gary Neville is right, it was an absolute disgrace it was given
Divine retribution for Koemans not getting a red against us in the 1994 WC qualifier and us not getting the blatant penalty and then going out of WCup because he stayed on to score the winner, he admitted that it was a pen and that he should have been sent off, we’re quits now.
Escla wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:44 pm
Divine retribution for Koemans not getting a red against us in the 1994 WC qualifier and us not getting the blatant penalty and then going out of WCup because he stayed on to score the winner, he admitted that it was a pen and that he should have been sent off, we’re quits now.
Doesn't make it right, we all know he should have been sent off all those years ago and a penalty given.
But it's frightening the way the game is going now, the clown refereeing the semi final of a European championship got all the gear in the world to watch it back and thinks it's a penalty.
I don't care what happened back then, what i care about is the way this abomination is ruining the game.
Retribution or no retribution, that call last night is still an absolute disgrace
The issue is VAR talking the ref through why he needs to make a decision... He's already going to the screen to view a studs up contact from the defender. If they just let him go over and see the whole incident without telling him what to look for I bet he'd be bemused about why he's re-watching the moment.
He's s not though, and it's been a problem in the Premier League too... 'ok we've seen contact from the defender with his studs, go to the screen and we'll show you a few frames in slow motion that highlight exactly what we're talking about'.
The ref isn't really an independent authority in these instances, he's purely looking at a screen to confirm that VAR are indeed seeing what they're saying they've seen.
