Tear Collection for Chelsea, Spurs & Wolves

Poor Cashley Cole didn't know what to do when Wrighty was celebrating. Bet he asked for extra long snuggles from JT and Chubster Lamps when he got home.

Sad times

comment by Dan Arsenal (U21084)
posted 10 minutes ago
Poor Cashley Cole didn't know what to do when Wrighty was celebrating. Bet he asked for extra long snuggles from JT and Chubster Lamps when he got home.

Sad times
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and then he looked at his medal haul at Chelsea compared it to those of his era that stayed at Arsenal and warmly smiled

comment by WB2 (Emery'll Get Me Killed) (U8276)
posted 8 hours, 33 minutes ago
Choice, I believe the correct term is Groundhog Day
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and the day Arsenal won the CL is called fantasy day

comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
comment by Dan Arsenal (U21084)
posted 10 minutes ago
Poor Cashley Cole didn't know what to do when Wrighty was celebrating. Bet he asked for extra long snuggles from JT and Chubster Lamps when he got home.

Sad times
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and then he looked at his medal haul at Chelsea compared it to those of his era that stayed at Arsenal and warmly smiled
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Fair play

Chelsea fans can shrug off losing the rare August FA Cup Final with a smile by remembering old players and matches they won long ago. You can’t win the FA Cup in August, except Arsenal, you can only lose it.

The way things are going we will need another trophy cabinet, anyone know where there might be one going in north London? Preferably unused!

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 21 hours, 18 minutes ago
comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 48 seconds ago
comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 21 seconds ago
The one thing I will say in defense on not using VAR for a 2nd yellow is that if they brought it in then how do they resist the argument for using VAR on the first yellow? Understandably they want as few stoppages as possible. However, despite that, I think VAR shd be brought in for 2nd yellows.
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Simple. They use it on all yellows.
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Is that really practical?
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If you're going to bring VAR into it then why be selective with the cards when 2 yellow cards will have the same impact on a game as 1 red?
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Well that goes back to my original point where I said I understand why they are hesitant in using VAR for the 2nd yellow
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They shouldn't be when the mistake is as obvious as the one yesterday.
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I appreciate the frustration but it isn't quite that simple. One of the biggest criticisms of VAR was (and remains) that it takes a long time and disrupts the game. Whilst there will be work to minimise this, there will always be some delay.

To balance these complaints, they decided to limit VAR the 3 most game changing areas - penalties, red cards, goals.

If they widened that scope to include yellow cards then that would mean that any yellow card would automatically be reviewed - fair enough.

But reviews also check for when a ref didn't give something he should have, so almost every foul would have to be reviewed to see if ot should have beena yellow card.

But then the ref might have missed a foul that could have been a yellow card and so a load of tackles would have to be reviewed.

It would get hugely unwieldy, hard to manage, and take a huge amount of time.

This is the challenge with VAR. Everytime a new metric/feature is brought in it opens a can of worms,.

Case in point being using VAR for straight red but not for 2nd yellows. It is clear perfection can not be achieved, not at the expense of entertainment anyhow.

But bearing in mind that perfection is unachievable, i do subscribe to a 2nd yellow card being reviewed under VAR. I can live with the fact that the first yellow may have been issued incorrectly.

Although, they could bring in a rule where if asked to review a 2nd yellow card then they can review both cards at the same time.

Gets complicated though right?

comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 12 minutes ago
This is the challenge with VAR. Everytime a new metric/feature is brought in it opens a can of worms,.

Case in point being using VAR for straight red but not for 2nd yellows. It is clear perfection can not be achieved, not at the expense of entertainment anyhow.

But bearing in mind that perfection is unachievable, i do subscribe to a 2nd yellow card being reviewed under VAR. I can live with the fact that the first yellow may have been issued incorrectly.

Although, they could bring in a rule where if asked to review a 2nd yellow card then they can review both cards at the same time.

Gets complicated though right?
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Yes, very complicated.

If second yellow cards become reviewable and a player becomes booked early on then every foul, or even tackle, he commits afterwards would have to be reviewed just in case one deserved a yellow and the ref missed it.

It is a tricky one.

comment by welshpoolfan (U7693)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 12 minutes ago
This is the challenge with VAR. Everytime a new metric/feature is brought in it opens a can of worms,.

Case in point being using VAR for straight red but not for 2nd yellows. It is clear perfection can not be achieved, not at the expense of entertainment anyhow.

But bearing in mind that perfection is unachievable, i do subscribe to a 2nd yellow card being reviewed under VAR. I can live with the fact that the first yellow may have been issued incorrectly.

Although, they could bring in a rule where if asked to review a 2nd yellow card then they can review both cards at the same time.

Gets complicated though right?
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Yes, very complicated.

If second yellow cards become reviewable and a player becomes booked early on then every foul, or even tackle, he commits afterwards would have to be reviewed just in case one deserved a yellow and the ref missed it.

It is a tricky one.
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