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WestMidsClaret wrote:No idea. What's the answer? We just continue to have wank refs?

I didn’t say I had the answer but trying to get ex professionals into refereeing isn’t it.

I guess trying to get young people interested and improving coaching would be more realistic.

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WestMidsClaret wrote:Because the game needs it. And **** this Sunday football shite off too. That's why refs are wank.

How is a 35 year old former professional footballer going to begin pursuing a career as a referee?

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Do it like Rugby League. Everybody sees the screen and including the ref , the players and the fans. Slow motion and frame by frame are included where necessary. Was it a foul , a dive , or an attempt by the defender to con the ref? would the defender have any chance of preventing the ball crossing...

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Man City have just been denied a penalty by VAR, in what looked far more like a foul than Wood's today. That kind of blows my theory that they've changed the way it's being implemented out of the water. Should have booked DeBruyne for diving. He did the Jamie Vardy trick of sticking his leg out, wa...

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my work speaks for itself ;) self employed and if I was as incompetant as these clowns I would be unemployed. The point is, the referee and his assistants are accountable and have to answer to their bosses. Answering to the public doesn't solve anything. And I totally agree that the standard of ref...

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claretnproud wrote:seriously, you think they should be able to carry on with this garbage without substatanciating their decisions???/ When I go to work I am fully accountable for my work so make sure its good work.

Do you have to publicly announce why you did what you did at work?

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I know that VAR can overrule a ref and disallow a ‘goal’ or award a goal that a ref has disallowed. I didn’t know that a ref could overrule VAR so what would be the point of Moss checking a monitor AFTER VAR has given a ruling? Moss could have taken the decision into his own hands and checked the m...

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Never understood the clamour to get refs to publically explain their decisions. How will that lead to them getting more decisions right?

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Again a Var decision is wrong for Burnley. I’m totally in favour of var being introduced, but the var referees have to be X professionals, either managers/players/coaches. Today’s goal if viewed by an x professional would never have been disallowed. No intent on the foul, no chance Evans would have...

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the thing is tht even under the 'VAR' rules, its only supposed to overturn clear and obvious errors, which this wasn't. That’s the big one for me. If Moss disallows that goal in normal time as he thinks Evans was tripped then I’d accept it and chalk it down to bad luck. But we have had the ‘clear a...

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I think its good on the marginal offsides, but anything that isn't clear and obvious shouldn't be changed. I agree that it has been used well to judge marginal offsides. But the point I’m making is that those offsides are so close that I really wouldn’t mind them going with the linesmens call as th...

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Why doesn’t the ref go and look at the screen in such a result-defining decision?

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I tend to agree. It really hasn’t added anything to the game but judging ‘level’ offside decisions one way or the other.

The decision today was definitely the worst use of VAR so far this season.

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Claretmatt4 wrote:Nobody comes out of that game with credit but Brady just couldn't get anything right.

Really? It wasn’t a bad performance. Off the top of my head I’d say McNeill, Wood and Tarkowski come out of the game with credit.

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The guys an embarrassment if anything the “trip” was accidental. When are the premier league going to get premier level referees taking every game. I wouldn’t want him reffing a kids game. VAR is just a load more tossers making wrong decisions in a room somewhere else :x Evans ran across Wood, Evan...

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Always tried to be positive today. Didn’t often come off but that should come with game time. I like his attitude.

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Wow.

Clear error? No

Obvious error? No

The VAR disallowed the goal, not Moss, but he could have gone to the screen considering that at that stage of the game the decision was likely to define the result. But he couldn’t be bothered.

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Lowton was shocking for the goal.

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Safron wrote:Is a goalkeeper not a defender as such?

No, if Ben Mee was injured then Hart would not be considered as an option to replace him.

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Some awful refereeing in the Everton game.

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willsclarets wrote:Ha you should've put your money where your mouth is! Just think you'd be about 4p up by now if you'd stuck £20 on it. Trust your instincts.

You’re right. Sometimes you just get that feeling.

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Got a gut feeling that the all blacks will win this one.

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Relieved to hear that some of you have finally received your tickets. Getting a bit twitchy with only two weeks until kick off.

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If we were 4 independent countries, would we need borders? (Serious question unlike some of my tongue in cheek posts earlier) Who knows? If we were independent nations then each independent nation could decide whether to have a border. They could also decide whether they want to allow people from t...

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LoveCurryPies wrote:Can anyone tell me how England benefits from being part of UK ?

Free movement across the United Kingdom.

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claret2018 wrote:Those Burnley FC poppy badges are abhorrent

Abhorrent? Really?

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Granny WeatherWax wrote:Touts. Hilarious. Conference level in some aspects off the pitch.

What’s conference level?

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Not sure about the kits but the current website colours are as follows;

Claret (RGB); 129, 32, 76
Blue (RGB); 143, 210, 244

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gsyclaret wrote:Yes very organised, why would anybody wear a hoody in that heat, bloody idiots .

13 degrees?

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Should have finished 27-0.

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As terrible as Bulgaria are, and they are terrible, England have been fantastic tonight. Completely in control and able to go up a gear and cut through Bulgaria whenever they’ve felt like it. Played with a really good tempo.

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This Bulgaria side is dreadful.

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‘Can the racists please leave the stadium calmly and quietly from the nearest exit. We appreciate your cooperation and thank you for your support.’

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Derby.

Thread closed.

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As a brexiteer, I just can't help feel that if our resident remoaners were near a TV or radio last week and overheard the news that the New Nissan Juke was rolling off the production line up in Sunderland. They rushed to turn it off or put their fingers on their ears screaming "Go away, go awa...

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Chances are Mount is a better footballer, but Southgate certainly has his agendas. Just look at his sheer refusal of late to select James Maddison, who’s better than both of them, for example. Maybe there's something that Southgate doesn't like about Maddison - why would he prefer to select inferio...

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Sad news. Condolences to those who knew him.

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Since last New Year's Eve McNeil has been 'murdering' full backs in the Premier League. Whilst he was doing this Mason Mount was plying his trade in the Championship. The discrimination shown by successive England managers towards 'unfashionable' Burnley continues; Angus,Pointer, O'Neil and others ...

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Just give your grandson your friend’s ticket, he will be allowed to use it.

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Agree that BB wasn’t a patch on The Sopranos, but a very entertaining series nonetheless.

Watched El Camino last night. Thought it was totally pointless and lacked a storyline. Easy watch but very underwhelming.

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taio wrote:Neither of them can be regarded as world class yet in my eyes. Very good, yes. World class? No. A player must be performing at the very highest level year after year to be regarded as world class. Overused definition.

Harry Kane; 130 PL goals in 189 appearances.

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Typical of the entitled youth of today.

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Stop being obtuse guys.

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Not sure Kane would. It was your definition of world class that I was interested in but you have ki d of defined it. What is Messi then? Universe class? Having a laugh Riley Yeah, no worries. Messi and Ronaldo have been on another level for the past 10 years are so. But there are still plenty of ot...

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Well done sir that is a textbook example of being obtuse. Am I missing something here? I queried your first post because I thought that you were maybe mistaken and thought that England had an under 23 side. Turns out you weren’t mistaken but in fact think that it is beneficial for a Premier League ...

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Correct; now what exactly have you got to offer to the debate or are you just being obtuse. Just wondering how you think he would be better playing for Burnley’s under 23 side when he’s a regular starter for the first team, instead of representing his country at under 21 level? Not sure what’s obtu...

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Stayingup wrote:World class? Hmm.

Yes. Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling would walk into almost any side in world football.

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Southgate’s 2018 World Cup is like Coyle’s 08/09 season. Definitely the exception, when everything falls into place, compared to long stretches of either failure or mediocrity. Happens quite a bit, even Solskjaer for a while last season. Everyone knows it, but the memory of that run to the semis in...

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Corky wrote:Given his experience which is growing weekly playing regularly as he does in the Premiership does McNeil actually get much benefit from playing U21 footy. Wouldn't he be better being in the U23 team/squad.

He’s playing in the under 21 side for England.

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Tonight should be a reality check for all those who think England will be a serious contender next summer,ponderous build-up with no end product,midfield bypassed easily by the Czechs despite having Rice and Henderson as defensive shields,and a shaky defence,especially at set-pieces,reminds me of t...

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