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Ashingtonclaret46

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44581546 They don't show the bigger picture because it does not fit with their agenda. FIFAs new toy is VAR and they are being aided and abetted by the media, therefore, they pull one incident out to highlight things and ignore everything else that is happening ...

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Why's that? Do only forwards foul on the penalty area? Or is it because refs are predisposed to give defenders free-kicks? The initial foul is more often the defender. How often do you see attackers not even watching the ball and wrestling? Much less often than defenders who start with the mindset ...

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I agree but, I suspect, disagree about the solution. The ref should give the first thing he sees. If it ends up 14 each at half time, so be it. They'll soon learn. The first thing he sees is two players holding each other so does he then penalise one of them, in which case, he will favour the defen...

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Much worse. When Kane was being manhandled there were also fouls by other players on both sides happening within the box. There was nothing else to distract in this one tonight. I think that you will find that there was quite a lot going on which the officials saw and ignored but which was ignored ...

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How has the game survived so long without VAR? How have they already held 20 World Cup Competitions without VAR? How will they survive without VAR in the European Champions League next season? Hiw will the Premier League exist without VAR next season? Those are some of the questions, however, the an...

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Don’t confuse physical with serious fowls that go under punished which has been a very disappointing aspect of this otherwise vg WC in my view. I have yet to see a bad injury resulting form one of these serious fouls, perhaps it is another aspect of the way the game has gone that the snowflake play...

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Listening to the commentator going on about lack of yellow cards, VAR, brutal challenges in yesterday's game etc., etc. just confirms to me that the EPL has gone totally soft and the officials have been instructed to issue cards for almost every challenge, which is what this commentator is wanting t...

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When I travel down to the Turf I usually travel on the A59, however, it was closed a few times during last season and I used the alternative route out of Ripon to Pateley Bridge and then through to Grassington, SKipton and onwards. It takes marginally longer but is still a decent road and I never go...

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Good luck to Tristan who has done well to fix himself up with something which, hopefully, will progress his career. From the comments that have been quoted he seems to be a level-headed lad who has progressed well at Burnley but, because of our circumstances as a PL club, he has been released and he...

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another mind-bogglingly bad decision by a cretinous referee. seriously, where do they get them from? drama school? Disagree. The referee made the correct decision from what he saw and that was no penalty, however, because someone watching on a TV screen has a different opinion, he contacts the refe...

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Well, it’s been a joy to watch Uruguayans rolling around feigning injury at every opportunity. They had obviously been watching Portugal earlier in the afternoon! If Morocco had had a striker they would have walked that match and the Saudis have had a similar afternoon. Could be that both Portugal ...

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mkmel wrote:Isn't he about 38?

.......and a half!

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It has been on tour in the UK since September 2017 and I think that Blackpool from 19 June to 23 June is the last date.

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Because its a better subjective view. One man's view at pitch level in real time with no replay is inferior to that same person having the benefit of multiple viewings, angles and speeds. I'd think its pretty obvious. In the past you've sat that the controversy of poor decisions is something we sho...

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Seeing that we are talking about VAR at the World Cup what opinions about this:- Players will be able to receive retrospective red cards during matches being monitored by video assistant referees under rules that come into force on June 1. The VAR can alert the referee to an off-the-ball incident th...

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True, when you get tripped you do tend to lose control of the ball as a consequence. The ball had run away from him because the defender touched it on to him --he no longer had control and the original decision was correct. It was just another person's opinion which resulted in it being referred to...

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Of course it is a penalty --defender played the ball and Griezmann fell over him afterwards ---he felt contact ---so, in FIFA's attempts to eliminate all physical contact --they have to give a penalty! Pathetic.

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Well, that was a needless struggle, however, we managed to get the win in spite of some poor batting.
SOme of the shot selection was terrible, particularly when you consider that we only needed to score at just over 4 per over.

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Royboyclaret wrote:The sickly smile was the giveaway.

I laughed at that, royboy, because it wasn't just his smile that was sickly --he was quite an obnoxious player who was very crafty and got away with a lot of stuff off the ball.

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Just another example of how sad this world is becoming. I await the next stage of VAR in football when these parents will be submitting videos of their childrens' matches to query decisions --I do hope that the relevant County Football Associations have thought of this possible problem, otherwise th...

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There was a squad of 20 players selected for this tournament. Of these there are 5 x 21 year old players all of whom are registered with PL clubs. Out of these, 2 who are Newcastle players have never started a PL game. The others are Lewis Cook who has made 33 starts for Bournemouth with 8 sub appea...

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I have a mate from Uxbridge who is a friend of a friend of Corden's cousin. Allegedly, Corden invited One Direction and various other celebs to his wedding but not half of his family. Could be a rumour but I have no reason to doubt the guy who told me, and Corden seems the type. It was his wedding ...

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Happy Birthday spades, have a great day and --- more importantly--- here's to many more birthdays!

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"............Safe standing, with multiple barriers and hence very limited opportunity for crushes, is just that. It's safe, and should absolutely be what football adopts en masse." This has got to be a lot safer than fans standing up in seating areas which do not have any barriers to stop people fal...

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Government guidelines, well they sertainly bring out plenty about everything. What strikes me is the fact that you can take heed of all these guidelines and eventually ----you die. Alternatively, you can ignore all these guidelines and eventually ----you die. I'm with PaintYorkClaretnBlue on this on...

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are they sure you can take your kids into a standing area and its going to be safe. no i dont think so. its a massive no from me. too many drunken idiots go on the football im afraid to say. Interersting view. I used to take my kids back in the 70s and 80s right from the age of 5 and it was a lot m...

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Completed and would be more than happy to see something done, although I would still prefer to sit.

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Hi ebby ---I will email you in a few minutes although I am not from Ashington originally ==I lived in Oswaldtwistle until 1966, hence my affinity with the Clarets

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I am pleased to see Alex has got fixed up with another League club and with a manager that knows him and that he knows well. He is a smashing lad from a lovely family who have supported him in his efforts to become an established player. I hope that things work out for him at Grimsby and he has a su...

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I agree with ALP, it is quite shocking to see that he was only 54. I chatted to him several times when he was manager at Hartlepool. His two years as manager there saw them go through their best ever time. RIP Neale Cooper.

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ClaretTony wrote:Isn't it there first top six finish in any league for not far short of 50 years?

Not far off Tony ----they finished 6th in the First Division in the 1969/70 season and since then the highest they have finished is 7th in the First Division in 1977/78 and 1988/89.

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That's what Lancashire have just managed to do at Worcester in the Royal London Cup.

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When I see an England captain in the field, but on his knees in a fielding position for several balls, I would seriously question the motivation that this gives to any team. I would not allow anyone to do that at any level of cricket and Joe Root really let himself down as far as I am concerned. The...

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Shrewsbury played in the Second Division (now the Championship) between 1979/80 and 1988/89 unless I am mistaken.

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Good to see that both sides have been working on their efforts to con the officials in readiness for their spell in the PL.

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Well at least it looks as though we will be all out before the Championship Final starts ---very considerate of our lads.

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Bordeauxclaret wrote:So nowhere near as bad as I thought then!

No it isn't, however, this year does not make good reading at all and we have only won one and drawn one of our last nine test matches.
It is time we got our finger out!!

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Thanks. Certainly makes interesting reading. I was just referring to the very first England innings of each series. Just wondering what the average is there going back. It just always seems we start poorly lately. 2013 ---in New Zealand 167: New Zealand at home 232: Australia 215: in Australia 136:...

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I wonder what our average score in the 1st innings of a series has been over the last 4 or five years. Always seem to struggle. Strangely enough it has not been as bad as you may think, although the last 2 match series in New Zealand we averaged just 183, therefore we were just 1 run ahead of that ...

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One appeared in 33 games for his club this season and scored 6 goals and the other appeared in 38 games for his club and scored 2 goals.
What is there to be annoyed about?

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As someone who served 23 years in the Royal Air Force before settling in Ashington in 1988, I have lived in 21 different houses.

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All you campaigning in favour of VAR, I have a question and it is Why would or should VAR be used in this sort of game when it will not be used in any of the League Two games played througout the season. The argument that this is an important game does not hold true because, by saying that, you are ...

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Magic Weekend at St James Park where you can watch sport and take your beer into the stand whilst doing so.
Seven matches in two days with lots of international on show and all for the princely sum of £20 and free bus travel both ways. What's not to like about that?

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Interesting that all three relegated clubs have got rid of the managers who were appointed mid-season in the hope that they would stave off relegation. In addition, Everton, West ham, Leicester, Watford and Southampton all had changes of manager during the season. With the probablity of Conte leavin...

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Completed, best of luck.

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GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:What's that about?
Was the north considered a different country or something ?

What do you mean --------"Was..........a different country..........?" Nothing has changed!

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Thanks Hipper, you have certainly understood what I was saying. It is with the introduction of VAR where we, who mentor young, upcoming officials, have a problem because we are telling them to go with their decision and progress the game. Don't get into arguments with players, or at the early stages...

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Ashington is seemingly saying that nobody can have an opinion other than the referee. Odd. Whilst ordinarily it’s only the refs opinion that matters, refs do, frequently, get it wrong. Refs occasionally get reprimanded for getting it wrong. VAR isn’t the answer though. The answer is to just accept ...

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So you are suggesting that no one is allowed to express an opinion on a refereeing decision other than the referee himself. Well that’s 50% of tv punditry and messageboard chat gone then! You can express as many opinions as you like, however, at the end of the day it will be your opinion and, as yo...

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I’m really not sure what point you’re trying to make! Of course he’s allowed to have an opinion, in fact it’s pretty much mandatory that he does so in his job. But that doesn’t mean I have to accept his opinion is correct just because he’s the referee like you seem to be implying. In fact the scour...

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