Graham Paddons Beard

Yup. Semi final . 3rd v 6th. I’m starting to feel nervous already .

That’ll be nope again I’m afraid. Man says he heard something from a source he isn’t happy to name on a football forum. Of course I could be desperate for attention. Trying to impress anonymous posters in my own anonymity. That may be the case here . It’s a chance you take Baldy.

Issue is the technology for offside not the subjectivity. Clear and obvious is not part of the offside decision making. It is either offside or not offside. A few years back a question was raised about how you create infinite amounts of lines on a football pitch , by using the same liner technology used in cricket and tennis. Hawk eye responded by saying "the pitches are calibrated by Hawk-Eye, creating a 3D model of each of them, which is then maintained during the matches. Hawk-Eye's offside line matches the camber of the whole pitch to ensure as accurate a decision as possible Even Dr Hawkins of Hawkeye isn't convinced it is 100% accurate. So where technology is used in the knowledge it isn't 100% accurate , why use it? Why not use it as support or backup? In that way the Coventry goal is allowed. It is too close to say the lino got it wrong. Instead Football relies on technology that isn't fit for purpose. It is accepted as not accurate so the Premier league is looking to adopt semi-automated offside technology, same as used in the Euro's and the champions League. The technology doesn't exist for a long pass for the precise moment the ball is played. The still published for Pukki's goal still defies logic. We don't know when the ball was played, and Pukki's body shape looks unnatural. We will never forget.

All about opinions of course, but I think this is part of the issue. Sara hasn't been effective as a 10. Yet he ended up there towards the end of the game with SVW sitting on the bench. Sara needs to be on and around the ball deeper . Look at his pass for our equaliser. That is Sara;s best place. Not waiting for the ball as a 10.

Nope 😀

You cannot be offside if you are behind the ball when it is passed. In this case the forward movement of the ball is irrelevant. The question is , looking at the still photo, is Sainz behind the ball? From my point midway in the South Stand on Saturday I thought he was offside. This photo doesn't help me think otherwise.

I made no comment on the content of the post. Have another read of what I said . Edit . Don’t bother . It really is as dull as ditchwater so nip off and do something more interesting.

Thanks But I’ll stick with leap.

Essex canary makes a post . 3 posters leap on him. Happy Sunday everyone 😎

Hate to say I told you so but ….

Ref was weak. You had to hit the deck to get the decision all afternoon. Pulling the game back to give us a free kick was terrible . Let play continue . The refs have the laws just need to apply them. Was lucky Sara don’t go down after the headbut gesture. Would have been a very interesting decision to make . Ref giving both yellows summed him up. Mr Percentage again .

Word is that he is stinking the place out in training. Not just fitness but all aspects. The only signing by Knapper and Wagner won’t play him. Something has to give .

Or Eurovision.

Well what are the odds on that?

For the purposes of good order this is what Bobzilla posted in the thread about getting tickets for the Binner game . The “Riverside” and the well known “Other End” .

Who has come up with those three?

Looks like a serious injury https://x.com/pinkun/status/1780659509364400359?s=46&t=U-aOGGVI9O-Dy7RzwC_hmA

Southampton have to win all of their remaining games for automatic. That isn’t going to happen.

Aka getting rid of the díckheads 🚶‍♂️

Norwich

Yup I think we ended their season .

Well the Binners have disappeared after claiming to want “reasoned debate” so we have to make our own fun. 🐤

Everyone loved Deadly. What a terrible shame . Fantastic off-spinner. We should never have agreed to cover the pitches.

Was this the guy that the club put up at Park Farm and he sneaked into the bar after hours?

Exactly this. FFP / P&S will hit us next year as our third year back in the prem disappears along with parachute payments. Without promotion we would be well outside the £39m losses allowable and any sensible offers will be listened to. There is only so much money an owner can put in . Wealthier owners than ours still struggle to get round the regulations . Without promotion Sara I would say is a dead cert to go . Sargent and Rowe will be in the frame . All of them will want to be in the Prem.