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[Strummer]

Someone said it best on another thread somewhere on here recently; VAR in English football is basically legalised match fixing. It's a tool used to help certain teams and protect "the brand".

Much like FFP, the purpose of VAR (in English football at least) has nothing to do with fairness or correcting errors. And to anyone who follows a non-Sky Sports Six team that has dealt with FFP and VAR it's starting to become very obvious.

Yep, I’d agree with that.

As I’m sure everyone is fed up with me mentioning by now, the Germans - and their amateur officials - seem to have made a better fist of VAR than the Premier League has.

Perhaps that is another contributing factor - along with fan-ownership through „50+1“ - that makes the Bundesliga so enjoyable to watch.

I mean, last weekend I genuinely enjoyed watching Bayer Leverkusen win the title for the first time in their 120-year history, even though they’ve had a couple of right ding-dong battles with the VfB this season (and we are off up there again, this weekend…)

As for Man City and their financial doping from whichever coalition of petrodollars is bankrolling them? Well I mean „Pep“ Guardiola is all well a good, but you could stick Mike Bassett in charge of that team and their budget and even he’d have them up the sharp end of the table.

It just isn’t the same.

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

Someone said it best on another thread somewhere on here recently; VAR in English football is basically legalised match fixing. It's a tool used to help certain teams and protect "the brand".

Much like FFP, the purpose of VAR (in English football at least) has nothing to do with fairness or correcting errors. And to anyone who follows a non-Sky Sports Six team that has dealt with FFP and VAR it's starting to become very obvious.

This is the thing.

They can reel all out all their paid shills pundits to tell us how we're bang out of order and you can't question any of this but this is the chair of the Premier League letting his mask slip and calling us "a small club" in a bloody parliamentary hearing.

Yet somehow it's completely unfathomable that this smarmy **** who looks like he whacks £100's of cocaine up his nose every weekend might be financially incentisived to put in place things to help his favoured "big clubs."

Nah.

 

[valspoodle]

VAR itself isn't the issue here

It's the way it's being implemented

I don't doubt the sense of your reply. But considering we've just created a shitstorm about VAR, I don't think it answers my post at all.

 

[adam09]

Leiecster 1-0 up, goal was slightly offside. Wonder if fans of whoever doesn't go up will use this against them for the next 2 years.

 

[Robertson]

Leiecster 1-0 up, goal was slightly offside. Wonder if fans of whoever doesn't go up will use this against them for the next 2 years.

If it ends up being Southampton they could well do

 

[YellowBelly Red]

That's Leicester all but up. Just need Ipswich to take the other automatic spot now, and for Leeds to fall apart again in the play-offs.

 

[Your Dad's Ashamed Of You]

Surely all those empty seats in the Leeds end are some sort of optical illusion?

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[GOBIAS]

Surely all those empty seats in the Leeds end are some sort of optical illusion?

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I’m not watching. Have they only been given the upper tier for some reason and the bottom tier is for home fans?

 

[GOBIAS]

if Leeds do lose this it would be a massive chance for Ipswich. I think they would be 1 point behind with 2 games in hand. Even a draw for Leeds would be decent for Ipswich.

 

[Your Dad's Ashamed Of You]

Didn't seem too happy with that goal so I am pretty sure they are from Yarkshire

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[valspoodle]

I reckon Ipswich will go up. My friends from Sutton will be over the moon.

 

[eyupmeduck]

Just picked up a bargain for pudding, love a crumble.

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[DanR]

 

[GOBIAS]

Oh dear

 

[BryanRoy22]

I reckon Ipswich will go up. My friends from Sutton will be over the moon.

Hope so. That would be such a brilliant story to gain 2 promotions in a row for another team that's been out of the Premier League for too long.

22 years....

 

[Malwood]

Another QPR goal. Not quite Bobby Zamora, but you still love to see it.

 

[BryanRoy22]

Leeds have completely bottled this tonight. Not looked like scoring, dominated in the 50/50s and zero intensity overall.

Getting battered now

 

[Malwood]

Confirms Leicester's promotion. I don't mind that, actually. Good for region to have a Premier league Derby game next season.

 

[GOBIAS]

Leeds have completely bottled this tonight. Not looked like scoring, dominated in the 50/50s and zero intensity overall.

Getting battered now

It’s gonna be hard for them to get going again if they do end up in the play offs

 

[GOBIAS]

Confirms Leicester's promotion. I don't mind that, actually. Good for region to have a Premier league Derby game next season.

What will happen with their potential psr breaches now?

 

[Lord Wazzock]

I tell you what, Elias Chair delivers a great corner/free kick. Adomah to make it 5?

 

[Robertson]

Annoying that the media will be full of praise for Leicester and completely gloss over the PSR breach, as usual. Funny if Leeds complete the bottle job of course.

 

[Shearstone]

God I love our promotion squad. Cook and Colback destroying Leeds is beautiful

 

[Robertson]

What will happen with their potential psr breaches now?

Brushed under the carpet as usual I expect

 

[BryanRoy22]

Ipswich have 2 tough away games so I'm not sure Leeds are completely out of it unfortunately.

If Ipswich get a win from Hull or Coventry away, that's probably it. With Huddersfield at home on the final day.

But a draw and a loss from those away games for Ipswich, it'll be difficult because Leeds still have the goal difference advantage and have a home game on the final day too.