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I personally like games being officiated properly, and VAR isn't really used that much. I agree with you in terms of offside, the offside rule isn't there to stop people being a few millimeters offside, but this is why I said some rules need tweaking. I don't really have an issue with most of VAR, and the issues I do have often come from referees. They shouldn't be looking at it for 5 minutes to make a decision, to me that suggests it's not "clear and obvious". It should be used to overturn blatantly obvious decisions. It works in other sports, most of which are contact sports. Football isn't different, it's not special. Of course things will be subjective because everyone interprets a rule differently, but any improvements to what are, quite frankly, absurdly awful officials, is a must IMO.

Very much this.

Then I think most people are missing the point. Video replay isn't a sentient being. It's just simply an ability to rewatch an incident in order to have a better opinion. The fact that things are still incorrect isn't a fault of video replay, it's a shortcoming of the officials using it. And people want to scrap it and have those same inept officials making decisions with less assistance? People getting up in arms about VAR getting offside decisions correct is nothing but madness. Blame the rule, not the tool.

Look at me! Look how smart I am! There's a few people on Facebook that repost those stupid "If you can find the M (in a picture full of Ws) you're a genius" type pictures, with "I found it right away". Oh well done mate, I'm sure your Mensa welcome pack is in the post.

Finally watched The Death of Stalin tonight. I'd put it off for a while as I find 90% of comedies to be a bit shit. Wish I hadn't, it is fantastic.

To be fair, if they didn't, they'd have to consider themselves American.

I think removing VAR would be the end for me. When a sport is more interesting than protecting referees than getting things right, it's dead. At least it'll still be used an INT level.

Or maybe, just maybe, it's the responsibility of the clubs to pay the staffs wages. You know, like they were the rest of the year.

This problem has **** all to do with footballers. They aren't responsible for other peoples wages. They shouldn't be ashamed of what contract they've signed. The amount of people I've seen criticising them for not giving out money, or even when they do criticising that it's not enough. It's just stupid. I don't have sympathy for what they earn, but I certainly have sympathy for the way they're viewed for doing nothing wrong.

Unfortunately it really, really showed. Neil Taylor being a significant upgrade isn't something you can say very often.

Can't judge players for what they've done elsewhere though. Gil, Bradley, Amavi, Lescott, McCormack were all kinds of crap in the time they had on the pitch.

I don't think that would work. If you're a lower paid employee at a massive company like Amazon you could be ****. They'll just let you go.

British/English. Makes no difference, I'm both.

This isolating thing is really shit. My brother has been staying with his girlfriend, so I'm pretty much completely alone and it's awful. I'm thankful I have a temp job, but it's only 20-25 hours a week so that's still a lot of free time. I've been working out, but it's hard with just resistance bands as I can't really get a lot of stuff done that I'd like to. Being single is shit 100% of the time. But it's really extra shit now. I think it's sunk in as well that when my brother does move in with his girlfriend, this is how it's going to be all of the time. Despite missing so much time at work, about 10 weeks, I'm financially secure with decent savings. But what for? Going on holiday alone? Buying myself material things? Eh. I don't want to exist. I want to live.

That's fair. I think Sammy Eto'o deserves a mention in this thread. His scoring record is fantastic. He helped turn Barca around too, and won everything there. He then did the same with Inter.

Totti's career > Ronaldinho's career, and I wouldn't even say it was remotely close. Both Barca and Milan becoming better without him wasn't just coincidence either IMO. Like you say, hard to compare. I personally don't think a team from the 60s would have any hope of surviving in the Premier League. They'd get battered every week. Football has come on so much in every way.

Mo Salah?

Much appreciated mate. I noticed the app had an update to be done, so that's why I couldn't see any notice.

The general attitude of some people and their problems. Yes, my problems are the biggest problems to me because they are my problems. So I appreciate that others will feel the same. But when someone posts on Facebook "More bad news. I'm getting seriously **** off with this virus, it's really bringing me down", why would someone ever feel the need to say "You should try being in my shoes". Why be the kind of dick who thinks it's okay to diminish someone else's issues, just because you perceive to have it worse? If you want to vent, make your own post about it, don't hijack someone else's post and make it abut you, when they may just be looking for a kind word to pick them up.

I'll only count players I've seen enough to judge. GK - Buffon - Not really another option for me in terms of quality and longevity IMO RB - Cafu - Probably the best all-round full back I've seen. The defensive side of his game often overlooked because of how good he was going forward. CB - Nesta - The best centre back I've seen. Class personified. CB - Maldini - Never caught him in his prime, but still a brilliant player when he moved to centre back. LB - Cole - Probably the only full back I've seen where you didn't have to concern yourself with who he was up against. Ronaldo? Messi? Doesn't matter. Lockdown defender. CM - Zidane - Genius. Probably the first player I remember seeing where I was in genuine awe of what he could do with a ball. CM - Vieira - Wasn't really anything he couldn't do in midfield. I can't even imagine how much he'd be worth in todays market, in his prime. CM - Totti - Despite being a big name, I think his lack of trophies often leaves him underappreciated. The His technique was incredible, the amount of goals he scored as a #10 is ridiculous. RW - Messi - Born with incredible gifts. I don't think anything he does surprises anyone. ST - Ronaldo de Lima - The complete #9. Brilliant finisher. Great in the air. Had pace, power, strength. He really had everything. LW - Cristiano Ronaldo - Like the other Ronaldo, he really has everything to his game.His dedication and work ethic is probably the greatest I've seen of any sportsman. Honourable mentions to.. van der Sar, Terry, Roberto Carlos, Xavi, Lampard, Shevchenko and Henry

Where abouts is this? Been browsing the app but can't seem to find where.

Inside Number 9 is brilliant. These guys are the masters of dark comedy.

Our financial director gave me a call this afternoon. It's one thing when HR calls to check up on you, but I really appreciated that someone high up, who really doesn't have to do this, made the effort to call. I'm also loving working at Aldi while I'm on leave from my main employer. The people are fantastic, and the job itself is pretty simple, but the time passes incredibly.

The novel is good, but the ending is crap. The ending of the film is far superior.

Short memories and Liverpool being so good help his cause. He's made quite a few mistakes this season, they just don't matter because they've gone on to win. If Van Dijk got back to his best, and continued that for a good 5 years or so, then maybe you could start putting him in a conversation with some of the best PL defenders - like Vidic. At this point it's just modern day thinking. A good season and you're a God.