I watched about 10 mins before wondering why? One observation though - I note MOTD, or any other male footie game these days, has at least 1 female commentator, giggling alongside Paul Ince or whoever. Women’s world cup - 4 female commentators. Don’t get me wrong, in the main they all talk gramatically incorrect rubbish, but just an observation!
One other observation - teams are going to have to start finding goalies taller than 4ft 6”! Sent from my iPad > On 9 Jun 2019, at 17:49, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Watched the England v Swiss game and now (sort of watching ) lionesses v > jockettes or whatever they call themselves > IF the 2 VAR decisions are going to be typical of decisions going forward - > we are going to see lots and lots of penalties for handball - she was stood a > yard away when it hit her hand , but this was the 'arm out to affect things' > rule meant the ref gave England a penalty > In the proper game if the foul by Wilson is enough to disallow a goal we are > going to see lots of goals from corners and free kicks chalked off due to > 'pushing and pulling ' in the area > In fact I can see plenty of times when a goal is scored from a corner and the > ref via VAR will see that a forward pushed someone and cancel the goal but > then see that a defender had pulled an attackers shirt before that, and so > give a penalty ? Then when the pen is saved VAR will show the keeper moved > and so it will be re-taken - it will be mental > Going to be hard to celebrate any goal properly when worried about it being > cancelled via VAR > Also looking at the VAR on Thursday for the offside - are we sure that the > equipment is good enough ? It will depend on them being able to line up > exactly the position of the players when the ball was kicked - a split second > later (eg when the pass has gone an inch or more) the position of the players > will be different - 2 players running in opposite directions - and so may > look offside especially if half a boot is enough to say 'offside' - not the > clear and obvious I though they needed ? In cricket they stay with the umpire > on Hawkeye precisely because they know the equipment is not 100% accurate > Add to that the extra time needed (7minutes time added on on Thursday) and it > is a real can of worms > (Not that any of it will affect us this coming season as it will only apply > in the Prem) > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
