20 Sep 2026 12:42:31
Great start to the season lads, my heart was in my mouth yesterday as they nearly nicked an equaliser which would have been a disaster after missing so many chances. On another day we could have had 6 or 7 easily but at least we are getting in the right areas and creating the chances.
Dibling was terrific when he came on and would love to see him getting a lot more minutes.
Unbeaten and now a 3 week break, but at least the players can all refresh and be bang ready again in a few weeks.
As for VAR, what an absolute joke, firstly Johnson was standing in front of the keeper yes, but for 1 he didn't touch him or impede him and Barry's header flew at pace 3/4 up the goal off the inside of the far post, theirs not a keeper anywhere who is saving that regardless of where Johnson was, after the Fernandez fiasco we are the scapegoats of course. Absolute Joke and could have ended up costing us points.
20 Sep 2026 13:57:53
We all know it was disallowed because of the Man City goal last week. They almost couldn't allow it because of that - which is ridiculous.
20 Sep 2026 14:08:34
Wasn't it simpler in the days of : if you are stood (as in standing foot) in an offside position, it was offside? That is regardless of whether the player was active or not. The whole rule seems to have become over complicated with players being offside by a fingernail or the corner of their shoulder. It'll be someone's shadow infringed next. Daft the lot of it.
Johnson was offside. If he hadn't been offside, the keeper was still not getting to it. Corners are just a wrestling match these days. Used to love watching Big Dunc charge in, rise above everyone else and bullet into the net. Nowadays, it's often just shirt pulling and pushing each other until several players go down and the whistle goes.
20 Sep 2026 14:31:04
VAR changed, offside is offside. We all wanted clarity. It was a cracking header but Johnson was offside.
20 Sep 2026 16:29:19
As I mentioned br2526, I believe this season it is feet, no more fingernails.
20 Sep 2026 23:17:12
Saw someone was played on by a shoulder this weekend. I like the idea of just drawing a line based on where they are standing dms; get rid of all the other body parts offside. If they were standing onside when the ball was played, let them run onto it and hit it with whatever they want.
I’m sure the muppets at VAR would still manage to screw it up though.