World Cup - Qatar 2022

[Moody Blue Legend 63,373]

1 minute ago, ForeverAndEver said:

All this has done is remind me of Kent in Seville :(

Don’t.  Still clinging to it being out.  Hopefully never see it again tbh.

[ForeverAndEver 73,864]

  

[SkylineBlue 25,697]

35 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

All this has done is remind me of Kent in Seville :(

That keeper will never make a save like that again in his life. Still can't think about that night.

[bluenoz 32,410]

Croatia are still a long shot but they have a decent route to the final. What a story it would be for Modric to get there.

[Inigo 33,322]

7 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

Croatia are still a long shot but they have a decent route to the final. What a story it would be for Modric to get there.

I have them in my work sweep. 

Pleased so far with how the cookie is crumbling.

[Dickie 12,906]

1 hour ago, GOAT said:

Aw my life is complete for the social media greatness. 
 

someone’s took a subbuteo baw and took the photo from different angles to show how angles can confuse the camera 🤣🤣🤣

 

Is this not the cut price version the spfl are using?

[Madina 4,241]

1 hour ago, ForeverAndEver said:

  

Still wont beat the Connor Sammon one when he was presented with a pizza 🤣

[docspiderman 1,303]

So to summarise; camera shows the ball is out and VAR. mock up shows in? If only Collum and Clancy were there to properly make decisions.

[TheKingObv 10,860]

6 hours ago, docspiderman said:

So to summarise; camera shows the ball is out and VAR. mock up shows in? If only Collum and Clancy were there to properly make decisions.

No camera shows it out

[TheKingObv 10,860]

Best video yet to demonstrate it.

 

 

[Badger 9,092]

I think the debate with the Japan goal is that the linesman had flagged it out.

Now I think 99/100 a linesman will flag that ball as being out, I think everyone with a clear view of the ball would have said it was out, and if the goal didn't stand I don't think there would be that much controversy about it. Certainly in real time and after watching a few replays I still felt it was out. However........... after 5 camera angles it appears the ball was in by the tiniest of margins, and there is still some debate about that. Personally, I'm now certain it was in play by the letter of the law but by a few mm.

However, the question I have is....... is that a clear and obvious error by the linesman as per the VAR guidance. 

[TheKingObv 10,860]

28 minutes ago, Badger said:

I think the debate with the Japan goal is that the linesman had flagged it out.

Now I think 99/100 a linesman will flag that ball as being out, I think everyone with a clear view of the ball would have said it was out, and if the goal didn't stand I don't think there would be that much controversy about it. Certainly in real time and after watching a few replays I still felt it was out. However........... after 5 camera angles it appears the ball was in by the tiniest of margins, and there is still some debate about that. Personally, I'm now certain it was in play by the letter of the law but by a few mm.

However, the question I have is....... is that a clear and obvious error by the linesman as per the VAR guidance. 

Objective decisions like this don't fall under the clear and obvious criteria do they? Same with offsides.  It's either in or out, and camera angles are now showing that it certainly wasn't out. 

 

[TheKingObv 10,860]

 

[G.E.C. 19,594]

Acho

[JamieD 20,031]

12 hours ago, docspiderman said:

So to summarise; camera shows the ball is out and VAR. mock up shows in? If only Collum and Clancy were there to properly make decisions.

There really is nothing contentious about this. The law of the game is as follows:

The ball is out of play when:

it has wholly passed over the goal line or touchline on the ground or in the air

Wholly means all of the ball, including the parts that aren't touching the ground, must have passed over the line. The only angle that matter is therefore the one directly above the ball, which shows that it was in. 

[The Dude 20,027]

3 hours ago, Badger said:

I think the debate with the Japan goal is that the linesman had flagged it out.

Now I think 99/100 a linesman will flag that ball as being out, I think everyone with a clear view of the ball would have said it was out, and if the goal didn't stand I don't think there would be that much controversy about it. Certainly in real time and after watching a few replays I still felt it was out. However........... after 5 camera angles it appears the ball was in by the tiniest of margins, and there is still some debate about that. Personally, I'm now certain it was in play by the letter of the law but by a few mm.

However, the question I have is....... is that a clear and obvious error by the linesman as per the VAR guidance. 

Clear and obvious errors only apply in certain circumstances. Goals aren't one of them. Every single goal is checked by VAR and if there is anything that's missed - regardless of whether it is 'clear and obvious error' - it is pulled back.

[Helicopter Sundae 6,445]

The simplest way to understand this controversy is to think of the situation in tennis...Hawkeye shows a virtual image of the overhead view of exactly where the ball landed and if any part of the ball touches any part of the line, even if it is 99.9% outside of the line, IT IS IN.

There is a photo, taken in line with the goal line, which perfectly shows that a small amount of the ball was still in play.

[LaaRFC 4,973]

Ronaldo starting for Portugal with a new haircut 

[Moody Blue Legend 63,373]

So the main anchor Gary Lineker just asked if the panel think Portugal can go through.

[Inigo 33,322]

So which game to watch? Uruguay-Ghana, I think.

[STEPPS BOY 77,474]

Looking for some utter shitehousery from Luis Suarez here.

[Moody Blue Legend 63,373]

2 minutes ago, Inigo said:

So which game to watch? Uruguay-Ghana, I think.

Yip.

[TEFTONG 61,237]

Wee bit late.. but it made me chuckle 

[TEFTONG 61,237]

1 hour ago, JamieD said:

There really is nothing contentious about this. The law of the game is as follows:

The ball is out of play when:

it has wholly passed over the goal line or touchline on the ground or in the air

Wholly means all of the ball, including the parts that aren't touching the ground, must have passed over the line. The only angle that matter is therefore the one directly above the ball, which shows that it was in. 

The new Japanese flag...

[LaaRFC 4,973]

 

good wee video on the last Uruguay Ghana game