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I've already said its not about a goal kick, it's about a missed handball. The goalkick is pretty irrelevant in terms of whether var should have been involved. And I made no reference to arms being behind his back, they could very easily be besides him as the other 2 players do. Have a great week

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Grealish's arm is in a natural position for jumping and for that specific situation, Check law 12. putting your arms behind your back and jumping isnt natural. VAR doesn't look at goal kicks. VAR would look to a potential serious incident missed and review and as they don't goal kick the on field decision stands. If you stick a ? up i will answer it but i'm off posting till the weekend.

Genuine question to all those criticising VAR on the offside. If that was us instead of Man U, and Coventry had the goal (correctly) ruled out for offside, would you be coming on here complaining or would you be saying it's the correct decision ? It's an absolute shame for them, and would have been a brilliant ending, but it was offside, and it's pretty irrelevant whether its 5mm or 5m offside. Same as if the ball is or isn't over the line. 1mm or 1m is the same outcome I hate VAR, wish it was never brought in. But surely people can't moan when the decision is as factually correct as it can be??

Grealish arm 100% isn't in a natural position when jumping in a wall. I know that's my opinion but nothing will change that. I've done it 100s of times and I've never stuck my arm out. Because there is literally no need to do it unless trying to make yourself 'bigger'. Plus the referee did make an obvious error as he said (through actions) that the ball didn't strike anything on the way through. That is factually incorrect. The VAR should have said, hang on a sec, you've given a goal kick as you didn't think it hit anything, it did, it hit an arm. Probably best to take a look just so you can make the decision based on facts. It's not about the corner/goal kick. The ref didn't decide it shouldn't be handball because his arm was in a natural position. He just didn't see it was handball. That is a clear and obvious error. I don't necessarily think the AWB decision is wrong in isolation. And certainly wouldn't expect VAR to overturn as seeing the reply I certainly wouldn't. But it definitely wasn't as obvious as the Grealish one.

Only seen some snippets on Twitter but it was Nige and Warnock in the studio for the Leicester v Soton match tonight and it looks as though they were both on good form (I didn’t get to watch the match but I may need watch the recording just for that - and the 5-0 drubbing of course)

Looking at Bissakas arm positions their? I'm not gospel their natural. VAR has a look at it and evaluates if its a clear and obvious error and if it is not the on fleld decision stands and thats what they went with. When you jump you are allowed to use your arms and using your arms is natural so Grealish's arms moving when he is jumping thats natural and the ball striking a natural arm position for that specific situation = No offence. VAR isnt there to look at goal kicks and thats where the refs on field decision stands again.

I’d be surprised if TC doesn’t wait to see if there is any interest from other clubs.

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Written by Sid Waddell, amazingly. Just learned that myself.

Although not if he’s not an existing season ticket holder presumably (I presumed he wasn’t as he was asking after the renewal time cut off). If you’re a member you can buy from Thurs and general sale from Friday.

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Wait, so you agree Grealish shouldn't have been a penalty but Wan Bissaka should? Grealish who was stood 10 yards away, with the shot starting from a 'stopped' position so no instinct reaction. When stood in a wall, the arms really really do not need to come out to the side. And to make the VAR decision worse, the fact a goal kick was given, the ref clearly thought the ball didn't hit anything on the way through, with is factually incorrect. On that basis they should, at the very least, inform the ref that ball has hit an arm on its way through, which you must have missed, so probably worth just taking another look. Absolutely terrible use of the VAR process. At least let the ref know it's hit an arm so he can then make a decision based on what actually happened rather than what he missed.

Williams possibly, Conway no chance.

Already made based on league position, Chelmsford vs Braintree in the semi final and then Worthing home to the winner of Maidstone vs Aveley

I put as much trust in Ian Gay to perform as I do with my Missus after 6 Jagerbombs

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The thing about trying to enter an academy later is that the club will only bring in a player if they’re significantly better than what they already have in that position or they’re short in that position. Being in the system earlier gives that player that advantage

As above, Ian Gay said he is hopeful of both Williams and Tommy signing.

You can buy a seat that’s not currently taken at any time. You don’t have to wait for move your seat day, that’s specifically for seats currently held by ST holders that are becoming vacant. I renewed, switched stand (along with 4 others) back on April 10th.

Blimey. If you look at the page source you'll see a JSON object in there full of stuff like this: { "guid": "e79935ff-5695-4725-bedd-6126de0f4d53", "name": "W9", "type": "SelectedSeats", "free": 184, "soldOut": false, "isBlocked": false } Then write a bit of code (or whack it in a spreadsheet if that's easier) and sum the free column. It's currently at 6331 free and will save you a lot of time!

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Should we be at all concerned that a couple of our lads, particularly Yeboah can’t get into Baths side? Admittedly I dont follow Bath or know anything about their squad.

It was okay, but it was no Murphy's Mob !

Arsenal for me are the best of the three teams and will win it. I can see City slipping up.