collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Topics

Gordon Cowans by brian green
[Today at 09:55:02 AM]


FFP by The Edge
[Today at 09:55:00 AM]


Villa Park Redevelopment by LeeB
[Today at 09:54:22 AM]


Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers Pre Match by dicedlam
[Today at 09:14:03 AM]


All aboard the shuttle bus. by algy
[Today at 08:04:45 AM]


Other Games - 2023/24 by Dogtanian
[Today at 07:10:41 AM]


Please Donate to Keep This Site Going - Link on Left & Top of Page by Bad English
[Today at 06:57:08 AM]


Muppet Donations by Bad English
[Today at 06:56:08 AM]

Recent Posts

Re: Gordon Cowans by brian green
[Today at 09:55:02 AM]


Re: FFP by The Edge
[Today at 09:55:00 AM]


Re: Villa Park Redevelopment by LeeB
[Today at 09:54:22 AM]


Re: Villa Park Redevelopment by langleylions
[Today at 09:51:04 AM]


Re: Gordon Cowans by LeeB
[Today at 09:50:04 AM]


Re: FFP by oldtimernow
[Today at 09:47:59 AM]


Re: Villa Park Redevelopment by Dante Lavelli
[Today at 09:45:57 AM]


Re: Gordon Cowans by Brend'Watkins
[Today at 09:42:19 AM]

Follow us on...

Author Topic: Other Games - 2017/18  (Read 721987 times)

Offline Toronto Villa

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 53925
  • Age: 51
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • GM : 22.07.2024
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3270 on: January 15, 2018, 01:54:36 PM »
I like Klopp and he’s done a good job since going to Liverpool. For the money he’s spent relative to Man U for example they are an absolute joy to watch in full flow. If they can sort out their goalkeeping and defending which is still comedic they’d be proper PL contenders.

And almost all of the managers at the top lose it at times but I find he’s generally one of the more magnanimous ones. The only true gents at the very top end of the game appear to be Pep and Ancelotti. Can’t really speak to the managers at clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern etc. But nobody is as big a miserable prick as Mourinho. And Wenger the whiny girl runs him close.

Offline CT

  • Member
  • Posts: 7436
  • Location: Cheltenhamshire lalala
    • http://astonvilla.blogfootball.com/CT
  • GM : 11.02.2024
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3271 on: January 16, 2018, 09:24:53 PM »
The first "VAR" goal in the Leicester / Fleetwood game.

Offline Damo70

  • Member
  • Posts: 30877
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3272 on: January 17, 2018, 08:33:17 AM »
The first "VAR" goal in the Leicester / Fleetwood game.


I'm very disappointed the VAR goal wasn't scored by Vardy.

Online Richard E

  • Member
  • Posts: 13031
  • Age: 53
  • Location: Tipton
  • This also will pass.
  • GM : 28.02.2019
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3273 on: January 17, 2018, 09:25:57 PM »
Wolves must be relieved to know that they won’t have to play Swansea in the Champions League.

Online Villa in Denmark

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 11936
  • Age: 1024
  • Location: Lost
  • On a road to nowhere
  • GM : 07.09.2024
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3274 on: January 17, 2018, 09:52:06 PM »
Norwich equalizer against Chelsea 3 minutes into injury time.

Online andyh

  • Member
  • Posts: 15577
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Solihull
  • GM : May, 2012
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3275 on: January 17, 2018, 10:00:11 PM »
Jeans commentating on the Chelsea game demanding a penalty for Chelsea that was never a pen. Jenas is a fucking useless twat.

Offline saunders_heroes

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 15484
  • GM : 25.02.2025
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3276 on: January 17, 2018, 10:02:32 PM »
It was the slightest of touches and there’s no way it would have caused him to fall to the ground like he was shot.
Also players are calling for VAR regularly now. It’s already annoying me.

Online Villa in Denmark

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 11936
  • Age: 1024
  • Location: Lost
  • On a road to nowhere
  • GM : 07.09.2024
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3277 on: January 17, 2018, 10:27:24 PM »
Pedro sent off for second yellow card.

Offline Lastfootstamper

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 11370
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Greater Birmingham
  • GM : PCM
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3278 on: January 17, 2018, 10:29:45 PM »
It was the slightest of touches and there’s no way it would have caused him to fall to the ground like he was shot.
Also players are calling for VAR regularly now. It’s already annoying me.

I've been simmering away for years now

This is the one to be used at this year's Confederations Cup

Quote
The GoalControl-4D system works with 14 high-speed cameras (7 per goal) around the pitch at the stadium roof/catwalk. The cameras are connected to a powerful image processing computer system which tracks the movement of all objects on the pitch and filters out the players, referees and all disturbing objects. The remaining object is the ball and the system knows its three dimensional x-, y- and z-position with a precision of a few millimeters in the coordinate system of the pitch. When the ball passes the goal line, the system sends a vibration- and optical signal to the officals´watches. Of course, all camera images of such goal event, and also of all near-goal events, are stored and can be replayed anytime.

The bit in bold worries me a bit.

Why does that worry you?

As I posted earlier, if it remains as purely an objective view of over the line or not, then fine. It'd be difficult to make an argument against. Frees linesmen up from focusing on that in a crowded goalmouth, if nothing else.
But were the pictures to be available real-time pitchside, I venture that it wouldn't be too long before we start hearing post-match interviews saying "we've got the technology in place, so we should use it" about every single debatable decision and non-decision in and around the box.
My earlier 'wedge' metaphor was probably not the best. 'Slippery slope' might be better.

Offline VillaAlways

  • Member
  • Posts: 6704
  • GM : 23.10.2016
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3279 on: January 17, 2018, 10:30:35 PM »
I love this ref

Offline Jon Crofts

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 20933
  • Location: Lost In The Supermarket
  • GM : PCM
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3280 on: January 17, 2018, 10:31:13 PM »
Criticism[edit]
During the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final in Japan, the first trial of the VAR in an international club competition, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane called the system a source of confusion, and midfielder Luka Modrić said he disliked the system.[25] And to prove it's innefectiveness Chelsea were denied a clear penalty in their FA cup replay v Norwich on 17th Jan 2018 when Willian was clearly hacked down in the box but the VAR numptys did nothing!

Wikipedia bang up to date and 100% accurate I see.

Online Villa in Denmark

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 11936
  • Age: 1024
  • Location: Lost
  • On a road to nowhere
  • GM : 07.09.2024
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3281 on: January 17, 2018, 10:31:16 PM »
And now Morata gets himself sent off.
1st for diving then 30 seconds of gobing off gets him a second for dissent.

Offline saunders_heroes

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 15484
  • GM : 25.02.2025
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3282 on: January 17, 2018, 10:31:45 PM »
Spot on from the Ref once again. It was a blatant dive.
Jenas talking shit as per usual.

Offline London Villan

  • Member
  • Posts: 9514
  • Location: Brum
  • GM : 27.05.2019
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3283 on: January 17, 2018, 10:32:36 PM »
Brilliant reffing. Who needs VAR. Chelsea will still win om penalties probably.

Offline Jon Crofts

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 20933
  • Location: Lost In The Supermarket
  • GM : PCM
Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3284 on: January 17, 2018, 10:32:43 PM »
Chelsea epitomise everything I despise about modern football.

 


SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal