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See OP.

Because fuck you. Edited.

What will be somewhat (/incredibly) depressing is if Chelsea are the ones to take advantage of any 'unsettledness' and steal a march. Still an awful lot of repair work to do on their squad, mind, but you'd expect Pochettino to get them on the straight and narrow eventually.

Yep, feels like there could be a shake up next season, with opportunities abound. Would put good money on Spurs looking for a new manager within 7/8 months, too.

By the 'coin' I'm referring to the consequences of the decision rather than the decision itself. Coventry was an isolated incident which occurred during a one-off event; a stupidly officious intervention from VAR single-handedly prevented them from getting to the final. On the other hand, suggesting that last night's incident prevents Leicester/Ipswich from getting promoted relies on the expectation that those teams haven't had a single dubious call go in their favour all season.

[Quoting here so I don't clog up Other Games with my tedious anti-VAR shit] Are we really being sarcastic about how having the ability to fully celebrate is a good thing? It's literally the apex of the football experience, surely it's a good thing? It's not two sides of the same coin at all, imo. I don't look at that incident tonight and see evidence of the need for VAR in the Prem/games at Wembley; it's a Championship game with Championship officials, for starters, so it's not reflective of the needs of the tier above. The integrity of the competition has hardly gone to pieces because the lino didn't spot that this was offside imo. Not like it did yesterday, by denying Coventry/the world a truly magical football moment, due to the fussiest, disproportionate and frankly most dubious of decisions. Neither would have even been offside if we had the 'Wenger rule,' as is rumoured to be on the way. You curse that it happened but deal with the injustice and take solace from(/ deliberately forget) the fact that one will go your way in future (/did a few weeks prior). Meanwhile, the world spins harmlessly on its axis, absent of the maelstrom of shit that VAR brings.

Aye. John Barnes (and later Colin Murray) presenting and - I think - John Helm on comms (based on a vague Google). Really distinctive voice, whoever it was; classic elder statesman commentator akin to the likes of Brian Moore, Barry Davies, Peter Brackley. Then went back to ITV(4).

I think 'word' is generous there tbh mate!

If we're comparing 'who's most likely to win three in a row'; Palace have done it seven times in ten years. We've done it eight times just since Howe was appointed.

Mini re-brand and Keegans Export's fine work saved in the OP.

Can you remember how you found out the details of the second leg?

Ten Hag's an awful pillock, like. [Robotic] First of all I must compliment opponent... *criticises his own team* He's as uncharismatic and cold as you can get. Will be glad to see the back of him when he's inevitably torpedoed.

SGTF and Crofty both sadly now out.

Even if the rules are completely sound, the steadfast and instant "forget it, you're barred," without any warning, any mediation or any vague attempt to be proactive is just utterly draconian and miserable. Not so much as an ultimatum - just "you're fucked, lads, sorry."

Accepting that VAR isn't going anywhere, I'll take the Wenger rule at this point. It doesn't eradicate the impact on whether or not you can always be spontaneous as a fan, but at least it won't rule out perfectly fine goals. Vile, utterly vile. Defy anyone to defend its existence as a force for good after that.