Whitey Grandad

There will always be doubt with offsides. It's a dynamic situation with players going in different directions and a measure of uncertainty as to when the ball is kicked. The offside law was only ever meant to prevent goal hanging. VAR can only eliminate the howlers

If it's that close then it's a toss up and not worth arguing over. If you want to play a game that's more definitive then try Russian Roulette.

That quote is even more stupid than it appears. If you follow that principle then it will permanently be broken. Oh.

I always find that any local anaesthetic only begins to take effect when they've almost finished the procedure. I found that digging my thumbnails into my fingers helped to distract me from the pain and discomfort. I wish I'd learnt that when I was younger. Oh, and also don't chew your fingernails. You never know when you might need them.

I feel your pain. I had a prostate biopsy yesterday. Twelve inch needles rammed up your arse over twenty times. Now I know what a pin cushion feels like.

OK, fair enough.

Wasn't Wes Tender the user name for Captain Eric Moody famously as the BA Captain in the "All Four Engines Have Failed" incident?

Nah that's bullshit.

You'll tell us next that he was trying to get out of the way.

"Nothing beats a settled team"

In very close succession. Cause of death, "Boredom"

Is that in your manifesto?

But nobody would talk about you.

To be fair though, there was eff all else in the match that warranted any applause.

What the Bazophobes are overlooking is that any opposition player is allowed an unopposed run into our penalty area whilst our unbalanced defence is all hypnotised by the ball over on our right. That run should have been picked up early and cut out by a left back. Nevertheless it was a good save but one that should not have been necessary.

Did we have any shots at their goal, on target or otherwise?

Should have gone to Specsavers.

No No No! One fewer crap defender, surely?

I'm guessing here but I don't suppose by any chance that you might have seen the deflection off THB that diverted the ball up and over his right hand? Because if you had you would come to a different conclusion. Or do your prejudices not account for significant deflections? The second would have beaten more goalkeepers than would have saved it.

Literally not true though, is it?

Fair enough, but all I'm saying is that you won't see a massive improvement.

From all the performances that I have seen in other matches. They are have different attributes but I haven't seen many that stand out for me. I have always said that we need better but they cost significantly more than our budget would allow. Even Ramsdale last season was 'letting in' the sorts of goals that we are now seeing.

Edit: OK, I've watched them. Their first was a deflection off THB that would have beaten any goalkeeper. Their second was struck hard and low and will go in 7 times out of ten against anybody. He might have positioned himself slightly more to his left but that would have exposed his near post. Let's not pretend that any goalkeeper at this level and certainly not McCarthy would have doe much different. We have much bigger problems elsewhere on the pitch.

I've not seen them yet so I will reserve my comments until I have. There are plenty of other keepers in this league and there's not a lot to choose between them.

You move in small circles. How about a married one?