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I'm not sure about that. The way we just stood off them and let them walk into our box unmarked to score their goal was so bad that I can't even think of a strong enough adjective to describe it.

A final chance to put the ball in the mixer and Bree just kicks it straight out of play. Sums up the overall performance really. Did we even create a single chance in the second half?

Well at least with Ugochukwu going off we don't have to listen to the commentator sounding like he's sneezing when he tries to pronounce his name. Oh and here comes Redmond who is guaranteed to score isn't he.

That's fucking pathetic defending.

Just watching the first half highlights. How on Earth did Manning manage to hit that attempt straight at the recovering keeper?

How the fuck is that a a FK to Burnley? Sully got his head to the ball first.

Oh fuck off you boring, argumentative little troll. For the last time, before I put you on ignore... Yes - officials make mistakes with or without VAR. Nobody is disputing that FFS. Week in week out in the PL these days, I see Lino's being very hesitant to make offside calls. That is obviously influenced by the use of VAR. This particular mistake, given that it was a dead ball situation, is an obvious howler from the lino. So I'm merely raising the suggestion that the hesitancy to raise his flag MIGHT have been because of the different mindset that officials have been forced to adopt in the modern game where VAR is there to bail them out. Is that simple enough for you to understand?

McCarthy starting? Ramsdale is on the bench so he's obviously fit to play, so what's the thinking behind that?

I know what I meant, thanks. Of course officials made mistakes in the past before VAR existed, and I actually support the use of VAR, so I'm not "blaming" it at all. Just voicing an opinion on a possible factor that might have influenced this particular mistake.

Yeah it's on ESPN+ in the US so there will definitely be streams available.

Yeah... that wasn't the point I was trying to make at all though.

Just had a quick look at the match updates on Bet365 and saw this: Quelle surprise.

I wonder if it's just a bit of complacency from the lino. They seem so reluctant to make offside calls in the PL these days because they know VAR will confirm if a goal should stand or not, so maybe he just forgot for a moment that it wasn't there to bail him out.

The two Armstrongs currently playing against each other in the Championship - Adam for WBA and Stu for Sheff Weds.

Just in time for Ross Stewart's return then. Perfect.

Lots of assumptions being made here, and plenty of people willing to use this as a stick to beat SR with, without knowing all (or, indeed, any) of the facts. SAA does look very promising, but he might have made it clear that he doesn't want to stay. We might well have got a higher fee if he had stayed for a few more years and maybe had a successful loan spell or two, but we simply don't know the full circumstances here. €10m pure profit from a FFP perspective may well turn out to be good business in the long run.

I thought it was already firmly established that he is well equipped.

At this rate we'll be lucky if we score 5 more goals all season, let alone in one game.

O You reckon he'll score a brace and rescue a draw then?

I've decided that instead of watching Saints games, I'm going to spend 90 mins every Saturday punching myself in the gonads. I think it would be less painful.

Like a hot knife through butter. Fucking pathetic.

Fucking awful from VAR. If it takes that long to make a decision then it's not clear and obvious is it. And for fucks sake Macca, you could at least try and make it difficult for the pen taker. Diving so early like that, he might as well have just stood by the post and pointed to where Isak should put it.

Yeah, fair enough. Like I said, it was just speculation. Anyway it's all moot really, because if he has to retire due to injury then, as some gave already suggested, the club will have some kind of insurance in place for that eventuality.