I'm sick to death of every goal being met with a sense of dread they'll find a reason to disallow it. I truly do think football has eventually died. It probably started with the acquisitions of Chelsea and Man City and every year they find a way to take more enjoyment out of the game.
If someone can explain the genius ball boy decision as well that will be lovely
100% agree re VAR. In the PL they're not using it to overturn "clear and obvious errors." That's how it SHOULD be used. Instead, for some fucking odd reason, every single time a goal is scored, a bunch of twats in Stockley Park are desperately trying to find ANY reason they can to disallow it. The list of things they "aren't allowed" to use it for is odd as well.
Case in point today...looked like their number 3 had his hands round Hamer's throat. Can't check that and give a (correct) red card because play has stopped by that point. Yet they can disallow goals because of "offside" decisions that nobody on earth could see in real time (not so much today, thinking more about the one the other year at Spurs).
Football should be about goals. The raw emotion of the celebration when a big goal goes in. I've not seen a celebration on the kop like the one for our 4th today for a long, long time. Then all of a sudden we're all stood on tenterhooks while a bunch of jobsworths draw lines and move cameras around because they absolutely MUST find any tiny, fractional, ridiculous reason to rule it out.
Trying to find a couple of positives from today...
1. We got a(nother) point. We can slowly try and edge ourselves up the list of "lowest points finishes" for a season?
2. Thought Arblaster had a decent game. Showed some nice touches and tried to get involved. Will probably be a starter every game next season.
3. McB and BBD both played really well, and looked like they have a decent understanding. Shame that in all likelihood neither will be here next season.