The Rolling Football thread 2024/25 - part 3

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https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/sports/5250874-the-rolling-football-thread-season-202425-part-2?page=40&reply=144449521

Taking us to the seasons final ⚽

@MaybeNotBob And did Arsenal finish one above the relegation zone? Did they go all out attack for most of the season and leak more goals than they scored in too many matches? Or did Arteta have a strategy to change the way he played according to the match? Ange was gung ho. It was difficult to see a strategy other than all out attack. Until he got to a final! Few managers will survive that league position and most Spurs fans thought he would have to go. Levy wants top 5. Spurs fans want this too. Teams cannot rely on winning cups for European competition.

It's pourig down with rain so I have resorted to watching Andorra v England,

We have quit to watch taskmaster it wasn’t an exciting watch
nothing like France Spain

It's a poor game for sure, weather is interferring with the picture but we aren't missing anything

Enjoyed Spain v Portugal last night (although I wanted Spain to win). Great match as a neutral though.

Looks like Spurs are closing in on Thomas Frank. I really like him (and have actually met and chatted with him a few times through something unrelated to football), but although he has done a great job for the Bees, I am not sure he is the right man for the job. Hope to be proved wrong.

Thomas Frank deserves better than working with Daniel Levy.

Having said that, there are so many club owners who fans would like to see leave the club, it would be easier to list owners who supporters like.

We are very lucky at Brighton, love Tony Bloom

I rate TF highly, but just don't want him as the next Spurs Manager.

Anyone watching Wales? Var took forever 😅

I assume they had better angles than the one we say because from the ones shown I couldn’t say it was out or not

not that it matters now!

I think most fans would be happy to see the end of VAR, or at least much reduced use of it.

I think there should be a time limit say max 3 minutes and if there isn’t any decision at that point the onfield decision stands.

I think it is useful for decisions that can’t be made quickly on the pitch hand ball/ball out and for showing another angle to the referee a different angle but once a time limit is up it is clear that there is no obvious decision so let the one stand

VAR needs to be overhauled. I have said right from the beginning that it needs to be far more consistently applied (not sure of the correct English, but in German all the talk is of "incidents that could turn out to change the course of the match". So including all incidents in penalty areas that aren't immediately obvious, taking down the last man etc.

But i have always said, and i wish FIFA would listen because I'm not alone here:

1. the decision must be delivered within 2 minutes. If they can't come to a conclusion the ref's original decision must stand

b) any offside decisions that require a calibrated line to make the decision should be awarded in favour of the attacking side (ie. not offside)

iii) VAR at least (but preferably all refs involved in a match) should produce a written explanation of their decisions within 24 hours of the match.

They were experimenting in some 2nd Bundesliga matches this season where the ref is miked up and explains the VAR decision to the crowd. I quite liked it when watching on TV. In the stadium i would have been singing "wir wissen wo dein Auto steht"

The French female referee has made a BIG mistake on that handball decision at 85 minutes. Really poor decision.

I thought she got that right

I'm with Oblomov. VAR shouldn't have called it in the first place.

I think once VAR calls you over it takes a lot to say no - I can’t really remember many times it has happened - think it did last season

given it was only a friendly and she was a female refereeing a game you can see it would have been hard for her to ignore being called over - given there was no jeopardy really

not being goady here but was there a reason to mention her sex?

while we're on rules, i want there to be a Rugby like code where no player is allowed to approach the ref unless called over. All communication is to be via captain. Touching the ref or shouting in their face? yellow card. Immediately.

That rule is coming in isn’t it for next season that only the captain can

i think the fact she is a female is relevant to the extent that having been called over by VAR to overrule that call over which rarely happens would be huge and I can imagine difficult for her to do.

because is that the thing with VAR once you are called over to review it must be difficult to stick to your original decision

at the end of the day England were still rubbish!

The rule for this season was that only captains can approach the ref. It lasted about 3 games. I’m sure next season will be similar.

‘Interesting’ quotes coming out from Tuchel re Bellingham.

It is definitely starting next season

I don’t think he is wrong - it is an interesting way to say it but I think it is right what he is saying

So did I.

Still don't like VAR though.

U21 Euros have started today

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/football/u21-euros-2025-tv-schedule/

Thanks, yes, I saw the end of the first match.

Slovakia did so well to come back from 2 nil down only for Spain to win it right at the end.

Watching the Portugal France match at the moment.