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Hourihane, Waghorn, Gayle, Loach, Wildsmith, Smith leaving.
Barkhuizen, Forsyth, Thompson triggered 12 month extensions.
Collins and Sibley still discussing new deals.
Robinson signed a new 2 year deal.

"Never seriously looked like flirting with relegation" lower mid table solid enough ish mediocrity is fine by me for the season ahead.
Be nice if we can get a few good results along the way, or even a decent cup run.

"Never seriously looked like flirting with relegation" lower mid table solid enough ish mediocrity is fine by me for the season ahead.
Be nice if we can get a few good results along the way, or even a decent cup run.

"Never seriously looked like flirting with relegation" lower mid table solid enough ish mediocrity is fine by me for the season ahead.
Be nice if we can get a few good results along the way, or even a decent cup run.

"Never seriously looked like flirting with relegation" lower mid table solid enough ish mediocrity is fine by me for the season ahead.
Be nice if we can get a few good results along the way, or even a decent cup run.

"Never seriously looked like flirting with relegation" lower mid table solid enough ish mediocrity is fine by me for the season ahead.
Be nice if we can get a few good results along the way, or even a decent cup run.

"Never seriously looked like flirting with relegation" lower mid table solid enough ish mediocrity is fine by me for the season ahead.
Be nice if we can get a few good results along the way, or even a decent cup run.

What are our early aspirations for next season, prior to any signings? 
Personally, I would be happy to consolidate our position in the Championship without spending too much money. If we could steer clear of the relegation dog fight and flirt with the top half, I would be happy. 
This would give us a platform to build upon and aim for the play offs the following season, all the while, steadily improving the quality of our team.

You need to update your AI mate - Luton obviously got promoted £27.5m wage bill. 

I’ve seen a break down of this with a recent disallowed goal. Might have been Coventry’s goal in the fa cup. There were two points you could choose to take the VAR still from and it changed the outcome. 
I disagree generally that it wouldn’t make a difference. When you see VAR being performed you can see how much difference a frame makes and the offsides they decide to give are sometimes millimetres.  

Throw it in the bin.
It's a game, accept the referee's decision.
Mistakes happen, live with them.
Every player on your team will make a mistake.........
Wrong decisions don't ruin football, whining about wrong decisions ruins football.
 
For saying all that, it's going to be amusing watching forest vote to keep var.

-Signing Jamie Paterson was the beginning of the downfall
-Jamie Paterson was the worst signing Derby have every made and showed Uncle Mel didn't give a s*** anymore
-Signing Jamie Paterson was the last throw of the dice 
-The were many other options that would have worked better on the wing then Jamie Paterson-Morgan Whittaker for one
-In terms of players that can pass, shoot or run, Jamie Paterson ticked none of those boxes 
-Jamie Paterson isn't a bad human being as far as I'm aware

Throw it in the bin.
It's a game, accept the referee's decision.
Mistakes happen, live with them.
Every player on your team will make a mistake.........
Wrong decisions don't ruin football, whining about wrong decisions ruins football.
 
For saying all that, it's going to be amusing watching forest vote to keep var.

My favourite season in the last 20(?) years is the George burley season. 
 
Powerful attacking football with a bunch of foreign gems that would have set us up for the next 5 seasons of challenging had we not had those horrible b******* selling them for peanuts. 

I'd keep it but bring in the cricket approach of 1 or 2 reviews per team per half, with the captain having 10 seconds to appeal - if you 'burn' your reviews you lose them and then it's on-field ref alone......but if you are correct, you retain your reviews.
For this to work you'd need that absolute clarity on things like handball, which of course is currently part of the problem.
You could even have 'ref's call' like you have 'umpire's call' in cricket with the benefit of the doubt going to the on-field ref if something is a bit borderline.
In cricket, the teams now blame themselves for bad reviews rather than the umpires getting abuse.
But for next season, for any team that votes to keep VAR, I would deduct 2 points each time they moan about it in post match interviews. Those who vote to bin it have a free hit.
I'd also bring in retrospective 5 game bans for anyone found to have gone down feigning a head injury when there was no head contact......whoever does that can do it at their leisure after the game and enjoy themselves.

It wasn't so long ago that the referees' decisions - most of them, generally (ie not all), however bad - were accepted by the players who largely got on with the game.  If you watch the footage from the 60's, 70's and 80's then you can clearly see the differences in the game between then and now and that's one of the most obvious ones, at a time when officials were amateur, mostly pretty unfit (compared to the players) and certainly unprepared in comparison to today.  Some of the refs we got in Europe were properly incompetent lardy arses
There's no logical reason why we can't go back to nearer those days if we (football) really wanted to - it's an attitude that needs to change nothing more.  It'll be interesting to see how the 'captains only' rule goes down in the Euros or whether it becomes yet another initiative that lasts 5 games before it's too tricky to enforce

This seems to be the crux of Wolves' arguments against VAR:
1) Impact on goal celebrations and the spontaneous passion that makes football special.
2) Frustration and confusion inside stadiums due to lengthy VAR checks and poor communication.
3) A more hostile atmosphere with protests, booing of Premier League anthem and chants against VAR.
4) Overreach of VAR's original purpose to correct clear and obvious mistakes, now overanalysing subjective decisions and compromising the game's fluidity and integrity.
5) Diminished accountability of on-field officials, due to safety net of VAR, leading to an erosion of authority on the pitch.
6) Continued errors despite VAR, with supporters unable to accept human error after multiple views and replays, damaging confidence in officiating standards.
7) Disruption of the Premier League's fast pace with lengthy VAR checks and more added time, causing matches to run excessively long.
8 )Constant discourse about VAR decisions often overshadowing the match itself, and tarnishing the reputation of the league.
9) Erosion of trust and reputation, with VAR fuelling completely nonsensical allegations of corruption.
 
Can't argue with too much of that personally.

Throw it in the bin.
It's a game, accept the referee's decision.
Mistakes happen, live with them.
Every player on your team will make a mistake.........
Wrong decisions don't ruin football, whining about wrong decisions ruins football.
 
For saying all that, it's going to be amusing watching forest vote to keep var.

Throw it in the bin.
It's a game, accept the referee's decision.
Mistakes happen, live with them.
Every player on your team will make a mistake.........
Wrong decisions don't ruin football, whining about wrong decisions ruins football.
 
For saying all that, it's going to be amusing watching forest vote to keep var.

That’s interesting isn’t it. And aresenal would've won the league. 
Not to mention they wouldn’t be in the league in the first place without VAR. 

It would be in Forest’s interest to keep it…
 
They probably would be down without it…

Absolutely brilliant news. I’ve always had a soft spot for them ever since I had a kick around with their reserve team when I stayed at Pontins in the 70’s when I was a kid. 

Update on my "another one bites the dust" thread. Torquay have new owners a new manager AND have taken Neil Warnock on as a Director.
Torquay was his first management job  before moving on an up.

It gives the official a get out of jail free card, Wrong call...VAR takes over, The Stockley Park operator is with his mate and they don't get the abuse the official would.
Ref says VAR taken over and I've been "over ruled" very rarely do refs overturn VAR, The standard of officials has got worse since VAR came to the fore...imo.
Goaline Tech I'm for...everything else...leave it to the man/woman in the middle 👍
Last night Man Utd Vs Newcastle Anthony Gordon has his heel scraped in the penalty area...no pen and no VAR, Sky showed a close up of his sock...a gaping hole and stud marks on his Achilles...these incidents have been given by VAR but with it being Old Trafford...they bottled it 🙄 

Ha ha ha.... for a minute there, I thought you were serious 😅😉