Blast_of_Cannock's latest activity

Yup, it's nonsense. Great players would be great players in any era. They'd adapt. Maradona is the greatest I have ever seen. Why? He was less successful and had less longevity than Messi, but he played at a time when defenders were allowed to...

….delighted if my ‘stone’ is near his;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czryj24ymy0o

Since VAR was brought in instead of having ref make the right decision, we now have another ref sat in a room in front of a few tv screens, every now and then have a word with the ref to go over to a screen, where he sees the same incident he...

Nail on the fluffin' head here. What was once a pretty simple game to play and watch in terms of rules, is being ruined. As I've said before, VAR has in my humble opinion not improved football - it's done the opposite. More opaque and bizarre...

I agree this is how it will end up, wouldn't it be great if at the very first sight of an advert during the game everyone switches off and cancels subscriptions citing mid game adverts as the reason.

So if the ball hit's the bar and rockets out 25-30 yards it's gone dead? Or will the Keeper have to touch it? So much unnecessary BS being introduced into what was a simple game.

Depends how you phrase it. If you’d said at the end of last season that by the middle of July Everton would have spent 42 million on a number 10 and a striker, with the striker being the biggest fee paid by the club since Onana, it doesn’t...

Where is your mural Dave?? https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/25323355.graffiti-sam-allardyce-eating-orange-chips-appears-dudley/

Gets more like baseball by the day. Expected tackles + or - 🙄

I read it on the internet so it must be.

I have no idea what this means, but I like it.

Given that games regularly exceed 96-100 minutes due to VAR, this would give them even more time added-on. I think the plan is to turn our football into American football so they can finally get adverts into the broadcast.