Yes it's a shame what this season has done to my psyche. Most St Mirren fans on here will remember that until recently I had a big soft spot for the Buddies and spent a lot of time over on your thread but this three-game winless run has really soured all that.
I think Wilkinson was... fine. Probably isn't worth what we were presumably paying him and 3 goals doesn't look great on paper but if we'd persisted for the second half of the season and he'd left after scoring 6 or 7 I think folk would be saying he hadn't worked out but had did a job.
Looking at the Nothern Ireland team and they've been playing Spencer at LB to accommodate that Bradley boy from Liverpool on the right. Ketts was ahead of his time.
Gordon comes across as pretty well there but I still find the premise of the article a bit bizarre. I assume its part of a bigger interview than just "I know it's an international break Liam, but here- wasn't Theo Bair shite?"
I'm terrible at avoiding the score to watch a game back later but the one time I've managed it without caving is the 2-2 game at Tannadice where Lionel scored the best goal of all time (on his debut?). One of the most mental things I've ever seen.
Aye I'd rather no VAR. I just think putting the onus on teams to challenge individual decisions (within reason) would be a lot less intrusive and occasionally a bit of a laugh rather than the current setup where somebody sits in a room and looks for a reason to rule every goal out.
I mean I'd be happy to do away with VAR generally and just let the referee decide on the pitch. But in this Challenge system I devised ten minutes ago I'd still just let the referee be God and whatever he decides is "right" and if you lose a YassinChallenge then tough shit.
Are you saying this would happen with football too? I don't see why it would change the length of the VAR checks, it would just mean there would generally less of them.
I don't watch much tennis but my understanding of the Hawkeye stuff being limited to a certain number of challenges actually heightens the drama/spectacle without needlessly ruining the game. I'd much rather each team got 2 VAR shouts per half or something.