The Final

[Leyther_Matt]

Who was it who posted on here that they’d never watch any of our games if it was covered by VAR?

[Traf]

1 hour ago, tomski said:

Disappointed VAR will be on

Same

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Who was it who posted on here that they’d never watch any of our games if it was covered by VAR?

Me. Now considering my options.

But I think as a one-off, I'd have to suck it up.
I'll stop going to games if it becomes the norm.

Edited May 11 by Traf

[gonzo]

This moment above is why VAR fucks everything. That explosion of emotion is why we all do it. Why we all put ourselves through what we do, financially and mentally.

We score at Wembley it won't feel the same as above. We will all have one eye on VAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Eddie]

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

This moment above is why VAR fucks everything. That explosion of emotion is why we all do it. Why we all put ourselves through what we do, financially and mentally.

We score at Wembley it won't feel the same as above. We will all have one eye on VAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

When we scored the 3rd at Barnsley it was absolute mayhem, people falling all over seats, euphoria everywhere - I looked at my watch after about 30 seconds of celebrations and my heart rate was 155. There isn’t another thing in the world that would get my heart rate above 100, it’s daft how good that feeling is, and also worrying what it could do to a less healthy and older heart!!

Imagine some twat in a studio somewhere then analysing Jerome’s part in the goal for 5 mins and ruling it out whilst we’re just stood in the stands like lemons. It’s a fucking nonsense that is solely designed for a tv audience.

I really, really hope that the final passes without knowing VAR is in play.

[RUREADY2ROLL]

8 minutes ago, Eddie said:

When we scored the 3rd at Barnsley it was absolute mayhem, people falling all over seats, euphoria everywhere - I looked at my watch after about 30 seconds of celebrations and my heart rate was 155. There isn’t another thing in the world that would get my heart rate above 100, it’s daft how good that feeling is, and also worrying what it could do to a less healthy and older heart!!

Imagine some twat in a studio somewhere then analysing Jerome’s part in the goal for 5 mins and ruling it out whilst we’re just stood in the stands like lemons. It’s a fucking nonsense that is solely designed for a tv audience.

I really, really hope that the final passes without knowing VAR is in play.

Exactly and we should all sing Fuck the VAR throughout the game

[Marc505]

Think ive said on here before one of my city fan mates told me there's been more than a few situations where they haven't even really cheered goals as they fully expect a VAR check. Fuck that.

 

[gonzo]

10 minutes ago, Eddie said:

When we scored the 3rd at Barnsley it was absolute mayhem, people falling all over seats, euphoria everywhere - I looked at my watch after about 30 seconds of celebrations and my heart rate was 155. There isn’t another thing in the world that would get my heart rate above 100, it’s daft how good that feeling is, and also worrying what it could do to a less healthy and older heart!!

Imagine some twat in a studio somewhere then analysing Jerome’s part in the goal for 5 mins and ruling it out whilst we’re just stood in the stands like lemons. It’s a fucking nonsense that is solely designed for a tv audience.

I really, really hope that the final passes without knowing VAR is in play.

Wrote this in 2012 on here. (My use of capitalisation is disgusting)

That feeling....

would blow all other intoxicants out of the water.

the feeling in which i speak about is that unique feeling only a follower of a football team can feel.

that feeling when kevin davies popped that goal in today....that precise explosion within your inner-self.

not the leaping around after the goal....that very second when the ball goes in...

nothing else matters in the whole world for that split second.

you are deaf and dumb...an atomic bomb wouldnt register in your mind.

then its afterwards you think....this is why we do it.

this is why we spends fortunes on going week in week out

suffer the dross and shame of getting walloped 5-0 at home by your most hated rivals.

spend days and hours in dispair in discussion on here and elsewhere over team selections and where it all went wrong

spend days in a bad mood because we got battered.

but then one solitary split second of euphoria....makes it all fucking worth it.

COYWM

[Greg_BWFC]

VAR is an absolute nonsense and is ruining football for the fans in the ground.

Read an article on the BBC earlier this week (buggered if I can find it).

Basically was saying how some decisions had been reviewed to see if the var had got it right.

They use 5 refs and even then they can't come to a unanimous verdict.

Come on, this isn't right at all 

Are we saying it depends who the var happens to be whether a foul is given or not ?

Keep it for offsides (and clear ones at that, not this millimetres bollocks).

As @gonzo says, it ruins that split second we all get such a high from.

They just look for ages to try to find a reason to disallow a goal.

Not for me.

Sorry for the rant 😁

[Eddie]

12 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Wrote this in 2012 on here. (My use of capitalisation is disgusting)

That feeling....

would blow all other intoxicants out of the water.

the feeling in which i speak about is that unique feeling only a follower of a football team can feel.

that feeling when kevin davies popped that goal in today....that precise explosion within your inner-self.

not the leaping around after the goal....that very second when the ball goes in...

nothing else matters in the whole world for that split second.

you are deaf and dumb...an atomic bomb wouldnt register in your mind.

then its afterwards you think....this is why we do it.

this is why we spends fortunes on going week in week out

suffer the dross and shame of getting walloped 5-0 at home by your most hated rivals.

spend days and hours in dispair in discussion on here and elsewhere over team selections and where it all went wrong

spend days in a bad mood because we got battered.

but then one solitary split second of euphoria....makes it all fucking worth it.

COYWM

Remains as true now as it was 12 years ago, and was 12 years and more before you wrote it. VAR is the one thing that changes it and because of that I’m glad we’re not exposed to it week in week out.

On a separate note - I feel like you were born a few years / decades (delete as appropriate - I don’t know how old you are) too late as you’d have given some fucking brilliant speeches before the next big offensive in the war 😂

[desperado]

20 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Wrote this in 2012 on here. (My use of capitalisation is disgusting)

That feeling....

would blow all other intoxicants out of the water.

the feeling in which i speak about is that unique feeling only a follower of a football team can feel.

that feeling when kevin davies popped that goal in today....that precise explosion within your inner-self.

not the leaping around after the goal....that very second when the ball goes in...

nothing else matters in the whole world for that split second.

you are deaf and dumb...an atomic bomb wouldnt register in your mind.

then its afterwards you think....this is why we do it.

this is why we spends fortunes on going week in week out

suffer the dross and shame of getting walloped 5-0 at home by your most hated rivals.

spend days and hours in dispair in discussion on here and elsewhere over team selections and where it all went wrong

spend days in a bad mood because we got battered.

but then one solitary split second of euphoria....makes it all fucking worth it.

COYWM

Think I remember what game that was after!

Was it Villa away?

[gonzo]

3 minutes ago, desperado said:

Think I remember what game that was after!

Was it Villa away?

Wolves away 

[L/H White]

I'd really struggle with VAR I think 

I'm not sure if it would make me stop going I'd have to actually be in the ground a few times to see how it makes me feel 

But it's really fucking shite 

[tomski]

9 minutes ago, L/H White said:

I'd really struggle with VAR I think 

I'm not sure if it would make me stop going I'd have to actually be in the ground a few times to see how it makes me feel 

But it's really fucking shite 

Agree. No way I’m missing a one off with what’s at stake but week in week out it’s not exciting me.

[Greg_BWFC]

2 hours ago, Eddie said:

When we scored the 3rd at Barnsley it was absolute mayhem, people falling all over seats, euphoria everywhere - I looked at my watch after about 30 seconds of celebrations and my heart rate was 155. There isn’t another thing in the world that would get my heart rate above 100, it’s daft how good that feeling is, and also worrying what it could do to a less healthy and older heart!!

Imagine some twat in a studio somewhere then analysing Jerome’s part in the goal for 5 mins and ruling it out whilst we’re just stood in the stands like lemons. It’s a fucking nonsense that is solely designed for a tv audience.

I really, really hope that the final passes without knowing VAR is in play.

Yeah, imagine how those last 20 minutes on Tuesday were for some of us old buggers !

I could've cheerfully taken up smoking 😄

It can't because VAR checks EVERY goal looking for some bullshit reason to disallow it.

Biggest game of our league season and the only time it's being used.

Absolute horseshit.

(Of course, if it disallows an injury time Oxford equaliser, it'll be the best invention since the internet 🤣)

[paulhanley]

There's a big debate being had about VAR and that will always be there.

What I don't understand is how you can have a 46 game season played under a certain set of conditions only for that to completely change with the insertion of an entirely different playing condition from another league just because it's a play off final. It's not consistent at all. 

....  if it rescues us from a perilous situation on the day (Oxford goal disallowed or penalthy decision reversed)  I'll shut my gob.

[Leyther_Matt]

47 minutes ago, L/H White said:

I'd really struggle with VAR I think 

I'm not sure if it would make me stop going I'd have to actually be in the ground a few times to see how it makes me feel 

But it's really fucking shite 

37 minutes ago, tomski said:

Agree. No way I’m missing a one off with what’s at stake but week in week out it’s not exciting me.

Went a couple of games in Italy and didn’t notice it, but I may have got lucky.

Fucking horrendous at Scots Prem games I’ve been to, though. League Cup Semi Final (Hibs v Aberdeen) was horrific for it. Hibs go in front, usual celebrations etc, VAR only gets flagged up as the teams are setting up to kick off again and took 8 minutes or something daft without any replays on the screen. Baffling. 

[LodgeMorrWhite]

VAR is absolute nonsense and should be entirely removed from our game in all forms and it should be legislated into the rules that there should be no video technology of this sort now, or ever again.  No debate, no argument, get rid. We need our game protecting from this shite.  And shirts should be numbered 1 - 11 as well 

[Take Hunt Off]

VAR will definitely see me off attending games .

Cannot imagine the serious phycological damage done in denying that supreme moment of euphoria. Sex without orgasm, 

That split second glance at the linesman before jumping in the air gone replaced by hair splitting functionaries taking an eternity to measure a few millimetres.

no thanks.

[SatanGreavsie]

30 minutes ago, LodgeMorrWhite said:

VAR is absolute nonsense and should be entirely removed from our game in all forms and it should be legislated into the rules that there should be no video technology of this sort now, or ever again.  No debate, no argument, get rid. We need our game protecting from this shite.  And shirts should be numbered 1 - 11 as well 

They should make the League Cup retro to get interest back as an experiment. As above plus urinals have to be capped to ensure rivers of piss; trainer's medical bag limited to wintergreen rub, 20 Capstan full strength and a flask of brandy; red cards only for life changing injury; yellow card for failing to head the ball or for keeper not wearing a green top or possessing gloves; stewarding limited to ensuring smoking in the ground and taking St.Johns Ambulance donations at half time; screens turned off and score updates limited to an alphabetical system decipherable only via your programme, which has a cut out and keep voucher stamp for the final. Tv coverage could go retro as well - Jimmy Hill kipper ties and presenters half pissed. The FA Cup is on its arse but this would see the League Cup rise like a Phoenix. Oh and cash only and away fights count double.

[Zico]

3 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Think ive said on here before one of my city fan mates told me there's been more than a few situations where they haven't even really cheered goals as they fully expect a VAR check. Fuck that.

 

Know a Leicester fan

He's obviously delighted at winning the title

But he said when they got relegated whilst he was gutted he was looking forward to football without VAR 

And that he genuinely enjoyed going to games this season far more because they didn't have it

And now he's not looking forward to football with VAR next season

Basically every conversation we've had this season has ended up with him saying how much it ruins his enjoyment of going to the match

[LodgeMorrWhite]

13 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said:

They should make the League Cup retro to get interest back as an experiment. As above plus urinals have to be capped to ensure rivers of piss; trainer's medical bag limited to wintergreen rub, 20 Capstan full strength and a flask of brandy; red cards only for life changing injury; yellow card for failing to head the ball or for keeper not wearing a green top or possessing gloves; stewarding limited to ensuring smoking in the ground and taking St.Johns Ambulance donations at half time; screens turned off and score updates limited to an alphabetical system decipherable only via your programme, which has a cut out and keep voucher stamp for the final. Tv coverage could go retro as well - Jimmy Hill kipper ties and presenters half pissed. The FA Cup is on its arse but this would see the League Cup rise like a Phoenix. Oh and cash only and away fights count double.

If we can limit substitutes to 2 with no keepers on the bench and real corner floodlights I'm in.  

[Marc505]

21 minutes ago, Zico said:

Know a Leicester fan

He's obviously delighted at winning the title

But he said when they got relegated whilst he was gutted he was looking forward to football without VAR 

And that he genuinely enjoyed going to games this season far more because they didn't have it

And now he's not looking forward to football with VAR next season

Basically every conversation we've had this season has ended up with him saying how much it ruins his enjoyment of going to the match

It gets tiresome quickly by all accounts. Shit enough watching it on TV!

It might just be Midlands folk being miserable in general but Leicester bloke I work with has had a real downer on them all season even when they were 20 odd points clear. Doesn't like the manager, doesn't like the football, squad full of players who all do the same thing bar Vardy, atmosphere is flat.

Sounds joyous in these leagues we're striving to get to doesn't it 😂

[SatanGreavsie]

5 minutes ago, LodgeMorrWhite said:

If we can limit substitutes to 2 with no keepers on the bench and real corner floodlights I'm in.  

2?? Bit excessive isn't it? Floodlight output should be limited (could always play the "green" card here) and the ref allowed to stop the game if he can see both goals perfectly from the centre spot; mandatory fines for any club having a pitch playable on after 75 minutes and/or a penalty spot that doesn't need re-painting mid game; expulsion from the competition for any club's catering fielding edible food and a life-time ban for vegan comestibles; "kick it in" banners round the ground reminding fans of the FA's commitments to casual violence; Financial Fair Play rules introduced making it fine for the ref to get a free Lada for services rendered. It's the future.

[Mounts Kipper]

Not looking forward to the final… just want it done and we’re promoted… anyone else feeling the same way? 

[desperado]

Life’s too short to think about ways I might not enjoy watching my beloved team. 

I’m just loving the journey at the moment, let’s see where it takes us with or without VAR! 

Crazy talk to dredge up every change in football; subs, shirt numbers, as if we should rewind half a century!