Aaron Lerner

Harrison Butthead. That is now the name of the Chief’s dipshit kicker.

Gottem.

Yeah, that’s pretty dumb. And Arsenal shouldn’t be considered the favorites.

The current holders spent more this summer, didn’t they?

Just goes to show you how quickly things can change! Arsenal cannot get complacent with their current lead (and I don’t they will).

All it takes is a blink of an eye.

A month ago, we were told Liverpool’s five-point lead at the top of the table already “seemed insurmountable” and, uh, yeah.

People think highly of Thomas Frank as a manager, and I generally agree.

But also, he hasn’t beaten Unai Emery in six tries, which is a pretty significant strike against him.

We cannot “move on” from this era without a full and honest reckoning with the actions currently being taken by our government.

There must be proper, rigorous investigations, accountability, and appropriate punishment for those found to have committed crimes.

The people responsible for the U.S. blowing up ships in international waters, as well as the individuals who carried out those orders, MUST be held accountable for their war crimes / crimes against humanity.

It is ridiculous to suggest that a defender who has his arms at his side, hands inside the frame of his body has committed a handball.

You could make a strong case that he’s the second-best right back in the world behind Hakimi.

Also, and I cannot stress this enough, you do not have to hand it to shitty people. Ever. For any reason!

This is part of why we’ve gone through all this nonsense with handballs and tweaking the definition.

We sorta just know what is and isn’t a handball when we see one, but when you slow things down and replay them, things get blurrier. So you have to add new wrinkles, and the cycle never ends.

One of the biggest issues with VAR is the tension between the Laws as written and slow-motion replays.

The Laws were written for decisions made in real time, not in contemplation that incidents would be slowed down and micro-analyzed.

The Laws really aren’t written in a way to work with VAR.

If they’re going to make the decision anew, fine.

But do it with the play shown at real speed only. One rewind for one replay. No VAR in his ear lobbying.

We’ve already established the facts. That’s why we’re redoing the call.

Then, the on-field referee makes his new decision.

Something feels wrong about VAR overturns where there has been a “clear and obvious error” - in Saka’s case today that Kevin got a touch on the ball - leading to a frame-by-frame, multi-replay re-refereeing of the incident.

A white sign with black letters that read “no kings” on stakes driven into grass in a yard.

Did a thing. No Kings.

I have friends everywhere, right?

I don’t much care if referee decisions and variance make for a close scoreline when you’ve played in such a way that usually produces a comfortable win.

I don’t think anyone is having these conversations if Arsenal get either the Gyökeres shout or don’t have VAR take Saka’s away. I don’t have much issue with not giving Gyok, call on the field etc. But by that same token, taking Saka’s away is wild.

On another day, it’s a comfortable scoreline.

He should join the circus what with all the contorting he does to lick PGMOL boots.

*gulp*

based nypd social account?

(at least temporarily)

Have we looked into using Dale Johnson to solve the global energy crisis?

All that gaslighting could definitely be redirected towards better uses.

Dale Johnson is out in his backyard right now, scything through his poor child's legs to demonstrate why that's not a foul.

cc: @onepointsevensixacr.es

I don't need any convincing that BK needs to go! All the moreso if he's doing even more than O did. I'm not surprised in the slightest to hear that BK sucks in the extracurricular activities department.

LSU desperately needs a guy like Coach O (but, yanno, not a creep outside of football) who understands, leans into, and even lives those vibes.

That's how they'll get back to the top.

I see what you're trying to do. It's not clever. In this case, there was both contact and a foul.

Have a nice life.

Hah, we should have left it several posts back with agree to disagree!

It's so much better to have these types of things ultimately not matter. Does wonders for my blood pressure.

You don't think Kevin challenged Saka from behind?

Kevin's lead, challenging leg went through Saka's trailing leg, with Saka moving away from him.

I'll concede it was partially from the side, but it was also very much from behind.

I mean, maybe the understanding has changed or it's different at the top levels of the game.

But I was always taught that going in from behind, you basically had to be completely clean. That you really couldn't catch the player at all, and certainly couldn't take them out with your challenge.

FWIW, I was taught, back when I was a FIFA referee, that if you challenge from behind and take out your opponent in doing so, it is pretty much always a foul.

Shrug. That's where I'll leave it!

I absolutely would have that opinion if it were the other way around, for the record.

I firmly believe that if you challenge through the back of an opponent and take them out in doing so, it is a foul.

their knees didn't "touch"

a defender's challenge, from behind an attacker, goes into an opponent's leg and the challenge, as a whole, takes the player down.

you can't separate out a single challenge into multiple "phases" like that. that's getting way too granular.