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Gotta feel sorry for Liverpool. I've seen the goals from the game and can only wonder at what the officials were doing giving Spurs either of those penalties. I think if they (the officials) had their time again, they wouldn't give them. Do football officials get assessed on their decision...

Meanhwhile, the Tories are lying to the voters and themselves. Very good article in the Times by Matthew Paris a couple of days ago. Sorry it has to be posted in image format, but the Times Online is a subscription service so the text version wouldn't be readable. And not only this, but...

Italy 17 England 46. Sounds like a romp but in truth, Italy were very much in the game until the later stages, and after all the replacements had taken place. England clearly had the stronger bench and our fresh legs were better than theirs. But there's a lot that Italy can take from this...

Enjoying Italy vs England. 10-17 at half time and a much more competitive match than many would have predicted. Conor O'Shea is doing a good job of getting Italy organised. They're much better structured, have a number 10 who actually looks like a game manager and the basics seem to be...

Charlton manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Again. It's not the first time we've done this and I doubt it will be the last. Well played Oxford who showed us how to keep scrapping to the end. Lesson learned, Addicks..?

I was quite disappointed with Scotland this afternoon. True, Wales played very well but the Scots turned over too much ball, gave away silly penalties and didn't make anything at all out of quite a lot of possession in the first half. I like the directive that has told referees to be much...

I'm in no doubt at all that City have spent a lot of money. I wouldn't be at all surprised if some (or even all) of it came from dodgy sources. But the point I'm making is that City aren't doing anything that any other club wouldn't do in similar circumstances, and that most criticism is...

I don't think City are doing anything any number of clubs haven't done in the past in order to win. I'd be interested to see the total amount of money spent on transfers by Manchester United, or Liverpool, or Barcelona, or Real Madrid...... the list could go on.... when they were at their...

Modesty forbids.

If there is one non-football related tournament that I have found many football fans like to enjoy..... or at least celebrate England doing well in.... it's the Six Nations Rugby Tournament that starts tomorrow. As one person I used to work with told me, "I like to watch it because it's the...

LONG POST ALERT. Those with a short attention span might like to click off now. Well, in reply to your responses, all I can say is that a greater example of obfuscation and sheer denial I have yet to read. I can almost congratulate you for your sheer chutzpah. The standard tactic of...

Very interesting and valid points, Renny. I think there is a lot of food for thought there and I'm sure the FA, despite their propensity for usually making a rats ass of everything they try to do, seem to be progressing towards a good and useful system. I accept your argument but I'm still...

I disagree. A country whose government attempts to by-pass Parliament in order to push its agenda without debate / opposition through can hardly be called democratic. It took an intervention by a private citizen in the High Court to force the government to allow a vote on the final terms for...

I see what you're saying but there is one fundamental difference between NFL and Football which needs to be given consideration. NFL - just like cricket, tennis and rugby that already utilise video review - is a sport that has a built-in stoppage which occurs quite naturally and enables review...

The point is, he's in a completely alien environment. He has to learn to build a team in a sporting world he knows nothing about. Women's football is played at a slower pace, mostly on the floor and by players with significantly different physiques to males. How can he coach players who...

I take your point on the unanimous agreement principle. Which countries do you think would exercise their veto? I also take your second point that there were claims made about the problems that would come about as a result of leaving, but these were not an outright lie. Many of the...

But how many real, hardcore "leavers" were there, and how many of the "undecided" were swayed toward Leave by the Big-Red-Lie-Bus promise of £350 million a week for the NHS..? That lie.... for lie it was.... had a profound impact on the campaign and it cannot be doubted that that, and other...

By the same token then, there is no mechanism which specifically prevents UK from applying to have it cancelled before implementation, then. Phillipe Macron said during his recent visit to London that he would welcome a UK decision to withdraw the Article 50 application... which as we know has...

Do you think a tennis-type "referral allocation" should be allowed..? I'm not so sure. * How many would each team be allowed? One? Two? One in each half? * Who would be the person to decide when a referral is made? The on-field captain..? The Manager..? A nominated deputy if the...

What better encouragement for the have-nots to get one, then? And if VAR is accepted on a continuous basis and a big screen is accepted as a necessity, then the FA should help those who haven't got one with the cost.