Stan

Ask him how many goals Vardy has compared to Martial .

I agree. Very dynamic player who would fit their style well.

I'm willing to bet a decent amount of money that the Eminem song has gone way over @SirBalon's head

No.

Shit man, hate that. Sorry for your loss and condolences to your family If you need a chat, give me a PM.

Couple of pictures from the above getaway... Rotterdam train station: Main square in Amsterdam View out in to Rotterdam from our hotel:

Hope he waved his flag with ultimate joy

Looked more like Chubbs from Happy GIlmore

Can't knock that feeling of walking out from the concourse up to the stand and seeing the pitch and the whole stadium from the inside for the first time though...

It can if it's done right. Not to be biased but it's the best example I can think of considering I was pretty much there for every game - our 15/16 season and Champions League games. Lots of flags, great Tifos. It inspired fans to create atmosphere. Not to say there wouldn't have been any atmosphere without it, but it certainly helped to intensify it. It definitely helped the feeling of the crowd and even in games after those seasons without it, when there's a fan display or tifo it certainly does help. Our songs could be better as most of the time they're just re-hashed versions of other clubs' original songs.

So if fans try and find ways of improving atmosphere to help stop being lambasted or criticised for having a shit one, that's a bad thing?

Stoop so low to try and create some atmosphere? Or is the preference to have a quiet ground which sounds like a morgue?

I agree mate

Again comes down to the rulings more than anything I think? The assistant has to make a split-second decision on how sure they are about an offside and if they think it's obvious or now. The game is so fast-paced these days, at an insane level. Essentially the reason why VAR comes in is to support the officials, not necessarily take the trust away from them. How many times do we see it on TV (from a different angle, can be good/bad though) where we say 'no way, he was onside!' or 'that's definitely offside" and we turn out to be (clearly, sometimes) wrong. Same for assistants and yes I know they're professionals and have the training etc but it still doesn't make it much easier when it comes to how quickly they have to weigh up the decision. I can see why the rule is now in - assistant's can even put the flag up but the referee doesn't have to whistle if the player is in on goal. It takes away the doubt of the goalscoring opportunity and gives the attacker the benefit of the doubt. How annoying was it when a player was through on goal, yet despite being onside the flag went up? The new rule enables that chance to be completed and checked later. My only real issue with VAR isn't anything to do with what it checks but purely the time it takes to check something. Having said that, even the timing has improved since it first came in and most decisions in PL have been relatively quick.

Back from Rotterdam & Amsterdam. The former is pretty dead. Not much going on there but we made the most of it. Amsterdam as good as the last time, if not better. Love that city.

Surprised @SirBalon's response wasn't 'at home sitting in white pants'

Was thinking this as well. Decent bunch have joined up this year so far. Also, @Bluewolf that's horrible

Funnily enough, VAR has actually got stuff right more often than not so far in the Premier League. Obviously all the bad stuff gets exaggerated more because that's what we're like as a society. And a lot of the criticism of VAR actually points more towards about criticism of the rules of the game, not necessarily VAR itself. Clarify and remove the ambiguity of some rules and VAR will end up working perfectly.

Just seen what happened to Smith. Looked nasty! Constant reminder and memory of what happened to Hughes when you see something like that happen. Not heard what the fans did or anything previous to that though.

Knew there was a reason I never wanked in to my cornflakes. His plan worked.

Pretty much. Counties just have to live with it really.

Get well soon @Bluewolf. Sounds painful.