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Is this penalty for Rice literally kicking a player between the legs the best example yet of a referee waving play on because they know VAR can bail them out?

I'm so fed up of what the technology has made the game at the top level. And that's before we mention yet another inches-worth offside call from VAR earlier in the game.

Premier League can't get rid of us that easily!

That was nerve-wracking...the winning run is over bur Doncaster have made the Play-Offs and finished 5th.

2-0 up and cruising at Gillingham, the goalkeeper handballed outside the box and got sent off, they scored the free kick and then quickly equalised but Rovers held on to cap a remarkable storm up the table.

I'm already looking at train tickets to Donny 

Just now, Kyle said:

Would absolutely love three points against Brentford tonight to mathematically secure survival. (Until we get docked a million points on the last day of the season just because)

A draw will as good as do it now thanks to goal difference. Which I'll take with Chermiti starting up front!

6 minutes ago, Szumi said:

NOOOOO!  I was so ready to see if Tony Khan was keeping kayfabe!

He is to be fair, I've seen an image of him in a neck brace.

I'm not really sure what Denver are doing.

Chicago look to have done brilliantly with their roster building for the last 12-18 months.

They really went with Enormous and Polished as descriptors!

Yeah those four have been the consensus top 4 picks, in that order to those teams, for a while.

Happy with that, I wanted MHJ and we got him.

10 minutes ago, GoGo Yubari said:

nothing sums up why I had to retire the name analysis bit more than "Caleb Williams" and "Jayden Daniels." What can you do with that other than pick any American suburb's phonebook and expect to find those names?

Just wait until Ladd McConkey and Cooper Beebe come off the board. There's some great names in this draft.

My Bears supporting housemate staying up until 1am for Caleb Williams and getting subjected to a Lions love-in first is hilarious to me.

I will say, he was in Bologna for an unrelated racing event, but I do think Ferrari makes sense as his next move.

It's huge, and I wonder if it'll make anyone in Red Bull rethink the importance of Horner to the operation. They can't risk losing Verstappen over that whole scandal especially if Newey is already going.

Amazing night, a thoroughly deserved win. To a man the Everton players wanted it more.

When the second went in, I knew we'd win. Liverpool just didn't look at it - there aren't excuses for that, not that I'm surprised to see the usual in here about fitness or tiredness. Van Dijk was absolutely rinsed all night long by Calvert-Lewin, and Nunez and Salah were very wasteful up front.

It doesn't get much sweeter than winning the derby, to essentially secure safety, and end Liverpool's title challenge in the same breath.

I'm sorry to keep harping on about this, but also I'm not.

Doncaster have now equalled their club record of 10 wins in a row, set in 1947, with a 4-1 win at Colchester tonight. That's also three straight games scoring 4 goals.

It means that we are now 5th and in need of only a point at Gillingham on Saturday to confirm a Play Off place. All for a team who were 20th at the start of last month. I've never known anything like it.

Finished it just now, I loved it. It got better as it went along and by the end I was so on board with basically all of it.

I can't wait for season 2.

1 hour ago, FestiveJack said:

Do you ever see a bit of news that just makes you tilt your head like a confused dog?

 

Is this news? Who is Ross A ftbl, with his engagement level of 1 repost in nearly two hours?

These decisions aren't even in the top 5 of big fuck ups by officials this season, this is so embarrassing.

Clubs should not be allowed to hire their own referees to essentially whinge about decisions. It's farcical, and entirely down to the way elite football has embraced VAR and its many, many flaws.

The National League have made a complete pig's ear of this.

It has taken them three statements to confirm that in fact, Solihull will not get a bye and will instead face Halifax in an Eliminator, then Altrincham get the bye but have to go to Bromley in the semis instead. Plenty of fans from several clubs involved pissed off, not least because games and days have changed at no notice.

Absolutely gutted for Ben Sheaf, he's a lovely lad.

VAR also...takes the fun right out of this sport.

1 hour ago, Bobfoc said:

How do Doncaster fans feel about Grant McCann these days? He's obviously got them on a great run of form right now, but is there still any lingering resentment about the time he left them to join Hull? Can you trust him not to do something similar in the future?

The fans love him, and never wavered during our very bad form earlier in the season. Things have gotten so bad over the past few seasons that he was welcomed back with open arms. Things he said before coming back and when he did suggested he had reflected on the manner of leaving us in the lurch.

Can you trust him not to do it again? I don't trust any manager or player not to personally, but that's me.

Seems a potentially knee-jerk idea in response to the fact that the current order has an even split of 5 teams much stronger than the other 5, which just so happens to be the line between the points finishing positions and below.

Frankly, three teams have gotten so far in without points this season because all three have huge issues - Sauber can't do proper pitstops, Williams don't have enough car parts and keep crashing, and Alpine have built a glorified tractor.

I cannot believe Doncaster Rovers.

2-0 down at half time in front of 10k at home, came back to win 4-2 late on against Play-Off rivals Barrow and make it nine wins in a row. It's now completely in our hands going into the last day, never known anything like it.

Fernando cost himself and Sainz there to let Perez into third.

This is a good track, it should be a fun race...behind Verstappen anyway.

1 hour ago, Gazz said:

I'm disappointed that he appears to be associating with absolute gimps.

He is a gimp, always has been, so he's in good company.

I'm so glad I don't work Fridays - what a chaotic, amazing Sprint Quali session.

There's nothing better than when it starts raining mid-qualifying. Just a shame the Sprint race is at 4am UK time.