Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [18th - 23rd October 2019]
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Potentially Utd could be in the bottom three tomorrow. 
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Spurs losing already 
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I feel bad for Spurs. They were trying to do it right building a squad on a budget but it seems like they just need a change.
They're transitioning from a club that overachieve to qualify for the CL to a club that expect to qualify and compete for major honours. They've been walking a tightrope* over the last few years, juggling* being competitive whilst keeping costs under control while they build their stadium. They've succesfully managed that but t the expense of their squad going stale and several key players running their contracts down, looking for big pay days.
Levy's been key to Spurs success overall but I get the feeling that his refusal to sell certain players unless his price was met has ended up hurting Spurs over the last 12 months or so. Allowing Poch to reinvest the money and have a squad that's fully committed to Spurs is more important than an extra £5-10m.
*If any Arsenal supporter wants to reply with a joke about Spurs becoming a circus, feel free but I put that on a plate for you.
Include wages and Spurs have spent nothing compared to Utd, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and ourselves. Spurs could match any of those sides in terms of transfer fees but until they start matching the wages they'll always struggle to attract and keep the best players.
Said it before but the biggest prob with VAR is choosing whether or not to review incidents, they either need to review everything or allow teams to challenge.
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The Chelsea game has been getting a bit feisty. Both teams flying in and newcastle getting more and more into the game.
It doesn't matter what gets reviewed at the moment because VAR will not overturn any subjective decisions. They need to either scrap VAR for subjective decisions or massively lower the clear and obvious buffer because all we're doing at the moment is wasting time looking at decisions that won't be overturned.
But their idea of clear and obvious is a joke. Not one ref would look at Watford's penalty appeal today and argue that it wasn't a foul yet VAR wouldn't overturn it. Same with numerous other incidents this season.
I know not everybody agrees but I have no issue with the VAR and offsides. It might not be 100% accurate but it's more accurate than a lino's sight and will result in more correct decisions being made. Offsides have never been subject to the clear and obvious thing too. With pens and red cards, all we're doing is wasting time and still getting incorrect decisions.