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No mention of Soucek smashing his forearm into Semedo, West Ham away? Couldn't believe the ref didn't want a second look at that* *well, I mean, obviously I wasn't shocked

Again, I take no issue with the decision. But the decision-making process is hopelessly flawed. VAR should not be allowed to decide when it does and does not intervene. Leave it to the coaches on a request basis.

Rewatched it and Mac Alister jumps in two-footed. Anyways, the red is whatever. I just don't understand when the VAR sees fit to intervene and when it doesn't. Damsgaard stamp? No issue. Soucek forearm? No issue. Semedo late tackle? RED Coaches challenge seems the only fair way forward, and...

More convinced than ever that VAR should be used on a coaches-challenge-basis only. Don’t like what the ref decides? You’ve 2 opportunities to take it to a room full of dweebs and monitors. Don’t ask the ref to look at it again in super slo mo, either back him or override him. That was they...

Anyone remember what happened to the West Ham and Fulham players after they elbowed Semedo in the face and butted Kilman? Didn’t they even get yellows?

God, I hope we piss all over his chips now.

Yeah, the very best thing JL could do is tell Balague to sit down, shut up and relax. Condescending West Ham fans before the ink's even dry?

Imagine Nuno jumping ship in the summer of 2018. I’d have been livid

No idea. Freeze-frame and eyeball it, benefit of the doubt to the attacking player? These ultra-marginal decisions are a blight on the sport though. Staring through a microscope to see if a guy was an off by the width of a piece of A4?

Automated offside is going to be grim. I hate the 1mm is considered an advantage. Not the spirit of the law.

Pens only for killing a legit goal scoring opportunity. More free kicks inside the area please

In its current form VAR is dreadful for the game as a spectacle. But a huge part of that is the laws of the game. Offside wasn’t supposed to punish someone whose toe is 1mm in front an opponent. No idea what the solution to that is. I’d let the onfield refs ref and use video to retroactively...

#headsgone etc

And who has that money to actually spend, outside of England?

How many clubs can afford what we consider a fair price for these guys? Presume we'd want pretty high fees for Neto, RAN, Cunha and Gomes. There's tons of clubs I'm sure the players would be happy to go to, but not many of them will be splashing 50m on players. Certainly not outside of...

He's obviously a very good coach so I think betting on him getting the old heave-ho before Christmas is a little premature. IMO. They don't have so many really desirable assets beyond Paqueta, Kudus and Bowen though. So unless the owners intend throwing money around there's plenty of opportunity...

West Ham’s famously patient fans will love Balague

I see Balague is already whistling JL’s flute all over Twitter. Amazing how Lopetegui can get into a spat with FOSUN and Jeff, and stil come out smelling like a helmet

If he was promised tuppence to spend, I can see why Cresswell's name came up.

If it's Nike expect it to be made out of kitchen roll like all their other recent efforts