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100% All too often today across all leagues we are seeing players cast their eyes across to officials to see if they will bother accepting their goal. VAR has sapped the life and spectacle out of football. Its been proven over its all.ost 3.5 years in the Scottish Premiership that it is even more indecisive than a human referees eye, and it has sadly led to an even more inferior quality of referees today who time and time again reference VAR's decisions because they were too inept to make a decision. Jury's not. Bin it.

Agreed. He was better suited to our Euro games than our more physical scottish games. No hard feelings for the lad. Naturally would much rather he ended up at Houston or another MLS team than the likes of Hibs ... but I wouldnt be concerned if he ends up at another Scottish Premiership team

Thanks Rico. Although do we now need a thread that pulls Rico up on posts that haven't been addressed yet?

A wee bit of a shame to see him go. Whilst he is a wee bit off the quality we actually need, he was at least a grafter and someone looking to improve himself. Can't argue if the lad would prefer to head home though

Over seven minutes first half injury time, which you don't want on a very cold day. VAR should just be binned, it just sucks the joy from the goal celebrations, which is what all fans are their for. Doesn't help either when you see such poor refereeing on display. Hardie always seems to lose his grip on games early and never recovers. We won 6 (six)- 2 yesterday, but Var, the referee performance and these racist accusations, has fair took a bit of the shine off our result/ performance.

Wow. The above is a good summary of how fucked the USA is. The nurse was holding a phone and he was pepper sprayed when trying to help a lady that had been pushed over by ICE, then they pinned him down and executed him.

All pointing to encouraging a civil war just to attempt to cancel the mid terms. Guy was executed in cold blood by ICE.

Why make this personal? Why not just have a discussion? This is why i rarely read and contribute to this thread. got my info reading CNN. Any time there’s an incident I do read CNN, I’ll check fox, msnbc too, as you can get vastly differing stories. Read a little more on NPR this evening discussing an armed man approaching federal agents and he violently resisted them trying to disarm him. trump didn’t stand on executing citizens, 100% agree with you there. I didn’t say that. The majority of Americans did vote him in, that’s fact. for today’s incident, keen to see full footage and get full info in the coming days/weeks. Why would you assume im not interested in hearing the full story and truth? When I have joined this threat in rhe past I do debate and discuss, open to listening, why judge/jump to these conclusions? As I’ve already said though, this is a highly charged situation that I question the intelligence of people getting involved in trying to confront armed agents, especially if armed themselves.

We'll agree to disagree then, I think he could have handled it but it doesn't matter now anyway. Will defo keep tabs on Dante though.

Not in Scotland though, i just don’t think he handles the pace and physicality of the Scottish game. Eager to see how he plays in MLS though, I do think him playing in Scotland has made him a better player. Only way I’d see him succeeding in Scotland would be in central defense as a partner with a left footed mattie pollock. 150k to st Louis, considering he’s out of contract in the summer and we have a bloated squad, fair enough.

I would have loved to see Polvara get a decent shot as a no 10. He's good at playing with his back to goal and I think he could have thrived there.

Trump didn’t stand on executing citizens on the street and the majority of Americans didn’t vote him in. Both of those points are demonstrably true You say that people are influenced by what they see and we’re probably not getting the full picture over here of what’s happening We absolutely are. I’m worried about what you’re watching though as everything you’ve said previously makes me think FOX is turning your brain to custard. I can go through it step by step where you’re wrong if you’re genuinely interested but I suspect you aren’t

Similar to sokler in a way, always wanted the guy to do well, it just didn’t work out. Just not got that battling quality or engine that Scottish football requires. Maybe even like jimmy, nice guy, just not the right place for them. have the upmost respect for penalty takers, was surprised he had the stones to take one, and a lovely one at that. Dont really follow MLS, but will check in once in a while to see how he’s doing, not unlike seeking how Ferguson is doing in Italy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cq5y7pj3104o Quite the story this and he look's pretty handy from the little I've seen of him. Eligible for Scotland too........ He couldn't....... could he? I think there is at least one CF position up for grabs and if he has a strong second half of the season he could potentially put himself in the mix. Especially if Falkirk go deep in the cup and he's scored goals to get them there. Good size to him too, at least 6'2

You know you're not getting to bed early enough when you read "deepest, darkest" as "Budapest" and think we're in for a cracking away day Kilmarnock are proper shite, but then we were very fortunate to take all three points there last time. There's a chance a new manager could be announced, but Leven still in charge for this one, unless it's made early in the week. Whoever is in charge, tough run of games after this: Celtic (h), Motherwell (h), Dundee United (a), Motherwell (a). So kinda important we take something up the road.

We were all Dante Polvara in this moment

Please clarify?

"The Club is aware of an allegation that racist language was used during today’s match with Livingston FC at Pittodrie. The player concerned has been informed of the allegation and vehemently denies it. Aberdeen FC condemns any and all forms of discrimination and we will co-operate fully with all relevant authorities during any investigation. While this process is ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further." Firstly, Fucks sake. Raging this is the first thing I've got to talk about after that. At the very least what we can take from the club statement is that a player has been named. Milne is the obvious contender but it could also be Shinnie as he was wrestling with him for a bit. I find this hard to believe from anyone in our squad though, we've had plenty of black players in our squad and if we genuinely had a racist in our ranks you would think it would already have shown itself in training. Im sure we are now going to see some more forensic analysis of the footage in the next day or two so maybe some more information will come from that. Live I had a reasonable view from the main but only noticed it once they were raising their hands and it was chaos within a few seconds so it really could be anyone involved in that stramash. The previous form that Slim linked to is interesting, it does certainly raise the possibility in my mind that he's trying to cover for the fact he got sent off minutes into his debut though Onto the game. Obviously, plenty of positives to talk about but the caveat of it being livi has to be taken into account. Frame looked great going forward though, scratching my head as to why he wasn't at least given some sub minutes when Gyamfi was out for ages. No comment on his defensive capabilities yet as he wasn't particulary tested but he looks a real prospect. I had a perfect view in for his cross for Nisbet and it was glorious. When was the last time we had a LB with a genuinely sweet left foot? Great to see Topi play his best game in red by a mile, for once "like a new signing" is actually apt. I thought he looked really in sync with the rest of the team for the first time and I think he needs that as a player. I've always said there's a player in there but it's decision making that lets him down. Today he wasn't really making decisions and just playing on instinct to my eye and it really worked for him I thought. Long may that continue because if this is going to be a thing he's going to have a great second half of the season. The thing I loved most about today was the taking the game by the scruff of the neck in that inury time in the first half. Excellent attitude despite the offside goal being disallowed (and that 4 minute var stop was infuriating. completely stole our momentum) and the special needs defending that led to the two goals. Also noticed Leven telling them there was still time for a 3rd. We could look back on this game as the turning point in our season. The ref was as bad as i've seen since McCurry retired.

Having watched videos with several different angles of the incident there is no weapon in the guys hand in any of them only a phone. There is one video where an officer does take something off the guy and walks away. The shots are clearly heard after that so even if this was a weapon he is unarmed and pinned to the ground when shot repeatedly. It is state sanctioned murder plain and simple. Same as Iran but just not on an industrial scale. Yet.

There’s 2 in your opening sentence.

What’s the lie?

Sorry, it’s probably more accurate to say you’re allowing yourself to be lied to, than lying to yourself

No offence but everything about that is ludicrous and you’re lying to yourself. It’s ok to admit you were wrong. If more people did it, everything would be better. We have the exact same problem in the uk

Trump is doing what he campaigned on, and what the majority of the country voted on. From what I am reading, ICE was going after an illegal immigrant with a history of domestic violence. These have become highly charged environments, and if a citizen wants to go there armed and get involved in an altercation with armed law enforcement, that’s not a wise choice if you ask me. Sad to lose a life, but I have little sympathy for those who do not apply common sense. If you go armed to a volatile environment, you are accepting the consequences. Same as if you try to drive over armed law enforcement. If you are going to mess with law enforcement who put their lives on the line every single day, consequences are on you. I’m 100% behind law enforcement and couldn’t imagine what they go through every single day, not knowing if that day is their last, especially if you deal with an unpredictable public in a hostile environment who are armed and possibly not weapons trained.

The referee’s first name was Ross Whose decisions made me quite cross Plus VAR took its time To NOT draw the lines But we won so who gives a toss?