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    Boots

    As far as I can see, the only way to get them is on Ebay, but they're coming from Australia.
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    Boots

    My Asics Gel-Lethal 19's have come to the end of their life, and I will almost certainly be shelling out whatever I have to in order to get a new pair. Most comfortable boots I've ever had, and an absolute necessity for anyone with calf/achilles problems.
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    Turkey v Northern Ireland

    Three possibilities I can think of: a) The referee saw the defender's handling as the arm making the body unnaturally bigger rather than deliberate, therefore caution not red, b) The referee saw it as deliberate handball but saw the ball came off the attacker's arm, therefore no goal if the ball...
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    Arsenal vs PSG

    There is no holding by the defender, only the attacker. I could have understood if the officials had deemed it a penalty on-field, but it only takes one view of a replay to see that the attacker initiates the contact by holding the defender's arm, effectively pulling him down on top of him.
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    Arsenal vs PSG

    FAFO - Arsenal F'd A.
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    MOT vs CEL

    The SFA's monthly VAR review show is out, and Willie Collum has supported the decision. I think their position that the arm is in an unnatural position and therefore it's handball is both subjectively and, more importantly, objectively incorrect. Subjectively as the arm was originally in a...
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    Your Card Stats

    While I was active at 4 I was getting 20-25 middles (Step 5/6, FL Youth Alliance, FA comps and County Cups), and 15-25 lines (Step 3/4, U18 PL, FA comps and County Cups) per season, and doing about another 20-30 friendlies and lower level games. Fewest games I did in one full season at 4 was 65...
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    Your Card Stats

    This season - 34 middles, 54 yellows, 3 reds. In total - 532 middles, 664 yellows, 68 reds (that includes friendlies and my pre-L4 seasons, which pull my averages down a bit!)
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    Nike Training Kit

    Current training kit is 25-27 according to A&H's website.
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    FUL va NEW

    EDIT: scrub that, just seen the other defender off the FoP - onside 😅
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    Manchester City v Aston Villa

    His arse was offside, what's the problem?
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    VAR query

    No.
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    Arsenal/Burnley

    Ugh, someone's always got to bring City up don't they? 😂
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    Arsenal/Burnley

    At no point was this said...
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    MUN v NFO

    No, you don't, because it's not a handball offence. We shouldn't be perpetuating misunderstandings in Law just because "the game expects it".
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