Dez Corkhill

Independent Sports Commentator, front-of-camera Talent & Writer.

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

Group B is a doozy !!! Looking forward to this ...

[Jakarta (C)asual @JakartaCasual]

How good is Group B?!

Saying that, despite being on the same island the logistics of getting from Samarinda to Kuching could be fun!

[Hab Sukan Malaysia @habsukan]

Zulfahmi Khairuddin antara individu penting dlm karier permotoran Hakim Danish, membawanya masuk ke program pembangunan di bawah ZK Racing pada usia 13 tahun.

Danish tinggal di rumah ibubapa Zulfahmi di Banting & pergi ke sekolah di Bukit Changgang jika tak berada di Eropah.

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

@paulmoran62 @northernclub @WallaseyCC @lpoolcomp You're my contact with my "home" (left 44 years ago, but it's still home). The sporting context you provide with local football and cricket is especially poignant.

[Lee Seng Foo🇲🇾李成富 @sengfoo88]

We'll riot if this doesn't end up as a Puskas contender.

[ASEAN United FC @aseanutdfc]

WORLD-CLASS GOAL FROM THEERATHON!!!🤯

#ShopeeCup
#ASEANUtdFC

[Sivan John @SivanJohn_]

Bojan Hodak has built quite the triangular legacy.

At Kelantan — a domestic treble.

At KL City — 3 consecutive cup finals, including the 2021 Malaysia Cup & 2022 AFC Cup final.

At Persib Bandung — now a 3-peat league champion.

Nothing but L3GACY 👏

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

@JakartaCasual A belated, and a slightly curmudgeonly, 'congratulations' to Arsenal. Enjoy this party. i feel (and slightly fear) it may be the first of many to come.

[ASEAN United FC @aseanutdfc]

⭐️ The Starboy Scores ⚽️

#ShopeeCup
#ASEANUtdFC

[🥊𝕳 BARRAS DEL MUNDO ⚽🍺 @Barras_LATAM]

🇯🇵🇸🇦 Los jugadores del Gamba Osaka LE DIERON EL TROFEO de la AFC Champions League a los hinchas que viajaron hasta Arabia Saudita.

Espectacular 🙌🏻

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

@ExtremeFootbal4 Steve Perryman ...

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

@simonhill1894 @OL @RCLens 👏

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

Welcome on board.
Several years late, but welcome.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

VAR

I enthusiastically welcomed it. Was sold on the higher percentage of right decisions so we could all go home knowing football justice had been done and we could concentrate on which player was crap instead.

But I was wrong. Woefully and completely wrong.

Waiting 5 minutes for a decision to be made alone means the system isn't fit for purpose. Why? Because I sat with TV producers who said everything would be wrapped up in 10-30 seconds. It has literally taken the spontaneous joy from the most important part of the game. A goal.

Then, one thing completely blindsided me and many others.

Subjectivity.

I thought there would be science and a nailed on guarantee of a successfully and universally accepted decision. How wrong we were. Instead, arbitrary lines are drawn that simply can't with any certainty say whether a player is offside or not. So a human in a portacabin, 200 miles away only does what the referee can do, make a best guess.

Likewise handballs, dives, any penalty decision to be honest. A subjective decision decided out of stadium allowing an increasingly small and poor refereeing pool a get out of jail free card. Instead of them making a shit decision and owning it, they just pass it on 200 miles away so 3 men in a portacabin can make a shit decision instead. Lunacy.

For the love of the game, let's go back to investing in getting more referees, respecting them so that they join the trade and don't feel constantly abused. In short, treat them like rugby referees. Ultimate respect.

Then, fuck VAR off, it's ruined the game, made it petty and chaotic, and taken that one ingredient that you simply can't replace, instantaneous joy.

As a player and fan I accepted a referee making a bad decision in a game in the same way I accepted fucking up a shot or pass. We're all human.

Let's get back to that, humans doing their best, everyone walks away from the ground accepting that and less unrealistic pressure put on officials to be perfect when perfection doesn't exist in any walk of life.

VAR stinks. A system designed to help is a massive hindrance and it's about time pundits, fans, players, referees, clubs put pressure on authorities to get rid of it. We only need goal line tech, the rest can and should be refer refereed by humans making their best judgement. A best judgement that was over 98% right( audited fact pre VAR).

Enough is enough, fuck it off.

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

@ftblindonesia @VidioSports Thank you. Would LOVE to :) ...

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

@MtutdBlog It's not the season-ender it used to be. Since 24/25, Premier league last day is officially after FA cup final, and the Playoffs are also part of the finale of the Football Association season.

AND World Cup kicks off in 25 days ...

PPS So sorry about Muangthong's relegation.

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

... could never be a "Hun". I was too often "run" in Hilltown by Dundee's "Hun" fans.

And an Englishman playing Junior football in Scotland. Jeez :) ('I'm Scouse, not English' didn't help)

But loved my 5 years there. Lived near Magdelene Green by the always-freezing River Tay

[A Thai Football Podcast @Thaifootballpod]

@Dez63 As for choosing between Dundee and Dundee Utd, I never did. My family were split down the middle, so I didn't want to upset anyone!

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

As a student in Dundee at the time, 'I was there' in the United end. One of the few English-born in the crowd, I suspect.

I still reckon Ralph Milne's chip was unintended :) Narey, Hegarty, and Malpas magnificent in that team.

Have been an "Associated Arab" ever since.

[dufcway @dufcway]

OTD in 1983

Dundee 1 Dundee United 2

Dundee United win the league at Dens Park 👀

#DUFC

[Dez Corkhill @Dez63]

Very sadly, I think I have this: Jim Blyth, Ray Kennedy, Emlyn Hughes, Graeme Souness, Mike Coop, Keith Osgood (no 4) - Bobby McDonald possibly, but he mainly wore no 3 - 1-0 win for Coventry in Feb 78. Wet day. Blyth saved a Phil Neal penalty. Mick Ferguson winner.

[The League Magazine @Theleaguemag]

Goalmouth action as Liverpool are on the attack against Coventry City.
Anyone who can name all six players… is clearly extremely clever

[ASEAN United FC @aseanutdfc]

🇹🇭 Buriram United take a two-goal lead back to Thailand after a 3-1 Semi-Final first leg win at 🇲🇾 Johor Darul Ta’zim 💪

Match Recap 🔗 https://t.co/BCRdV5SaxA

#ShopeeCup
#ASEANUtdFC

[ESPN Asia @ESPNAsia]

3 shots on target, 3 goals!

That's how 🇹🇭 Buriram United claimed a big advantage over 🇲🇾 Johor Darul Ta'zim in the first leg of the #ShopeeCup semi-finals. #ASEANUtdFC

[Selangor FC @selangorfc]

🎥 Watch all of the goals from our #ShopeeCup journey so far. 🏆⚽️

Who had your favorite goal? 🤩 Let us know in the comments! 👇

🙌 Let’s witness more goals and fill up the MBPJ Stadium for the 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝟭 against Nam Dinh FC this Wednesday! 🏟️💊

#SelangorFC #ThisIsSelangor
#ShopeeCup #ASEANUtdFC
#SFCNDF