Når mega rike damer klager på fasiliteter så setter man himmel og jord i bevegelse for å fikse opp. Når bortesupportere ber om helt rimelige fasiliteter gir man dispensasjon fra eget regelverk år etter år etter år. NFF i et nøtteskall.
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@Seanrosk 15år sidan var eg på bortematch i Sandnes. Sto i kø for å kjøpe meg ein dog i pausen, kiosken sto 2 meter frå ein overfylt mobil pissoar med drit tytande ut. Jentene sprang i skauen for å gå på do. Ikkje blitt bedre med årene. Nokre få unntak.
Dette var jo et kjedelig sammentreff! Den nye VAR-avtalen må tilfeldigvis signeres rett før forbundstinget i mars, og det er umulig å svare på om det finnes en exit-mulighet dersom tinget går inn for å fjerne VAR.
Har lest VAR rapporten til Rosenborg. Et meget grundig og imponerende stykke arbeid av dyktige folk. Konklusjonen forenklet i EN setning : Ulempene overstiger nytten i veldig stor grad. Tror stadig flere ser det i norsk fotball (og mange andre steder)
Budskapet fra oss VAR-motstandere burde være: "Lise Klaveness og NFF ønsker å bruke 40 mill i året på videodømming. Vi mener det er bedre å bruke dem på barn, unge og anlegg". Enkelt budskap og noe alle kan forstå.
Spørsmålet er jo også om NFF vil gjøre denne avtalen likevel om det ikke er juridiske hindringer. All "utvikling", spesielt de med framtidige kostnader og bindingstid, bør settes på vent fram til man er enige om dagens totalkostnad. Kjøp/les @DN_no i dag!
Andre runde i cupen ble spilt over tre uker med seks forskjellige kampdatoer. Nå er det klart at tredje runde skal spilles over fire måneder og avsluttes i februar 2027.
Det betyr også at de to nevnte klubbene kan spille cuprunden med en annen stall sammensetning enn konkurrentene i samme turnering siden overgangsvinduet åpner igjen i januar.
Når VAR sin videre skjebne skal avgjøres, så kan det være greit å huske på at helt ordinære fotballsupportere gjorde bedre vurderinger enn NFF, Hangeland utvalget og Kjetil Knutsen klarte, både hver for seg og i felleskap i denne saken.
Neppe mange som ikke har forstått dette nå, men likevel;
Dommerfokus er ikke laget for å opplyse publikum om avgjørelser. ❌
Dommerfokus er laget for å forsvare VAR og forsøke å skape en virkelighet der VAR ikke tar feil og situasjoner ikke er omstridte. 📢
@nff_info
A long read, but its the truth!
I genuinely think we are watching football loyalty slowly die and I don't know what replaces it.
I've followed Man United home and away for decades. Thousands and thousands of miles, trains, cars, coaches, hotels, stupid kick off times, days off work and an absolutely frightening amount of money.
But forget the money for a minute because you can always earn more money.
You can't get the time back.
Weekends away from your wife and kids, family things you've missed, holidays planned around fixtures, getting home at stupid o'clock then getting up for work a few hours later.
And none of us were forced to do it. We did it because we fucking loved it.
When the fixtures came out you didn't think do I fancy that game?
You thought right, how am I getting there?
That's the difference.
And lately I've noticed more and more people I've known through football for years saying the same thing.
"They can have my ticket."
That's not normal.
These aren't people who started supporting United because they won a trophy last year. These are lads who've been everywhere following them.
And before rival fans jump on with the glory hunter stuff, that doesn't really wash anymore either.
Yes, Manchester United were ridiculously successful. We were spoilt for years and I'll never pretend otherwise.
But we've been mediocre for the best part of 12 years now.
There are kids going to Old Trafford today who've never seen Manchester United win the league. For some of them, United being bang average is basically all they've ever known.
What glory are they hunting?
They're still going.
Their dads and mams are still taking them. They're still buying the shirts, travelling away and growing up supporting United.
So this isn't about demanding we win the league every year.
Football fans can handle losing. Fuck me, we've proved that.
It's everything else.
You can have a Saturday night kick off now where you're £100 for a train, £100 for a hotel, ticket, food, drink and you're basically writing off 24 hours of your life. Sometimes you're fucked for work the next day as well.
And increasingly you sit there thinking...
What am I actually getting back from this?
Not trophies. I don't mean that.
I mean from the relationship with the club.
Because it doesn't feel like a relationship anymore.
It feels like a transaction.
You're a membership number. A ticket account. A customer.
And if after 20, 30, 40 years you finally say fuck this, you can have my ticket, it doesn't really matter.
Someone else will take it.
Probably someone who'll spend more money while they're there.
They'll buy the shirt, go in the Megastore, buy the experience, take the photos and maybe pay hundreds more for something that used to simply be part of going to the football.
Financially that might make perfect sense.
But I think football is playing a very dangerous game.
Because the people you're slowly replacing aren't customers.
They're supporters.
They're the people who went when it was brilliant and went when it was shit.
The people who knew everyone around their seat.
The people whose dad took them and who now take their own kids.
The people who didn't need a "matchday experience" because the fucking match WAS the experience.
And I don't even think this is just Manchester United.
I'm hearing supporters from other clubs saying exactly the same things.
Maybe we're just further down the road than some.
Football is becoming an event.
A day out.
A product.
Something you experience once and stick on Instagram.
And maybe that's just the future. Maybe old fuckers like me need to accept it 😂
But here's the bit I'd worry about if I ran a football club.
People aren't as angry anymore. They're just losing interest.
There's a massive difference.
Angry supporters still care.
They protest. They complain. They sing about the owners. They demand change.
When someone who's arranged their entire life around football for 30 years suddenly says...
"Know what? I can't be arsed going."
Vil minne om at Eliteserien ikke vil kunne få like «bra» VAR som i Premier League på mangfoldige år. Likevel fungerer det ikke.
Greit å ha i bakhodet hver gang Moen eller Haugland snakker om at det vil ordne seg med semi-assistert offside neste sesong.
🧵 "Offsidekameraet er litt for innzoomet"
Hvorfor brukte de ikke bare hovedkameraet? Det viser alle spillerne og dette er helt klart onside.
Det har blitt snakket om triangulering med flere vinkler i over 3 år og i 2026 skylder VAR på fotografene.
Gimme a fucking break a Moen!
Dere hadde jo en vinkel som viste alle spillerne! Det er ikke folk fra TV-produksjonen sin feil at @nff_info_VAR ikke brukte de tilgjengelige bildene. Jobben til fotografene er å filme kampen.
Det. Er. Alltid. Noen. Andres. Feil.
@nff_info
Breaking! Etter det vi forstår har LSK startet arbeidet med forslag om å legge ned VAR på forbundstinget 2027. Ønsket er å få en bred koalisjon av toppklubber til å stille seg bak et forslag. Alt tyder på omkamp om VAR på tinget.