James Webb

Frequently lost, often confused. Like to surf, take photos and Karate/BJJ.

When it rains, I'm here for Football Manager or Blood Bowl!

#lifeofswebb

[James Webb @Swebbatron]

The 2025/2026 season according to my 'slowly, but consistently played' @FootballManager FM20 save. I wonder if any of these final positions will turn to be correct? I'm gonna 📌 this and check back come the end of May just to see. Check out that title race!

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I don't think I'm gonna make it all the way through this next game. But I'm sure gonna try ... 😴

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And somehow we managed to pick up 3 points and knock Luton off the top of the table! Counago and Dyer with the goals. Early days but nice to be sat in second. Big game up next against 3rd placed Everton - who are reported as having the best squad in the league ...

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Season 1 of @SoccerSupremos and the first time of playing a PBM since I was an early teen in the mid 90's. I figure this is worth a little thread as the nostalgia is real! Game week 1 and off to a slow start with a narrow 1-0 defeat away to Bradford. Next up, Preston at home!

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A little surprised, but that's 3 wins in a row and up to 3rd in the table. Great result against Accrington Stanley. Next up a top of the table clash away to Luton ...

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I've just spilt a coffee and now it looks like I've had a most terrible accident. Hopefully this will dry off before I leave the office to walk through the town centre ...

[Ipswich Town @IpswichTown]

Nothing lasts forever, but some memories can never be deleted.

Thank you, Kieran. 💙

[Soccer Supremos @SoccerSupremos]

Man City drop their first points of the season - 1-1 at Old Trafford. Cork City one behind, Aberdeen back in the mix.
Hearts demolish Port Vale. Ipswich knock Luton off top.

Week 7 full report: https://t.co/o6fdfPmGU3

#SoccerSupremos

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@holdthatelle Please bring the sun back! ☀️ Damp and miserable here! 😭

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@FernieWarisa Me Fernie! I do! 🤣

[Old Gassy @OldGassy1984]

Nicola Sturgeon finds herself struggling to log in to a website...

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Domestic and European Season now at a close. It's time to get excited about the World Cup! Can't wait!

[Ipswich Town @IpswichTown]

Four iconic goals to secure victory at Wembley.

On this day, 26 years ago. 😍

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Was there any point in Everton turning up this afternoon? So incredibly poor. I want drama on the final day but this is enough to send me to sleep!

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Published another little blog post to share images from my shoot with @nikimeowxo in Bangkok a couple o years ago. Such a good model! #photography #bangkok #canon #thailand https://t.co/XpfABCMXa2

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Pint of ice cold Pepsi in the sun. Haven't sat in a beer garden for agesssss ... 🌞

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@aloraluxmodel Wow!

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@RosaBrighid On my way! 📷😜

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@NoiLovesIt Beautiful Noi 📷❤️

[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.