Clinton Manning

Ex-Daily Mirror Business Editor turned corporate gamekeeper. Still an avid Arsenal fan & still a major Foodie, with a capital F!

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@Hartpury_FC Hi cc

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Mitooomagoodness! What a goal from the Brighton winger #SpursvBrighton #PremierLeague

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It’s the only cup he’s getting his hands on this season. #Cupgate #StormInATeaCup

[indykaila News @indykaila]

Exclusive 💣

A full investigation 👮‍♂️will take place into Thomas Frank drinking from an Arsenal branded cup at last night's Bournemouth v @SpursOfficial match.

CCTV footage 🎥 may be requested.

We understand the @Arsenal branded cup was left over from the weekend when Arsenal visited Bournemouth.

The key questions:

Was Thomas Frank purposely set up by someone?

Did Thomas Frank know and do it on purpose?

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Eze does it! #AFC #ArsenalvSpurs

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EstaWOW! #CHELIV #PremierLeague

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Looking forward to the JWOW Pedro headlines tomorrow! #Chelsea #ClubWorldCup

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RVP as his 20 goals fired Man Utd to the title the following season

[Fogging Standards @FoggingStandrds]

Whose Exit hurt you the Most ❓

A. Alexis
B. Cesc
C. Nasri
D. RVP

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With the tennis & the football
Look out for tomorrow’s headlines Game, Set AND match Spain #EURO2024

[Clinton Manning @clintonmanning]

With the tennis & the football
Look out for tomorrow’s headlines Game, Set AND match Spain #EURO2024

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@segunizzy Carlo
Pep
Jose
But Pep has a lot of years to catch Carlo

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Joy upon joy. After seeing Arsenal win a tense London derby enjoying a fabulous evening concert by Samara Joy - quite a day

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Just not next season..

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Think we must agree to differ. I’m certain it would mean more goals overall. Real Q is would you rather take top 4 by beating City or stop Arsenal winning the title?

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It wouldn’t have changed the result just meant 2 more goals for fans ie even more excitement

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If that’s a thinly-veiled accusation you know it’s nonsense

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Still feel the same? Spurs would have had another goal today under Wenger’s idea. So would Arsenal mind you!

[Clinton Manning @clintonmanning]

I don’t think so no. In almost all the cases where goals are disallowed by millimetres parts of the attacker and defender overlap. These would be onside and Man United would not be in the FA Cup Final - what’s not to like?

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I think Wenger’s proposal that if any part of the attacker overlaps part of the defender it’s ONSIDE. This would obviously give a slight advantage to the attacker but would probably mean far fewer goals being ruled out by meaningless millimetres

[Will Balsam @willbalsam]

Regardless of any of the decisions made here, I think this perfectly shows the issue with how offside is being determined by VAR.

First, there is no clear frame in which you can tell the moment the ball is no longer attached to the foot of the player. Therefore, it’s nearly impossible to be 100% sure of an offside call.

Second, as great as the “crosshairs” and drawing lines technology are, you still have a VAR official manually deciding which part of the attacker is most forward and defender is most backward. Again with frames being somewhat blurred, there is no way to know “exactly” the position of the defender.

With these two things considered, we shouldn’t be seeing calls such as Coventry’s potential winning goal in the FA Cup overturned or countless other ridiculously close VAR offside calls over the past few years. There should need to be a buffer of a few pixels in order to overturn an on field decision.

Lastly, specifically in this video, had Nicholas Jackson not been deemed offside, would they have just counted the goal and not given Romero the red card? I’m not saying Romero’s tackle should have or should not have been a red card, but that action of play was first in the sequence and therefore likely should have been reviewed regardless.

VAR is clearly not a perfect science, but you can see from watching this video how it can go so wrong so quickly.

If you made it this far, interested to hear people’s thoughts on a potential solution. I think we can all agree video review is necessary in today’s sporting world, but what we currently have is flawed.

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Arsenal also got knocked out of the Champions League. Arsenal also played yesterday and play again Tuesday while City rest until Thursday. Just saying…

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔵 Pep Guardiola’s full rant: “It's unacceptable to play today. It's unacceptable. It's not normal. For the health of the players, after 120 minutes... it's unacceptable”.

“I don't understand how we survived today”.

“Nothing is gonna change. Nothing. Why today and not tomorrow when Chelsea, Man United and Coventry don't play midweek? Why? Tell me why, it's for the health of the players”.

“These players are legends. Legends. I don't understand how they survive. Chapeau”.

“We love playing football but it's for the players, for their health... it's too much”.

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Man City also doing their bit to stop Spurs qualifying for the Champions League 😂