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[Lars Sivertsen @larssivertsen]

FIFA turning football into a sport played in four quarters. Seems bad!

(I am especially looking forward to these crucial "hydration breaks" taking place in indoor, climate-controlled venues. That'll make total sense)

[Adam Summerton @adamsummerton]

I really hope there can be a sensible discussion about whether football moves away from VAR

It’s been a number of years now, these aren’t teething troubles anymore, this is an addition to the game that currently takes more away than it gives, with no prospect of that changing.

Yes, there’ll be more things missed, but things like spontaneity & flow contribute hugely to what makes football so great - the trade off, arguably, hasn’t been worth it.

We still get human error, and always will - it just takes a lot longer with VAR

[Tom Peck @tompeck]

I think, ultimately, the PGMOL and Howard Webb need to sit down and have a very hard think about how it is that they've intoduced officiating by slow motion video, but also now allow full scale fighting in the box at every corner. The two things don't work very well together.

[Cameron Ponsonby @cameronponsonby]

Football had a monopoly on the single greatest moment of elation that existed in sport...and got rid of it in pursuit of a perfection that doesn't exist. Genuinely so shite

[Colin Millar @Millar_Colin]

A six-minute VAR delay with 25 replays to decide which of the multiple set-piece wrestling manoeuvres was clearly and obviously worthy of punishment. A fittingly decisive moment for the 2025-26 Premier League season.

[adidas @adidas]

In this Backyard, it’s “win or go home,” and this crew hasn’t left since the 90's.

Where there’s a pitch, there’s a legend.

#YouGotThis

[Josh @Eddsyy]

We should bring a system to the Premier League that allows referees to have a second look at big incidents in games to make sure they don’t make the wrong decisions every week.

[Kieran Maguire @KieranMaguire]

Interesting that in the Everton points deduction verdict the Premier League said “A financial penalty for a club that enjoys the support of a wealthy owner is not a sufficient penalty” and that “the requirements of deterrence, vindication of compliant clubs, and the protection of the integrity of the sport demand a sporting sanction in the form of a points deduction’.

Presumably the Chelsea fine (which ultimately is just a deduction from what billion dollar Clearlake will pay to billionaire Abramovich from the £150m held back at the deal date) is then neither punishment, a deterrent or protecting the integrity of the sport?

If I was an Everton or Forest fan would not be happy with this outcome.

[Paddy @VillaPaddy]

Once again @FA_PGMOL deciding who finishes where in the league. As if it wasn’t enough of a closed shop.

[🍁 Potmongs @notpotmongs]

Lets just take a minute

[Lars Sivertsen @larssivertsen]

You can see why the big clubs wanted a closed "super league" so they don't have to play the likes of Bodø/Glimt.

[Patrick Timmons @PatrickTimmons1]

Marc Guehi’s signing will likely take Manchester City’s spending to ~£500m in the last 12 months.

All while we STILL await the verdict of their 115 potential financial breaches.

Ah yes. Seems completely normal.

[George Dobell @GeorgeDobell1]

'If anything, we've been too accurate':

[FPL Meatball @FPL_Meatball]

@DV1874 Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool all given two home games over Christmas. How interesting.

[NUFCThreatLevel @NUFCThreatLevel]

Aston Villa showing the kind of form here that might just see a change to the Premier League’s financial rules.

[Jay Motty @JayMotty]

Thomas Tuchel as Eminem remains one of the best clips on this app 😭

[Neil Warnock @warnockofficial]

Enjoy it lads , but enjoy it by being disciplined…

@NoelGallagher @liamgallagher

[Brendan May @bmay]

We used to say Brexit was like watching your local library being burned down by people who can’t read and now it has actually happened.

[Craig @craigare]

There’s only one way to beat them, get round the VAT