Simon Takel

Lecturer in Leadership & Management. Advanced Teaching Practitioner. Football enthusiast & passion for music. All views my own. RT does not signify endorsement.

[Simon Takel @simontakel]

I was forced to stop playing football for the same reason & at the same age as #LeonBarnett
It’s important to raise awareness that heart conditions can hit anyone at any age.
@TheBHF do great work & donations are always appreciated.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

He's played more than 350 matches in his career.

But Leon Barnett has been forced into retirement aged 32.

https://t.co/58PaXsHB8J

[Simon Takel @simontakel]

@SadiRazaMD Thank you for speaking on this. I have an S-ICD, just like @ChrisEriksen8 and mine went off last week whilst hiking. Doctors investigating whether it was an appropriate or inappropriate shock.

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@BBCSport Looks like his S-ICD did its job. I have the same device and mine went off for the first time last week. Good news that it worked and he was able to walk off the pitch.

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@gilesjoiner @FootballCliches Available in all good newsagents, and some bad ones too.

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@HQNewsNow @DeborahMeaden #vibes #accidentalpartridge

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@PAPER0GA @HothLord90 @TerribleMaps He chose ‘Indiana’ himself. His actual name is Henry.

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@PAPER0GA @TerribleMaps No, they didn’t.

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@vimgov @henrywinter Someone obviously doesn’t watch Spanish, Italian or German football then.

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

Has football become too complicated, or was it always this way?

♦️ The confusing handball law
♦️ Subjective offside calls
♦️ The crazy world of "deliberate play"
♦️ Double jeopardy + advantage
📺 Of course, VAR
🎉 And it's going to get worse!

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https://t.co/S80cNI0IF6

[Simon Takel @simontakel]

@FootballCliches - adjudication on these, please?

The lowest acceptable value of x in this sentence: ‘team A & team B were involved in an x-goal thriller’.

I think x= 5?

For a game to ‘have everything’ what *must* it include?

I think own goal, red card, penalty, great goal?

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

"VAR works fine everywhere else," we always hear in England.

But is there really a Utopian world of VAR in Europe's top leagues?

A look at how VAR is viewed in Germany, Spain, Italy and France.

A story of fan protests, player anger, and frustration.
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https://t.co/HColIDXfAC

[Simon Takel @simontakel]

@FootballCliches Yeah, agreed - these are great. Just shows what a difficult job referees have too.

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@DaleJohnsonBBC What amazes me is that this has been in place for nearly 5 years and yet there are still (seemingly) thousands of people who don’t understand this.

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@UtdMicah It was used here (and always is) the single red line shows the offside was tight and even with the 5cm tolerance it shows he was offside.

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@WASNAPPER @FA_PGMOL The angle of the image shown to us for the graphic is irrelevant in terms of the offside decision - if the angle was in line across the pitch the players and the offside line would still be in the same position - it would just be harder for us viewers to see.

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@sarikamon7 @Lewie75 @manutdirishreds It applies to every automated offside in the Premier League - but it’s only going to be noticed when the decision is so close that the lines are touching and therefore the image just shows one line, which includes the 5cm tolerance (benefit to the attacker)

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@manutdirishreds It’s more than that though as you’re not accounting for the 5cm tolerance. So (in your example) it’s actually 1 inch + 5cm

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@CMacIver11 @beardy5 @honigstein Or if this happened with the score at 0-0. Imagine the outcry of the goal was allowed to stand with no red card and then Szoboszlai then scored the equaliser.

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@Hesketh_CW @bondy888 @DaleJohnsonBBC @MarshallTitan1 @bfcgpg It’s written guidance on how the laws should be interpreted for the competition in which referees are refereeing. Hence why some laws are interpreted differently in European competitions and in domestic competitions. See @DaleJohnsonBBC

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@MarshallTitan1 @Hesketh_CW @bondy888 @DaleJohnsonBBC @bfcgpg It doesn’t matter what Guehi thinks will happen - it’s the actual impact on the player that the referee will consider.

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@Hesketh_CW @bondy888 @DaleJohnsonBBC @MarshallTitan1 @bfcgpg There is written guidance on how the laws should be interpreted (see @DaleJohnsonBBC ). It’s only an offence if it impacts on the opposition player. Of course it’s subjective - lots of the laws in football are and why VAR or referees will never please everyone.