FA Cup Final 15/May, Chelsea v Leicester

Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
There is the most glaring bad faith by all supporters on this question. It becomes impossible to have any worthwhile debate. If it happens to be a team they don't like (that is to say, nearly all others) then a player being offside by a toe is just fine and dandy, and everybody's chortling. If it's their team they roll around on the floor like a dog with rabies.
It is quite right that it is the rule as it stands, and not VAR, that makes all this happen. But the technology of VAR has made it possible to apply the rule rigidly and give decisions that are so fine that they are not visible to the naked eye, even when it's been freeze framed. I've studied that picture of Chilwell ‘offside’, and even with the lines, staring at it, I cannot see what is meaningfully offside. The law should be changed so that offside means having gained a decisive advantage. A common sense rule, in my opinion, would be the width of the attacking player's body, photographed side on.
The law as it stands is an ass. And it's bad for the game.
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Not a clear and obvious error.
VAR should take a back seat in that case.
 
It was a rather poor final which was transformed into an epic by the presence of 20000 fans. The atmosphere is everything at the cup final and we saw the transformative effect last month with our fans. The winning goal was a belter but the crowd reaction made certain it had the context it deserved. And though Chelsea fans must be heartbroken even VAR played its part in the very last minutes. All City fans can say is that we DO know how that feels. But well done Leicester, no-one can say you didn't deserve it.
 
City Hobgoblin said:
Congratulations to Leicester- but let’s not forget the inward investment factor

www.theguardian.com

Leicester make £3.1m settlement with Football League over FFP claim

Leicester City have agreed to pay the Football League £3.1m to settle a long-running claim that club breached financial fair play rules
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Annoys me that the Leicester 'fairytale' is seen as a positive for football because they seemingly did it 'the hard way' when in reality they did exactly what City did regarding investment, and we now how our success is reported and perceived.

Bobbins final apart from last 20 minutes, until var fucked it up at the end.
 
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