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Good luck to Corey, wish him all the best things because the guy is a very talented footballer who has just had a very hard time with injury. Hope everything works out for him.

It works with tennis cause 1) there is an automatic 20 seconds between points 2) the line call is instantaneous and not up for discrepancy. Unlike football that has no breaks and is extremely opinionated. The other part is implementing this 'challenge system' would delay the most obvious decisions that should never be reviewed by VARS. For example imagine the most blatant handle ball results in a penalty. Everyone knows it is a pen but the manager decides to utilise it becasue he can, thus delaying time again. And football being open to interpretation means many times the delay would be too great. I reckon @jw1739 touches on some key points. However for me it comes down to the mindset of the VARS going into this so called 'trial' period. I think they went into the season looking for opportunities to utilise it rather than trying to minimise it's use unless absolutely needed. The second and not often discussed issue is the sponsorship connection which ties in with the above as well. Maccas obviously has a vested interest in helping support the setup and running of the VARS and they in turn would want exposure from its use. This contradicts, or should contradict the true purpose of VARS. To me it should be completely independent and free from advertisement and financial gain of any third parties.

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Our season final episode is up. Thank you all for tuning in this season, we love you all and we hope you enjoy this season review! https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=193571

The money - yep Joyce - agree Careful what you say about our coffee, far from being overrated, it truly is one area where Melbourne excels

Can't believe this spastic joined JVS at PEC Zwolle on a year contract

Yep exactly. Simple solution to all of this imo. Fuk Gallop off and I'm pretty sure football in Australia will begin to improve again.

Marwood made it pretty clear that CFG was disappointed with its investment in Australia and that FFA could not expect CFG to prop up football in Australia. I very much doubt that we'll be doing the "guest marquee" thing again.

Iniesta is coming here so he can fulfill his lifelong dream of playing alongside Samaras. Next.

Should go to the Nix, he hasn't conquered the New Zealand market yet

Cheers guys, I try my best. Plus I don't have a life. I'll join the pod for an episode next season when I'm in Melbourne full time. - Steve

Sad it’s the final, hope the podcast won’t be disappearing for the whole 6 months or so

The intro boys lol had a laugh at that

That is an eirly accurate pic

Bega cheese could sponsor yellow cards. make it happen FFA!

Well said @n i k o. Excellent points. And I must confess that I hadn't realised that the VAR is sponsored. That's just disgraceful.

Rumour has it that Timmy time is leaving/has left Millwall

Agreed. And knowing our luck, it would all go to shit anyway. If Iniesta signed for us he'd be crap or injured. Anyone else he'll be brilliant, especially against us...

FFA went into a trial of a Video Assisted Referee without thinking through the detail. Importantly, it did not clearly spell out who was actually in charge of the match and wielded the ultimate authority. Hence we saw the VAR gradually begin to exercise influence over the On-Field Referee leading up to the review about half-way through the season and the new set of instructions that were issued at that time. However, as we saw in the finals, the VAR again began to wield more influence over the OFR as the second half of the season unfolded. AFAIK the clear instruction is that the OFR should only call for the opinion of the VAR if he is uncertain about a particular decision. In other words, the VAR should not be involved in decision-making until and unless asked by the OFR. Just another fuck-up by FFA acting to the detriment of football in Australia.

but you havent already made 100's of millions

Go to Japan for 39m x 3 years Or Go to City for 3 maybe 5m x3 years +plus Joyce and don't forget the lifestyle and overated coffee.

lol at the 3mil ‘war chest’ from FFA

I actually rate Clisby quite highly, he was solid defensively for us and seemed to really improve his attacking side at Wanderers. He's been copping a lot of grief on social media as being recycled garbage, but I think he's better than a number of the left backs at most clubs in this league.

I think the proposals above just aren't bold enough. As a starting point we need 12 teams in the greater Melbourne area thus giving a huge number of derbies. Ideally they should play in the wintertime (true football season) at 2PM on a Saturday all at the same time at local grounds. To generate interest the teams should be spread out across the Greater Melbourne area namely Essendon, Melbourne (City), Geelong, Footscray, St Kilda (although they can be based in Moorabbin), Fitzroy, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Richmond, South Melbourne and Carlton. There should also be a team based in Collingwood wearing black and white that everyone hates. After a year or two South Melbourne should be rebased in Sydney to annoy the local Greek population. I think this is a formula for success.

Song for Timmy, maybe he could get his son to sing it

Sure i think thats what most people would prefer. It gets cringey and annoying for a lot of people when they keep repeating an ironic chant ad nauseum after a little bit of success the first time though i think.