Bob Bounds

Ah, the thrill of it all...#arsenal #premierleague

@JohnCleese I see the racists are suddenly interested in golf.

Aaron Rai An old-fashioned English gentleman What a wonderful role model...

@SkySportsPL What is the point of these reviews other than to undermine the refs?

BREAKING: PGMO admit Manchester United's second goal during yesterday's game should not have been given. PGMO chief refereeing officer Howard Webb has talked to Forest today to acknowledge the misjudgement.

@jasnalder @HACKETTREF Take away the technology (apart from goal-line), leave it to humans and embrace the inconsistency (not just of officials). Then we'll have our game back. #var

@bobbounds65 @HACKETTREF Yes that’s the point, the referee disagreed with another referee (VAR), that other ref will referee next time and in a similar situation will call it differently! Whether you agree with the call or not, the lack of consistency is very worrying as are the laws of the game 🤷‍♂️

The VAR was correct the referee wrong!!!

@HACKETTREF So what happened to the referee having 'full authority' over the game according to FA rules?

After been the boss of the PGMOL and a Referee on the Premier League and FIFA InternationalPanel for ten years. I fully understand the criteria of operation of VAR. I also know that the ref got it wrong He got it wrong 100%

@MaxKendix @thetimes The Times cricket team will be poorer without you - but good luck!

🚨🇺🇸 I'm moving to DC next month to join @thetimes team across the pond as Washington Correspondent Will miss my incredible colleagues here after two years in Westminster but very excited for the new job!

@Baddiel Hemingway is in there, Farewell to Arms. I'd swap one of Dickens three (more would be deserved but greedy) for Tale of Two Cities.

As some have pointed out also no Waugh, Steinbeck, Hemingway. I’d add: only one Graham Greene, the wrong choice of book at the wrong end of the list…

No Updike, Roth, Bellow.

@BBCSteveR @Eurovision Brilliant. But would have been improved by wearing a Napolean hat.

My earliest Eurovision memory is watching ABBA win in 1974. Ahead of tonight’s 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, here’s my reflective version of Waterloo. @Eurovision

@henrywinter I was at Wembley in 2018 Eng v Italy when VAR was first used. Italy appealed for a pen late on and I watched the ref run over to the side and look at a TV screen. I was laughing. Surely this isn't how they do it? Yep. And he gave it. #var

At some point, they will have to play the audio of the decision-making process live, the communication between referee and VAR. IFAB against, though. But why shouldn’t match-goers - who fund the game - and viewers - who fund the game - know exactly what’s going on in the game? It would increase transparency for a start. It would engage fans (maybe enrage) rather than keeping them fiddling their thumbs, impatient for a decision. It works in rugby union (TMO) and cricket (DRS) - admittedly sports with different rhythms and volatility in responses. It might put additional pressure on officials, but it’s a mess currently and fans deserve a more transparent process.

@itvpeston @NadineDorries @jon_trickett If you give someone a 'personal gift' of £5m and he accepts, you own him. It's pretty simple.

“It was before he was an MP and it was a personal gift” “So why did he keep it a secret?” @NadineDorries and @jon_trickett clash over a £5m crypto gift Nigel Farage received from Christopher Harborne #Peston

@GerryMoore101 Agree. @BBCWorldatOne just described it as"another extraordinary day at Westminster" Apart from the opening of parliament (hardly a surprise) nothing has actually happened.

Why is everything in media reports skewed towards create chaos? On #skynews just now the anti Starmer MPs could now scupper legislation Where has that come from?

@rioferdy5 @Casemiro @ManUtd @YouTubeCreators @RioMeets It's been a joy to have him in the @premierleague love the way he plays the game, competitive but fair. From a West Ham fan.

“Thank you for everything, not just from me, from the Casemiro Family” 🥹❤️ @Casemiro farewell message to @ManUtd fans ahead of his last game at Old Trafford on Sunday!

@BBCMOTD But only when it's Varsenal.

Disallowing West Ham's late equaliser against Arsenal was the correct decision, according to referees' chief Howard Webb 🗣️💬✅

@matthewsyed The 24-hour news cycle and social media is a toxic combination. There's no time to take a breather, take stock. 'We want something to happen, and we want it NOW!'

The ministers urging Starmer to go are feeding the hysteria. The next leader will be subject to instant leadership speculation and the next, and the next, whether Labour, Reform or Tory. Britain is becoming ungovernable. And the media fixation on this tittle tattle is not helping

@DJack_Journo @reformparty_uk And Reform certified for good.

@bobbounds65 Sooner we get Labour out of the way, the sooner we can get the chancers and false prophets of @reformparty_uk done too

Labour have learnt nothing from the Toryshambles. They're basically handing the keys to No 10 to Farage. #starmer thetimes.com/article/bc195f…

@DJack_Journo @reformparty_uk I think the Tories need a little more time in rehab.

@RhonddaBryant Did you learn nothing from the Tories?

He’s toast. He’s going.

@BBCSport Looks like Varsenal are going to win title now - with a little helping hand #WHUvARS

Wayne Rooney vs goalkeepers 😄 Did VAR get it right in West Ham v Arsenal?