Jon Williams

@brodders_be So because he has refereed him before he will be bias towards him? Not sure that makes sense Ian. He has reffed 2 South America v Europe matches so far in this WC and the European teams won both (Spain v Uruguay, Norway v Brazil).

This does seem a somewhat controversial appointment given Messi's MLS relationship with the referee. There's so many officials that could have done this match but presumably FIFA is once again pandering to the US by giving the semi-final to one of their referees. Pathetic

@AaronWar_ Looks like you need to add a new caveat (or abandon the system altogether). 🤣

Every World Cup Winner since 1986 has followed this one simple rule and conveniently it leaves just one nation possible to still win this year. Why 1986? Because this is when proper knockouts began in the World Cup.

@davidjohnsonTF Cheers David. I’ve just realised you’re with Timeform (actually had a trial of the TF data back in 2020). Found some anomalies as part of my data cleansing process - should have charged a consultancy fee haha! Anyhow, I’ve quit once before and then Cheltenham lured me back! 🙈🧐

@jonwilliams_150 Shame to hear, but understandable. Was a data query you responded to that I started following you from. Definitely racing's loss. All the best.

An update for my 3 or 4 racing followers. I’ve totally lost interest in the sport and can’t see myself posting about it again any time soon. Feel free to unfollow if you only want racing on your timeline 👍

I think it’s only fitting that my last post related to racing should be my finest moment as an owner, when Buster Edwards quite literally finished like a train and robbed them on the line - at one of my local tracks too 🥳

@Glegs001 Nice one Mat, all the best to you. You are one of the very few people who constantly interacted with my stuff and it was appreciated 👍

@jonwilliams_150 All thd best, can understand things being so frustrating. Take care.

@davidjohnsonTF But a combination of poor/unlucky ownership choices, some dev choices i made, and to top it all the data service i used stopped providing some crucial data, just everything seemed to fall apart at the same time. Took a break and realised i don’t miss it.

@davidjohnsonTF Mixed reasons David. I actually got into racing through data. I love data - Made a career from it. Got into racing because of the interesting data. Enjoyed looking for “the edge”, created my own race cards with some fabulous features. Was hooked. even got into 100% ownership. 1/2

@dogdazeatthedon @racingoncourse

@racingoncourse Like who?

I keep politics off here, but I find those ridiculing, cheering and applauding the death and murder of Ann Widdecombe a 78 year old defenceless old lady, utterly shameful people.

@chollins31 @Mollyploofkins I think the option he chose was far better than the two “instant death” options you offered up 🤣

@Mollyploofkins Brooooo! I can’t believe he ran. Bison can charge you around 35 mph. 👀😬 He has so many options to protect himself by angry Bison. He should’ve went behind those vehicles or if you’re are corners then curl into a tight ball on the ground to protect your vital organs.

A tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park. Professional photographer Mike Macleod filmed the incident and said the bison was "angry, agitated and charging anything and everything." (No audio)

@_Cyaak @AranLong1 @AlanShanks4 I’m pretty sure if the English could have voted in your referendum you’d be gone.

@AranLong1 @AlanShanks4 Thought you lot voted for brexit to take control of your borders So why do you want to hang on to Scotland so much

To those English people who can't understand Scots supporting Argentina, Argentina are not currently denying Scotland democracy.

@AaronWar_ That’s called back fitting a system and it won’t stand the test of time with a larger data set. The next failure you get you will need a further caveat. It’s currently A with the caveat of B but within your lifetime you’ll have added plenty more caveats to your rule.

@GodlyRH @OwenShroyer1776 He was never getting that ball as its trajectory was going behind him. That’s why VAR didn’t alert the ref.

@OwenShroyer1776 They couldn't allow a major upset at the world cup. Mind you, norways goal was disallowed because of a light push, but this wasn't given as a penalty for Norway.

And the Norway goal they took away was a flop.

@kerry54371189 @Dagi_7 The hand of God too. Another one that VAR missed I think the problem with the current implementation of VAR is they are still being very subjective with things and when something is 50-50 (or 60-40) they shouldn’t overrule the ref. Maradona’s and Lampard’s were clear and obvious

@Dagi_7 Then you’d complain when you have an obvious goal scored, ball over the line and because the ref and linesmen didn’t see it (and no VAR) it’s not counted and pretty much dumps you out of the World Cup. This was Frank Lampard for England in the 2010 q/f of the World Cup.

Norge scorer 1-0. Kane i bakken i forkant. Frispark? Gidder ikke å juble. Norge scorer 2-1. Anderson i bakken i forkant. Frispark? Gidder ikke å juble. Selv om VAR hadde dømt 100% rett ødelegger det fotballen slik jeg vil ha den. (Og at VAR dømmer i hytt og pine hjelper lite)..

@NordiskNorvege Don’t worry, we’d have won 3-2

Ole Gunnar Solskjær s'exprime sur le but refusé à la Norvège face à l'Angleterre après la frappe de Torbjørn Heggem.🎙️ « La Norvège a été lésée. Je ne dis pas cela à la légère, mais je ne comprends vraiment pas comment ce but a pu être refusé. J'ai regardé le ralenti plusieurs fois, et je ne vois pas de contact suffisant entre Erling Haaland et Anderson pour justifier l'annulation du but. Le football est un sport physique. Les joueurs ont le droit de se battre pour la position. Si l’on doit annuler des buts pour le moindre contact, alors on va en annuler tous les week-ends. Haaland ne l’a pas poussé avec une force excessive, il ne l’a pas retenu et il n’a certainement pas fait assez pour que Anderson tombe de cette manière. À mon avis, Anderson tombe beaucoup trop facilement, et l’arbitre l’a récompensé pour cela. Le plus frustrant, c’est que Torbjørn Heggem a tout fait comme il fallait. Il est resté concentré, a brillamment conclu l’action et devrait célébrer l’un des plus beaux buts de sa carrière. Au lieu de cela, on parle d’une décision qui, à mon avis, est tout simplement erronée. Le VAR est censé corriger les erreurs manifestes et évidentes, pas créer une polémique là où il n’y en avait pas. Je ne pense pas qu’il s’agisse d’une faute manifeste. Je pense qu’il s’agissait d’un duel physique entre deux joueurs, ce que l’on voit dans le football depuis des décennies. Ces décisions changent le cours des matchs. À 2-1, l’Angleterre subit une pression énorme. Au lieu de cela, la Norvège se voit retirer un but parfaitement valable, ce qui est incroyablement difficile à accepter. Si ce contact suffit pour annuler un but, alors le football devient impossible pour les avant-centres. À mon avis, la Norvège méritait ce but, et elle a tout à fait le droit d’être extrêmement déçue. »

@NorwayFoot Why would your players agree to play in a scripted match?

Yesterday was one of the biggest scams I’ve seen in a game of football. Everything is rigged. Big teams to go through, it’s all scripted. So proud of our team, they fought to the end vs opponent and refs. Clearly deserved the win🇳🇴 What a World Cup team💪

@BasedDeptGnrl Norway player is in front of where the ball is dropping, unless he has a neck like Inspector Gadget he is never getting that ball in a million years.

We are not watching the 4 best teams in the world cup. As long as Fifa gets to pick and choose who gets called for what, it will always be a max extraction betting and tourism circus. Norway got robbed.

Looks like Big Boy Banks is going to offer England at odds against

@CaptBlackSK4 @Billie_T So why have they let 3 get to the semi-finals?

@Billie_T FIFA won’t want two European teams in the final. I’m expecting inexplicable VAR nonsense.

Are the England yellow cards wiped now? Surely Jude not in danger of missing final with a yellow?

@mebull @markvalorian Yeah it’s very odd.

@jonwilliams_150 @markvalorian Right..?!? And FIFA issued a statement right after the game that the ball didn’t pick up any interference.. 🙄

I love how FIFA uses VAR to overturn organically won goals just because some tangentially involved player took a dive… But completely misses it when the ball literally hits a camera cable in the course of play. Truly a joke of a system.