HAMILTON ACADEMICAL WILL pay tribute to the victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris today by wearing a one-off jersey.
The French-themed shirt, which features the flag of France and the emblem of the French Football Federation, will be worn by the Scottish Premier League side for their home game against Aberdeen.
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The club has links to France via assistant manager Guillaume Beuzelin and striker Christian Nadé, whose sister was reportedly trapped in a restaurant beside one of the establishments where gunmen opened fire on innocent diners in the French capital. Nadé is on the bench for today’s game.
Hamilton received permission to wear the special shirts from the SPFL and the club says that the 20 jerseys — which won’t go on general sale for supporters — will then be sent to clubs in France’s Ligue 1 for auction in aid of their chosen charities.
(Hamilton Academical explain their decision to wear a one-off shirt today against Aberdeen.)
So its wrong 2% of the time. As oppose to the 17% before. Worth it.
The reluctance to flag for offside because of VAR is annoying too. Joel Matip gave away a corner against Arsenal because he blocked a shot from a clearly offside Aubameyang. Same happened when Adrian made a save from an offside player against Burnley.
@Gary: it’s not a reluctance, the actual rule has changed so the AR now must wait to flag. This is just one of the many rules that have had to be changed to accommodate VAR; others include the handball rule and rules relating to the taking and officiating of penalties. There will be more changes to the rules in order to accommodate VAR, which is such a shame as it is slowly ruining football for me.
@JoeO: The offside rule is still the exact same, it’s just that assistant referees know if their decision is wrong they can go back to it after the play finishes rather than stopping an attack then being proven wrong by VAR and having no idea how to restart.
The technology exists to put a chip in the ball and monitor where it is on the pitch at all times. Easily done.
@Mick O’Shea: That is already done no? The goal line technology used the past three years.
The new handball rule is there to justify VAR and nothing else, is absolutely rediculous, nonsensical and cannot last. It is driving viewers round the bend.
@Sheila Teehan: if that’s the case, how does the new rule justify VAR?
I feel that the new handball rule is causing a lot of anger and VAR is the scapegoat. It’s dodgy now but it’ll be fine in a year
Lot of experts on here.