Coventry City almost pulled off the greatest FA Cup comeback of all time, but thankfully VAR was there to save us all from that happening by spotting one of the most fractional offsides of all time. Blessed are we who live under its eye.
We also discuss Marc Canham's video communiqué from last Friday, what he seemed to be trying to say and what he might have said instead.
Miguel Delaney joins us to talk about his experience at the Cup semi-final, and also the reverberations of Nottingham Forest's inflammatory comments about Stuart Attwell.
Does a club accusing a referee of bias represent some kind of radical break with the norms and traditions of football? How else are clubs supposed to respond to the nonsense foisted on them by refs? Are corruption accusations inseparable from the use of VAR? And is there anything referees can practically do to extricate themselves from the conspiracy vortex that is engulfing them?
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Ep 2828: Ronnie O'Sullivan in Second Captains Studios - 01/01/2024
Ep 2826: The Worms Crawl In And The Worms Crawl Out
Why Be A Football Fan?
Ep 2820: Munster Turn 5 Into 1, Leinster's Second Captain, RG's Rocky Road To Dublin, Ulster's Tap Dance, Hurling Goes Wild - 18/12/23
Ep 2819: Darwin's Deep Dive, The Emicast
Chipper Chippy Brady, United's Emmy Season
Ep 2814: Leinster Beat La Rochelle, Frawley Does A Thorburn, Wiffen Breaks The Record - 11/12/2023
Ep 2813: Correct Celebrations, Grit, Rigour & Humour - 11/12/2023
Emery's Super Villians, Sports Books Of The Year 2023
Ep 2808: MOTD McDevitt, Return Of The Mack, Leinster's 9th Life, Munster's Magic Attack, Ronnie O'Sullivan's Numbers - 04/12/23
Ep 2807: Groggin', Floggin' and Brainwashin'
Madchester United, The Battle For 10, No Fun GAA
Ep 2802: Happy Shamrocks, Angry Toffees, Dunphy v Tel - 27/11/2023
Ep 2801: Don't Doubt Katie Taylor, The Croker Question - 27/11/2023
Zero Skill Moments, The Case For Casement Park, Ken Batters His Pan
Ep 2796: Murph Does A Pele, Hurling's Forgotten People, The Clifford Carousel - 20/11/2023
Ep 2795: Why Ireland Lose, Everton's "Show Trial" - 20/11/2023
Diaz Reunited, Duffer And Anthony Barry, Michael Owen's Scumbags
Ep 2790: The Deepest Breath with Laura McGann
Ep 2789: Chelsea Get Rolling, Ange's Rep, FAI Cup Rising, FAI Stalling - 13/11/2023
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