out of boredom I am watching the United CL game. I started right before the red card. The announcers are complaining that VAR is “turning it into a computer game” in the words of Brendan Rodgers (whose team got carded in competition). Then one of them turns around and says “well there is a lot of blood on his ankle. when you think about it he could easily have snapped his ankle there. I guess it all comes down to what you want, doesnt it.”

player safety is so far down the llst of concerns, I think precisely because we have been very lucky and the reffing has somehow kept many really bad injuries from happening. but maybe people will sober up when it happens again and someone is out for a year or can never play again.