It’s only right, isn’t it?

Starting with the Conference League and Champions League finals, ANY SHOT that hits the woodwork now counts as a shot on target

Some things just aren’t right.

Pineapple on pizza. Phone audio on public transport. Not replacing the bog roll – yes, I know we’ve all done it, but we also know it’s extremely bad form.

Now, at Power Tower, I can’t say that the bathroom are constantly stocked with more metres of Andrex than 101 cutesy-wutesy puppies would know what to do with, but, by God, it’s not for the want of trying to do the right thing.

The latest proof of our determination to get things right is our decision to intervene in one of the longest-standing wrongs this side of whoever told Michael Owen he should try his hand at punditry.

That’s shots on target because we think any effort that hits the woodwork ought to count as a shot on target for punters.

Imagine the scene – you’ve backed big Erling Haaland to have three or more shots on target in Norway’s World Cup opener against Iraq on June 16th.

He’s smacked in a couple early doors, naturally, with his first two shots and now you’re waiting for one more for your Bet Builder to click. He’s put clean through and it looks a done deal, you can start counting your payout now, big dollar signs for eyeballs, you know the story.

But then he somehow contrives to smack it against the crossbar like Roy Keane taking on his dad’s knee.

And that should mean no payout for you because hitting the woodwork doesn’t count as a shot on target for the crusty old stat-counters. *shakes fist*

Not so with Paddy Power because starting with the Conference League and Champions League finals we’ve decided to take the numbers nerds’ hands off the settlement machine and say a shot that hits the frame IS a shot on target, damnit!

While no one is aiming to hit the woodwork – at least unless we’re back playing the crossbar challenge – it also feels like punters are getting a raw deal when a matter of millimetres is making the difference. We’ve quite enough of that with VAR offsides, thank you.

This summer we’re counting shots that hit the post or crossbar as shots on target across player bets, so even if your team is denied by the woodwork, your shots bet won’t be.

Now, if we can just move those 3am kick-off times around to, say, 7pm UK and Ireland time, that’d be great…

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