Ref Watch City Games - 2023/24

[Stephen230]

I take it you know the family then. Was just repeating what I had been told.

It was just the “interesting” comment that made me think you were implying something. But not to worry, no problem.

 

[55yr old teenager]

It was just the “interesting” comment that made me think you were implying something. But not to worry, no problem.

Was just relaying the conversation that's all not. No agenda behind my comments.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

Low level cheating is a great way to manage the game for PGMOL

The Hwang decision at Wolves is for me one of the worst of the entire season, worse than Konate on Saturday.
You could see in his face even he was expecting to walk and he was both delighted and amazed when he didn’t
Yet brushed over and ignored by the media

This - especially when he went on to win the game for them !!!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

This - especially when he went on to win the game for them !!!

Are you suggesting referees can see the future when they make decisions?

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fucking loving the rugby reffing and var equivalent - I don’t understand a fucking word of the rules but the way they explain everything so clearly and openly, and actually understand the technology at their disposal makes our football lot look like the muppets they are

 

[normskih]

Fucking loving the rugby reffing and var equivalent - I don’t understand a fucking word of the rules but the way they explain everything so clearly and openly, and actually understand the technology at their disposal makes our football lot look like the muppets they are

Except when the video referees didn’t disallow a try when it was a blatant forward pass by Argentina in last nights match. Imagine if the match was a semi final or final?

 

[Bluekiwi]

Fucking loving the rugby reffing and var equivalent - I don’t understand a fucking word of the rules but the way they explain everything so clearly and openly, and actually understand the technology at their disposal makes our football lot look like the muppets they are

Cricket is also very explicit - why didn't Football follow their examples instead of trying to reinvent a wheel?

 

[burning blue soul]

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It looks like they're getting the band back together. Playing a few of their greatest hits for the old trafford fans.
This game is gonna be a refereeing car crash!

 

[Stephen230]

Cricket is also very explicit - why didn't Football follow their examples instead of trying to reinvent a wheel?

Because 95% + of the job of a cricket third umpire is to just relay the info of whether the computer says the batsman is out or not.

Apart from the odd dodgy catch decision and the occasional boundary dispute, the video operator could just as effectively do the job on his own, with no knowledge of cricket whatsoever.

There’s no worthwhile comparison.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Because 95% + of the job of a cricket third umpire is to just relay the info of whether the computer says the batsman is out or not.

Apart from the odd dodgy catch decision and the occasional boundary dispute, the video operator could just as effectively do the job on his own, with no knowledge of cricket whatsoever.

There’s no worthwhile comparison.

The point is that in both cricket and rugby not only is the decision clearly explained to the players it's explained to the crowd and the TV audience so there is clear transparency on why it was made. This is the same in The NFL as well.

People may not agree with the decision but the reason why it was made isn't hidden unlike The Premier League. Unless you count that VAR show with Owen and Webb cherry picking 3 or 4 decisions every month