Ref Watch City Games - 2023/24

[Kippax77]

Tierney not allowed to ref this coming weekend cos he favoured one of our title challengers; he is allowed on var for our other challenger instead. Thats all ok then

What a punishment.
I bet he doesn't try being so blatantly corrupt again, after this.

 

[bluenova]

Tierney not allowed to ref this coming weekend cos he favoured one of our title challengers; he is allowed on var for our other challenger instead. Thats all ok then

And a statement from PGMOL saying it definitely isn't a punishment,

 

[bluenova]

Obviously not a City game, but a result that could have a huge impact on the title race.

Clearly the goal was a RED herring.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Casemeiro definitely gets a touch which VAR oversees, it would have been given during the Pisscans reign at the shithole,his 13 title successes were littered with them with no VAR to intervene.

yep. hence why VAR is needed.
prior VAR a ref can point to the spot whenever he feels like. blows my mind people would prefer that.

 

[Phil1]

yep. hence why VAR is needed.
prior VAR a ref can point to the spot whenever he feels like. blows my mind people would prefer that.

It blows your mind that some people have followed football for decades and decades without VAR and managed to love the game regardless?
Maybe the younger generation demand a game with 100% accuracy but not everyone. Some accept that jeopardy and bad calls are part and parcel of the game and prefer that over the loss of spontaneous celebration or standing about for 5 mins letting the game lose momentum whilst they come to a decision that’s sometimes still wrong?
I know it’s hard for your brain to grasp this.

 

[alexmcity]

bad calls are part and parcel of the game

...especially when they favour certain (red) teams, like the bad calls in April 2018 when City had such calls against them vs Liverpool (in both CL games at that) and United (that Young leg breaker on Kun), all of them within 6 days.

There are pros and cons re: VAR, but I prefer VAR as it decreases the chance of being blatantly shafted, even though it doesn't cancel it.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Credit where credits due, a lot better than I was expecting....and will be a lot better than Alti next week at Anfield.

I’ve heard it’s Oliver with Twatwell on VAR again. Not very subtle having that incompetent **** on it again , could be worse it could be Tierney I suppose

 

[halfcenturyup]

...especially when they favour certain (red) teams, like the bad calls in April 2018 when City had such calls against them vs Liverpool (in both CL games at that) and United (that Young leg breaker on Kun), all of them within 6 days.

There are pros and cons re: VAR, but I prefer VAR as it decreases the chance of being blatantly shafted, even though it doesn't cancel it.

Yet they still find new ways .....

 

[Nellies left peg]

yep. hence why VAR is needed.
prior VAR a ref can point to the spot whenever he feels like. blows my mind people would prefer that.

Unless the VAR is operated like rugby the doubt in people’s minds that it is dodgy will remain . Football survived and flourished long before VAR and the influence of Sky and TNT pundits who are in their ear. The ref can point to the spot now and if the VAR doesn’t want to make his mate look a **** he can go with the infield decision as Mike Dean has said he’s done in the past

 

[Phil1]

...especially when they favour certain (red) teams, like the bad calls in April 2018 when City had such calls against them vs Liverpool (in both CL games at that) and United (that Young leg breaker on Kun), all of them within 6 days.

There are pros and cons re: VAR, but I prefer VAR as it decreases the chance of being blatantly shafted, even though it doesn't cancel it.

Of course, everyone is entitled to their own view on the perceived value of VAR.
For me personally it’s not made things better, it should be, but it’s not.

Whilst we have the worst set of refs that I can remember sitting in the little room with several screens and super slo-mo and still cocking up I can’t accept it’s an improvement.