Ref Watch

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Swarbrick's off at the end of the season.
Webb culling the people who don't know how VAR is meant to work?

And he's gonna replace 'em with refs who are oblivious to anything that happens to teams not clad in red.

 

[Paladin]

Swarbrick's off at the end of the season.
Webb culling the people who don't know how VAR is meant to work?

Is this confirmed or your speculation? He was in charge of VAR until last season. It's a sad, but correct indictment of his ability if he gets fired so suddenly.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Is this confirmed or your speculation? He was in charge of VAR until last season. It's a sad, but correct indictment of his ability if he gets fired so suddenly.

Ornstein is reporting it. At the time of posting I wasn't sure, hence the ?

I think I posted since that the line is that it was a pre-planned move. 5 years of VARce is probably enough for anyone.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Ornstein is reporting it. At the time of posting I wasn't sure, hence the ?

I think I posted since that the line is that it was a pre-planned move. 5 years of VARce is probably enough for anyone.

Well it can't be due to boredom with the system, seeing as the PiGMOL reps regularly find new and innovative ways of ignoring the honest and correct interpretation of how it should be applied.

Every game seems to introduce another fuck up by the officials , unless of course they are not really errors .

 

[ShedDweller]

Only if they had any chance of getting to the ball. None of the people behind Casemiro could have got anywhere near it after it was headed.
Certainly one player was in an offside position, but I thought it was Weghorst - I thought Shaw took the freekick,

I thought its Shaw but it doesn’t really matter. One of them was clearly a yard offside and it didn’t seem to register… what a fucking joke the game has well and truly gone.

 

[eyalluvitt]

And he's gonna replace 'em with refs who are oblivious to anything that happens to teams not clad in red.

I think we can add Hollywood bankrolled Wrexham to the Red list after the way Notts County’s last game was reffed

 

[cheekybids]

& if there was any doubt Danny Simpson told Undr the cosh that Clattenburg said to the Leicester players I should have sent you off there but I didn’t cos I want you to win the league.

How many times do we hear it, of course it’s all in our heads & no need for it to be investigated.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Remember a couple of years ago Sky trumpeted they would be showing CGI replays of real time events such as offside decisions.

That quickly disappeared. Maybe they were too realistic to blow some decisions out of the water.

 

[Stephen230]

Last week I repeated something I’d read that TV Commentators could hear what the VARs were communicating to referees during a game and a few people asked where I’d seen this.

I couldn’t remember but the ESPN guy referenced it in an article I’ve just read, so I thought I’d reproduce it on the off chance anybody who asked is still interested.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Last week I repeated something I’d read that TV Commentators could hear what the VARs were communicating to referees during a game and a few people asked where I’d seen this.

I couldn’t remember but the ESPN guy referenced it in an article I’ve just read, so I thought I’d reproduce it on the off chance anybody who asked is still interested.

Neville and Spitty have mentioned it for years they can hear what is being said.

The question is does it work both ways? There's was suggestion with the rags v Brighton game a goal was disallowed because Neville was repeatedly saying it shouldn't count before the decision was made.

Hearing the conversation in real time would put my mind at rest that the equipment in the PL is not being used to manipulate outcomes.