Ref Watch

[SebastianBlue]

Lee Mason will be Premier League’s first dedicated VAR official. Hasn’t operated the technology since his Tomas Soucek red card blunder on February 6. That’s 144 games!

If ever there was a data-supported, succinct description of the state of officiating in England…

 

[raybo]

Supporters of all clubs should be encouraged to voice their total dissatisfaction with PiGMOL and it's management of referees performances and VAR operation.

They are responsible for ruining the game we all love.

Fans moaning on club forums isn't going to change a thing as far as these arrogant cunts are concerned.

Axe VAR and we only have to put up the cnuts in black, fuck it, less chance of ulcers

 

[blueju]

Quite honestly I get the Cancelo one. He was clumsy and, whilst I don't agree with it, you could see why he was binned.

But 2, 3 and 4 are blatant and wrong beyond incompetence. The fix was in last night.

I hope we are fighting this.

Really? Never in a million years is that a foul. The ball over his head was difficult plus he has a big strong forward bearing down on him. He misjudged the touch on the ball, tried recovering but only had eyes for the ball. He leant slightly into the player as anyone would but could do nothing about welbeck hooking his arm over him and using him as leverage.
I thought I’d wake up this morning and see reports on how bad the ref and VAR was in the press but there’s nothing?

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Hahaha the refs in this country are a shambles. The ball was still in play too so can't use that excuse.

I’ve never witnessed a round of fixtures so corrupt, where’s Martin Samuel on this ? Can’t believe he won’t want a chance to take it all apart, it almost feels like the officials are remonstrating against VAR it’s that bad, which is strange given it’s about to become an old boys club where fat twats who can’t run as are put out to pasture

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Really? Never in a million years is that a foul. The ball over his head was difficult plus he has a big strong forward bearing down on him. He misjudged the touch on the ball, tried recovering but only had eyes for the ball. He leant slightly into the player as anyone would but could do nothing about welbeck hooking his arm over him and using him as leverage.
I thought I’d wake up this morning and see reports on how bad the ref and VAR was in the press but there’s nothing?

The Len one did look bad at first blush. But that’s where VAR should help. You can see Len both getting tripped and pulled back in the footage. So instead of coming to the right decision (or even letting the ref see the full footage FFS) they decide the error wasn’t “clear and obvious”. Totally flawed system and needs a radical reboot (how likely is that) or binning (even less likely!)

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Axe VAR and we only have to put up the cnuts in black, fuck it, less chance of ulcers

make the conversations between the ref and VAR official Audible to the supporters and stop the cheating cunts from fixing the outcomes.

 

[Paladin]

I definitely believe the Brighton fans had an influence. Last minute, home side ahead, the crowd would have gone berserk if the ref' gives a penalty - Attwell bottled it. VAR probably saw him about to blow for the foul and "Suggested" he ignored it "For crowd safety reasons".

What do you think they might have done? Invade the pitch? Attack each other? Shout some nasty words?

 

[Cornish_Blue]

make the conversations between the ref and VAR official Audible to the supporters and stop the cheating cunts from fixing the outcomes.

I have always said it should be EXACTLY like rugby. The fans can see and hear everything that’s being discussed.
It’s all too easy for them to pick and choose which decisions to ignore.

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

Lee Mason will be Premier League’s first dedicated VAR official. Hasn’t operated the technology since his Tomas Soucek red card blunder on February 6. That’s 144 games!

Mason using VAR

 

[invisibleandalone]

This begs the question: are the VAR officials listening or being influenced by the commentary?? That **** Neville with his "OOOOOH' that looks bad" any time it is us or Fernadhino with his "tactical fucking fouls".

I've believed this for a long time , that they are all linked in together , so they're all reading the same script and pushing their influence to the officials