Ref Watch

[JRockBlues]

Am I the only one who thinks the Thiago foul on Rodri was a straight red? Two footed, reckless, out of control, taking out his standing leg...

Thought that at first but replays showed he slipped into the challenge.

 

[lonestay]

So Newcastle denied a penalty, and City get a crucial goal disallowed what colour do the teams they played wear is it red?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was pissed off when Alty blew the whistle to send Klipperty off.
City were on a fast attack and he blew. He had absolutely no reason to halt the game to do that. That could have waited until the ball went out of play.

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

Taylor’s view was that it wasn’t a foul and that’s why he let it go along with the other body to body challenges from both teams.

I just wish VAR would fuck off. You get some and you don’t get some without VAR and fans and players would accept it.

But then you have to question him not to have the guts to stick with it

 

[SK14BLUE]

But they don’t have to

No balls have they?

 

[tornandfrayed]

Thought that at first but replays showed he slipped into the challenge.

And that makes a difference how?

 

[skillman]

Alti Fan and VAR at Klanfield...

There's history.

Nothing wrong with VAR. It's being manipulated to suit the result.

Without it, there wouldn’t be such obvious manipulation

 

[lonestay]

We all blame VAR and the ref ,the one person that never gets mentioned and that is this so called match commander, what exactly is their role in a game of football?

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I don't have a full understanding of the rules anymore so I was wondering, if two players are tussling for the ball, one player uses his arm and upper body strength to knock the other off balance resulting in the falling player holding the other players shirt for less than a second, what laws of the game have been breached? Who gets awarded the foul, the player that initiated the contact or the one falling over? What part of the VAR 'clear and obvious' guidelines would this decision affect? If a referee has let contact and physicality go all game where in the guidance does it say that if a goal is scored and there may have been physical contact in the build up that a referee should be instructed to view the 'incident' on the monitor with a view of disallowing a goal even though this decision is in stark contrast to the decisions he has made all game?

Haaland pulled his shirt.

 

[Sheik Battle and Goal]

But then you have to question him not to have the guts to stick with it

If there wasn’t VAR then there’s no need for this question is all I’m saying.

How many refs have the balls to overturn VAR. I think Oliver did it once and maybe another ref once but it’s rare.

I don’t like it and never will. I jokingly said to my son that VAR will find some way of ruling it out. The whole point of football is to watch your team score a goal. It fills you with happiness and joy after a stressful week at work. VAR just finds as many ways as it can to chalk a goal off. It’s a joyless introduction to the game and forces refs to go against their gut instinct.