Referees/Officials 2017/18 performances

[blue b4 the moon]

The sooner VAR is brought in the better. Its not perfect as anyone who watched Macclesfield last Saturday on BT sport. Two players collide, Ebsfleet player goes down free kick harshly given against Macc player. Fourth official pipes up, ref sends off Macc player....Red overturned on appeal but that sending off cost Macc 2 points. WTF the fourth official thought he saw is anyones guess, so VAR is no guarantee of eradicating stupidity incompetence or down right cheating by officials from the game. Just make it more transparent and easy to see the extent of how bent it is.

Yeah I saw that shocking decision onns par with Walkers red.

 

[Armaan]

So fucking true.

 

[Armaan]

The Extra official behind the goal should have noticed we were in second tier behind the goal and spotted it without needing a replay he was yards away and must have seen it but very rarely do they make a decision

Them bastards are stealing a living. They never make any calls and even when they do they’re 99% wrong.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

VAR isn't the answer, as it is still about opinion. Plus, the on field referee has to ask for the VAR decision. As far as I know, there is no mechanism for the players to ask for a decision to be reffered.

At least one ex ref (can't remember who) said no pen for the challenge on Aguero, so we'd still be left p*ssing in to the wind for most decisions.

 

[Breadsnapper]

The main issue is consistency. There simply isn't any. I also think that referees should explain key decisions either at the time like in NFL or after the game. They need to be completely transparent which at present they are not. We might not agree with the decision but you get an explanation because some of the decisions that are made are bizarre.
Every game should be reviewed be an independent panel and mistakes made by the referees highlighted and explained to the public as why is was a mistake etc. I'd even go as far as saying that when a referee has a good game this is also highlighted and again explanations given.
As it stands the current standard of refereeing can't continue.

 

[Kid A]

VAR isn't the answer, as it is still about opinion. Plus, the on field referee has to ask for the VAR decision. As far as I know, there is no mechanism for the players to ask for a decision to be reffered.

At least one ex ref (can't remember who) said no pen for the challenge on Aguero, so we'd still be left p*ssing in to the wind for most decisions.

It might not be the solution, but it is part of the solution. Just reviewing 'goals' would have had a huge impact on the CL QF, not just score but timing wise - Salah scored against the run of play in the first leg, and the Sane one was at a crucial point last night.

Agree that we could still end up with poor decisions after review, but that will be infrequent and at least stops the 'official only had a split second to see it' argument. Ultimately, I would like to see something akin to DRS in cricket - each team can nominate a couple of incidents to review per game, in addition to reviews called for by the ref and goal reviews. Much more difficult for incompetent/corrupt officials to determine the outcome of games if teams have a say in what gets looked at.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Genuine question bud what was the other disallowed go last night ?

Late on Gundogan to Sane I think, looked inside to me, but then again I am not a corrupt PL or UEFA referree

 

[andy1234uk]

I have never, in my entire life, seen a referee turn his back for the duration of a goalkeepers time wasting and perfectly turning back round as he kicks it. It was the most blatant and obvious point scoring technique from Uefa to City.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The added time last night should have been a minimum of one and a half mins in the first half and five in the second. We got a total of two! Thats four and a half mins of play just chopped off! How can anyone at Uefa explain that in anything that approaches a satisfactory manner?

 

[Breadsnapper]

The added time last night should have been a minimum of one and a half mins in the first half and five in the second. We got a total of two! Thats four and a half mins of play just chopped off! How can anyone at Uefa explain that in anything that approaches a satisfactory manner?

They can't but then again they are so arrogant they don't feel they have to.