Well I suspect that both organisations do not want to be transparent , thus providing the opportunity to avoid exposing clearly nefarious/ corrupt decisions .
Not an act of good faith or integrity imo
Ah ok, never let the truth spoil a good conspiracy theory I say ;)I understand that was the given reason, but I do not believe that was the actual reason.
And I have not called for doing away with VAR.
The PL and PGMOL should never be associated with “truth”. ;-)Ah ok, never let the truth spoil a good conspiracy theory I say ;)
And I didn't suggest you had called for doing away with VAR
Every other sport uses video replays in an open way so even if you disagree you’ve heard the logic and process in full.The “clear and obvious error” threshold was solely devised to allow for continued manipulation via officiating, as it allows VAR to defer to the referee for any “subjective” decision (most of the decisions that are made), regardless of whether there was an “error” made, essentially allowing referees to continue to influence matches when it suits and provide following the LotG as cover for it.
In nearly every other sport using a version of video replay, the threshold is “was an error made”, whether or not it was clear or obvious.
In fact, the point of video replay is to catch the incidents that could not have been clear or obvious to the officials, so making that the threshold negates much of the utility of video replay.
At which point any reasonable person should ask themselves why the governing bodies would want to effectively substantially lower the utility of video replay (and why it is being used differently to most other sports).
I simply fail to see how VAR watches that replay several times and decides no penalty. So it's C) for meWell there’s only three possible reasons.
They’re right and I’m wrong.
They made a mistake.
They cheated.
I’d like to think the middle one was the case but who knows?
They are like the Masons, everything behind closed doors with funny handshakes and bared breasts.Last night's ref and VAR performance was either corrupt or inept. Either way Salisbury and Hooper shouldn't ref again in the PL. But wait Salisbury made a mistake on VAR last season. Just one game drop. No real punishment, just carry on as normal lads, this level of incompetence is acceptable is the message from Webb and Moss.
Not walk outs but sit it's after the final whistle.Mass walkout by fans would certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons.