The worst thing about farcical officiating

Sir peace frog said:
remember when you tried to explain the offside rule to a girl , now no one has got a clue.

i used to spot an offside from 100 yards ,haven't got a clue what is and isn't nowadays , i can't even tell what phase of play im watching.
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Offside is probably causing the most contention, by reverting to the old rules, not only will it probably save VAR, it'll more importantly save the game.
 
lonestay said:
It's corrupt
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There are some very gullible people who actually think if we'd have scored a similar goal yesterday, if would have stood.
Don't think there's planned corruption but for sure there is a clear bias in favour of the Rags and Dippers.
 
I have said it all along, we look at decisions with a bias towards city gettinģ the correct call. Any 50 /50 call we favour city, i think the premier league look at it the same way. They want the league to be close and different winners, not city winning every year. Any close decision the var panel will have a bias towards a decision. Yesterday has blown their cover because that was a 90/10 call for offside and they overturned it.
 
I am pretty certain many players in the past who were offside were flagged the moment they moved towards the ball even if they had got back onside. A movement towards the ball run 20 yards following it and preventing at least two players from playing the ball. All those involved in yesterday’s cheating should be nowhere near a football match ever again and I include the fucking accountants league at Hough End.
 
abu13 said:
Trying to think how they can stop this happening again assuming they are not going to go back to the old rules, not sure how it can be done but maybe something along the lines of the player who is offside must run in a direction away from the ball until another player touches the ball.
Fucked if I know.
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The law makers at FIFA/UEFA/Premier League levels have messed about with so many areas of the game over the past decade or so that everyone is confused about what is and what isn't an offence.

This has been particularly true of 'hand ball' and 'offside' offences.

However, throughout the interminable changes to the offside law one thing was always clear.. whatever the latest iteration of the law might say at the time, everyone understood that a player in an offside position who moves towards playing the ball commits an offence.. ALWAYS.

Yesterday's disgraceful, incompetent decision should result in the officials concerned being removed from the elite referee's list until they can prove their competence.

And City should make it known to the rest of the cartel that influence the game in this country that enough is enough, we're not taking this garbage any more..

Come on Pep/lads.. use this latest example of the cartel's behaviour to put some fire in your bellies, win every game between now and the end of the season to win the treble and stuff it up the cartel's jaxies..
 
abu13 said:
Trying to think how they can stop this happening again assuming they are not going to go back to the old rules, not sure how it can be done but maybe something along the lines of the player who is offside must run in a direction away from the ball until another player touches the ball.
Fucked if I know.
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The interpretation needs to be modified to include the word ACTIVE ie the ball is within playing distance which Rashford was. Its the same as a player shielding the ball out of play he isn't obstructing an opponent because the ball is within playing distance
So, the reason for the interpretation is for a player who in an offside position at the point the ball is played BUT not active If Rashford had been onside and Fernandez offside then this is fine as Rashford being active makes the fact that Fernandez offside not relevant
Its madness that goals are being ruled offside because a player is mm in front of an opponent but yesterday a player is over a meter off and is allowed to run with the ball because he didn't touch the ball Atwell fucked up end of
 
Bluemoon has risen said:
Shove Haaland in an offside position, play the ball to him and have one of our other players run from deep from onside to tuck it in while Haaland shields the ball. Guarantee it would be disallowed if we tried that.
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I really hope we do exactly this on Thursday night to show this for what it is.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
I think you have the wrong end here. Follow the money is always the way to go. The FA and PL are in hock to the Sly, BT etc media. They provide the money and they want the teams that bring in the most money to be successful. That is, mostly, the red shirts. Why do you think the rags are on TV every week? The dates and times are moved around to the benefit of them, the past week is a case, they play at home on Tuesday, we play away at Southampton on Wednesday then play them early Saturday. It has been the case for years. They have to keep their red shirts in contention to keep the money coming in.
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And while we're down at the moment they sure as hell are going to keep their foot on our necks..no doubt at all.
It's only a matter of time before a team walks off in protest led by the coach
 
SebastianBlue said:
There is very much a financial (and viewership) reason for us not to win the league — PL executives have come out and said it many times.

There is more viewership and revenue after one of the cash cow clubs win the league, and less revenue the longer non-cash cow clubs dominate (loss of sponsorship/advertising revenues, fan or casual follower engagement, merchandising revenues, etc).

We simply do not bring in the same overall revenues for the league (short-term and mid-term) by winning back-to-back-to-back titles.

Now, we may eventually become a cash cow club, but we aren’t there yet, and the league are now getting very nervous with the likes of Liverpool and United ownerships looking to sell and the ESL situation (which hasn’t actually gone away).
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I'm not so sure we will ever become one of the cash cow clubs simply because of the colour of our shirts.

Red is considered a lucky colour throughout much of Asia and people there want to be associated with it, hence why Liverpool and united have such a huge following there.
 
Bluemoon has risen said:
Shove Haaland in an offside position, play the ball to him and have one of our other players run from deep from onside to tuck it in while Haaland shields the ball. Guarantee it would be disallowed if we tried that.
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We should try to do that just to prove a point. Perhaps in a game we are leading by 3 or 4 we could try it multiple times. Probably get yellows and reds though.
 
My heart sank when i saw Atwell was appointed he allowed Leeds players free reign a few games ago Yesterday until the goal he was OK although he had little to do yet he missed the fact that the rags LB committed 7 fouls
He has form for major fuckups being responsible for the ghost goal maybe he thought that Rashford was a ghost?

Ghost Goal & Atwell

www.theguardian.com

Championship: Reading's phantom goal at Watford will haunt referee Stuart Attwell

Stuart Attwell's award of a goal to Reading against Watford for an off-target shot has been derided
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
fallowfield said:
Honestly, if I people think it's all corrupt and fixed why bother watching or going to games at all
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The whole game is not corrupt but there have always been individual bent decisions and always will be. Some refs now to peer pressure, some hate certain players or teams. It is subtle and nuanced. Atwell’s career will not be harmed by what he did yesterday. There is a media bias in the way LFC and MUFC are treated which impacts on the weaker officials.
 
fallowfield said:
Honestly, if I people think it's all corrupt and fixed why bother watching or going to games at all
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Until yesterday I was never fully comfortable with the corruption and conspiracy theories but that's all changed now. I just find it incomprehensible that a referee could make a decision like Attwell's unless he was bent. Indeed I would say a few people won't bother going anymore. I only get to a handful of matches every season anyway so I might well be one of them.
 
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