You do a lot of posting on this thread - how many games do you go to? You played 38 league games and 18 cup games last season so, 56 in total. So, how many home, how many away did you do? I’m guessing... none.
@Paladin. Apologies for the shit typing, no glasses ! My point is, I saw Alverez running into the box and get the slightest of pushes before it goes out for a goal kick. The next minute the ref is trotting over to the monitor. Even me, the most biased Blue there is, is thinking no way that is a penalty. The thing is the match going fan is again left in the dark. I had to text my son who was watching on TV and he told me it was for a handball 2-3 minutes earlier. That is just stupid. Just tell us, show us on the screen like the armchair fans.The referee was asked to check it. If we had scored, then advantage would have applied and we would have a goal instead of the penalty.
Keep VAR, get rid of the useless feckers that are using it. Use it to it's full capability (like the World Cup offsides) and make it more transparent. Ensure that the match paying public know what's going on at all grounds where it's used.Put it to the fans. Then we’ll see which argument wins. What’s your thoughts? Fans will vote to have / keep VAR or fans say “No”, bin it.
This. The reluctance to embrace var or use it properly by certain clubs (and officials) speaks volumes of the lack of competence and integrity at the top of the game. Pgmol remind me of the wizard on the wizard of Oz - desperate to keep us from seeing behind the curtain.Keep VAR, get rid of the useless feckers that are using it. Use it to it's full capability (like the World Cup offsides) and make it more transparent. Ensure that the match paying public know what's going on at all grounds where it's used.
1300 fans used for this report. The average home attendance for premier league games last season was 38453.
The thing about today is that the ref was stood not 5 yards from the handball & missed it. He should not need VAR to bale him out.
Shows how reliant they are on the technology. It essentially puts the control of the games in the hands of some faceless wanker in a remote portacabin.The thing about today is that the ref was stood not 5 yards from the handball & missed it. He should not need VAR to bale him out.
My lad did the same. Used the word 'blatant' and that just added to the mystery! I thought it was for the couple of nudges Alvarez got!@Paladin. Apologies for the shit typing, no glasses ! My point is, I saw Alverez running into the box and get the slightest of pushes before it goes out for a goal kick. The next minute the ref is trotting over to the monitor. Even me, the most biased Blue there is, is thinking no way that is a penalty. The thing is the match going fan is again left in the dark. I had to text my son who was watching on TV and he told me it was for a handball 2-3 minutes earlier. That is just stupid. Just tell us, show us on the screen like the armchair fans.
Transparency is the key - but we all know they don't want that, as it would ruin their ability to "script" matches.Keep VAR, get rid of the useless feckers that are using it. Use it to it's full capability (like the World Cup offsides) and make it more transparent. Ensure that the match paying public know what's going on at all grounds where it's used.