• Participation within this 'World Football' is only available to members who have had 5+ posts approved elsewhere.

Today’s Football 25/26 Season

Brett Angell Delight said:
Honestly, I was out walking the dog at the time, but it’s one decision. VAR has shown itself to be thoroughly unfit for purpose across many games involving many teams. Arsenal could and possibly should have been 2 or 3 up before the goal, and absolutely should have defended better.

Not a single game can go by these days without the same people on here thinking that some cabal is influencing the result through nefarious means and honestly it’s tiring, and a bit concerning. Like, just accept that the team you don’t like is really good?!
Click to expand...

I think that var should be shown in black and white silhouettes so the var team don't know who the decision is for or against
 

Brett Angell Delight said:
He’s not wrong, like.

After we won 3 in a week we were understandably giddy and looking up. Now we’ve had some rough results and performances, the promoted teams aren’t going to be the safety net they were the last few years and we’re a bad result away from finishing the weekend in the bottom half after we’ve had some very winnable fixtures slip by us with much, much harder to come.

Nobody is saying the R word yet, but as I’ve said in other threads: Fail to win tomorrow, and that’s officially A Bad Start To The Season.
Click to expand...
He’s a dark cloud! It’s September, we have quality players bedding in and we may NOT lose tomorrow

It just amazes me how hard people look to find negatives

We lose to the champions and a b side away to wolves and their arses are twitching again
 

NathDogg said:
Seriously mate, you do watch games I assume?

If you can’t see the blatant corruption that’s more than bias going on in plain sight, then I’m not sure what to say to you.

It’s far too consistent now to be just people just making poor decisions at certain times, it’s orchestrated, it’s match fixing. There’s no serious repercussions, a few apologies after a really bent decision, and they are back officiating a week later, after being suspended and paid. 🤣

I can understand teams being better and “good”, that’s fine, I also accept gabriel should be ashamed of himself and have defended better, and that pope is having a blinder making good saves, or the rs play well, no issues there.

However, I am also watching these officials and var make consistently baffling, bent calls and clearly deciding the outcome of matches and influencing results at the same time, it stinks and has since var came in, and it’s got much worse when Coote went on video fuelled by Colombian marching powder and slagged off Shippmann.

You want to ignore what’s clear, that’s up to you.
Click to expand...
Bias towards/against who, mate?

VAR had the chance to rule out that Palace goal yesterday and didn’t. Then you imply that they’ve ruled out an Arsenal penalty today, to even that up. Seems like a lot more work for the match fixers, that?

Also people love to cry corruption against us. Why would any shadowy organisation need to make sure that Everton - a typically very crap team - lose games we’re more than capable of losing by ourselves?

People continue to talk about Man United being another team that Sky (because they’re also involved for some reason?!) and the PL look after, but they’re absolutely abysmal and finished just outside the relegation zone last year. It’s no hyperbole to say that if nothing changes there, and the promoted sides carry on as they are, United could very well be relegated this year. How would that fit in with your supposed claims of bias?

Once more: VAR has changed the game for the absolute worse. It is implemented when it’s not needed, and rules are consistently applied erratically. That doesn’t make it biased or corrupt, it’s just awfully thought out, executed even worse and lacks a true independent regulator to do anything about it.

I concede that I’m an old man. I know that conspiracies are just what people go to now, when anything at all doesn’t go their way. I should almost certainly just pipe down and let it pass me by. But obvs I’d rather spend my Sundays arguing on the internet.
 

Noisy noise annoys said:
He’s a dark cloud! It’s September, we have quality players bedding in and we may NOT lose tomorrow

It just amazes me how hard people look to find negatives

We lose to the champions and a b side away to wolves and their arses are twitching again
Click to expand...
It’s the nature of the beast tbh, mate. If you draw two in a row and fluke a 94th minute winner, you’re 3 unbeaten. If you concede in the 94th minute of that third game it’s a 3-game winless streak. Perception is everything.

Beat West Ham and we’re top 8 or so. Barry grabs a couple of tap-ins and we’ve got a firing striker. Beto comes off the bench and bags one for himself and we’re in dreamland. Fail to win and we’re bottom half with most of the best teams left to play.

In the latter scenario I’d defo be worried. Not relegation worried just yet, but worried that the shine has already gone after the Moyes appointment and we could be heading for yet more Jan/Feb upheaval, though.
 

Welcome

Join Grand Old Team to get involved in the Everton discussion. Signing up is quick, easy, and completely free.

Register

Shop

Back
Top