Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
After watching MOTD last night & this morning, the standard of refereeing yesterday was truly awful !!
& as for VAR, WELL
& as for VAR, WELL

Truly surprising we didn't get pushed to lose the game yesterday. Fully expected a VAR review and 15 min added on with red cards for a few of our players really.After watching MOTD last night & this morning, the standard of refereeing yesterday was truly awful !!
& as for VAR, WELL![]()
Too many want to be centre stage.They've become borderline theatre, haven't they? There's no limit to what they can conjur up (@chrismpw has touched on this regarding scripts), especially when the only real punishment for them that I'm aware of is being taken off duties for a game week. That will teach them!
I'd like to see a live TV show where all VAR officials are shown replays of clear errors they make, despite having replays, technology and all the time in the world, and ask them to account for their decisions. Bowen's handball v Luton being a case in point.
I'd like to see the interviewer persistently ask "how much dud that decision earn you?" Or "is there a script?"
That counter argument is invalid though. Mistakes are part of a players game. VAR is there solely to prevent officiating mistakes, not create further ones.Agree. The counter argument I hear is that players make mistakes and we don't demand that of them. However VAR have the ability to pause the game and review the video footage over and over to make a right decision. And yet they still make shocking mistakes, in fact I wouldn't call them mistakes, it's incompetence.
I haven't seen the Bowen incident but the Man City vs Fulham goal was terrible, and Sheffield should have had a man sent off for denying a goal scoring opportunity.
Referees I think are salaried so taken off duties for a week is in effect paid for the bad job you done. The wife wants a week in Spain the ref makes a few bad calls next thing booked it packed it effed off!!Get Dominic littlewood to expose the rogues.They've become borderline theatre, haven't they? There's no limit to what they can conjur up (@chrismpw has touched on this regarding scripts), especially when the only real punishment for them that I'm aware of is being taken off duties for a game week. That will teach them!
YupAfter watching MOTD last night & this morning, the standard of refereeing yesterday was truly awful !!
& as for VAR, WELL![]()
I've said it before as well. The premier league is unquestionably the highest quality in the world. Why is that? It offers the best wages and is open to the best players in the world.Have no problems in hoovering up all the best talent, league would be doing themselves a favour by appointing high performing referees from around the globe, to ensure a better product for paying customers.