VAR

Toffeepot · September 13, 2023

Paul Rideout said:
The sooner the VAR guys are replaced with people who just dislike referees rather than their chums the better lol

Terminators by 2030 please
No emotion
No mistakes
Bruno Fernandes terminated at first whinge lol

JelavicBrate2 · September 13, 2023

The binman chronicles said:
Obviously wouldn't want to give his mate a hard time by sending him to a review a decision that if you call it right no one can have any complaints against you. If you can't get a call right after seeing it from 10 different angles and in slow motion then you might be in the wrong job.

It's just an oxymoron as if anything it opens you up to less abuse. Tits the lot of them, just like Clattenberg and the derby it's already been mapped out before you play. We have to be near perfect to win games whereas they can get away with an awful performance and win due to every 60/40 nevermind 50/50 decision going their way.

The problem is if you believe corruptions a thing in our game, you are presented as a tin foil hat type of person, despite it being perfectly logical to assume certain teams get preferential treatment due to them bringing in the most money through foreign fans. There was a concerted attempt to ensure the RS pipped us to 4th spot in 08. Of course as Mourniho pointed out, all the pundits are ex RS or United. You might get a clown such as Richards, Sherwood, Osman or Joe Cole, who don't shake the establishment.

arch stanton · September 13, 2023

JelavicBrate2 said:
The problem is if you believe corruptions a thing in our game, you are presented as a tin foil hat type of person, despite it being perfectly logical to assume certain teams get preferential treatment due to them bringing in the most money through foreign fans. There was a concerted attempt to ensure the RS pipped us to 4th spot in 08. Of course as Mourniho pointed out, all the pundits are ex RS or United. You might get a clown such as Richards, Sherwood, Osman or Joe Cole, who don't shake the establishment.

Its good for Brand EPL if the favoured teams that are popular abroad do well, we're expendable.

The binman chronicles · September 13, 2023

JelavicBrate2 said:
The problem is if you believe corruptions a thing in our game, you are presented as a tin foil hat type of person, despite it being perfectly logical to assume certain teams get preferential treatment due to them bringing in the most money through foreign fans. There was a concerted attempt to ensure the RS pipped us to 4th spot in 08. Of course as Mourniho pointed out, all the pundits are ex RS or United. You might get a clown such as Richards, Sherwood, Osman or Joe Cole, who don't shake the establishment.

Case in point this has just popped into my suggested. That second one...I wonder what would have happened the other way around. :rant:

arch stanton · September 13, 2023

The binman chronicles said:
Case in point this has just popped into my suggested. That second one...I wonder what would have happened the other way around.

choose the frame before this one and he is onside by a similar fine margin

Paul Rideout · September 14, 2023

Toffeepot said:
Terminators by 2030 please
No emotion
No mistakes
Bruno Fernandes terminated at first whinge lol

Baby steps mate, although killing Fernandes the first time any player whinges in any game (that’s how I read it) is a policy I can get on board with.

NilSatisOptimum · September 14, 2023

arch stanton said:
Its good for Brand EPL if the favoured teams that are popular abroad do well, we're expendable.

Myself literally wont even grunt a reply to someone who believes football just is a sport anymore, Its entertainment with desired money driven outcomes, most teams are warm up acts to the scab six if they can see a way to protect them they will. Its fixed much like boxing is these days for current belt holders.

Mrbluenose · September 14, 2023

JelavicBrate2 said:
The problem is if you believe corruptions a thing in our game, you are presented as a tin foil hat type of person, despite it being perfectly logical to assume certain teams get preferential treatment due to them bringing in the most money through foreign fans. There was a concerted attempt to ensure the RS pipped us to 4th spot in 08. Of course as Mourniho pointed out, all the pundits are ex RS or United. You might get a clown such as Richards, Sherwood, Osman or Joe Cole, who don't shake the establishment.

Way too much money involved in the Premier League for it not to be bent.

Bedfordblue · September 24, 2023

So that one yesterday for their goal where an attacker was off side but the pass wasn’t to him…..
in my humble opinion, he was involved in play as his position was dictating our defensive line.
My main question though, is why was he ultimately determined as not off side as the ball wasn’t played to him, yet the disallowed one the other day that deflected of Beto was given as offside, despite again, the ball not being played to him?

deipnosophist · September 24, 2023

Mrbluenose said:
Way too much money involved in the Premier League for it not to be bent.

Occam's Razor

deipnosophist · September 24, 2023

video assisted officiating works well in cricket and rugby (union and league). But not so much in football...

Q) why is that?

A) Because football is bent.

MACCA75 · September 24, 2023

Bedfordblue said:
So that one yesterday for their goal where an attacker was off side but the pass wasn’t to him…..
in my humble opinion, he was involved in play as his position was dictating our defensive line.
My main question though, is why was he ultimately determined as not off side as the ball wasn’t played to him, yet the disallowed one the other day that deflected of Beto was given as offside, despite again, the ball not being played to him?

I think it would have been unbelievably harsh to go back and disallow that.

Nketiah received the ball direct from the Beto deflection, so was offside.