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Deleted member 16999
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Good to see the Officials have learnt from their mistake over the sending off in the West Ham v Chelsea match!
Piece
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That’s not a red. Not even a VAR monitor referral ??
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Deleted member 16999
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Denial of a goal scoring opportunity they’ve just said. Ridiculous!That’s not a red. Not even a VAR monitor referral ??
Beezerk
Money List Winner
I've only seen one angle from Twitter, looked ugly but I need to see the whole thing.
SaintHacker
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but denying a goal scoring opportunity by taking the ball off the striker is the whole point of being a defender?
The game is ruined, I'm done...
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
cant believe its denying a goal scoring op, surely its violent conduct (ie supposedly out of control after playing the ball) there again they havent a clue whats going on so how would we know
4.18 for the var check, 3 mins added, they just continue to make themselves look utterly stupid
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Deleted member 16999
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Yep, I thought the same when he red carded him, surely they can see he played the ball first!
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Deleted member 16999
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Pleased for Southampton getting a point out of that game.
Slime
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Just seen the red card incident, it wasn't even a foul.
Pathetic.
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Deleted member 15344
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Watched it this morning
That was exactly the situation VAR was supposed to be introduced for
At full speed you could see why the ref may give a red card for either dangerous play or denying a goal scoring opportunity
But as soon as VAR sees it then it’s clear that he got the ball and then the man - not even a foul
Just like the West Ham one - how can they judge that is a red card
Martin Tyler and Alan Smith both speculated that the red card must have been for serious foul play. Whatever the reason, another shocking decision, nobody seems to be able to explain why VAR didn’t intervene, and we have yet another red card which will doubtless be overturned.
It’s all getting rather embarrassing.
pendodave
Tour Rookie
It's as if the refs are having a collective breakdown.
I wonder if this is an unintended consequence of VAR? Once every decision can be reviewed at any time, they stop actually being actually able to ref a game "live" and have lost the ability to concentrate on making the correct/best decision in the moment.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Think we have a new favourite in the refs private "worst VAR decision comp", expect Dean to up the bar again so though lol
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
In terms of inept performances, those 2 were up there with the ref, huge amounts of splinters
Only watched the sending off so I’ll reserve judgment for now!
With regard to VAR I’d quite happily see it consigned to the rubbish heap. Let’s go back to the old days, and merely retain goal line technology. I accept there will be mistakes by officials but, let’s be brutally honest, some of the mistakes now are infinitely worse. VAR has not eradicated the howlers, it’s simply brought in different ones, and has destroyed a lot of the spontaneity which makes the game what it is.
It’s time to accept that the technology, and the way it has been managed pretty much from day one, simply hasn’t worked.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Think plenty will agree with that view, the big flaw for me, is it will still be the same idiots in charge making awful decisions.
Think the way forward is for the top level refs to sit down with a group of ex players and work through 100s of decisions from this season. Get an understanding of why a ref is giving a decision and also a players view as to whats happening. From that they need to clearly define how they intend to referee games next year and how they interpret certain situations/decisions. Ideally they would provide a small set of examples of what is and isnt a foul/penalty/red card in a handful of key situations before the season so that everyone knows where we stand and then ref to those consistently. I also think the refs should be accountable and provide an explanation of key decisions after the match (a report, not being interviewed by whichever clown the tv co want to put up). Oh and for the line drawing offsides, make it boots only (and if youre serious about it put a chip in each boot and the ball
)That or bin it off as you say
PS This is still not great for the game going fan, but without minimising the number of decisions reviewed and speeding them up to almost instant im not sure how theyre going to address that issue (actually i am, sadly they dont care so wont address it at all)
4LEX
Well-known member
Fulham going down. Must win game and not even a booking in their local derby? Pathetic. Half of the side and their agents have agreed deals with other clubs and don't want to get injured for next season. Back to where they belong 
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Deleted member 16999
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Another rubbish home performance and beaten by the better team.
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All kicked off at Old Trafford- Man Utd fans breaking into the stadium , protesting on the pitch , flares being thrown - players not allowed to go to the stadium yet. Match delayed
Blue in Munich
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Comrade Neville continuing to stir the ? over the ESL. If you are going to do it, get your facts right.
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