Referees are as arrogant as Weather Forecasters. They all think they're absolutely right ...and most of the time they're not. And when they're wrong, they think it's alright - well it fucking isn't.
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I just don't think anyone involved in refereeing have any concept as to what fans want from the game of football.
As we pay for it and it depends entirely on fans, they should feckin listen.
They also seem to really struggle with basic human behaviour.
"We're not going to check that decision as the ref was close enough"
Meanwhile the ref
"I really hope VAR check that one as I don't have the balls to blow the whistle"
Aaaaaand nothing fucking happens
Or
"that brilliant goal needs to be checked for offside, let's spend 7 minutes looking at different angles, drawing lines, changing the colours and flipping coins"
NO!!!!
Just give the goal. If it's not obviously offside, crack on. Football is about goals. We pay money to see GOALS. Stop trying so hard to take them away.
I notice the BBC didn't allow comments on that article for some reason.
Agree, nobody expects perfection. We just don't expect fundamental mistakes week after week.
Agree, nobody expects perfection. We just don't expect fundamental mistakes week after week.
That's the thing that gets me the most, where they spent 10 minutes checking to see if a player's dick was an inch offside.
(Which if he lives up to the stereotype, would be unfair on Kudus...)
Ref Watch: Ruben Dias should have been sent off for Man City against Nottingham Forest for second bookable offence on Igor Jesus
Ex-Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher analyses the controversial incidents from the weekends action including the decision not to send Man City defender Ruben Dias off against Nottingham Forest, plus Chelseas handball claim against Aston Villa
Latest BS one for me. Man United Vs Newcastle.
I was actually watching this one live and nearly spat my snickers celebration out when Neville said "it's not handball, because he's pushing the Newcastle player in the back"
What.
The.
Fuck.
And VAR apparently agreed.
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
Ref Watch: Ruben Dias should have been sent off for Man City against Nottingham Forest for second bookable offence on Igor Jesus
Ex-Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher analyses the controversial incidents from the weekends action including the decision not to send Man City defender Ruben Dias off against Nottingham Forest, plus Chelseas handball claim against Aston Villawww.skysports.com
Latest BS one for me. Man United Vs Newcastle.
I was actually watching this one live and nearly spat my snickers celebration out when Neville said "it's not handball, because he's pushing the Newcastle player in the back"
What.
The.
Fuck.
And VAR apparently agreed.
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
It's nearly as bad as XG then?
It's nearly as bad as XG then?
You'll get charged by the FA for refusing to leave the field of play soon.
You'll get charged by the FA for refusing to leave the field of play soon.
Ref Watch: Ruben Dias should have been sent off for Man City against Nottingham Forest for second bookable offence on Igor Jesus
Ex-Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher analyses the controversial incidents from the weekends action including the decision not to send Man City defender Ruben Dias off against Nottingham Forest, plus Chelseas handball claim against Aston Villa
Latest BS one for me. Man United Vs Newcastle.
I was actually watching this one live and nearly spat my snickers celebration out when Neville said "it's not handball, because he's pushing the Newcastle player in the back"
What.
The.
Fuck.
And VAR apparently agreed.
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
As Souness once said about Neville the football pundit.
The Gift that Keeps on Giving!!
Forest are the same club that hired a referee as their own DOGE department not too long ago.
I don't think it helps for clubs to start a culture war against PGMOL
Its benefitted clubs. Its hardly a culture war asking a question
Questioning referee bias has never benefitted the club making the complaint
Hardly harmed the scum or dippers
Hate VAR... wish they'd bin it. If it had been implemented as originally envisaged, it might have been ok, but when they ditched the requirement for a 'clear and obvious error' in favour of a five minute forensic examination of whether or not a player's pube was offside, or whether the ball grazed the fingernail of a player looking the other way, they sucked the soul out of the game.
We're left with refs abdicating responsibility and fans unable to celebrate properly without an anxious wait to see if the officials can find a reason to disallow.
We're left with refs abdicating responsibility and fans unable to celebrate properly without an anxious wait to see if the officials can find a reason to disallow.
It never did - they were always in the golden circle of clubs that referees favour. Liverpool are professional victims to their own fault
