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But if our perfectly good goals were allowed like they should we would have wrapped that game up. Do we need to score 6 goals to win 2-1 now?Matt. I usually agree with you but this is football. There are always going to be questionable decisions. It's why we need to comprehensively tie up games and not give away stupid goals. It's not the same game as 20 years ago. VAR has changed all that.
Couldn‘t agree more but unfortunately this crap is par for the courseTwo points stolen from us by at best, incompetent and at worst, corrupt officials.
Staggering how there isn’t an independent body to keep refereeing standards in check. Taylor and whoever was in charge of VAR should be suspended, fined and made to retrain.
The offside simply wasn’t offside. The stripe in the grass made that crystal clear. And if it were as marginal as they made it seem then benefit of the doubt should have been given to the attacking side. That’s what PL Referee chief said at the start of the season. So why isn’t it being implemented?
And the goal that was disallowed immediately by Taylor should have stood as no foul was committed. By ruling it out in the pitch, VAR wouldn’t get involved. A) that’s a stupid fucking rule, why does it apply for offsides but not incredibly marginal fouls? B) why is he making that decision when VAR can just overrule his decision when the goal is scored?
Then to top it all off. No admission that they’ve fucked up. No acknowledgment. No apology. No indication that they’ll work hard to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Pathetic league.
While I agree with the sentiment of your post, you can't judge offside from the stripe of the grass.The stripe in the grass made that crystal clear
worth the punt tho his valencia record was immense and back then we had to take punts as we were not as big as we are nowSoldado was an enormous waste of money but a lot of the fan base like him to this day, I never understood it really
And Liverpool got given a goal after Salah handball and Liverpool have been on the right side of the VAR coin more times than any one elseWe benefitted from 2 dodgy VAR against Liverpool with the Kane tackle and the Emerson foul on Jota for the penalty. I don’t think anyone can argue that both should have gone Liverpool way. So can we move on from the corruption comments please? It makes people sound silly.
The refs / VAR are officials are incompetent. The VAR officials should have a points system like bookings and if they get enough wrong they get suspended.
And Liverpool got given a goal after Salah handball and Liverpool have been on the right side of the VAR coin more times than any one else
So your point is moot.
These officials may not be corrupt but there fucking incompetent.
My opinion is the refs aren’t paid enough. They make about average wages and have to deal with the rath of entire fanbases. They should make more, accountability should be higher, and more money should be invested into training them.We benefitted from 2 dodgy VAR against Liverpool with the Kane tackle and the Emerson foul on Jota for the penalty. I don’t think anyone can argue that both should have gone Liverpool way. So can we move on from the corruption comments please? It makes people sound silly.
The refs / VAR are officials are incompetent. The VAR officials should have a points system like bookings and if they get enough wrong they get suspended.
I do agree with you on VAR vs Liverpool but Spurs should also have had a penalty - so that cancels out the penality "mistake" by the ref & VARWe benefitted from 2 dodgy VAR against Liverpool with the Kane tackle and the Emerson foul on Jota for the penalty. I don’t think anyone can argue that both should have gone Liverpool way. So can we move on from the corruption comments please? It makes people sound silly.
The refs / VAR are officials are incompetent. The VAR officials should have a points system like bookings and if they get enough wrong they get suspended.
My opinion is the refs aren’t paid enough. They make about average wages and have to deal with the rath of entire fanbases. They should make more, accountability should be higher, and more money should be invested into training them.
I liked him because he was a good footballer, played percentages and kept the ball well. Like many, just not strong enough or fast enough to score goals in Eng, but he could playworth the punt tho his valencia record was immense and back then we had to take punts as we were not as big as we are now
How much do they make? Around 50-70k per year? That's not enough because they have to deal with fans LOL.My opinion is the refs aren’t paid enough. They make about average wages and have to deal with the rath of entire fanbases. They should make more, accountability should be higher, and more money should be invested into training them.
They have to go on national tv in front of 50K and get hate mail/ death threats if they get a call wrong and even sometimes if they make a right call against Liverpool.How much do they make? Around 50-70k per year? That's not enough because they have to deal with fans LOL.
I think they are overpaid for mistakes they made.
How much do they make? Around 50-70k per year? That's not enough because they have to deal with fans LOL.
I think they are overpaid for mistakes they made.
Remember your views on Sissoko?I'm no apologist for the guy, he is an ordinary player - but this constant demonising of Spurs players for not being global standard matchwinners is pathetic, and makes our fanbase look exactly like the people we are so readily accused of being.
Plus 2 penos for us which could have been givenWe benefitted from 2 dodgy VAR against Liverpool with the Kane tackle and the Emerson foul on Jota for the penalty. I don’t think anyone can argue that both should have gone Liverpool way. So can we move on from the corruption comments please? It makes people sound silly.
The refs / VAR are officials are incompetent. The VAR officials should have a points system like bookings and if they get enough wrong they get suspended.