And I'm struggling to see why Gallagher says the fact the Man Yoo ref waved play on takes it out of VAR's hands, whereas our ref signalling a goal doesn't.
Quote from: Chinchilla Bathhouse on October 23, 2019, 11:18:14 AM‘Soccer is not about justice. It’s a drama – and criminally wrong decisions against you are part and parcel of that.’ Pete DaviesThe issue is that those decisions can now have such a massive impact (hundreds of millions of them) that it's harder than before to chalk it off as 'part of the charm of the game'.
‘Soccer is not about justice. It’s a drama – and criminally wrong decisions against you are part and parcel of that.’ Pete Davies
Has any team ever been relegated as a result of season-long refereeing decisions?
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on October 23, 2019, 08:01:00 PMHas any team ever been relegated as a result of season-long refereeing decisions? Bolton for definite, Cardiff would have a strong claim as well.
Does anybody on here actually think that decisions regarding the Villa are more important now than they were thirty years ago primarily because there's more money involved?
I'm happy with any football "injustice" ever never being righted. It will make not a jot of a difference to my life. I do hear you people that do, but blimey, football club supporting can be stressful as it is without piling that worry on the top. If you want to try to level the playing field, getting behind salary caps and drafts will do more than fretting over VAR ever will.
And I'm not sure you can blame one bad ref for Bolton nearly going bust either.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on October 23, 2019, 08:23:00 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on October 23, 2019, 08:01:00 PMHas any team ever been relegated as a result of season-long refereeing decisions? Bolton for definite, Cardiff would have a strong claim as well.They didn't suffer season-long refereeing errors though, just a relatively tiny number of them - relative, that is, to the massive amount of footballing clangers their players made on the field across the whole season. That's the only thing that definitely did for them and all relegated sides, not a couple of dodgy refereeing calls.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on October 23, 2019, 08:54:31 PMI'm happy with any football "injustice" ever never being righted. It will make not a jot of a difference to my life. I do hear you people that do, but blimey, football club supporting can be stressful as it is without piling that worry on the top. If you want to try to level the playing field, getting behind salary caps and drafts will do more than fretting over VAR ever will. Well VAR is here now and not working so people are going to debate it. If a salary cap was introduced people would be talking about that as well, especially if it wasn't working.