Oh and another point - why can't the game introduce "citing" like Rugby Union. Pickford should have been cited and retrospectively red carded. Outrageous tackle that has put VVD out for 8 months, and had that been against a Villa player, there would be a riot on here.
Quote from: gpbarr on October 18, 2020, 11:29:53 AMOh and another point - why can't the game introduce "citing" like Rugby Union. Pickford should have been cited and retrospectively red carded. Outrageous tackle that has put VVD out for 8 months, and had that been against a Villa player, there would be a riot on here. Generally it's be nice if football referees would manage the game & the players as they do in rugby union. Nigel Owens took no shit at the end of the Exeter - Paris final last night.
Quote from: Grande Pablo on October 18, 2020, 06:51:53 PMGenerally it's be nice if football referees would manage the game & the players as they do in rugby union. Nigel Owens took no shit at the end of the Exeter - Paris final last night.Rugby players have respect for the refs, football players don't, which makes a big difference.
Generally it's be nice if football referees would manage the game & the players as they do in rugby union. Nigel Owens took no shit at the end of the Exeter - Paris final last night.
Quote from: paul_e on October 18, 2020, 07:26:02 PMQuote from: Grande Pablo on October 18, 2020, 06:51:53 PMGenerally it's be nice if football referees would manage the game & the players as they do in rugby union. Nigel Owens took no shit at the end of the Exeter - Paris final last night.Rugby players have respect for the refs, football players don't, which makes a big difference.Agreed. No respect for the refs in football and that's why any requests for them to be treated like the refs in rugby is a non-starter. The basis for WHY the refs in rugby are respected begins with their top-class judgment and decisions in the game. They rarely get it wrong. I may sometimes take a referral to the video refs in the stands or a bit of a conflab with the linesmen/linespeople but them everyone gets on with the game because THE RIGHT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.That is almost never true of premier league referees per game. They make on average 3 decisions per playing minute getting no more than 70% of them correct. The stats are in, they've been measured; referees in this country get 1 in 4 decisions wrong, making at least 5 result-deciding errors per game. We can't hope to get anywhere close to more fair results until this fundamental problem is fixed.
I know it's gone in our favour there but that's yet another ridiculous VAR offside decision. He's not in the goalie's eyeline and he's not touched the ball. How can that be offside?It's ridiculous - it's football by computer.
Quote from: Ad@m on November 01, 2020, 12:09:57 PMI know it's gone in our favour there but that's yet another ridiculous VAR offside decision. He's not in the goalie's eyeline and he's not touched the ball. How can that be offside?It's ridiculous - it's football by computer.If he's not there, Konsa doesn't play the ball.