Standard of Refereeing

[LeeB]

All season Ollie has had defenders going through the back of him with impunity away from Villa Park, compare and contrast with Lord Saint Harry formerly of Tottinghams and England and how breathing the same air as him is a cautionable offence.

[Footy-Vill]

Some historic news the Official today in Palace V Man Utd is going to wear a head camera and will be the introduction of RefCam
Give us plenty of insight and is a taster of what's to come in the Premier League with RefCam.
Standard of Refereeing insight !

[dcdavecollett]

Maybe they could focus on getting more decisions right before they start playing with their shiny new toys?

Tw*ts!

[nigel]

However poor we think the refereeing is in the Prem the standard of referee in the Conference League is a whole new level of sh!t

[Drummond]

I am ref when our U9 team play in training, and I'm shit. I even forget the bloody score at times.

[SaddVillan]

Some historic news the Official today in Palace V Man Utd is going to wear a head camera and will be the introduction of RefCam
Give us plenty of insight and is a taster of what's to come in the Premier League with RefCam.
Standard of Refereeing insight !

I see Ratboy was "injured". Coincidence?

[martin o`who??]

At no stage in the history of the game - certainly since i've been going to games which is 1970-ish - has the standard of officiating at games been so controversial. VAR has totally undermined on-the-field officialdom. Basically, they fucked up but they wont admit it.

[KRS]

VAR isn’t the problem…it’s the standard of the officials whether they are on the pitch or watching on a screen from multiple angles.

There are many examples, but I’ll use one from this weekend just gone…

Penalty awarded to Arsenal against Bournemouth. Goalkeeper comes out to challenge Havertz, misses the ball but also clearly has no intention of playing the man…Harvertz steps over the keeper with his right leg but intentionally drags his left leg in to the keepers leg (which is flat on the pitch) whilst already in the process of going down. You could not get a clearer example of simulation (ie cheating) yet between both the on field referee and VAR official, they decided it was a penalty.

There are lots of things wrong with the game we love but when incorrect decisions or inconsistent decisions are made game to game, then you have to question what the actual fuck is going on.

[trinityoap]

KRS that is exactly how I saw it .Thought VAR would say no penalty. Can't imagine why I thought they would get it right.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

At no stage in the history of the game - certainly since i've been going to games which is 1970-ish - has the standard of officiating at games been so controversial. VAR has totally undermined on-the-field officialdom. Basically, they fucked up but they wont admit it.

I said something similar yesterday but I can't remember the refs being so poor. I've never been one to hammer refs but these last two, three seasons they've been a disgrace. Taylor, Attwell and Michael fuckin' Oliver are the worst I've seen yet all three have FIFA badges.

[Clampy]

I thought the first one Man City got at the weekend was ridiculous.

[Des Little]

Nice to see we have a ref previously accused of match fixing on Thursday. Wonderful.

[Somniloquism]

At no stage in the history of the game - certainly since i've been going to games which is 1970-ish - has the standard of officiating at games been so controversial. VAR has totally undermined on-the-field officialdom. Basically, they fucked up but they wont admit it.

I would argue that 6-7 games a week live on TV with 20 cameras around the ground and instant replays of all instances has been the cause of the questioning of standards of refereeing. VAR was just the natural progression of that. Before then you were lucky to see one game live a week and no way could you watch anything else live but had to rely on a 3 minutes of highlights (if that) unless you were the featured Saturday game. You have also got the game being played at a considerably faster pace and a lot more simulation and gamesmanship from the players. People remember Franny Lee diving because it was rare at the time.

[Pat McMahon]

At no stage in the history of the game - certainly since i've been going to games which is 1970-ish - has the standard of officiating at games been so controversial. VAR has totally undermined on-the-field officialdom. Basically, they fucked up but they wont admit it.

I would argue that 6-7 games a week live on TV with 20 cameras around the ground and instant replays of all instances has been the cause of the questioning of standards of refereeing. VAR was just the natural progression of that. Before then you were lucky to see one game live a week and no way could you watch anything else live but had to rely on a 3 minutes of highlights (if that) unless you were the featured Saturday game. You have also got the game being played at a considerably faster pace and a lot more simulation and gamesmanship from the players. People remember Franny Lee diving because it was rare at the time.

It wasn’t, he did it every week😊

I also remember him pushing a cross in with his hand to score and then holding his face, implying the ball had gone in off his bugle. I think he was spotted by the ref.

[The Edge]

VAR isn’t the problem…it’s the standard of the officials whether they are on the pitch or watching on a screen from multiple angles.

There are many examples, but I’ll use one from this weekend just gone…

Penalty awarded to Arsenal against Bournemouth. Goalkeeper comes out to challenge Havertz, misses the ball but also clearly has no intention of playing the man…Harvertz steps over the keeper with his right leg but intentionally drags his left leg in to the keepers leg (which is flat on the pitch) whilst already in the process of going down. You could not get a clearer example of simulation (ie cheating) yet between both the on field referee and VAR official, they decided it was a penalty.

There are lots of things wrong with the game we love but when incorrect decisions or inconsistent decisions are made game to game, then you have to question what the actual fuck is going on.

Abysmal from the on field and abysmal by var. For Stockley Park to compound the ref's nonsensical decision stinks massively. Totally incompetent or corrupt? Those are the only viable conclusions from that shit show.