Standard of Refereeing

[danno]

We don’t want to re-referee games, 🤔.  Scrap it entirely then!

[Rudy65]

Bin Var if they’re not going to overturn decisions like that. It’s pointless otherwise

[Steve67]

I thought the referee did ok today.  VAR let him down though.

[Nev]

It doesn't work.

[Goldenballs]

Guarantee they overturn ones like that later this season. Probably at the usual places.

[cdbearsfan]

So long as they stick to the rule of "not overturning it when it isn't clear and obvious", and don't bottle it as soon as Bruno Fernandes flutters his eyelashes at them, I'm happy enough. Thought the referee was mostly alright otherwise, had a ten minute spell where West Ham seemed to be getting away with a bit, but we will have far worse this season.

[KevinGage]

What can you do when you have the main numpty thinking that was a penalty in the first place and the Stockley Park numpty backing him up by saying that Cash wasn't trying to win the ball when he, er, won the ball.

Let AI ref games if these chimps can't. Even with the benefit of multiple camera angles and more tech than NASA.

[Gareth]

Dreadful decision…if that was a pen then kudus kicking through McGinn a few minutes earlier was a pen too.

Like the fact they appear to be letting a few more tackles go though

[Footy-Vill]

Dreadful decision…if that was a pen then kudus kicking through McGinn a few minutes earlier was a pen too.

Like the fact they appear to be letting a few more tackles go though

Totally agree about the poor decisions on pens . How was Ginny not given that!
Cashy unlucky but he’s prone to poor defending and giving away pens
Not so sure on letting tackles go as can be confusing , inconsistent and lead to injury will see how this Harrington officiates next week and see how consistent he is.

[Legion]

Ref got it wrong. Human error. VAR clearly saw it was wrong and did nothing about it. What is the point?

[ChicagoLion]

Ref got it wrong. Human error. VAR clearly saw it was wrong and did nothing about it. What is the point?

Agree, if VAR is not there to correct ref errors then it has no purpose.

[brontebilly]

Redknapp was tying himself in knots trying to defend the decision. His argument was that effectively you won't see VAR overturning many decisions this season. So much for judging each decision on its merits.

[Footy-Vill]

Ref Watch
Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze said the referee told him he made an error in match v Brentford!
Replays showed there was no real offence but VAR Peter Bankes was unable to intervene as the whistle was blown before the ball hit the net!

Referee Sam Barrott, first Premier League game, first season as a Premier League referee and he's seen a foul and blown the whistle. And blown the whistle before the ball goes into the net

Seems this official is not up to standard at all.

[dave shelley]

Genuine question Footy, have you never done something and the instant you did it you realised you had made a huge mistake?  I know I have.

[Brend'Watkins]

Ref Watch
Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze said the referee told him he made an error in match v Brentford!
Replays showed there was no real offence but VAR Peter Bankes was unable to intervene as the whistle was blown before the ball hit the net!

Referee Sam Barrott, first Premier League game, first season as a Premier League referee and he's seen a foul and blown the whistle. And blown the whistle before the ball goes into the net

Seems this official is not up to standard at all.

Similar to the Grealish incident a few years ago at Palace. The ref clearly didn’t like Grealish. Grealish got fouled, went over and the ref blew his whistle as the ball fell to Lansbury who tucked the chance and netted. The ref blew up for Grealish diving. It was realised that he’d got the decision wrong but because he blew the whistle had to stick with his decision.