Standard of Refereeing

[ChicagoLion]

To be fair to the refs, their first priority is to let the games breathe.

Sorry mate, their first priorities are players' safety and to referee the game in a fair and impartial manner and sadly this doesn't seem to be happening.

Exactly this, pushing and shoving constantly, jumping into goalkeepers before the ball arrives, over the top tackles let go to allow the game to flow. None of this should be the modus operandi.

[Somniloquism]

To be fair to the refs, their first priority is to let the games breathe.

Sorry mate, their first priorities are players' safety and to referee the game in a fair and impartial manner and sadly this doesn't seem to be happening.

I think Moseley is taking the piss out of the commentary when neither Spurs player was booked against us the other week.

[aj2k77]

The standard is the lowest it's been. The most fouled team comfortably but 0 penalties and only 1 red card against this season.

[Stu]

Happy 5th anniversary of this not being offside

What was the reasoning they gave why this stood? I remember it being weird.

[London Villan]

It was man city and the rules were changed a week later.

[Dave]

It was because Mings controlled the ball, so Rodri stopped being offside, and was able to come back and tackle him (new phase of play etc)

Had Mings tried to control it but the ball broke through to him, he'd (supposedly) have been flagged.

Obviously mental, and as above, why they quietly clarified / changed the rule shortly afterwards.

[Stu]

To be fair to the refs, their first priority is to let the games breathe.

I think this was the excuse for not sending Vidic off in the 2010 league cup final.

[Halfway to Moseley]

To be fair to the refs, their first priority is to let the games breathe.

Sorry mate, their first priorities are players' safety and to referee the game in a fair and impartial manner and sadly this doesn't seem to be happening.

Yep. Someone needs to tell them. But at the moment it looks like they’ve had a big meeting at the start of the season where they’ve been instructed to ‘let the game flow’, ‘don’t commit to cards too early’, and other nonsense.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

To be fair to the refs, their first priority is to let the games breathe.

Sorry mate, their first priorities are players' safety and to referee the game in a fair and impartial manner and sadly this doesn't seem to be happening.

Yep. Someone needs to tell them. But at the moment it looks like they’ve had a big meeting at the start of the season where they’ve been instructed to ‘let the game flow’, ‘don’t commit to cards too early’, and other nonsense.

Other nonsense being 'the game's gone soft, we need more crunching tackles 1970s style'. I can only think we missed out on the memo as other clubs stocked up on six foot two, musclebound bruisers in the summer.

[DC1874]

Ahh, yes, 5 years ago at the Emptihad. Exhibit A for proving there is conscious bias towards the Sc@m 6! I never saw anything like it before or since 

[dcdavecollett]

Happily, there was a punishment for the offside goal farce.

Dean Smith got a red card for protesting against the ludicrous decision!

[cdbearsfan]

We had the most pro-Villa referee all season tonight.

[PeterWithesShin]

Obviously there's our decision today, but also this

[Beard82]

That VAR today just shows the absolute mess of the refereeing in this league.  5 minutes - and they still dont know it is 100% out but they decide to reverse the on pitch decision.  Then with 4 minutes left they kick the ball out for a corner, and the ref gives a goal kick.   Given the 2 second yellows that should have been given in recent week it just shows that VAR isnt fit for purpose.  Would much rather we didnt have it. 

Unai said the decision was unfair, but he accepts it.  But then to be fair, when the attack started I think Steven Gerrard was still the manager.

[tomd2103]

Still raging and posted this in the post-match thread:

There needs to be clarification of that decision today, as I can't see how it can be argued that the officials followed the proper process. 

1. How far do you go back to check decisions?  Even the explanation they put on the screen was wrong as it said it had "occurred in an attacking phase of play" when Bailey was in fact defending by his own goal line

2. Is that a precedent now that everything needs to be checked when a goal is scored?

3. The VAR officials haven't got the technology to make a definitive decision in those circumstances, so are in fact just guessing and therefore how can that deemed a 'clear and obvious error'?

4. The VAR official made a subjective decision that overruled the on-field decision made by the officials.  Surely in those circumstances the ref should be called to the screen to look at it as well?

To end up having a VAR official looking at something for ages and then just guessing isn't acceptable.  Not when these decisions can be so costly  as we saw with the one at Old Trafford last season. 

Even the explanation they gave for the decision was wrong.  It would be interesting to hear the audio of the conversation between the officials.