Standard of Refereeing

[Baldy]

A few of the obvious pushes on our players (and a couple of others not given) have had commentators state "VAR have upheld the decision that there wasn't enough contact to cause the player to fall like that".

Not sure what that means exactly but it seems to be the go to statement.

You could have 100 referees sitting in the same room watching a replay of the 'Buendia incident' and then making a decision. It could easily be 50/50, 60/40, 70/30.

Because referees are human beings and no human beings are perfect. 

[Brazilian Villain]

Because referees are human beings and no human beings are perfect. 

Speak for yourself, mate.

[garyellis]

There is no conspiracy against us, it’s just rank incompetence. The laws of the game interpreted seemingly differently week in week out, VAR causing uncertainty for on field officials and as Paul says above PGMOL being reactive rather than proactive in explaining decisions made by their officials. If they were a government department they’d be in special measures. I’ve been watching football since the early 90s and we’ve never had a group of officials (apart from that fat twat Phil Dowd) as incompetent as they are currently. What I would say in their defence is how FIFA are currently tinkering with the rulebook from season to season is not helping consistency and they need much better protocols about the use of and clarity of communication for VAR.

Other than that it’s all going swimmingly.

That is an excellent summary, absolutely spot on.

[Baldy]

Because referees are human beings and no human beings are perfect. 

Speak for yourself, mate.

Sorry, I forgot about you.

[Brend'Watkins]

A few of the obvious pushes on our players (and a couple of others not given) have had commentators state "VAR have upheld the decision that there wasn't enough contact to cause the player to fall like that".

Not sure what that means exactly but it seems to be the go to statement.

You could have 100 referees sitting in the same room watching a replay of the 'Buendia incident' and then making a decision. It could easily be 50/50, 60/40, 70/30.

Because referees are human beings and no human beings are perfect. 

Yes, referees are only human and make mistakes it’s just that they make most of them that go against us. It’s pretty obvious that the ref who didn’t penalise Garner for the non push had his knuckles rapped as that same ref gave a penalty yesterday for virtually the same incident for Chelsea.
As for VAR upholding a decision on a push. Do these VAR people have a secret power that allows them to determine or even see velocity?

[LeonW]

A few of the obvious pushes on our players (and a couple of others not given) have had commentators state "VAR have upheld the decision that there wasn't enough contact to cause the player to fall like that".

Not sure what that means exactly but it seems to be the go to statement.

You could have 100 referees sitting in the same room watching a replay of the 'Buendia incident' and then making a decision. It could easily be 50/50, 60/40, 70/30.

Because referees are human beings and no human beings are perfect.

Great. But within 5 minutes the same incident is officiated differently and then in another game on the same match day, almost identical incident and it’s a penalty.

[Hillbilly]

I think it's simply unconscious bias by referees. The Sky 6 teams are for better or worse the best supported teams. I think refs have internalised that if they give a decision against a Sky 6 team it will bring down a storm of shit on their heads, from the heavily invested media and the hoards of online dickhead 'supporters'. Not such a worry with little ol' Villa.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Still doesn't explain all the shit decisions in all the games not involving the 'sky 6'.