Standard of Refereeing

[andyh]

The calls the ref got wrong last night were incredible.
It wasnt just the number of mistakes, it was the magnitude of them.

I think VAR has massively diluted the quality of referees and their ability to do the job without their hand being held.

[WassallVillain]

The calls the ref got wrong last night were incredible.
It wasnt just the number of mistakes, it was the magnitude of them.

I think VAR has massively diluted the quality of referees and their ability to do the job without their hand being held.

Only the EPL ref’s. European and international football seems to get along fine with VAR. I’ve not seen too many controversies in our recent euro ventures but it’s multiple incidents per game in the EPL and with interminable time delays.

[Gareth]

And yet again the focus will be VAR or not VAR and again not one journalist will call out Howard Webb for the fact that the referees are not improving and VAR is not improving.  When Riley was in charge they’d be on his back every week…now Webb who was perceived as a better ref is in charge he gets off scott free, just a scripted show with personality vacuum Owen every few months.

[andyh]

And yet again the focus will be VAR or not VAR and again not one journalist will call out Howard Webb for the fact that the referees are not improving and VAR is not improving.  When Riley was in charge they’d be on his back every week…now Webb who was perceived as a better ref is in charge he gets off scott free, just a scripted show with personality vacuum Owen every few months.

Absolutely, and the point I was trying to make above.

[AV82EC]

This is the key point, as was proved yesterday, refereeing is not easy we all get that, but the level of incompetence on show yesterday was staggering. Would VAR have made a difference, probably? But we all know the issues with VAR as well. PGMOL is a shit show from top to bottom.

[HolteL4]

The ref shouldn't have needed VAR last night the mistakes weren't 50:50 they were clear and obvious

[Somniloquism]

The non-penalty decision was the only clear and obvious decision that was purely down to the ref's incompetence, and I still wonder IF he would have been so eager to call it handball if he through Digne was in the box, but I haven't really watched the highlights to see how deliberate the handball was, although some on here have questioned it. Offsides run at about 90% called correctly whilst the Digne challenge is about 90% called yellow.