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VAR, Refs and Linesmen | General Discussion
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Huge game decided by an innocuous hand across the chest. What's the point?
It's corruption in plain sight
yep, we've reached that crescendo with decisions going against us this season
These cnuts probably going to get a nice bonus in their bank next time they go to ref a game in Saudi.
Can’t make it up
Mr Bias -Newcastle vs United
The purpose of VAR wasn’t to re ref game in slow motion. This is even worse because they are doing it selectively
Penalty was correct in my opinion but I can guarentee they wouldnt have given it if it had have been a City player on a Utd player at the other end.
The only clear and obvious error was Rodri not being booked for simulation from the grossly exaggerated contact.
Paul Tierney and Michael Oliver dropped from next game week?
Paul Tierney and Michael Oliver dropped from next game week?
Doesn't he ref in Abu Dhabi too?
Mr Bias -Newcastle vs United
Not a hope. (1) becuae it wasn't Liverpool on the receiving and (2) because it was us that was on the receiving end
VAR is pointless. Decisions are still subjective and there’s no consistency. I’d take a shocking decision three times a season if it meant binning it off.
UAE i think?
Frame this post.
The issue isn’t just the re-reffing it’s actually the selective nature of it.
If every game were being refereed under a microscope it would be shit but fair. What we have is Michael Oliver sat on his sofa insisting on being part of the game, whereas other referees are too scared to say a thing.
It’s time for EtH to say something.
Read the rest of the post you reply too in future yeah?
That we never win
Nah let’s just replay this one from 7pm tonight.
most likely will be praising them for making that difficult decision infront of the Old Trafford crowd and a good bonus.Oliver is literally on the payroll of the City owner.
Just the fact he supports Newcastle and we're in close proximity with them for 4th spot should have disqualified him from refing anything but the bottom matches.
Is he actually?
Well yeah, it literally happened a few minutes later.
The blatant VAR errors, scale-tipping, and criminal inconsistency is making football absolutely joyless. I know it's a meme, but truly - game's gone.
I did read your post and I repeat, why in the world would you ever be happy if that's a pen? Even if it were consistent? It would turn the game into a non-contact sport.
There's a foul or two on every set piece, probably only got looked at by Rodri's diving theatrics. As much as I hate diving and theatrics, Hojlund should have starfished when Stones pulled him.
ETH should have lost his shit after the Hojlund/Stones incident and got himself sent off for eviscerating the officials at double-standards. I'd go as far as shouting "how much City pay you guys?" and happily except my future ban and fine.
ETH should have lost his shit after the Hojlund/Stones incident and got himself sent off for eviscerating the officials at double-standards. I'd go as far as shouting "how much City pay you guys?" and happily except my future ban and fine.
Yeah he refs games in the UAE. He was in UAE like a day or two before that infamous Luis Diaz offside decision
Again... read the rest of the post and take it in, since I essentially agree with you.
If the rules want to make it a non-contact sport, then so be it - i'll decide whether I want to continue watching as a sport then, but all I want is consistency in implementing rules, then I can't be upset when anyone falls foul to them.
How can this be allowed? It's an obvious conflict of interest.
How is Grealish allowed to punch Amrabat in the chest and not even get a yellow card? Casemiro gets a red for that without a shadow of a doubt.
There is no point. We are not good but we are playing against 13 players at the moment. City + Referee + VAR.
Because it’s not United so nobody cares.
Is Rashford or McTominay getting a pen flagged by Oliver if held back like that, no fecking way, it's VAR check over and you know it. Is there any point watching this oil club corruption league anymore?
Mr Webb came in to stop the micromanaging and stop trivial pens, you could generate tons of them with slowmos and selective angles of minimal holding, I've seen Rashford deserve about 5 this season but got nothing. Suddenly there's a chance to spoil the game by Oliver and do some micromanaging by this Newcastle fan to get another one over us. The game was well balanced and didn't need that type of intervention gerrymandering.
Mr Webb came in to stop the micromanaging and stop trivial pens, you could generate tons of them with slowmos and selective angles of minimal holding, I've seen Rashford deserve about 5 this season but got nothing. Suddenly there's a chance to spoil the game by Oliver and do some micromanaging by this Newcastle fan to get another one over us. The game was well balanced and didn't need that type of intervention gerrymandering.
All VAR has done is given refs more chances to feck it up and taken away a large amount of the enjoyment people get from watching football. Personally I feel like since It was introduced I've cared about football less and less as times gone on, regardless of wether united have benefitted from it or otherwise.
EtH needs to come out fighting asking how a Newcastle fan, paid a double salary by City's owners can explain making such a corrupt decision.
the annoying thing is, that penalty won't be given next week in another game
There are few examples of clear corruption in the league, and yet many people here are allowed to laugh at other posters suggesting it.
I mean, there is probably ton of things that we are not aware of, and as I said few times, referees are well under paid in comparision with how much money there is in football, so even logically it's pretty possible that many of them are corrupt.
So to clarify, the ’clear and obvious’ rule must have been scrapped, right?