VAR, Refs and Linesmen | General Discussion

[Shane88]

The entire City XI surrounded the ref and Haaland told the ref to "Feck off" about a dozen times during the incident and and after full time.

They're a law unto themselves. Easy for refs to act Billy Big Bollocks and send off a no name player like Dunk for giving them grief but they're terrified of reprimanding the stars, probably because they're under orders not to, because it hurts the "product."

 

[wr8_utd]

Amusing because it's City but that is genuinely one of the worst decisions I've ever seen.

 

[MackRobinson]

Amusing because it's City but that is genuinely one of the worst decisions I've ever seen.

Diabolical decision.

 

[arnie_ni]

That might just be the worst "decision" I've seen. He's through 1 on 1

 

[SER19]

He's got that spot on, Grealish was covered fully by 3 spurs defenders and without advantage. The reaction is one of utter shock that a call has gone against city.

Patiently awaiting the Haaland ban.

 

[Manncunian]

He's got that spot on, Grealish was covered fully by 3 spurs defenders and without advantage. The reaction is one of utter shock that a call has gone against city.

Patiently awaiting the Haaland ban.

This can’t be a serious post

 

[Scandi Red]

This one is actually hilarious. It's like he's actively trying to sabotage City!

 

[Ole'sgunnarwin]

He's got that spot on, Grealish was covered fully by 3 spurs defenders and without advantage. The reaction is one of utter shock that a call has gone against city.

Patiently awaiting the Haaland ban.

What in the blue hell are you talking about?

 

[SER19]

This one is actually hilarious. It's like he's actively trying to sabotage City!

If he was trying to sabotage them, he wouldnt have played the advantage in the first place. He's made a 50:50 judgement call that Grealish was about to be tackled by any number of the spurs players. Seen them given.

 

[NotThatSoph]

If he was trying to sabotage them, he wouldnt have played the advantage in the first place. He's made a 50:50 judgement call that Grealish was about to be tackled by any number of the spurs players. Seen them given.

I know you're probably joking, but this is when he blew the whistle. I'd say this is quite a bit bigger of a chance than a freekick in your own half.

 

[SER19]

I know you're probably joking, but this is when he blew the whistle. I'd say this is quite a bit bigger of a chance than a freekick in your own half.

its before that screengrab, you can see the city player already protesting and 2 spurs players stopped and looking the other way

 

[NotThatSoph]

its before that screengrab, you can see the city player already protesting and 2 spurs players stopped and looking the other way

He was clear.

Grealish isn't the fastest, but it's extremely clear that this chance is a lot better than a freekick in your own half. Again, I assume you're joking.

 

[90 + 5min]

That might just be the worst "decision" I've seen. He's through 1 on 1

Not really. There are 2-3 players close behind and are not even close to goal.

 

[Berbasbullet]

He was clear.

Grealish isn't the fastest, but it's extremely clear that this chance is a lot better than a freekick in your own half. Again, I assume you're joking.

To be fair, Grealish would have manipulated a foul out of that situation all day.

 

[padr81]

He was clear.

Grealish isn't the fastest, but it's extremely clear that this chance is a lot better than a freekick in your own half. Again, I assume you're joking.

Talking about anything City related with that man is like talking to a wall wasting your time.

 

[SadlerMUFC]

I thought he looked like he was offside and thats why they pulled it back

That was way too quick to be called back for offside. He blew his whistle as soon as Haaland kicked it.

 

[Withnail]

That was way too quick to be called back for offside. He blew his whistle as soon as Haaland kicked it.

The only thing I can think of is that he didn't see Grealish. Nothing else makes any sense. There was certainly no flag for off-side.

 

[CoopersDream]

Haha, funny because it happened City but what kind of a decision was that? He shows advantage, Haaland plays Grealish through and he decides to call it back. Comedy refereeing.

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

Haha, funny because it happened City but what kind of a decision was that? He shows advantage, Haaland plays Grealish through and he decides to call it back. Comedy refereeing.

Even more comedy that no doubt City will now scream about cheating and corruption.

It was just yet another referee cock up, every club has suffered from them this season.

 

[Unam333]

The only thing I can think of is that he didn't see Grealish. Nothing else makes any sense. There was certainly no flag for off-side.

Yeah, I think the ref just had a brainfart. It happens sometimes.

 

[Compton22]

The only thing I can think of is that he didn't see Grealish. Nothing else makes any sense. There was certainly no flag for off-side.

So he thinks Haaland is kicking it in behind the Spurs defence for fun?

 

[BlueMoonOutcast]

Does anyone enjoy football anymore? Let's just ask the officials what score they want before kick off and save us all the nonsense in between. Football is dead or dying.

 

[SER19]

He was clear.

Grealish isn't the fastest, but it's extremely clear that this chance is a lot better than a freekick in your own half. Again, I assume you're joking.

No that ball is moving too remember, its a footrace between grealish and the defender at top. Not much in it. I think the reaction is largely due to how rarely a city goes 'against' city. If that was in the 50th minute for example, I dont think theres such scrutiny.

 

[90 + 5min]

Does anyone enjoy football anymore? Let's just ask the officials what score they want before kick off and save us all the nonsense in between. Football is dead or dying.

It was bad decision. But to write that knowing what your club is being investigated for is little bit to much.

Everybody know by now that the only ”big” team being on wrong side of pretty much every important decisions are ManUtd. It is no secret.

 

[Mb194dc]

A few mistakes with VAR protocol today I think. No idea what was going with the var at times in our game with the Colwill one. Also our pen is just about clear and obvious.

Ref has had an absolute nightmare here, or its fixed":.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/vid...eaves-city-enraged-richards-i-dont-understand

As bad a call as the Newcastle hand ball earlier in the week. Ref will probably be stood down for a week.

I think football was a better sport and entertainment without var, there were mistakes but people accepted them.

Now there are still mistakes but we're 300 pages on this thread because everyone feels like the officiating should be perfect but it's actually dogshit.

 

[JustAGuest]

Funny to see the outrage from City given how many dubious calls have gone their way this season.

 

[Giggsyking]

He's got that spot on, Grealish was covered fully by 3 spurs defenders and without advantage. The reaction is one of utter shock that a call has gone against city.

Patiently awaiting the Haaland ban.

I like this post.

 

[SER19]

Funny to see the outrage from City given how many dubious calls have gone their way this decade.

fixed

 

[BlueMoonOutcast]

It was bad decision. But to write that knowing what your club is being investigated for is little bit to much.

Everybody know by now that the only ”big” team being on wrong side of pretty much every important decisions are ManUtd. It is no secret.

Watching football these days though, you can't even celebrate goals. Gotta wait for VAR to actively find something to rule it out.

The officials are still getting huge decisions wrong game after game after game, but with less excitement in the sport since you have to wait for the all clear on everything.

It's dying.

 

[Withnail]

It was bad decision. But to write that knowing what your club is being investigated for is little bit to much.

Everybody know by now that the only ”big” team being on wrong side of pretty much every important decisions are ManUtd. It is no secret.

Also when City have won three leagues in a row and the treble last year and they're railing against the establishment. Amazing stuff

 

[TheReligion]

Watching football these days though, you can't even celebrate goals. Gotta wait for VAR to actively find something to rule it out.

The officials are still getting huge decisions wrong game after game after game, but with less excitement in the sport since you have to wait for the all clear on everything.

It's dying.

Agreed

 

[Berbasbullet]

Watching football these days though, you can't even celebrate goals. Gotta wait for VAR to actively find something to rule it out.

The officials are still getting huge decisions wrong game after game after game, but with less excitement in the sport since you have to wait for the all clear on everything.

It's dying.

Agree, I've stopped celebrating goals.

 

[90 + 5min]

Watching football these days though, you can't even celebrate goals. Gotta wait for VAR to actively find something to rule it out.

The officials are still getting huge decisions wrong game after game after game, but with less excitement in the sport since you have to wait for the all clear on everything.

It's dying.

Money and all this rule changing stuff have killed football. VAR is big part of it.

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

Does anyone enjoy football anymore? Let's just ask the officials what score they want before kick off and save us all the nonsense in between. Football is dead or dying.

I think we witnessed the death of football once we heard "Sheikh Mansour, my lord" being sung in the terraces.

 

[Oranges038]

He's got that spot on, Grealish was covered fully by 3 spurs defenders and without advantage. The reaction is one of utter shock that a call has gone against city.

Patiently awaiting the Haaland ban.

Has he feck, it was a good advantage played.
Haaland stayed on his feet and Grealish is through, there's no way he should be blowing the whistle unless a Spurs player gets to the ball first.

 

[noodlehair]

Keep saying this again and again but how obvious does it have to get before people will stop calling these incidents mistakes and call them for what they are, which is cheating/corruption.

You don't accidentally play advantage then change your mind when the team you're giving an advantage gets through on goal, do you? There is no way to explain that as an honest mistake and even if it is, it's so incompetent the ref should be immediately sacked.

If I made a mistake that bad in my job I would be sacked

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Keep saying this again and again but how obvious does it have to get before people will stop calling these incidents mistakes and call them for what they are, which is cheating/corruption.

You don't accidentally play advantage then change your mind when the team you're giving an advantage gets through on goal, do you? There is no way to explain that as an honest mistake and even if it is, it's so incompetent the ref should be immediately sacked.

If I made a mistake that bad in my job I would be sacked

The corruption narrative this season has been all about referees taking jollies in gulf states and therefore being biased in favour of clubs like City and Newcastle. Which doesn’t really fit with City being denied a last minute winner. So what’s the conspiracy theory for today?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Yeah, I think the ref just had a brainfart. It happens sometimes.

Yeah, it was just a really poor decision. He either didn’t see Grealish or somehow jumped to a conclusion that he was offside without waiting for the incident to play out. Human error. These things happen. And I would have absolutely no problem with an occasional shite call like this if we could go back to a world without VAR.

 

[Zlatan 7]

Just watched it again on motd, he wasn’t clean through on goal at all or one on one with the keeper as I’ve seen it described, he’d already slowed down as he was never getting away from Davies. It was a bad call from the ref but hardly this massive disaster it’s being portrayed as. If anything it would have just give city a free kick 20 yards further up the field as grealish first thought would probably to buy a free kick

 

[SER19]

Just watched it again on motd, he wasn’t clean through on goal at all or one on one with the keeper as I’ve seen it described, he’d already slowed down as he was never getting away from Davies. It was a bad call from the ref but hardly this massive disaster it’s being portrayed as. If anything it would have just give city a free kick 20 yards further up the field as grealish first thought would probably to buy a free kick

Bingo. This is where Gary Neville and so on actually really do drive narrative. People are worked up, in stoppage time, and youve neville having a near meltdown before he even gets a replay. Instant knock on effect on social media, spreads like wildfire.

Bottom line is city dont know what to do with a bad call, and if they believe its a bad call then they can swallow it and offset it with some of the worst decisions of the season and many seasons that have gone in their favour. That and the whole widespread cheating and cover up and legal delaying over ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN CHARGES, means I dont have much sympathy.

Seeing city fans complain about the state of football and the way the game is going is like Harold Shipman complaining about the state of the health service.