Arsenal

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In reality the real scandal of this is how PIF owned Newcastle United are allowed to be officiated by premier league referees who do a bit of moonlighting in the PIF owned Saudi league.

I am sure the next time he is over there He will be gifted a shiny new Rolex 'in honour' of his decision against Arsenal.

Stinks

[frank the tank]

In reality the real scandal of this is how PIF owned Newcastle United are allowed to be officiated by premier league referees who do a bit of moonlighting in the PIF owned Saudi league.

[The_weatherman]

Then fans, managers and players can go back to whinging about the ref not seeing a wrong decision and having no ability to correct that.

There were lots of errors before var that were never picked up. The question is whether the error rate is reduced after the introduction of var and I’d bet it is, so overall it’s a net positive.

Yeah, the main benefit of VAR is it highlights the corruption and the inadequacy.

[Corndog]

Just get rid of VAR...

Then fans, managers and players can go back to whinging about the ref not seeing a wrong decision and having no ability to correct that.

There were lots of errors before var that were never picked up. The question is whether the error rate is reduced after the introduction of var and I’d bet it is, so overall it’s a net positive.

[baitman]

Have Newcastle been wronged yet?

City and Newcastle now have the paying power. Previously it was manure, but they still hold sway with the ref club now being bossed by the man utd sympathiser.

[Venton]

VAR is fine, the problem is the offcials on the pitch are so so poor that everyone expects VAR to clear their mess; but that simply cannot make up for the poor onfield decisions & are hamstrung by the clear & obvious bollocks.

Oh that & the 'Thats my mate' attitude.

Get in proffesional VAR who could not give a **** about 'their' on field mate, get officials on the pitch not in Webbs pocket & you will sort it

I think VAR has had the unintended affect of making the on-pitch officials ultra risk averse though. They think VAR will correct any controversial errors so pick the path of least resistance. We need to recruit more Ironballs McGinty.

[S-RED]

Just get rid of VAR...

VAR is fine, the problem is the offcials on the pitch are so so poor that everyone expects VAR to clear their mess; but that simply cannot make up for the poor onfield decisions & are hamstrung by the clear & obvious bollocks.

Oh that & the 'Thats my mate' attitude.

Get in proffesional VAR who could not give a **** about 'their' on field mate, get officials on the pitch not in Webbs pocket & you will sort it

[rudedog]

Do think they are blowing this way out of proportion, I'd have a called a foul on Gabriel mind.

BUT, does anyone notice that all of City's rivals are getting cooked by the refs and they don't seem to get that unlucky?

Have Newcastle been wronged yet?

[rudedog]

VAR is fine, its just the way it is being applied.

**** off this clear and obvious error ****e, introduce daylight or base offsides on feet only, and stop trying to protect refs thinking that VAR undermines their authority.

Introducing daylight for offsides won't fix anything though, just means they will be drawling lines on the opposite side

[The_weatherman]

Do think they are blowing this way out of proportion, I'd have a called a foul on Gabriel mind.

BUT, does anyone notice that all of City's rivals are getting cooked by the refs and they don't seem to get that unlucky?

[Cerbie]

VAR is fine, its just the way it is being applied.

**** off this clear and obvious error ****e, introduce daylight or base offsides on feet only, and stop trying to protect refs thinking that VAR undermines their authority.

Clear & Obvious just adds another layer of subjectivity into the process.

VAR should be there to ensure the right decision is made, if that means re-referring the game so be it.

Agree with your modification to the offside rule too, or they could just use the World Cup system and remove the bloody lines and human judgement on which frame the ball is kicked. AI will have that sorted in seconds not minutes.

[Bloodraven]

Just get rid of VAR...

VAR is fine, its just the way it is being applied.

**** off this clear and obvious error ****e, introduce daylight or base offsides on feet only, and stop trying to protect refs thinking that VAR undermines their authority.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Just get rid of VAR...

Nothing wrong with the tech as sports like rugby have proven.


The problem, when it comes to footy, is the men and women using it.

Do think it is more a Premier League issue too than VAR in footy in general as there seems to be far less by way of crazy decisions a number of times every single round of games in other leagues.

Then again look at the reffing in general in the Premier league, even without taking VAR decisions into account, and compare it to the reffing in general in say the Champions League.

[John Barnes]

Just get rid of VAR...

[Corndog]

I also agree that there is no real comparison between the Liverpool and arsenal incidents recently.