VAR thread

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saw a tweet last night which i completely agree with.

These refs are on 100k a week & £3k a game, they need to be interviewed after games to explain their decisions. Not as a witch hunt, but for us mere mortals to understand the thought process on controversial (strange) decisions.

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& not by ****s like Kelly & Shreeves, but decent football reporters (honigstein, Reddy, even Winter)

[Kenneth]

saw a tweet last night which i completely agree with.

These refs are on 100k a week & £3k a game, they need to be interviewed after games to explain their decisions. Not as a witch hunt, but for us mere mortals to understand the thought process on controversial (strange) decisions.

£100,000 a week

[McDermotX]

There is no way refs are on 100k a week....most would be on over half that a year, plus their match fees (probably 1-2k)
Some of the "top" ones would be on that a year, with elite ones on more.


Edit - Not sure how accurate, but quick Google brought this up

https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-202021-premier-league-referees-salaries-revealed-20200913

[ChesterDave]

And the £3k a game I think covers all officials so ref linos and 4th officials and that covers their travel, accommodation, and food expenses too so if they have an overnight stay they ain't getting a match fee plus expenses.

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There is no way refs are on 100k a week....most would be on over half that a year, plus their match fees (probably 1-2k)
Some of the "top" ones would be on that a year, with elite ones on more.


Edit - Not sure how accurate, but quick Google brought this up



https://www.sportbible.com/football/...ealed-20200913

top refs must do about 30 games a season which means they are on about £250k a year

[McDermotX]

Certainly the ones doing CL and international duty would be well compensated alright, especially considering how poor some of their performances are. It's a relatively unskilled role with little to differentiate the ability of those on 48k with those on quadruple that, albeit one that does require certifications, granted.

To be fair they get a lot of ****......but then that's because the majority of them are ****.

Probably no surprise how precious and resistant they've been to any alterations in how the game how the game should be officiated. Couldn't even be arsed getting themselves over to the monitors until recently, and now some of them can't even be bothered to look at them when they make the trip.

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Sorry meant 100k a year

[BigChief]

Here's a random suggestion: I think all refs should be paid more for the **** they have to take. Then they should be closely scrutinised for the delivery of value to the sport. Just like every other fecking job.

If they're not good enough, demotion then released from their jobs. The criteria is simple, how many mistakes did a match day group of officials make, why they were made despite four eye process and a grading of who was most culpable.

Refereeing in this country would instantly become unrecognisably good with lots of new applicants waiting in the wing for the good dough.

[RichC]

The interaction and harmony between the ref and the video ref in rugby is something football could and should learn from.
It’s so well done and as a fan you get the decision even if in some cases you don’t agree with it (usually reds for dangerous play). All explained and crystal clear.
The draconian **** we see from the PL is horrendous, get it wrong they double down on what they’ve done any halfwitted pundits dragged out to defend their decisions.

Var should be a step forwards but somehow they’ve managed to make things so much worse

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The interaction and harmony between the ref and the video ref in rugby is something football could and should learn from.
It’s so well done and as a fan you get the decision even if in some cases you don’t agree with it (usually reds for dangerous play). All explained and crystal clear.
The draconian **** we see from the PL is horrendous, get it wrong they double down on what they’ve done any halfwitted pundits dragged out to defend their decisions.
Var should be a step forwards but somehow they’ve managed to make things so much worse

You either need to hear the discussions between the officials indicating the process like they have in rugby and/or the official needs to explain the decision like they do in the NFL. Football is one of the last sports to bring this in so has seen how other sports do it well and still manages to come up with the ****ish system possible.

[Irishnev]

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[Kenneth]

Wow

[Mark79]

[ame]https://twitter.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/1363209810435584001[/ame]

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https://twitter.com/liamdowson_55/st...80164924448768

That is exactly why VAR was bought in, the on-field ref either missed the incident or didn't appreciate what had happened; the VAR must intervene at this point & its a straight red.

They are too busy worrying about 1mm offside calls to see the real incidents

Its an absolute shocker TBH & should be retrospectively reviewed & the VAR official needs to understand that these type of incidents is the whole point of him being in existence …

EDIT: & then i see who the VAR was........... Referee: Paul Tierney. Assistants: Lee Betts, Neil Davies. Fourth official: Lee Mason. VAR: Stuart Attwell.