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10 Oct 25
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Reckons we, the paying public, shouldn't expect perfection from the footballing officials. Mate, we don't expect perfection. Can we at least have a bit of consistency. Is that too much to ask??
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They technically get more decisions correct these days with the help of VAR so it's been proven, but I'd still scrap VAR for domestic league matches as it's a passion killer, can't celebrate goals properly anymore, should be reserved for knockout football only where there's no chance of a comeback, in 38 game seasons, there's no excuses.
Refs are literally changing their instinctive judgement calls as soon as VAR calls them over to the screen, the seed of doubt is already sewn in their minds as they begin the walk and they change their minds 99% of the time. 3 Bald men in Stockley Park are reffing matches these days, the guy in the middle of the pitch is just a prop. Kind Regards. |
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The OP is spot on. There is just no consistency and this p*sses fans off.
The interpretation of the rules, especially the hand ball and holding in the box rules, seem to change every few weeks. Howard Webb needs to do a press conference every Tuesday and explain all the weekend's contentious decisions. |
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I dont know where people get the idea that VAR is getting more decisions right comes from.
THe laws of football are vague. Devised in the 19th century for decent living Christian young men as they are, virtually every rule begins with 'If in the opinion of the referee...'. The fact is ref decisions are subjective. You can play the ball and still get pulled up for a foul. Really its in the lap of the gods. 30 odd years ago FIFA decided the game needed to be more exciting. They put the onus on the referees to protect forward players. The end result being more pens and more red cards. Everyone in the game has got richer off the back of it. My response to anyone who has a go at officials is... Tough. Get on with it. If youre a football manager in this day and age and you havent had the wherewithal to prepare your team for going down to 10 men or conceding a soft pen then the real mug in this equation is... YOU. |
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every degenerate gambler needs a ref to blame
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Yes, VAR has significantly increased the number of correct decisions in football, with some data showing an increase from around 82% to 96% in leagues like the Premier League. Other studies have found similar improvements, with accuracy rates going from approximately 92.1% to 98.3% after VAR intervention. This improvement is largely attributed to VAR correcting factual errors, though the system is not infallible and has faced criticism for other issues.
I'd ban red cards, player sent off, replaced by a sub, unless all 5 subs used, football should always be 11 v 11 Fans, Broadcasters, sponsors and players don't want it, yet it's an archaic rule that still exists. 10 men = park the bus, who wants to watch that. Kind Regards. |
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If there were no red cards then sides playing Melchester Rovers would start the game with a clogger and take out Roy Race in the first 2 minutes.
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Howard Webb needs to apologise for not sending off De Jong for his savage attack on Alonso in the World Cup Final and then going on to allow Holland to kick every opponent with impunity. He was instrumental in ruining the showpiece match of world football.
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The only way fans would get the consistency they crave is if the same refereed every game, not possible I know.
So when different refs see the same thing happening on a pitch it’s nearly certain that some of them will see it differently from other refs. It’s just human nature. The VAR seemed to have lost sight that their role was to correct ‘Clear & Obvious Errors’. Now they seem to want to get involved at every opportunity, they want to be relevant. Otherwise, they are just 3 blokes sat in a portakabin watching a football match. |
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* is if the same REF refereed every game.
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