Today’s Football 2019/20 Season

[Minimeister]

Need an absolute clear out of the referees in this league. They're absolutely dreadful. VAR has shown what we've had to put up with for years.

 

[kenada_blue]

Need an absolute clear out of the referees in this league. They're absolutely dreadful. VAR has shown what we've had to put up with for years.

I don't even think you got this many wrong decisions when VAR wasn't involved.

 

[PhilM]

I don't even think you got this many wrong decisions when VAR wasn't involved.

I think that the statistics will suggest there are actually more correct decisions due to VAR, especially if you consider the micro-analysis of offside etc.

However in reality, while many decisions may actually be technically correct they probably wouldn't have been questioned before the introduction to VAR...

... and there's definitely now more contentious decisions being made. Are we happier with the level of officiating now compared to pre-VAR? I'm certainly not!

They have VAR in an external location and a referee at the match, who can watch a replay on VAR, but they are still missing such blatant decisions like today's.

 

[ADT]

How have they managed to make the biggest most positive change to refereeing into the biggest failure the game has seen?

 

[MikeH72]

Swear to god if some bizarre twist of fate happened and I ended up as the CEO of the Premier League, the very first thing I’d do on day 1 is sack every single referee and linesman and appoint 30 random new fellas from Sunday league.

 

[kenada_blue]

I think that the statistics will suggest there are actually more correct decisions due to VAR, especially if you consider the micro-analysis of offside etc.

However in reality, while many decisions may actually be technically correct they probably wouldn't have been questioned before the introduction to VAR...

... and there's definitely now more contentious decisions being made. Are we happier with the level of officiating now compared to pre-VAR? I'm certainly not!

They have VAR in an external location and a referee at the match who can watch a replay on VAR, but they are still missing such blatant decisions as today.

Which is what's wrong with the stats as they're set in a parameter. The offsides will "prove" it's working inside the parameters. This outweighs all the other stats in decisions they could deem to be wrong or missed.

We're in a world of selective statistics now to prove a certain point of view. Rather than looking at the whole picture we zero in on the selective.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Seriously though, they have to be sacked for missing that, pure and simple, sacked, it’s gross incompetence.

Don’t know why this is in italic, but I feel it adds a certain elegance to my lovely words, don’t you?

 

[kenada_blue]

How have they managed to make the biggest most positive change to refereeing into the biggest failure the game has seen?

This is world wide though. Not just the prem

 

[Wat Tyler]

Swear to god if some bizarre twist of fate happened and I ended up as the CEO of the Premier League, the very first thing I’d do on day 1 is sack every single referee and linesman and appoint 30 random new fellas from Sunday league.

This is it, it’s mad when people go “we’ve got such and such as ref this weekend,” when they’re all absolutely dump.

 

[Old Blue 2]

Swear to god if some bizarre twist of fate happened and I ended up as the CEO of the Premier League, the very first thing I’d do on day 1 is sack every single referee and linesman and appoint 30 random new fellas from Sunday league.

I'd keep the little ugly linesman, and the girl (Sian Massey-Ellis). The rest I agree with you.

 

[Ring master]

So did That BT sport ref Peter Walton agree with VAR that it was not a red card, then when it was confirmed AT Stockley Park as a mistake, Peter Walton then changed his mind saying it was a Red lol

 

[PhilM]

This is it, it’s mad when people go “we’ve got such and such as ref this weekend,” when they’re all absolutely dump.

I liked your post, but let's be totally honest: while all the referees are atrocious, you've still got the likes of Lee Mason and Jon 'I hate Everton' Moss.

They're on a different level of incompetence and really are the bottom of the barrel. It's choosing from a really bad bunch, but some are very, very bad.

 

[Toast]

Swear to god if some bizarre twist of fate happened and I ended up as the CEO of the Premier League, the very first thing I’d do on day 1 is sack every single referee and linesman and appoint 30 random new fellas from Sunday league.

Should do a swap for one game week.
We have the Spanish refs for example for a week and they get our lot.

See how that works.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Swear to god if some bizarre twist of fate happened and I ended up as the CEO of the Premier League, the very first thing I’d do on day 1 is sack every single referee and linesman and appoint 30 random new fellas from Sunday league.

Said it before but there needs to be a training camp done with the top refs from leagues that actually use VAR correctly then everyone that doesn’t want to learn it should be struck off

 

[MikeH72]

I liked your post, but let's be totally honest: while all the referees are atrocious, you've still got the likes of Lee Mason and Jon 'I hate Everton' Moss.

They're on a different level of incompetence.

That David Coote makes the pair of them look semi-competent at times. Michael Oliver is meant to be our “best” referee and he’s an absolute buffoon. If he was reffing 20 years ago he’d be the worst in the league by a mile.