Ref Watch

[Smurph]

Thought I'd start a thread where we can praise the ref or admire how incompetent poor they through out the rest of the season.

Spurs vs Villa game, ref on the BBC punditry team admitted that a tackle which has just resulted in a Villa player going off injured is yellow card offense, only after about twenty five minutes has gone though.

Surely a yellow card is a yellow card not matter how long has gone in the game.

 

[Pegojack]

Thought I'd start a thread where we can praise the ref or admire how incompetent poor they through out the rest of the season.

Spurs vs Villa game, ref on the BBC punditry team admitted that a tackle which has just resulted in a Villa player going off injured is yellow card offense, only after about twenty five minutes has gone though.

Surely a yellow card is a yellow card not matter how long has gone in the game.

I absolutely agree, and if you remember, I praised the ref we had against WBA recently for booking one of theirs for a rotten foul on Yalcoure after just three minutes.

 

[Smurph]

I absolutely agree, and if you remember, I praised the ref we had against WBA recently for booking one of theirs for a rotten foul on Yalcoure after just three minutes.

It just puzzles me.

Another one is when a player is fouled in the box and it's not given followed by the quote if that is anywhere else on the pitch.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

It just puzzles me.

Another one is when a player is fouled in the box and it's not given followed by the quote if that is anywhere else on the pitch.

Good example being the challenge on Wirtz by Trossard the other night. Not even in the same postcode as the ball, but because it was in the area the ref bottled it basically.

 

[Smurph]

Good example being the challenge on Wirtz by Trossard the other night. Not even in the same postcode as the ball, but because it was in the area the ref bottled it basically.

Sad thing is with VAR that type of example shouldn't happen.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Sad thing is with VAR that type of example shouldn't happen.

Shouldn't, but does, every week. Often the same incidents will occur in different games on the same weekends, with two entirely different outcomes.

It has solved nothing, whilst making the game worse as a spectacle.

 

[Smurph]

Shouldn't, but does, every week. Often the same incidents will occur in different games on the same weekends, with two entirely different outcomes.

It has solved nothing, whilst making the game worse as a spectacle.

Much preferred today’s cup games without its interference.

They have the tech and still get it wrong

 

[NeathJack]

This is an interesting watch. I'd love to see this with the refs we have to put up with.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009294957052355049

 

[Ringwood]

The Charlton v Chelsea ref is dire

The slightest touch, he is very whistle happy

 

[jackharris]

 

[jack123]

There are so many strange decisions with refs nowadays, I do like a bet on a football bet builder, but it's quite obvious these days, the ref can influence the way the game will flow, There was one game a few days back, Ref just didn't blow his whistle at all.

 

[IsraJack]

As always, there are bad refs and good refs all over and this subject is as old as the game itself (Rememer Maradona's "Hand of god" 40 years ago). For me it is a part of the tactical set up of the game and players and coaches should just preper themselfs for the ref "type". Yes, Sometimes its frustrating but i'm not sure that AI ref would be any better.

 

[Smurph]

As always, there are bad refs and good refs all over and this subject is as old as the game itself (Rememer Maradona's "Hand of god" 40 years ago). For me it is a part of the tactical set up of the game and players and coaches should just preper themselfs for the ref "type". Yes, Sometimes its frustrating but i'm not sure that AI ref would be any better.

Interesting point about AI refs.

AI would make decisions based on rules and not emotion or any sort of human feeling.

 

[Dewi1jack]

VAR let United off the red hook earlier.
!0 or so minutes in, pretty sure it was Dalot who made a late, knee high tackle and should have gone.
All the pundits agreed it was a straight red

Think Taylor bottled it by bringing out a yellow instead of red
VAR definitely bottled it.
Think any club outside of the so called "big 6" would have been down to 10

 

[monmouth]

As always, there are bad refs and good refs all over and this subject is as old as the game itself (Rememer Maradona's "Hand of god" 40 years ago). For me it is a part of the tactical set up of the game and players and coaches should just preper themselfs for the ref "type". Yes, Sometimes its frustrating but i'm not sure that AI ref would be any better.

That was a perfectly good goal. Nothing wrong with it at all.