So when is the audio from the Havertz VAR decision leaking?
“It’s not nice”. Yep but how does that fit within the laws of the game….
what’s crazy is that it’s basically one person deciding on the decision with no argument against him.
just checked the flair. still crying. i bet they will keep on crying about it till the end of season.
and the glorious panel of 5 a week later voted this 3-2.
2 people didn’t vote this as a red card.
such stupidity that you’d be naive to not consider corruption.
They all knew it was a red, they wanted it to look like less of a fuck up.
Same reason they pretended the Havertz one should’ve also been a red.
Damage control for match fixing.
Just a reminder that Tomiyasu got a yellow card for taking 8 seconds on a throw in and got a yellow for an Ayew dive which led to him being sent off against Crystal Palace
Meanwhile Bruno received one yellow all game for elbowing Jorginho in the back of the head, pushing him in the back off the ball, choked Declan Rice and shoving Fabio Vieira in the face.
Best league. Worst refs.
It’s embarrassing.
No clear protocol.
No professionalism calling each other by their nicknames.
No technical language at all.
Could you imagine a rugby referee describing something as ‘not nice’?
All these retrospective comments are useless, only make us more grieved.
Start by giving post match punishments and make these more harsh than what they would get during the matches. Give Bruno 6 matches ban for this.
VAR and refereeing in general could be easily improved by an automated software that simply asks the referees about the situation they are reviewing.
Literally just a screen that asks: What are you reviewing? Check all that apply.
Foul? Offside? Unsportsmanlike Conduct?
Then based on what they’re reviewing, each team member reviews one aspect.
Handball? -> Did the ball hit the arm below the shoulder (or whatever the rule they’re using is)? -> Was the arm extended from the body ? -> Was the arm in a natural position? -> Was the arm in movement? -> Blah blah blah you get the point.
At the end of the process it spits out a quick list of potential options and the refs make a decision that has been assisted by the software. And then, because we know what refs are like, it’ll ask them if they’ve checked for obvious errors. “Are you sure you reviewed the right player? Are you sure you want this onside goal to be overturned? Are there any players having their hair pulled by Cristian Romero?” etc.
Oh and train people in this process, so that the VAR team can be composed of individuals who are not mates with Anthony Taylor.